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18 Blinco Grove (6 St John’s Terrace)

History of 18 Blinco Grove

1901

Frederick Oldham, 24, umbrella maker, born London

Agnes Louise née Baldock, 24, born Cambridge

[They had married on 6th August 1900. In 1911 they were living at 17 Cavendish Avenue.]

1911

Sarah Rowell, wife, 48

Leslie Rowell, son, 21, plumber, born Cambridge

Lily Rowell, niece, 17, born Cambridge

Dorothy Rowell, daughter, 14, born Cambridge

John Rowell, son, 12, born Cambridge

Harold Rowell, son, 10, born Cambridge


John Rowell, a chef’s apprentice, private in D Battery Reserve Royal Field Artillery. Enlisted in June 1916. In France from June 1917 to Sept. 1919.

Leslie Alfred F Rowell, sapper in Royal Engineers. 15/9/17 married Ethel Butler of Fowlmere at St John’s.

John Harold Hanson, lieutenant in Machine Gun Corps. Born 1889 Halifax, he married Dorothy Rowell of 18 Blinco Grove 14/11/17 at St John’s.

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