94 Ainsworth Street

94 Ainsworth Street

Number 94 is one of four mid-terraced houses on the east side of Ainsworth Street, built around 1870.

1871 census for household 220*

John Redmill, head, 28, railway inspector, b. Whissendine, Rutland
Eliza Redmill, wife, 27, b. Stogursey, Somerset
Allice Redmill, daughter, 5, scholar, b. Stratford, Essex
Horace Redmill, son, 3, scholar, b. Stratford, Essex
Ada Redmill, daughter, 1, b. Cambridge
Ann Redmill, mother, widow, 54, b. Whissendine, Rutland
Frederick Tupp, lodger, 22, railway clerk locomotive, b. Lowestoft, Suffolk

*In 1871 Ainsworth Street was not yet numbered. Identification of houses is tentative.

A sketch map from 1874 indicates that the house was owned by Mr Banyard, most likely engine driver William Banyard, who lived next door at 92 Ainsworth Street from 1871 until his death in 1922.

1881 census

Robert Bull, head, 36, carriage examiner, Midland Railway, b. Goldington, Bedfordshire
Ann M Bull, wife, 34, b. Findon, Northamptonshire
Annie E Bull, daughter, 13, scholar, Findon, b. Northamptonshire
Sarah A Doncaster, visitor, 25, dressmaker, b. March, Cambridgeshire
Geo. R Bull, son, 11, scholar, b. Kettering, Northamptonshire
Jephtha Hilton, lodger, 21, passenger guard on Midland Railway, b. Sutton St Edmunds, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Steward, lodger, widow, 72, charwoman, b. Redgriff, Suffolk

By 1891, the Bull family had moved two doors along to 98 Answorth Street.

1891 census

G H [George Harry] Franklin, head, 43, railway servant, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Franklin, wife, 44, house keeper, b. Over, St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Agnes Franklin, daughter, 19, domestic servant, b. Old Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
H F [William Henry] Franklin, son, 16, apprentice to printer, b. Cambridge
G F [George] Franklin, son, 14, errand boy, b. Old Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
[Frederick] Hermond Franklin, son, 11, scholar, b. Cambridge
C D [Charles] Franklin, son, 8, scholar, b. Cambridge
S [Sidney] Franklin, son, 3, infant, b. Cambridge

The Franklin family moved here from 44 Ainsworth Street.

Unusually, the census officials in 1891 only gave initials for the father’s name and four of the sons. However, we can find out the full names from past and future census records.

14-year-old George, errand boy, could have been working for one of the bakers or grocers on Ainsworth Street, or one of the local shops or businesses close by on Mill Road or East Road or Newmarket Road.

Sarah died towards the end of 1891.  George remarried in 1893 to Mary Ann Forscutt. They were to have seven more children.

1901 census

George H Franklin, head, 53, railway engine driver, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Mary A Franklin, wife, 41, b. Brampton, Huntingdonshire
Sydney Franklin, son, 13, b. Cambridge
Joe Franklin, son, 6, b. Cambridge
Arthur Franklin, son, 5, b. Cambridge
Gladys Franklin, daughter, 3, b. Cambridge
Burt Franklin, son, 1, b. Cambridge

1911 census

George Harry Franklin, head, 63, engine driver, GER, b. Old Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Mary Ann Franklin, wife, 52, b. Brampton, Huntingdonshire
Sidney Franklin, son, 23, printer, Cambridge
Joe Franklin, son, 17, printer’s apprentice, b. Cambridge
Arthur Franklin, son, 15, fitter’s apprentice, Great Eastern Railway, b. Cambridge
Gladys Franklin, daughter, 13, at school, b. Cambridge
Bertie Franklin, son, 11, at school, b. Cambridge
Albert Franklin, son, 8, at school, b. Cambridge
Reginald Franklin, son, 6, at school, b. Cambridge
20 years married, 7 children

Bertie Franklin married Catherine Barrett from 88 Ainsworth Street in 1916. Arthur married Mary Ann Gibson in 1920 and moved to 98 Ainsworth Street.

1921 census

George Harry Franklin, head, 72, railway engine driver, GER, retired, b. Old Chesterton, Cambridge
Mary Ann Franklin, wife, 62, home duties, b. Brampton, Huntingdonshire
Joseph Franklin, son, 27, printer’s machine minder, J B Peace, University Press, b. Cambridge
Albert Edward Franklin, son, 18, stores clerk, Great Eastern Railway, b. Cambridge

George Harry Franklin died in June 1936, still living at no. 94.  He is buried in Mill Road Cemetery.

Source: 1871–1921 England Census, Cambridgeshire Burials, Mill Road Cemetery, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837–1915