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137 Gwydir Street, Fitzroy Cottage

History of 137 Gwydir Street

1881 Census (Fitzroy Cottage)

Charles A King, head, 30, solicitor’s clerk, b Cambridge
Selma, wife, 26, b Cambridge
Louie S, daughter, 3, b Cambridge
Mary Jane Newman, servant, 14, b Horningsea

By 1901 the King family were at 12 Church (Christchurch) Street.


1891 Census

Alfred Geeson, head, 39, undertaker, b Hemingford
Harriet, wife, 39, b Chatteris
Gertrude F, daughter, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
Wilfred C, son, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
Horace E, son, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
Cyril P, son, 1, b Cambridge


1901 Census

Mary Harper, 58, widow,  b Norfolk
John P, 24, plumber, b Middlesex
Edith M Wallis, boarder, 23, P C clerk, b Castle Camps


1911 Census

Abraham Butcher, 51, builder and decorator, b Suffolk
Ellen, 47, b Norfolk
Edith Mary, 25, assistant to science teacher, b Cambridge
Marjorie Winifred, 23, elementary school teacher, b Cambridge


1913 Kelly’s Directory

Abraham Butcher, painter and decorator


1962 Kelly’s Directory

Kenneth C Cross

1970 Kelly’s Directory

Bran Drury

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