23 York Street, Cambridge

A French Polisher & a House Decorator

1881

Joseph Rowson, head, 70, 1811, Cheshire
Lawrence Rowson, 7, 1874, scholar, Norwich, Norfolk
Emma Rowson, grand-daughter, 11, 1870, scholar, Norwich, Norfolk

1891

William Thring, head, French polisher, 22, 1869, B. Cambridge
Annie Thring, 21, 1870, B. Cambridge
Bertie Thring, 2, 1889, B. Cambridge

1901

Harry Driver, head, house decorator and painter, 28, 1873, Cambridge
Elizabeth A Driver, wife, 28, 1873, Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire
Kate E Driver, daughter, 8, 1893, Cambridge
Harry Driver, son, 7, 1894, Cambridge

1911

Arthur Henry Harvey, 30, Pearl Life Insurance Agent, b. Bury St Edmunds

Eliza Harvey, 30, b. Glemsford, Suffolk

Ronald Thurston Harvey, 9 months, b. Cambridge

Phoebe Golding, 27, boarder, Chivers jam factory hand, b. Glemsford, Suffolk

Laura Golding, 25, boarder, Chivers jam factory hand, b. Glemsford, Suffolk

Phoebe and Laura are Eliza’s younger sisters.  Parent’s and other siblings are at 41 York Street.

Eliza and Arthur recorded, very specifically, that they have been married 1 year 6 months.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

1913

Frederick Medcalfe, warehouseman

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Barnwell at War (2018) tells the story of Arthur Harvey, who in peacetime worked for the Great Eastern Railway.  Called up as a reservist, 34 year old Arthur had been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for single-handedly collecting 16 wounded men on the Menin Road near Ypres, and getting them into an ambulance wagon while under constant fire.

Married to Eliza and with two children at 23 York Street, he was acting company quartermaster-sergeant of the 2nd West Riding Regiment. He apologised to Alfred Mansfield, leader of the New Street Men’s Bible Class, for not attending the bible class the previous Sunday.