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99 York Street

A Railway Signalman & a Carter

1881

Number 99 is not on the 1881 Census.

1891

Joseph J Beard, head, railway signalman, 39, 1852, Barton,
Susan Beard, 30, 1861, Barton,
Lily Beard, 9, 1882, B. Cambridge
Bob Beard, 7, 1884, B. Cambridge
John Beard, 5, 1886, B. Cambridge
Arthur Beard, 2, 1889, B. Cambridge
David Beard, 1, 1890, B. Cambridge

1901

Harry Earnest Randall, carter, and his wife Elizabeth (nee Pink).  Elizabeth’s parents live at 98 York Street.  The couple will move to 18 Stone Street by 1911.

1911

Herbert Porter, 37, cellarman for a wine and spirit merchants, b. Saffron Walden

Elizabeth Porter, 37, b. Ely, Cambridgeshire

Elizabeth and Herbert have been married for two years.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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