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25 York Street

A Boiler Maker's Assistant & a Tailor

1881

Harriet Graves, head, 37, 1844, nurse (S.M.S.), Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
John Graves, son, 16, 1865, labourer in coal yard, Toft, Cambridgeshire
Charles Graves, son, 14, 1867, printing machine hand, Toft, Cambridgeshire
Agnes Graves, daughter, 13, 1868, nursery servant, Toft, Cambridgeshire

S.M.S. stands for Subsidiary Medical Services.  Harriet isn’t a trained nurse, but she’s showing that she has experience.

1891

Walter W Hurrell, head, boilermaker’s assistant GER, 26, 1865, B. Cambridge
Ella L Hurrell, 26, 1865, Dudley, Worcestershire
Bertie W Hurrell, scholar, 3, 1888, B. Cambridge
Grace Hurrell, , 1, 1890, B. Cambridge
Richard George Nicholas, lodger, GER carriage washer, 19, 1872, born in Calcutta, India

1901

George J Benstead, head, tailor, 30, 1871, Cambridge
Minnie A Benstead, wife, 24, 1877, Linton, Cambridgeshire
Frederick E Benstead, son, 1, 1900, Cambridge

1911

Horace Billing, 33, locomotive fireman, b. Bury St Edmunds

Adelaide Billing, 33, b. Sudbury, Suffolk

Horace Billing, 4, b. Cambridge

Frederick Griggs, 18, boarder, Grocer’s warehouseman, b. Sudbury, Suffolk

Adelaide and Horrace have been married for five years.  Horace is their only child.  Frederick is Adelaide’s brother

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, GENUKI,

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