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26 Gold Street, Cambridge

History of 26 Gold Street

1851

John Leader, 36, tailor, b Cambridge

Mary Ann, 37, laundress, b Grantchester

Mary Ann, 13, b Cambridge

Eliza, 11, b Cambridge

James, 8, b Cambridge

John Leader married Mary Thompson in Barnwell, 11 Aug 1835. She was the widow of Edward Thompson, the same as the Mary Ann Thompson who married Edward Thompson in 1832.

In 1841 the family were living at 29 Staffordshire Street.


1861

John Leader, 46, wine merchant’s porter, b Cambridge

Mary Ann, 47, b Grantchester

Mary Ann, 23, milliner and dress maker, b Cambridge

James, 19, E C railway clerk, b Cambridge

Edwin, 12, b Cambridge

In 1871 Mary Ann was married and living at 19 City Road.


1871

John Leader


1913

William Long, carman

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