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1881: shoe shop
William Smee, head, 43, bootmaker, b Essex
Sarah A, wife, 42, b Cambridge
Herbert, son, 21, bootmaker, b Cambridge
Edmund, son, 19, bootmaker, b Cambridge
James, son, 18, baker, b Cambridge
William, son, 16, errand boy, b Cambridge
George, son, 14, baker’s boy, b Cambridge
Arthur, son, 12, scholar, b Cambridge
Isaac, son, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
Henry, son, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Albert, son, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
Sarah, daughter, 4, scholar, b Cambridge
Ellen, daughter, 3, scholar, b Cambridge
Ernest, son, 2, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, daughter, 11 mos, b Cambridge
The family moves to 65 Ainsworth Street, where they live until 1907.
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1891:
Rueben Rooks, head, 44, coachman, b Lawshall [?]
Cecilia, wife, 42, b Shudy Camps
Harry, son, 13, errand boy, b Shrimpling
Herbert, son, 9, scholar, b Shrimpling
Charles, son, 6, scholar, b Shrimpling
Walter, son, 4, scholar, b Herringswell
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1901:
Frederick Denston, 48, carpenter, b Little Downham
Amelia, 50, b Cambridge
Frederick, 19, seedsman, b Little Downham
Marina, 19, b Cambridge
Bernard, 14, b Cambridge
Arthur, 12, b Cambridge
Louisa, 7, b Cambridge
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1911:
Frederick Barrett, 28, railway engine fitter, b Cambridge
Annie, 31, b Herts
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1913:
William Hornsby, taxi cab driver
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1962:
Harry Thomas Linsey
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1970:
Trevor Johnson
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