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35, 37, 39 Norfolk Street1851: (20)
Rebecca Barker, 50, laundress, b Cambs
William Ireland, 25, bootmaker, b Cambridge
Mary, 19, laundress, b Lincs
James G, 1, b Cambridge
Johannah Horley, servant, 16, b Ireland
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1861: ?
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1871: (21 – 20) Engineers
John Townsend, 42, bootmaker, b Cambridge
Mary, 41, b Cambridge
George W, 16, bootmaker, b Cambridge
Ellen, 12, b Cambridge
Annie, 7, b Cambridge
Albert, 2, b Cambridge
Agnes, 10 mos, b Cambridge
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1881: (20 & 21) Royal Engineers
John Townsend, 51, bootmaker, b Cambridge
Mary, 51, b Cambridge
Annie, 17, b Cambridge
Albert, 12, b Cambridge
Agnes, 10, b Cambridge
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1891:
John Townsend, publican and shoemaker
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1901:
John Townsend, 71, publican, b Cambridge
John Arnold, son in law, 37, worker, b Australia
Elizabeth A, 38, b Cambridge
Ellen M M, 6, b Cambridge
John C, 2, b Cambridge
Hilda, 9 mos, b Cambridge
On the 5th September 1902 the Cambridge Daily News reported on how Cambridge celebrated the Coronation of King Edward VII. In particular they described the “Old People’s Tent”, which contained “a large number of people who were present at the Cambridge festivites on the occasion of the late Queen’s Coronation”. The article then went on to list the names, ages and addresses of the old people who were present. This list includes “Mr John Townsend, Norfolk Street (72)”.
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1913: Royal Engineers
Joseph Tingey
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1939: (37-39)
William Burgess, b 1898, oil and hardware shopkeeper
Ada, b 1899
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Mary Ann Creek, b 1865, servant retired
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1962: (37-9)
J P McDougall, decorators
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