70 York Street

A Bricklayer & a Railway Fireman

1881

John White, head, widower, 55, 1826, Chelsea pensioner, Emmest, Norfolk
Julia A. Park, niece, widow, 27, 1854, Gedney, Lincoln

1891

Walter J Lowings, head, bricklayer, 31, 1860, Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire
Annie Lowings, 30, 1861, B. Cambridge
Walter J N Lowings, scholar, 10, 1881, B. Cambridge
Ellen L Lowings, scholar, 8, 1883, B. Cambridge
Annie F Lowings, scholar, 6, 1885, B. Cambridge
Frederick C Lowings, scholar, 4, 1887, B. Cambridge
Arthur H Lowings, 2, 1889, B. Cambridge
Charles Lowings, 1, 1890, B. Cambridge
Arthur Payne, lodger, stone mason, 23, 1868, B. Cambridge

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1893

Cambridge Independent Press 2.6.1893:

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CASES. The following educational cases were heard: – For neglecting to send their children to school : Henry Squires, of 66, Sturton Street, attendance order made ; Joseph Johnson, of 7, Albert Street, New Street, order made ; Walter Lowings, of 70, York Street, order made ; John Everett, of 2, Geldart Street, order made ; Thomas Gladwell, of 16, Charles Street, two children, order made in each case ; Joseph Finkell, of Abbey Street, order made ; Maria Chisholm, of Fitzroy Street, order made. For disobeying Magistrates’ orders; Mary Ann Smith, of 57, Norfolk Street, was fined 3s. ; Henry Christopher Scott, of the Sun Inn, Newmarket Road, fined 2s. 6d. ; Thomas Brunton Craft, of 79, York Street, fined 1s. ; James Peters, of 14, Cambridge Place, fined 3s; John Utteridge, of 5, Britannia Place, fined 1s.

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1901

William Rider, head, 28, railway fireman, 1873, Little Chesterford, Essex
Mary A E Rider, wife, 28, 1873, Thorndon, Suffolk
Charles W Rider, son, 2 months, 1901, Cambridge
Mary A Wilding, mother-in-law, 49, 1852, North Lopham, Norfolk
Edith Wilding, 16, 1885, Thorndon, Suffolk
Nellie A Rider, sister-in-law, 19, 1882, Little Chesterford, Essex

1911

Stephen John Sparkes, 28, coal porter, b. Toft, Cambridgeshire

Jessie Clara Sparkes, 34, b. Paddington, London

Stephen Sparkes, 11, b. Cambridge

Ivy Violet Sparkes, 9, b. Cambridge

Doreen [illegible middle name] Sparkes, 6, b. Cambridge

Clarence Percy Rutter, 18, lodger, boot finisher, b. Newmarket

Jessie and Stephen have been married for seventeen years, and they have had five children, one of whom has died.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census