Thomas Rawson Birks

19 Station Road, 6 Salisbury Villas

History fo 19 Station Road

1881

(6 Salisbury Villas)

Thomas R Birks, 70, clergyman of Church of England without cure of souls Professor of Moral Philosophy author of Theology and Science, born Derby
Georgiana A, 52, born Nova Scotia
Emily G, 27, born Herts
Herbert A, 25, clergyman C of E without cure of souls, born Herts
Elizabeth Morris, servant, 56, cook, born Cambs
Isabella A Deacon, servant, 36, parlourmaid, born Suffolk
Sarah E Bird, servant, 25, housemaid, born Trumpington
Harriett Tuck, 27, servant, sick nurse, born Norfolk

Thomas Rawson Birks (1810-1883) was an English theologian and controversialist who figured in the debate to to try to resolve theology and science. In 1866 he was appointed vicar of Holy Trinity Cambridge and on 17th May of that year married his second wife, Georgina Agnes Beresford, widow of Major James Douglas. In 1872 he was elected Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy. In 1875 he suffered from a paralytic seizure and in 1877 a stroke. He carried on dictating but after a third stroke in 1880 returned to Cambridge an invalid until he died.

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

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1891

(6 Salisbury Villas)

Charles A Vinter, 48, university robemaker
CH S Vinter, son, 24, medical student
Ernest, 22, articled clerk
Percival J, 19, university student
Mary E Butcher, servant, 26, housemaid, born Suffolk
Dinah Mynatt, servant, 17, born Cambs

According to the web site of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Cambridge, Charles Vinter the robe-maker came to Cambridge in 1828 and was a Class Leader and local preacher at Green Street, ministering to undergraduates.

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1901

Frederick Watson, 56, clergyman Church of England, born York
Margaret L, 45, born London
Margaret, 21, born Norfolk
Frederick, 20, born Norfolk
Arthur L, 17, born Norfolk
Ethel M, 14, born Norfolk
Dorothy, 13, born Cambridge
Basil L, 11, born Quy
Grace H, 10, born Quy
John D, 3, born Cambridge
Sarah E Wolf, servant, 50, cook, born Milton
Emma Davy, servant, 30, nurse, born Hadstock
Eliza Marshall, servant, 25, housemaid, born Suffolk
Lavina Hayhow, servant, cook, born Cambridge

Rev F Watson was appointed in 1893 to the living of St Edward’s. Worth £64, it was in the gift of Trinity Hall. Rev Watson was a fellow of St John’s and an hon. canon of Ely.

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1911

Geoffrey Earland Goodman, 36, solicitor, born St Ives
Blanche Evelyn, 32, born India
Marjorie Evelyn Mary, 6, born Cambridge
Jean Martha Cutter, servant, 23, cook, born Linton
Elizabeth May Broom, 18, parlourmaid, born Cambridge

1913

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