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94 – 95 East Road
History of 95 East Road
1851 unnumbered but between 96 and 93
Frederick Holland, 43, sawyer, b London
Mary Holland, 33, b Suffolk
William Holland, 8, b Cambridge
Thomas, 5, b Cambridge
Thomas, 2, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 4 mos, b Cambridge
Frederick and Mary Ann had married in Cambridge in 1840. In 1861 they were living at 100 East Road. Frederick had been previously married to Anne (nee Pollen) and had two surviving children by her, Louisa Ann b 1830 and Frederick b 1832.
1861
(94) Thomas Tappin, 40, bone cutter, b Bethnal Green
(Back of 94) James Shead, 57, gardener, b Cambridge
(94B) John Bailey, 76, ag lab., b Ditton
(95) George Pope, 61, earthernware dealer, b Norfolk
Mary, 57, b Suffolk
Elliott, 22, earthernware dealer, b Cambridge, deaf
Samuel, 16, b Cambridge
Alfred, 14, b Cambridge
Joseph Reynolds, son in law lodger, 30, confectioner, b Cambridge
Harriett Reynolds, lodger daughter, 24, b Cambridge
Alice M Pope, granddaughter, 3, b Cambridge
(95) 1913:
Samuel Gentle, coal and forage merchant
Hubert Gentle
Samuel Gentle and family c1932
From left, back row: Herbert Pamplin, Fred Darler, William Robinson, Kit Pamplin, Jim Nicholson, Con Nicholson, Martha MacKay, Walter Gentle, Duncan MacKay. Middle row: Kate Gentle, Gertrude Robinson, Dan Gentle, Samuel Gentle, May Darler. Front Row: Marion Deeks, Sydney Deeks, Ada Gentle.
The Gentles were a well-known Barnwell family. Six of the Gentle daughters married men connected with local businesses. Kit married Herbert Pamplin who was in charge of the furniture department at Laurie and McConnal. Fred Darler who married May, was the baker at 47 New Street; William Robinson, who married Gertrude, was transport manager at Chivers; and Sydney Deeks who married Marion worked for Cambridgeshire Motors. Of the Gentle sons, Walter ran the corn, coal and forage business with his father Samuel, while his brother Dan was a director of J A Sturton Ltd, the tea blenders of Fitzroy Street. Duncan MacKay, husband of Martha, was known in sporting circles as Sonny. He was a boxer, swimmer and cyclist. (Down You Street, 1984 p.115)
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