24 Ainsworth Street, Cambridge

24 Ainsworth Street

Number 24 is one of a terrace of seven houses on the east side of Ainsworth Street.

1881 census

First household
Walter Barton, head, 28, engine cleaner (rail), b. Cambridge
Henrietta Barton, wife, 25, b. Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire
Henry W Barton, son, 1, b. Cambridge

Second household
James B D Norfield, head, 23, engine cleaner (rail), b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Betsy Norfield, wife, 24, b. Bolton, Lancashire
James R Norfield, son, 2, b. Bolton, Lancashire

1891 census

Charles Chandler, head, 30, kitchen porter at club, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
Ann Chandler, wife, 31, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Badcock, daughter, 5, b. Cambridge
James Chandler, son, 3, b. Cambridge
Charles Chandler, son, 1, b. Cambridge
William Thompson, brother-in-law, 13, errand boy, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire

Sarah Badcock was Ann Chandler’s daughter from her first marriage.

1901 census

Charles Chandler, head, 40, general labourer, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
Ann Chandler, wife, 41, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
James Chandler, son, 13, post errand boy, b. Cambridge
Charles Chandler, son, 11, b. Cambridge
Rose Chandler, daughter, 8, b. Cambridge
Alice Chandler, daughter, 5, b. Cambridge
Ernest Chandler, son, 3, b. Cambridge

Sarah Badcock was now working as a domestic servant to a family on Mawson Road. She married in 1909.

1911 census

Charles Chandler, head, 50, platelayer, GER, b. Haslingfield
Ann Chandler, wife, 51, b. Haslingfield
James Chandler, son, 23, labourer, GER, b. Cambridge
Rose Ann Chandler, daughter, 18, general servant, b. Cambridge
Ernest Chandler, son, 13, school, b. Cambridge

Charles and Ann Chandler had been married for 23 years. They had had six children of which two had died, including Alice who died in 1904.

In 1911 their son Charles was living with his uncle William Thompson, who was lodging with the Chandlers back in 1891. Charles worked on the Great Northern Railway.

James Chandler married Gertrude Sergent in 1918, the wedding being reported in the Cambridge Daily News on 19 September 1918: ‘A pretty wedding took place at St Matthew’s Church, on September 12th when Miss Gertrude Susan Sargent … of School House, East Road was married to Sapper James Chandler of Ainsworth Street.’ The couple moved to 2 Oswald Terrace on Sturton Street in 1924. James lived there until he died.

1921 census

Charles Chandler, head, 60, platelayer, GER, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
Annie Chandler, wife, 61, home duties, b. Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
Ernest Chandler, son, 23, platform porter, GER, b. Cambridge

Charles (senior) died in 1929. Ann continued to live at no. 24 until 1939.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921 UK census, Electoral Register for 1914–1915 Polling District No.8 Petersfield Ward, Civil Registration Death Index,