10 Stone Street, Cambridge

A Labourer and a Bricklayer

Number 10 was one of a terrace of seven houses on the south side of Stone Street and was built in 1881.  The terrace was demolished, so this property no longer exists.

1891

Stephen Morley, 45, Widower, Labourer, b. Smithfield, London

Mary A Daisley, 34, Domestic Housekeeper, b. Grantchester, Cambridgeshire

Edith Daisley, 9, Scholar, b. Cambridge

James Daisley, 6, Scholar, b. Cambridge

Edward Daisley, 4, Scholar, 4, b. Cambridge

Stephen Daisley, 1 year 10 months, b. Cambridge

1898 – 1915

Head of household is Benjamin Gage, a 40-year-old bricklayer who was born in Plymouth, Devon.  He is married to Frances(nee Brignell) and they have a 13-year-old daughter who is also named Frances. The family has moved from 116 Sturton Street.

The couple have two other daughters, 10-year-old Ellen and a 2-year-old who was been recorded on the census as “Francis M. Gage”.  However, this is the male spelling, and they already have a daughter called “Frances M”.

The 1911 Census solves this mystery.  The daughter is actually named Florence May and she is now 12.  There’s a new mystery now, daughter Ellen is on this census as “Johanna”, a 19-year-old domestic servant.

Benjamin and Frances now have a son who they have named as Benjamin junior. He’s eight.

Electoral registers show Benjamin Gage living at 10 Stone Street until at least 1915.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books (1722-1966), Civil Registration Marriage Index (1837-1915),