7 Stone Street, Cambridge

A Labourer and his family

Number 7  is one of a terrace of 8 houses on the south side of Stone Street.

1881 – 1888

Head of household is John Silk, a 32-year-old coal porter who was born in Stow.  He lives here with his wife Eliza, 33, who was born in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire.

They have four children. Emily (7), John (6), Henry (4) and Cathleen (1).

The electoral register shows John living here until 1888 when the family move next door to number 8.

1891 – 1901

Head of Household is Samuel Reynolds, a 34-year-old, brewer’s labourer.  He lives here with his wife Mary, 34, who was born in Grantchester.

They have six children. Mary is 12, Hannah is 10, Florence is 9, Ernest is 7, Ethel is 5.  They are recorded as scholars.  The youngest is 2-year-old Lillian.  All the children were born in Cambridge.

The family are still here on the 1901 Census.  Samuel and his son Ernest are both road labourers for an unnamed corporation.  Lillian, now 12, is the only other child at home.

Samuel and Mary are both buried in Mill Road Cemetery.  Samuel died in 1902.

1911

Charles Payne, 48, bricklayer’s labourer, b. Cambridge

Mary Jane Payne, 54, b. Grantchester

The couple record that they have been eight years married and have no children.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901 UK Census, Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England, Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books  (1722-1966),