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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
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
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
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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