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Number 49 is one of a terrace of four houses on the west side of Ainsworth Street.
William Killingsworth, 57, Labourer on GER, b. Earith, Hertfordshire
Sarah A Killingsworth, 61, b. Cambridge
Edward C Collins, 21, Sarah’s son, Soda Water Bottler, b. Chesterton Fen, Cambridgeshire
Head of Household is Edward William Tebbit, a 37-year-old, grocer’s assistant who was born in Burwell. He is married to Jane (34) and they have two small children. Florence is four and at school, she was born in Ickleton, her 3-month-old baby sister is Gertrude who was born in Cambridge.
Jane’s maiden name is also Tebbit.
The family is being visited by Jane S Hopwood, aged 50.
Edward died on 13 Sep 1893, his probate record states that he was a “grocer and draper of 49 Ainsworth Street”. Jane moves to Vicarage Terrace with her daughters and becomes a fruit picker.
Charles Long. 33, Assurance Agent, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Ruth L Long, 28, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Victor C long, 2, b. Cambridge
Elsie C Long, 7 months, b. Cambridge
Amelia E Cudworth, Charles’s sister-in-law, 18, General Domestic Servant, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
George Biggs, 30, domestic coachman, b. Cambridge
Beatrice Biggs, 31, b. Cambridge
George Biggs, 5, b. Cambridge
Harry Biggs, 3, b. Cambridge
Arthur Biggs, 11 months, b. Cambridge
George and Beatrice are 6 years married and have 3 children.
Sources: UK census records (1881, 1891, 1901, 1911), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
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