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4 York Street

History of 4 York Street

1881

Henry J Payne, 26, carpenter, b. Cambridge
Mary Ann Payne, 26, b. Cambridge

1891

Robert J Dicker, 25, railway fireman, b. Cambridge
Caroline Dicker, 27, b. Isleham, Cambridgeshire
Florence M Dicker, 3, b. Cambridge
Ada G Dicker, 1, b. Cambridge

1901

John R Weeden, 34, railway guard, b. Cambridge
Elizabeth Weeden, 36, b. Ely, Cambridgeshire
Hannah Sparrow, 6, visitor, b. Yarmouth, Norfolk

This couple has moved here from number 24 York Street.

1911

Leonard Freestone, 34, GER Railway fireman, b. St Matthew’s
Florence Freestone, 32, b. Haslingfield
Joseph Freestone, 4, b. St Matthew’s
Percy Freestone, 2, b. St Matthew’s
Leonard and Florence have been married for six years and have two children.

1939

Thomas and Louisa Pinney live here in 1939.  Thomas lived at 31 York Street as a boy and also at 29 Ainsworth Street as a young man.

1913:
Alfred Freestone, acting driver GER

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, 1939 Register,

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