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8 York Street

The Family of a Tailor

1881

William G. Abbott, head, 48, 1833, tailor, Cambridge
Fanny Abbott, wife, 45, 1836, Cambridge
Geo. R. Abbott, son, 16, 1865, pupil teacher, Cambridge
Fanny D. Abbott, daughter, 14, 1867, Cambridge
Jane R. Abbott, daughter, 11, 1870, scholar, Cambridge
Eliza A. Abbott, daughter, 7, 1874, scholar, Cambridge

1891

William G Abbott, tailor, 58, 1833, B. Cambridge
Fanny Abbott, 56, 1835, B. Cambridge
George R Abbott, Member University of Cambridge Certificated Assistant Schoolmaster, 26, 1865, B. Cambridge
Jane R Abbott, dressmaker, 21, 1870, B. Cambridge
Eliza A Abbott, help at home, 17, 1874, B. Cambridge

1901

William G Abbott, head, tailor, 68, 1833, Cambridge
Fanny Abbott, wife, 65, 1836, Cambridge
Jane R Abbott, daughter, dressmaker, 31, 1870, Cambridge
Eliza A Abbott, daughter, 27, 1874, Cambridge

1911

Horace Walter Wilson, 24, labourer and carman for a coal merchant, b. Girton

Elizabeth Mary Wilson, 27, b, St Matthew’s Parish

Walter Charles Wilson, 1, b, St Matthew’s Parish

Charles Marshall, 60, boarder, widower, railway servant, b. Saffron Walden, Essex

Elizabeth and Horace have been married for three years and have one child.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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