165 Sturton Street, Cambridge

The Family of a Painter's Labourer

1881

Elizabeth Newman, wife, married, 28, b. Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
Jane Kate Newman, daughter, 5, scholar, b. Cambridge
Herbert Newman, son, 3, scholar, b. Cambridge
George Henry Newman, son, 1, b. Cambridge

1891

Henry Newman, 44, Painters Labourer, b. Cambridge

Elizabeth Newman, 38, Grocer, b. Cambridge

Jane K Newman, 15, Domestic Servant, b. Cambridge

Herbert Newman, 13, Scholar, b. Cambridge

George H Newman, 11, Scholar, b. Cambridge

Helen C Newman, 9, Scholar, b. Cambridge

Florence A Newman, 6, Scholar, b. Cambridge

Mary Newman, 3, b. Cambridge

1901

Henry Newman, 54, Widower, Painters Labourer, b. Cambridge

Jane K Newman, 25, b. Cambridge

Herbert Newman, 23, School caretaker, b. Cambridge

Mary Newman, 13, b. Cambridge

1911

Henry Newman, head, 64, widower, shopkeeper general shop, b. Cambridge
Herbert Newman, son, 33, caretaker (school) for Borough Council, b. Cambridge

Source – 1881,

1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

In 1984 Down Your Street p.79 recorded the reminiscences of Leslie Wallis, no.175 Sturton Street, whose uncle was Mr Newman, the grocer: Here one could buy anything from sweets to groceries, pickles, jams, biscuits and vegetables. Jams and pickles were not sold in one-pound jars but loose from a large earthernware jar. One took along an old cup which was duly weighed on the big scales – then a large wooden spoon was produced which was used to dig out the jam or the pickles to be weighed in the cup.