Ferry Path’s residents are listed in both the 1851 and 1861 Censuses but the houses are not numbered on the Census returns, so it isn’t possible to detail who lived in No. 5.
1871 Census:
William Cross, shopman (grocer)
Esther Deardsley (aunt)
William Cross, son
Herbert Cross, son
Mary Howe, servant
1881 Census:
William Cross, grocer’s manager
Mary Cross, wife
William Cross, son
Herbert Cross, son
Arthur Cross, son
Caroline Filby, servant
1891 Census
Israel Rockett, bootmaker
Elizabeth Rockett, wife
Israel Rockett, son, assistant bootmaker
Elizabeth Rockett, daughter, tailoress
Jessie Rockett, daughter, bagmaker
Ethel Rockett, daughter, bagmaker
Frederick Rockett, son
Henry Rockett, son
Alfred Rockett, son
Milton Rockett, son
Walter Rockett, son
1901 Census
David Thorpe, groom
Mabel Thorpe, wife
David Thorpe, son
William Thorpe, son
1911 Census
William Edwards, postman
Helen Edwards, wife
Helen Lucy Mary Edwards, daughter
William Fred Edwards, son
Horace Oliver Edwards, son
John Edwards, son
Sarah Anne Coulson, visitor
1921 Census
William Edwards, postman
Helen Edwards, wife
Helen Lucy Mary Edwards, daughter
Horace Oliver Edwards, son
John Edwards, son
Percy Bertram Edwards, son
Margaret Edwards, daughter
Harry Garner Edwards, son
1931/2 Spaldings Directory
William Edwards
1934/35 Spaldings Directory
William F. Edwards (son of William Edwards, above) (William F. Edwards moved from 5 Ferry Path in 1937 to a newly built property at 95 Fallowfield)
1939 National Register
Edward A. Phillips, ambulance officer, British Red Cross Society
Doreen Phillips, wife
A.N. Other (entry redacted)
1960 Kelly’s Directory
Brian Kitchener
1965/66 Kelly’s Directory
J.E. Kirkpatrick
1978 Deeds
Property sold to Mr. L. Murray-White
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