18b, Ivy Villa, Stone Street, Cambridge

A Carman and his family

This house does not appear on the 1888 Ordnance Survey Town Plan or the 1891 Census.  It’s inhabited on the 1901 Census (under the name “House at the Back of Stone Street“) and appears on the revised map of Cambridge that was created in 1901 and  published in 1903.  By 1911 it is called Ivy Villa and today it is also numbered 18B.

1901

Charles Everett, 45, carman, b. Duxford

Margaret Everett, 46, b. Duxford

Helen Everett, 16, domestic servant, b. Cambridge

Alfred Everett, 10, b. Cambridge

Arthur Everett, 8, b. Cambridge

Frances Everett, 5, b. Cambridge

1911

Harry Brown, 45, cabman, b. Cambridge

Mary Ann Brown, 43, b. Cambridge

Henry James Brown, 19, cabman b. Cambridge

Arthur Brown, 17, bookbinder, b. Cambridge

Ivy Brown, 14, b. Cambridge

Violet Brown, 13, school, b. Cambridge

Lily Brown, 11, school, b. Cambridge

Elsie Brown, 5, school, b. Cambridge

Ethel Brown, 2, b. Cambridge

Married for 20 years, eight children, one of whom has died

Ivy Villas, Stone Street appears in the CIP on 18 July 1913 when Harry is fined for having three cabs with only a license for one.

Mary dies in 1939. Property advertised for sale in March 1939 “Six-Roomed House, Garages, Stabling, Yard etc.”

Sources: 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, Ordnance Survey 1888 Town Plan (OldMaps.co.uk),