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106B York Street, Cambridge

A General Labourer & a G.E.R. Worker

1881

Number 106B is not on 1881 Census.

1891

Number 106B is not on 1881 Census.

1901

Harry Fordham, head, 23, general labourer, 1878, Cambridge
Jane R Fordham, wife, 22, 1879, Cambridge

There is also a Harry Fordham living at 27 York Street.

1908-1910

Electoral Registers show Arthur Johnson living at the property between 1908 and 1909.  It appears to be empty in 1910.

1911-1913

Samuel Arthur Meeks, 27, Great Eastern Railway – loader in the goods department, b. Cambridge

Ethel Louisa Maria Meeks, 25, b. Cambridge

Ronald Arthur Meeks, 8 months, b. Cambridge

Ethel and Samuel have been married for two years and have one child.  Samuel is the son of Moses and Sarah Meeks, he grew up at 135 Sturton Street.  The Electoral Registers show the family living here until 1913.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books (1722-1966),

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