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5 Catharine Street, Cambridge

History of 5 Catharine Street

1891

James Burling, 30, railway foreman

Ellen (née Hill) Burling, 33,

Arthur Burling, 8,

Charles Burling, 6,

Amelia Burling, 4,

In 1881 the Burling family were living in the High Street, Fen Ditton. Members of the Burling family continued to live in Fen Ditton. (see life of Sylvester Nichols)

Ellen Hill was born in LInton in 1857. In 1861 she is with her family at the Old  Yard, Linton She married James Burling in 1882 in Linton.

In 1901 they were living at 35 Catharine Street

Burling Family 1

Burling family 2


1913

George Purkis, bootmaker


1939 –


1962

Hubert Hayes

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