8 Gothic Street, Cambridge

History of 8 Gothic Street

1841

James Dring, 55, tailor

Ann, 55

Michael, 17

Emma, 13

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1851

James Dring, 66, tailor, b Cambridge

Ann, 65, b Cambridge

Michael, 26, tailor, b Cambridge

NB members of this family were at 8 Gothic Street in 1841, 1861 and 1871

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1861

Ann Dring, 77, widow, b Cambridge

Michael William, 38, tailor, b Cambridge

Sarah, 39, daughter-in-law, servant, b Cambridge

Mary Louisa, 6, granddaughter, b Cambridge

Willie, 6, grandson, b Cambridge

Albert Edward, 2, grandson, b Cambridge

James, 3 months, grandson, b Cambridge

Emily Loftus Bilton, 13, granddaughter, b Cambridge

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1871

Michael Dring, 48, tailor master, b Cambridge

Sarah, 49, b Cambridge

Mary, 16, general servant out of employment, b Cambridge

William, 14, tailors errand boy, b Cambridge

Edward, 13, tobacconists errand boy, b Cambridge

James, 11, scholar, b Cambridge

Thomas, 9, scholar, b Cambridge

Frederick, 4, scholar, b Cambridge

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1881

Michael Dring, 58, tailor, b Cambridge

Sarah 59, b Cambridge

Thomas, 15, tailor, b Cambridge

Frederick, 15, errand boy, b Cambridge

Edward, 20, b Cambridge. Described as ‘cripple’ and partially blind.  In 1871 he was a tobacconists errand boy with no disability mentioned.  He is not found living with his family on later census and in 1939 is at an address in Wisbech, called an institution, actually the old Wisbech workhouse.

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1891

Michael Dring, 69, tailor, b Cambridge

Sarah, 70, b Cambridge

William, 33, labourer, b Cambridge

James, 29, labourer, b Cambridge

Frederick, 23, labourer, b Cambridge

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1901

Mary Crick, widow, 50, b Newmarket

Henry, 23, painter, b Cambridge

Alfred, 12, b Cambridge

Arthur Wallis, boarder, 29, cab driver, b Cambridge

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1911

Mary Crick, 65, widow, b Newmarket

Alfred Walter, visitor, 46, cab driver, b Cambridge

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1913

Mrs Crick

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1939

Leslie H Chapman, b 1891, engineering department post office

Caroline M, b 1892, college bedmaker, retired through ill-health