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171 Sturton Street, Cambridge

A Labourer at the Soap Works

A yellow brick house with light green doors and window frames sits on a street corner, with two people walking in the distance.

1881

Frank McB. Thompson, head, married, 22, painters labourer, b. Houghton, Huntingdonshire
Catherine Thompson, wife, married, 23, b. Cambridge
Ethel M. Thompson, daughter, 2, b. Cambridge
Mabel Grace Thompson, daughter, 3 months, b. Cambridge

1891

John Hull, 31, Labourer (Soap Works which was located very closeby on Gas Lane), b. Cambridge

Sarah Hull, 32, Shelford, Cambs

Harry S Parker, adopted son, 2, b. Cambridge

1901

Roger Q Hutt, 33, (Paint maker? Gardener?) b. Cambridge

Mary A Hutt, 30, b. Cambridge

Mary C Hutt, 11, b. Cambridge

Beatrice M Hutt, 10, b. Cambridge

Percy W Hutt, 5, b. Cambridge

Walter G Hutt, 1, b. Cambridge

1911

Robert Ruse, head, 39, married, drayman for brewers, b. West Wratting, Cambridgeshire
Rose Ruse, wife, 36, married, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
Kate Ruse, daughter, 11, school, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
Flora Ruse, daughter, 10, school, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
James Ruse, son, 8, school, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
Agnes Ruse, daughter, 6, school, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
Maurice Ruse, son, 5, school, b. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
Married 12 years, 5 children

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

Projects

  • Sturton Street

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