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72 (40) Norfolk Street

History of 72 Norfolk Street

1851 unnumbered

William Rabey [Raby], 45, labourer, b Hauxton

Anne, 40, b Trumpington

Emma, 22, b Trumpington

Ellen, 20, laundress, b Trumpington

Jane, 18, scholar, b Trumpington

William, 16, labourer, b Trumpington

Harriett, 14, b Trumpington

Eliza, 12, b Trumpington

Thomas, 8, b Cambridge

Mehosary [?], 5, b Cambridge

Alfred, 2, b Cambridge

Henry, 9ms, b Cambridge

In 1851 Jane is also recorded as being in the Spinning House.

In 1858 Jane married labourer Henry Gray. At the time of the marriage they are living at Gold Street.

In 1861 Henry and Jane are living on the High Street, Chesterton.


1861 (40)

Elizabeth Parkeller [?], 66, school mistress, b Cambridge

William Robson, boarder, 70, carpenter, b Cambridge


1871 (40)

Mary Ann Nunn, 22, laundress, b Cambridge, husband left her 3 years

Thomas, 8, b Cambridge

Louisa, 7, b Cambridge

Harriett, 3, b Cambridge

Ellen Chapman, lodger, unmarried, 24, dress maker, b Cambridge

Gertrude E Chapman, lodger, 9 mos, b Cambridge


1881 (40)

Sarah S Wallis, widow, 37, laundress, b Cambridge

Herbert W, 4, b Cambridge


1891 (72)

Albert Black, 36, brewer’s labourer, b Cambridge


1901

Walter Few, 23, grocer’s shop assistant, b Cambridge

Ellen, 21, sister, b Cambridge

George H, brother, 16, boot shop assistant, b Cambridge


1913

Charles Taylor, gardener


1939

Charles Taylor, b 1877, builders labourer

Elizabeth, b 1884

?

Joyce P, b 1927

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