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17 Sturton Street, Cambridge

Two Families of Horsekeepers

An open metal gate leads into a courtyard bordered by low-rise white buildings with slate roofs and yellow brick pillars.

Property not on the 1891 Census.

1901

Joseph R Mercer, 62, horse keeper – groom, b. Brenchley, Kent

Adelaide Mercer, 68, b. Trumpington

Joe Mercer, 39, whitesmith, b. Orton, Kent

Joseph N Mercer, 20, grandson, (illegible) yeomanry (illegible) mounted rifles, b. Cambridge

Alice A Mercer, 15, granddaughter, b. Cambridge

1911

Thomas Blakeley, head, 28, married, horse keeper, Cambs Co-Operative Society, b. Cambridge
Topsy Nellie Blakeley, wife, 28, married, b. Cambridge

Sources: 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

1939

Thomas Blazeley, horsekeeper (Spaldings)

 

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