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Number 38 is one of a terrace of five houses standing on the east side of Ainsworth Street.
John Wilson, 27, Bricklayer’s Labourer, b. Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Ann Wilson, 26, b. West Wratting, Cambridgeshire
John W Wilson, 5, b. Cambridge
The Cambridge Burgess List for 1888 shows John Wilson still living at this property, however, they have moved next door to number 40, by 1891.
The Head of Household is Thomas Hulyer, a 24 year-old, College kitchen porter from Cambridge. He is married to Alice, also 24, from Meldreth. They have a 6-month-old son called Walter James.
George Northrop, 30, Chimney Sweep, b. Cambridge
Jane Northrop, 32, b. London, Middlesex
Sidney S Northrop, 4, b. Cambridge
George George, 36, assistant sanitary inspector for the Borough Council, b. Cambridge
May George, 31, b. Cambridge
May Georgiea George, 6, b. Cambridge
George William George, 5, b. Cambridge
Ronald George, 6 months, b. Cambridge
George and May are 7 years married and they have 3 children.
Sources – 1881, 1891 & 1911 Census, Cambridge Burgess List
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