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Charles Gray, head, 36, 1845, carpenter’s labourer, Eynesbury, Bedfordshire
Emily Gray, wife, 27, 1854, Stretham, Cambridgeshire
Charles W. Gray, son, 6, 1875, scholar, Cambridge
Emily M. Gray, daughter, 5, 1876, scholar, Cambridge
Annie Few, 43, 1848, Horningsea,
William Few, billiard maker, 17, 1874, B. Cambridge
Walter Few, milkman’s assistant, 14, 1877, B. Cambridge
Ellen Few, scholar, 12, 1879, B. Cambridge
Annie E Few, scholar, 8, 1883, B. Cambridge
George Few, scholar, 6, 1885, B. Cambridge
John Nichols, head, bricklayer, 37, 1864, Cambridge
Susana R Nichols, wife, 36, 1865, Cambridge
Caroline R Nichols, daughter, 14, 1887, Cambridge
Lizzie M Nichols, daughter, 11, 1890, Cambridge
Ada Nichols, daughter, 10, 1891, Cambridge
Frank Nichols, son, 7, 1894, Cambridge
Louie Nichols, daughter, 4, 1897, Cambridge
Lottie Nichols, daughter, 3, 1898, Cambridge
Florence Nichols, daughter, 2, 1899, Cambridge
William J Nichols, son, 6 months, 1900, Cambridge
John Nichols, 47, bricklayer, b. Cambridge
Susannah Nichols, [illegible], b. Cambridge
Rebecca Nichols, 24, knitting factory hand, b. Cambridge (possibly at A.R.C. knitting company, who had a shop at 12 Mill Road and a factory off of Norfolk Street)
Lottie Nichols, 14, b. Cambridge
Florrie Nichols, 13, b. Cambridge
Hettie Nichols, 8, b. Cambridge
Susannah and John have been married for 28 years and have had fourteen children, six of whom have died.
Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, Lost Cambridge,
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