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154 Gwydir Street
154 Gwydir Street
There is an obvious discrepancy between the date on the house and the census entry! This may be something to do with different names.
1881: Falmouth House
Ebenezer Canham, 49, cigar dealer, b Cambridge
[In 1871 publican of the Durham Ox]
Harry, 21, carpenter, b Cambridge
Harriett Rooke, widow, housekeeper, 43, b Swaffham
Jessie A Heading, illegitimate, 4, b Cambridge
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Jessie was the illegitimate of a woman from Bedford. She had come to be adopted and brought up by Harriett Rooke. Jessie eventually emigrated to Canada.
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1891:
Elizabeth Jarvis, 44, laundress, b Cambridge
Elizabeth A Busket, 19, servant, b Cottenham
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1901:
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1911:
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1913: Holmlea
Edward Thomas Rogers, married, 56, laundryman, b Beds
Frederick Thomas, son, 24, hotel chauffeur, b Beds
Kate Gertrude, 20, dental nurse, b Beds
Rose Grace, 16, b Cambridge
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1939:
John A Holliman, b 1900, house furnisher (air raid warden)
Anne E, b 1899
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Raymond, b 1936
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1962:
Mrs O E Pearson
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