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164 Sturton Street
A Joiner and a Bricklayer
1881
Edward A. Yorke, head, married, 42, tailor, b. Cambridge
Alice Yorke, wife, married, 39, b. Cambridge
Horace Smith, nephew, 13, scholar, b. Twickenham, Cambridgeshire
1891
George Gentry, 44, Joiner, b. Bocking, Essex
Emily Gentry, 45, Dressmaker, b. Bocking, Essex
Herbert P Gentry, 23, Domestic Butler, b. Bocking, Essex
Charles H Gentry, 20, Baker and Confectioner, b. Thaxted, Essex
Inez Ellen Gentry, 18, Mothers Help, b. Thaxted, Essex
Basil G Gentry, 16, Shop Assistant, b. Thaxted, Essex
Bertie J Gentry, 14, Church Chorister, b. Thaxted, Essex
Lillie E Gentry, 11, Scholar, b. Saffron Walden, Essex
Topsy N Gentry, 10, Scholar, b. Cambridge
Albert V Gentry, 7, Scholar, b. Cambridge
Ernest W Gentry, 5, Scholar, b. Cambridge
This family move to 18 Milford Street by 1901 and 129 Sturton Street by 1911.
1901
George Ison, 31, bricklayer, b. Cambridge
Margaret Ison, 30, b. Waterbeach
Elizabeth A Ison, 9, b. Mortlake, Surrey
Harry G Ison, 2, b. Cambridge
1911
George Ison, head, 42, married, bricklayer, b. Cambridge
Margaret Ison, wife, 40, married, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth Ison, daughter, 19, shop assistant for boot warehouse, b. Mortlake, Surrey
Harry Ison, son, 12, b. Cambridge
Nellie Ison, daughter, 8, b. Cambridge
Married 21 years, 3 children
The family has a couple of boarders living with them.
Charles Bareford is 32 and a fireman for the Great Eastern Railway. As a child Charles lived at 36 Ainsworth Street and on York Terrace. He is now a widower with three children. Daughter Ada lives with her Uncle George in Cowlinge, Suffolk. Daughter Grace shows up in Cowlinge by 1921 working as a Parlourmaid at Branches Park. Son Frederick is 5 in 1911 and living here with Charles.
During the First World War Charles served as a Sapper with the 3rd Norfolk Regiment. He died in June 1918, and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.
1921
George Ison, 52, bricklayer for Coulson & Son
Margaret Ison, 50,
Nellie Ison, 18, office clerk for the Cooperative Stores on Burleigh Street
David Rose, 27, boarder, fireman on the Great Eastern Railway
Frederick Bareford, 15, adopted child, errand boy for Sturton & Son on Fitzroy Street. The electoral registers show Frederick remaining with George Ison at 164 Sturton Street until 1935. Frederick married Elizabeth Twinn in 1937.
Source – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 & 1921 UK Census, LostHeritage.co.uk, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books (1722-1966),
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