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Number 72, otherwise known as Harley Cottage, built 1871, is a single property on the end of a terrace on the east side of Ainsworth Street.
Harley Cottage, built 1871
Thomas Livermore, Head, 32, Engine Fireman on G.E.R., Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Louisa Livermore, Wife, 31, Southampton, Hampshire
William W. Livermore, 3, Cambridgeshire
Arthur J. Livermore, 2, Cambridgeshire
Louisa Livermore, Cambridgeshire
Martha Ambrose, Visitor, 20, Cambridgeshire
In this year John How Medlow lived here, aged 60, a retired farmer from Waterbeach. He was born into a non-conformist family. His wife Jane is 63 and their children Helen 31, and George William 28. Their unmarried children were born in Waterbeach. George William is a carpenter and joiner.
William Pearson, head, 56, bricklayer’s labourer, b. Cheveley, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Pearson, wife, 57, b. Cheveley, Cambridgeshire
Eliza Pearson, daughter, 28, b. Cheveley, Cambridgeshire
William Pearson, head, 67, builder’s bricklayer, b. Cheveley, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Pearson, wife, 69, b. Cheveley, Cambridgeshire
Eliza Pearson, daughter, 40, b. Cheveley, Cambridgeshire
J W Pearson, grandson, 9, school boy, b. London
Fanny Ringham, boarder, single, 72, independent means, b. Waterstock, Oxfordshire
William and Sarah are 45 years married. They had five children, one of whom has died.
Chas Cornell
Chas Cornell
72a Kershaw Heating & Plumbing, heating and sanitary engineers, plumbers sheet metal workers & welders.
SOURCES: Census for 1891, 1901, 1911 and Trade Directories for 1953 and 1967
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