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105 York Street, Cambridge

A Laundress & a Coal Hawker

1881

William Green, head, 24, 1857, shunter on G.E.R. (pointsman), Stoke, Suffolk
Elizabeth Green, wife, 25, 1856, Clare, Suffolk
Kate Green, daughter, 2, 1879, Clare, Suffolk
William E. Green, son, 10 months, 1880, Cambridge

1891

Elizabeth Pink, head, laundress, 67, 1824, Frankfurt on Rhine
Richard Rolfe, boarder, labourer, 19, 1872, B. Cambridge
Edward Pink, labourer, 17, 1874, B. Cambridge
Rose Pink, 9, [granddaughter],1882, B. Cambridge
Ethel Pink, granddaughter, 5, 1886, B. Cambridge

Ruiz, Town and Gown Prostitution, 2022, refers to the Pink family as an example of where the father, Elijah Pink, was prosecuted by the Cambridge Poor-Law Union for deserting his children, Rose and Ethel, in 1890.

1901

William Butler, head, 32, coal hawker, 1869, Cambridge
Eller Butler, wife, 31, 1870, Cambridge
Edward A Butler, son, 7, 1894, Cambridge
John Butler, son, 5, 1896, Cambridge
Walter L Butler, son, 2, 1899, Cambridge
William Butler, son, 6 months, 1900, Cambridge

1911

Sam George, 40, general merchant’s labourer, b. Cambridge

Minnie Lily George, 36, b. Fulbourn

Mabel Rose George, 8, b. Cambridge

Minnie Daisy George, 5, b. Cambridge

Alfred Percy George, 3, b. Cambridge

Henry Peter George, 2, b. Cambridge

Minnie and Sam have been married for thirteen years, they have had seven children, three of whom have died.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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