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First Family
Mary A. Hall, head, widow, 68, 1813, birth place not known
Ann Brooks, grand-daughter, 11, 1870, scholar, Cambridge
Lottie Brooks, grand-daughter, 9, 1872, scholar, Cambridge
Kate Brooks, grand-daughter, 7, 1874, scholar, Cambridge
Albert Brooks, grandson, 3, 1878, scholar, Cambridge
Second family
Eliza J. Erswell, head, 31, 1850, washerwoman, Saffron Walden, Essex
Harry W. Erswell, son, 6, 1875, Cambridge
Grace M. Erswell, daughter, Cambridge
Arthur Carse, head, bricklayer’s labourer, 26, 1865, Trumpington,
Fanny Carse, charwoman, 24, 1867, London
Lottie Gathercole, 19, 1872, B. Cambridge
Sidney Gathercole, 1 month, 1891, Cottenham, B. Cambridge
Harry B Fordham, head, milkman, 25, 1876, Cambridge
Elizabeth J Fordham, wife, 26, 1875, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire
Olive M Fordham, daughter, 1, 1900, Cambridge
There is also a Harry Fordham living at 106B York Street.
Harry Fordham, 36, baker’s vanman, Coop Society, b. Cambridge Town
Jane Fordham, 37, b. Grantchester
Olive Fordham, 11, b. Cambridge
Ivy Fordham, 8, b. Cambridge
Frederick Fordham, 5, b. Cambridge
Jane and Harry have been married for fifteen years, they have had four children, one of whom has died.
Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census
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