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59 York Street, Cambridge

Three Families of Railway Workers

1881

Charles Challis, head, 31, 1850, railway guard on G.E.R., March, Cambridgeshire
Rhoda Challis, wife, 32, 1849, Stradishall, Suffolk
Annie Challis, daughter, 8, 1873, scholar, Peterbro, Huntingdonshire
Kate Challis, daughter, 6, 1875, scholar, Peterbro, Huntingdonshire
Olive Challis, daughter, 4, 1877, scholar, Cambridge
Charles H. Challis, son, 2, 1879, Cambridge
Alfred Challis, son, 8 months, Cambridge

1891

William Carpenter, head, railway porter, 29, 1862, B. Cambridge
Elizabeth M Carpenter, 33, 1858, B. Cambridge
Gertrude M Carpenter, scholar, 6, 1885, B. Cambridge
Charles W Carpenter, scholar, 4, 1887, B. Cambridge
William J Carpenter, scholar, 3, 1888, B. Cambridge
Sykes J Carpenter, 3 months, 1891, B. Cambridge

1901

Herbert Headland, head, railway porter, 39, 1862, Cambridge
Annie Headland, wife, 30, 1871, Cambridge
Ethel Headland, daughter, 12, 1889, Cambridge

1911

Edwin Chapman, 26, pawnbroker’s assistant, b. Tottenham

Vonial E Chapman, 19, b. Cambridge

The couple have been married under a year,  and have had no children.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

Tags

  • Great Eastern Railway
  • railway porter
  • railway worker
  • scholar

Projects

  • York Street

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