Robin Hood Cottages – these are being built at the time of the 1881 Census.
Robert Sharman, 33, Bricklayer, b. Cambridge
Mary A Sharman, 34, b. Quy, Cambs
Samuel Furniss, 27, Lodger, Bricklayer, b. Fen Drayton
Charles Newman, 52, general labourer, b. Fen Ditton
Annie Newman, 50, b. Fen Ditton
Kerenhappuck Newman, 16, char day girl, b. Fen Ditton
Elizabeth Newman, 13, b. Cambridge
Hannah Newman, 11, b. Cambridge
Joseph Newman, 9, b. Cambridge
Alice M Newman, 8, b. Cambridge
Martha Todd, 74, widow, mother-in-law, b. Reach
(Kerenhappuck is a Hebrew name and means ‘Horn of Plenty’)
Stephen Tingey, head, 50, married, trade plaster, b. Cambridge
Louisa Tingey, wife, 50, married, college servant, b. Stretham
Emma Rosett Tingey, daughter, 27, b. Chesterton
Nellie Tingey, daughter, 23, jam factory hand, b. Cambridge
Stephen Tingey, son, 18, labourer for council, b. Cambridge
Bertha Queen Elizabeth Tingey, daughter, 15, b. Cambridge
Bertham Tingey, son, 13, b. Cambridge
George Tingey, son, 11, b. Cambridge
William Tingey, son, 3, b. Cambridge
Married 28 years, 8 children
Source – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, WhatsInAName.net,
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