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77 Ainsworth Street
77 Ainsworth Street
Number 77 is one of a pair of terraced houses on the west side of Ainsworth Street.
1881 census
Robert Tyers, head, 53, gardener, b. Upwell, Cambridgeshire
Mary Tyers, wife, 56, b. West Bilney, Norfolk
Agnes A Tyers, daughter, 18, dressmaker, b. Ickwell Green, Bedfordshire
Geo. Hills, lodger, married, 56, grocer (unemployed), b. Fordham, Cambridgeshire
1891 census
Giles Clark, head, 26, joiner, b. Soham, Cambridgeshire
Harriet Clark, wife, 26, b. Cambridge
Martha Clark, sister-in-law, 30, dressmaker, b. Soham, Cambridgeshire
1901 census
William Smith, head, 30, stone mason’s labourer, b. Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire
Bessie Smith, wife, 26, b. Brookwood, Surrey
Thomas Smith, son, 2, b. Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire
Kathleen Smith, daughter, 8 mo, b. Cambridge
Emma Churcher, sister, 21, draper’s assistant, b. Chertsey, Surrey
1911 census
Joseph John Beard, head, 59, signalman for railway, b. Barton, Cambridgeshire
Susan Beard, wife, 50, b. Barton, Cambridgeshire
Lily Annie Beard, daughter, 29, upholstress, b. Cambridge
David Beard, son, 21, clerk for seal makers, b. Cambridge
Edith Beard, daughter, 18, b. Cambridge
Dennis Barton Beard, son, 16, messenger for railway, b. Cambridge
Ernest Beard, son, 14, at school, b. Cambridge
Percy Leslie Beard, son, 10, at school, b. Cambridge
Joseph and Susan Beard had been married for 31 years, and they had nine children. The family had moved here from 58 Ainsworth Street
1921 census
Joseph John Beard, head, 70, retired signalman, Gt Eastern Railway, b. Barton, Cambridgeshire
Susan Beard, wife, 61, home duties, b. Barton, Cambridgeshire
Edith Beard, daughter, 29, upholstress, Eaden Lilley, b. Cambridge
Dennis Barton Beard, son, 27, passenger train shunter, Gt Eastern Railway, b. Cambridge
Percy Leslie Beard, son, 20, furnisher’s assistant, Eaden Lilley, b. Cambridge
Bob Beard, son, 37, college servant, King’s College, b. Cambridge
Edith and Percy worked for Eaden Lilley on Market Street.
Joseph and Susan Beard are buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
Source: 1881–1921 Census
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