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A Telegraph Foreman and a Tailor

1881

Sarah A. Lawrence, head, widow, 38, laundress, b. Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire
George John Lawrence, son, 14, butchers errand boy, b. Cambridge
Susan Lawrence, daughter, 11, scholar, b. Cambridge
Frederick W. Lawrence, son, 9, scholar, Cambridge
Charlotte Long, mother, married, 64, nurse, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
Mildred J. Long, niece, 4, scholar, b. London, Middlesex

1891

Walter J Thwaites, 37, Telegraph Foreman GER, b. Norwich, Norfolk

Emma Thwaites, 29, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire

Elizabeth Thwaites, 10, Scholar, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire

Emily Thwaites, 8, Scholar, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire

Maud Thwaites, 5, Scholar, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire

Caroline Thwaites, 3, Scholar, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire

Lottie Thwaites, 9 months, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire

1901

Edwin Gunn, 31, tailor, b. Steeple Bumpstead

Flora Gunn, 27, b. Holloway, London

Thomas W Gunn, 5, b. Steeple Bumpstead

Louisa F Gunn, 2, b. Steeple Bumpsted

1911

William Joseph Bruce, head, 53, married, yardman Cambs Co-Op Society, b. Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ellen Bruce, wife, 47, married, b. Sudbury, Suffolk
Kate Ellen Bruce, daughter, 21, domestic servant, b. Cambridge
Rose Bruce, daughter, 18, domestic servant, b. Cambridge
Percy Sidney Bruce, son, 16, baker, b. Cambridge
Frank Victor Bruce, son, 13, butcher, b. Cambridge
George William Collett, boarder, 20, engine cleaner Midland Railway, b. Saratoga (USA)
Married 27 years, 6 children

Sources – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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