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Wedding photo of William and Thirza, c.1907

12 Union Road

12 Union Road

1841 (12)

James Norman, 28, plumber

Mary A, 30

James H, 4 mos

1851

Joseph Heath, 31, wood and stone carver, b Birmingham

Sarah, 27, b Northants

Joseph, 7 mos, b Cambridge

Fanny Moore, visitor, 19, cook, b Northants

1861

Robert Charles Golding, 55, railway carriage examiner, b Suffolk

Harriett, 49, b Suffolk

Eleanor, 19, dressmaker, b Suffolk

John William, 15, butcher, b Suffolk

Owen, 11, b Suffolk

1901 not listed

The wedding photo shows:

Top row from left: bridegroom’s father, cousin of bridegroom, cousin’s wife, bride’s cousin, cousin’s wife

Middle row: cousin of bridegroom (Maxine), grandfather (William Henry Lucas), grandmother (Thirza Elizabeth Lucas née Brown), bridegroom’s sister (Kate Lucas)

Front row: grandfather’s younger brother (Lucas)

In 1901 the George Lucas was living at 11 Cambridge Place

1911

William Henry Lucas, 27, bricklayer jam factory, b Cambridge

Thirza, 22, b Suffolk

Constance, 2, b Cambridge

In 1921 the family address is 13 Union Road.

1913

William Henry Lucas, bricklayer

1939

William H Lucas, b 1883, bricklayer

Thirza née Brown, b 1879

Constance T, b 1908, at home owing to illness

1941

SH sent this note in 2024 in relation to the newspaper cutting: His name is William Henry Lucas and I believe he was born the 17th of June 1883, and would have died March of 1941 (on the 22nd?) He was married to Thirza Lucas (née Brown) and they lived at 12 Union Road in Cambridge. His daughter, Daisy Elborn (née Lucas) is my Nan’s mother. I’ll attach a newspaper article that mentions his death (I apologize for the quality), and while his official cause of death is listed under carbon monoxide poisoning – we were told that this was due to a non-deployed German bomb possibly causing a blockage in the chimney he was there to repair. [William was repairing a chimney at the catholic Church.There had been bombs dropped in the vicinity in February 1941]

12 Union Road, William Henry Lucas

1962

Victor Phillips

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