Number 108 is one of a terrace of five houses on the east side of Ainsworth Street, built around 1870.
Henry E Rolls, head, 24, railway servant, b. Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire
Emma B Rolls, wife, 22, b. Cambridge
Hellen Rolls, sister, 12, scholar, b. Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire
George Barrett, lodger, 20, railway servant, b. Cambridge
*In 1871 Ainsworth Street was not yet numbered. Identification of houses is tentative.
Robert Prime, head, 29, bootmaker, b. Halesworth, Suffolk
Elizabeth Prime, wife, 29, bootbinder, b. Bramfield, Suffolk
Geo. E Prime, son, 6, scholar, b. Cambridge
Florence E Prime, daughter, 4, b. Cambridge
Robt C Prime, head, 39, shoe maker, b. Halesworth, Suffolk
Elizth Prime, wife, 39, b. Bramfield, Suffolk
Geo. E Prime, son, 16, solicitor’s clerk, b. Cambridge
Florence E Prime, daughter, 14, b. Cambridge
George Puttock, father-in-law, 76, gardener, b. Bramfield, Suffolk
Robert C Prime, head, 49, paralysed, b. Halesworth, Suffolk
Elizabeth Prime, wife, 49, b. Bramford, Suffolk
Florence Prime, daughter, 24, b. Cambridge
The Prime family are recorded as living at 108 Ainsworth Street between 1881 and 1901. Robert Prime was a boot and shoe maker, and in the early years Elizabeth worked as a bootbinder. In 1891 their son George Ernest was working as a solicitor’s clerk. Elizabeth’s father George Puttock, a gardener, was living with them.
By 1901 George Prime was living in London, employed as a solicitor’s clerk. His parents and sister were still living at 108 Ainsworth Street. However, the census records Robert as being paralysed. He died in 1902. Elizabeth and Florence joined George in London, and show up on the 1911 census living with him in Plumstead.
Henry Whybrow, head, 49, platelayer, Great Eastern Railway, b. Cambridge
Susanah Elizabeth Whybrow, wife, 49, b. Cambridge
Charles Edward Whybrow, son, 25, general smith for ironmonger, b. Cambridge
Lizzie Whybrow, daughter, 23, dressmaker, b. Cambridge
Married 27 years, 2 children
Henry Whybrow, head, 60, platelayer, Great Eastern Railway, b. Cambridge
Mary Ann Whybrow, wife, 62, household duties, at home, b. Cambridge
Source: 1871–1921 England Census.
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