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Charles E. Sprackling, head, married, 23, college cook, b. Cambridge
Augusta Sprackling, wife, married, 22, b. Cambridge
Laura Sprackling, daughter, 4 months, b. Cambridge
John W Taylor, 29, Tailor, b. Cambridge
Priscilla Taylor, 29, b. Steeple Morden, Cambs
Nelly Taylor, 1, b. Cambridge
Wilfred Yarman, 20, John’s brother in law, Railway Porter, b. Steeple Morden, Cambs
Walter E Cooks, 54, mechanical engineer, he is an employer and works from home, b. Herts
Emily J Cooks, 50, b. Royston
Bertram E Cooks, 24, mechanical engineer, b. Bassingbourne
Harold E Cooks, 23, mechanical engineer, b. Bassingbourne
Ethel M Cooks, 13, b. Bassingbourne
Mary A Howard, 82, widow, mother-in-law, b. Essex
Arthur Ralph Marshall, 28, Walter’s son-in-law. (He’s an employer & works from home, but his job is illegible on the census.) b. Kensington
Minnie Gertrude Marshall, 26, Walter’s daughter, b. Bassingbourne
Minnie died in 1903 and is buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
Walter Edward Cooks, head, 65, married, mechanical engineer, own account, b. Walkern [?], Hertfordshire
Emily Jane Cooks, wife, 63, married, b. Royston, Hertfordshire
Ethel May Cooks, daughter, 24, b. Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
Married 40 years, 5 children of which 2 died
The property is not on the 1939 Register and the original building is no longer standing.
Sources – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, 1939 Register, Mill Road Cemetery,
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