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147 Sturton Street, Cambridge

A Cook and a Gas Fitter

A two-storey yellow brick terrace house with a blue front door, white arched trim, and a bicycle parked by the front window.

1881

Charles Hadder, head, married, 30, fireman G E Railway, b. Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Fanny Hadder, wife, married, 33, b. Over, Cambridgeshire

1891

Samuel Hemming, 61, Cook, b. Cambridge

Elizabeth Heming, 51, b. Cambridge

Kate Hemming, 20, Dressmaker, b. Cambridge

Rosa Hemming, 17, Dressmaker, b. Cambridge

Walter Hemming, 17, Grocer’s Assistant, b. Cambridge

Amy Hemming, 14, Domestic Servant, b. Cambridge

Maude Hemming, 10, Scholar, b. Cambridge

1901

Charles Thaxter, 44, gas fitter, b. Middlesex

Eliza Thaxter, 41, b. Cambridge

Harry C Thaxter, 15, butcher’s boy, b. Cambridge

Charles Thaxter, 14, errand boy, b. Cambridge

Rebecca Thaxter, 12, b. Cambridge

Beatrice Thaxter, 10, b. Cambridge

Kate Thaxter, 8, b. Cambridge

Christopher Thaxter, 7, b. Cambridge

Percy J Thaxter, 2, b. Cambridge

The same family live here in 1911

Charles Thaxter, head, 54, married, gas fitter for gas company, b. Southgate, Middlesex
Eliza Thaxter, wife, 51, married, b. Cambridge
Charles Thaxter, son, 24, milk carrier for milk company, b. Cambridge
Robert Thaxter, son, 22, general labourer, b. Cambridge
Beatrice Thaxter, daughter, 20, housemaid domestic, b. Cambridge
Kate Thaxter, daughter, 18, nursery maid domestic, b. Cambridge
Christopher Thaxter, son, 17, tailor’s apprentice, b. Cambridge
Percy Thaxter, nephew, 5, school, b. Cambridge
Married 26 years, 8 children of which 2 died

Source – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

Building dates

  • Built by 1899
Source for this date
  • Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900

Tags

  • dressmaker
  • errand boy
  • scholar

Projects

  • Sturton Street

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