38 Ainsworth Street

38 Ainsworth Street

Number 38 is one of a terrace of five houses standing on the east side of Ainsworth Street.

1881 census

John Wilson, head, 27, bricklayer’s labourer, b. Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Ann Wilson, wife, 26, b. West Wratting, Cambridgeshire
John W Wilson, son, 5, b. Cambridge

The Cambridge Burgess List for 1888 shows John Wilson still living at this property, but they had moved next door to 40 Ainsworth Street by 1891.

1891 census

Thomas Hulyer, head, 24, college kitchen porter, b. Cambridge
Alice E Hulyer, wife, 24, b. Meldreth, Cambridgeshire
Walter James Hulyer, son, 6 months, b. Cambridge

1901 census

George Northrop, head, 30, chimney sweep, own account, b. Cambridge
Jane Northrop, wife, 32, b. London, Middlesex
Sidney S Northrop, son, 4, b. Cambridge

1911 census

George George, head, 36, assistant sanitary inspector, Borough Council, b. Cambridge
May George, wife, 31, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
May Georgina George, daughter, 6, b. Cambridge
George William George, son, 5, b. Cambridge
Ronald George, son, 7 months, b. Cambridge

George George married May Sewell in 1904, and they had three children, including May Georgina George and George William George. One might conclude that they liked the name George.

May Georgina’s baptism record shows that the family were living at 18 York Street in 1904.

In 1913 George (senior) was sworn in as a Special Constable (Cambridge Independent Press, 31 Oct 1913):

Special Constables – Cambridge List for the Coming Year – Special constables for the Borough of Cambridge, numbering 106, were sworn in at the Borough Police Court on Friday, before the Mayor, Dr. J.H.C. Dalton, Mr. R. Sturton, and Mr. G. Smith, and at a special court in the evening arranged for the convenience of those who found it difficult to appear in the morning.  Appended are the names and addresses:- … George George, 38 Ainsworth Street

The Special Constable list in November 1915 gives occupations. George is recorded as ‘corporation servant’.

1921 census

George George, head, 47, sanitary inspector’s assistant, Cambridge Corporation, b. Cambridge
May George, wife, 42, at home, b. Cambridge
May George, daughter, 16, tailoress, b. Cambridge
George George, son, 15, errand boy, Racket Makers, b. Cambridge
Ronald George, son, 10, b. Cambridge

The 1921 census records that George was still employed as an Assistant Sanitary Inspector, now for the Cambridge Corporation.  Daughter May worked as a tailoress for Frank Suttle Tailors on Fitzroy Street, and son George was an errand boy for Mr Gray’s Racket Makers on Sidney Street.

May married Leonard Asby from 20 Ainsworth Street in 1931. George married Mabel Barber in 1931.

George senior died in 1939, aged 64 (Cambridge Daily News, 11 Jan 1939):

Mr. George George – By the death of Mr George George, Cambridge loses one of the best known employees of the Borough Health Department.  For some 35 years he had been connected with the Sanitorium, and was a familiar figure on the ambulance.  Mr. George, who was 64, resided at 38 Ainsworth Street.

The internment in his wife’s grave in Histon Road Cemetery on Tuesday was preceded by a service in St. Luke’s Church, the Rev. G.B. Whittaker officiating.

Sources: 1881–1921 UK Census, Cambridge Burgess List, Civil Registration Marriage Index (1837-1915),