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15 York Street

A Laundress & a Milk Carrier

1881

Matilda Melbourne, head, widow, 24, 1857, Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Arthur W. Melbourne, son, 2, 1879, Cambridge
Catherine Dean, lodger, 14, 1867, dressmaker, Shelford, Cambridgeshire

1891

Ann Ford, head, laundress, 40, 1851, Worcestershire

1901

Charles Plumb, head, Gas House labourer 24, 1877, Cambridge
Eliza L Plumb, wife, 27, 1874, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire
Herbert C Plumb, son, 1, 1900, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire

1911

Arthur Barton, 36, milk carrier, b. Newmarket

Charlotte Barton, 35, b. Swaffham Bulbeck

Alice Barton, 15, laundry maid, b. Swaffham Bulbeck

Katie Barton, 9, b. Cambridge

Dora Joyce, 9, niece, b. Hammersmith, London

Louisa Martin, 23, Charlotte’s sister, b. Fulham, London

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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