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A grainy, oval-shaped black and white portrait of a young man in a dark suit and collared shirt with printed text below.

Albert Wallis

175 Sturton Street, Cambridge

A Coach Maker and a Dairyman

Yellow brick terraced house with a brown front door, wooden window frames, and a Sturton Street sign on the brickwork.A yellow brick wall with a Sturton Street sign above two doors, one featuring a stained glass window depicting ships at sea.

1881

James Wilkin, head, married, 30, G E Railway servant, b. Cambridge
Ellen Wilkin, wife, married, 23, b. Cambridge
Albert E. Wilkin, son, 3, b. Cambridge
Frederic J. Wilkin, son, 2, b. Cambridge
Florence Wilkin, daughter, 1 month, b. Cambridge

1891

Henry Bryant, 25, Coach body maker, b.Great Barsfield, Essex.  Bryant ends up going into business with Frederick Howlett, a resident on Abbey Walk. And Bryant and Howlett become an important Cambridge company of coach builders with workshops around the corner on Abbey Walk.

Alice Bryant, 24, b. Berden, Essex

1901

William A Biggs, 39, dairyman, b. Cambridge

Sarah B Biggs, 36, b. Cambridge

Eva F Biggs, 8, b. Cambridge

Frederick C Biggs, 6, b. Cambridge

Albert V Biggs, 4, b. Cambridge

Alice Biggs, 3 months, b. Cambridge

1911

William Strangward, head, 36, married, parcel carman for G E Railway Co., b. Cambridge
Emily Strangward, wife, 35, married, at home, b. Quy, Cambridgeshire
Hilda Strangward, daughter, 14, day girl domestic out a few hours daily, b. Cambridge
Frederick Strangward, son, 13, school, b. Cambridge
Isabella Strangward, daughter, 11, school, b. Cambridge
Grace Strangward, daughter, 5, b. Cambridge
Eva Strangward, daughter, 3, b. Cambridge
Married 15 years, 6 children of which 1 died

This family has moved here from 167 Sturton Street.

Source – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census


1913 (Kellys)

Albert Arthur Wallis, hotel waiter


1918 (Roll of Honour)

Pte Albert Wallis. Died in Perth military hospital 24th October 1918 from wounds received in France on October 8th.

Building dates

  • Built by 1899
Source for this date
  • Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900

Tags

  • Great Eastern Railway
  • railway worker
  • world war one

Projects

  • Sturton Street

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