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104 Ainsworth Street
104 Ainsworth Street
Number 104 is one of a terrace of five houses on the east side of Ainsworth Street, built around 1870.
1871 census for household 227*
William Ambrose, head, 25, railway servant, loco dept, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Ambrose, wife, 25, b. Gt Swaffham, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth Ambrose, daughter, 4, scholar, b. Cambridge
Agnes A Ambrose, daughter, 2, b. Cambridge
Sarah A Ambrose, daughter, 1, b. Cherryhinton, Cambridgeshire
*In 1871 Ainsworth Street was not yet numbered. Identification of houses is tentative.
1881 census
Samuel W Carrott, head, 32, boiler maker on GER, b. Boston, Lincolnshire
Emma Carrott, wife, 30, b. Boston, Lincolnshire
Emma S Carrott, daughter, 8, scholar, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Ellen Carrott, daughter, 6, scholar, b. Cambridge
Jesse Few, lodger, 30 [20], wheel turner at GER works, b. Willingham, Cambridgeshire
1891 census
Samuel W Carrott, head, 42, foreman boiler maker, b. Boston, Lincolnshire
Emma Carrott, wife, 40, b. Boston, Lincolnshire
Emma S Carrott, daughter, 18, dressmaker, b. Peterborough
Ellen Carrott, daughter, 16, milliner’s apprentice, b. Cambridge
Jesse Few, lodger, 30, engine turner, b. Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Samuel, Emma and their daughter Ellen (who died in 1898) are all buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
1901 census
Frederick H Allen, head, 41, railway engine driver, b. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Allen, wife, 46, b. March, Cambridgeshire
George H Allen, son, 15, apprentice, b. Cambridge
1911 census
Frederick Hasdell Allen, head, 51, railway engine driver, b. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Allen, wife, 56, b. March, Cambridgeshire
26 years married, 1 child
1921 census
Frederick Hasdell Allen, head, 61, railway engine driver, GER, b. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Allen, wife, 66, home duties, b. March, Cambridgeshire
Frederick Hasdell Allen, his wife Sarah and their son George moved here from 51 Ainsworth Street. George was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, and by 1911 he was living next door at 102 Ainsworth Street with his wife Agnes.
Frederick Allen died in 1933 (at his son’s house, no. 102) and Sarah in 1929. They are both buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
Source: 1871–1921 England Census, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995, Mill Road Cemetery,
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