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69 Ainsworth Street

69 Ainsworth Street

Number 69 is one of a pair of terraced houses on the west side of Ainsworth Street.

1881 census

Charles Samworth, head, 24, clerk, b. Bishopsgate, Middlesex
Lucy M Samworth, wife, 24, b. Kingsland, Middlesex
Lucy M Samworth, daughter, 4, scholar, b. Bow, Middlesex
Arthur Penniall, lodger, 21, decorator, b. Greenwich, Kent

The Electoral Register for 1886–1887 shows John Nichols Sanders living here.  He and his wife then moved to 64 Ainsworth Street between 1891 and 1900.

1891 census

Arthur A Jackson, head, 24, printer & compositor, b. Maidstone, Kent
Emma Jackson, wife, 21, b. Cambridge
William A C Jackson, son, 6 months, b. Cambridge

The Jackson family moved to 11 Sleaford Street by 1901 and 11 South Street by 1911.

1901 census

Albert E Batchelor, head, 24, house decorator, b. Cambridge
Rosa E Batchelor, wife, 25, b. Beeston, Norfolk
Gladys G Batchelor, daughter, 6 months, b. Cambridge

1911 census

William Osmond, head, 40, house painter, b. Tisbury, Wiltshire
Mary Osmond, wife, 44, b. East Dereham, Norfolk
Florence Osmond, daughter, 7, b. Cambridge
Martha Luck, mother-in-law, widow, 68, b. Thornage, Norfolk

William and Martha Osmond had been married for 21 years.  They had had four children, three of whom had died.

1921 census

William Osmond, head, 49, house painter, , b. Tisbury, Wiltshire
Mary Osmond, wife, 54, home duties, b. East Dereham, Norfolk
Florence Osmond, daughter, 17, book keeping & typist, Messrs Venter & Sons, Hills Rd, Coal Merchant, b. Cambridge
Martha Luck, mother-in-law, 78, widow, old age pensioner, b. Thornage, Norfolk

William Osmond worked for builders Negus & Sons on Regent Street. His daughter Florence was a book keeper and typist for coal merchants Venter & Sons on Hills Road.

1939 register

Percy Baker, b. 15 Jun 1888, joint maker LNER
Florence V E Baker, b. 19 Mar 1897, housewife
One child (closed record)

Electoral Registers show that Percy Baker was living here by 1922. He was born in 1888, the year his parents moved from 23 Ainsworth Street to 2 Stone Terrace on Stone Street.  He married Florence Flack in 1918 and was living at 75 Ainsworth Street in 1919 before moving to no. 69. He and Florence lived here until his death in 1942.

Source: 1881–1921 Census, Cambridgeshire, England, Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books, 1722-1966, 1939 Register

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