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43 Kingston Street, Cambridge

A Railway Clerk & a Coal Agent

1881

James A Roberts,  a 40 year old railway clerk who was born in the Lanes, Manchester, lives here with his 16 year old daughter Charlotte and 7 year old daughter Sarah.  James is a widower and Charlotte is keeping house for her father.  Charlotte was born in London and Sarah in Woodstow, Huntingdonshire.

1891

In 1891, 43 Kingston Street was home to Sarah Swann, a 71 year old Widow from Essex, living ‘on her own means.’

1901

In 1901, 43 Kingston Street is home to the Tozer family. Alice Tozer, aged 35, is married to Jack Tozer, a 37 year old Coal Agent from Bury St Edmunds. They have four children: Ethel, aged 12; ‘A.R.’, aged 10; Alan, aged 7; and Edward, aged 4.

1911

In 1891, 43 Kingston Street is home to Priscilla Smith, a 30 year old from Hitchin. She is married to William Smith, a 25 year old coach motor painter from Faversham in Kent; and they have a newborn son, also called William, who was born in Redhill, Surrey, and so they have moved here very recently.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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