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177 Victoria Road
History of 177 Victoria Road
1901
Arthur Lincoln Brasher, 26, house decorator, b Cambridge
Annie, 26, b Quy
Horace, 1, b Cambridge
Ethel Mary, 2, b Cambridge
Hepzibah Cornwall, 16, housemaid, b Bottisham
The Brasher family moved to 62 Hertford Street and then built 33 Hertford Street where they were living in 1911.
1911
Henry John Mann, 53, printer compositor, b Chesterton
Susan, 54, b Swavesey
Hubert Frederick John, 23, hospital clerk, b Chesterton
George Henry, 20, printer compositor apprentice, b Chesterton
Leonard James, 18, gardener labourer, b Chesterton
Walter Francis, 14, printers office boy, b Chesterton
[In 1901 the family were at 15 Herbert Street.
Hubert married Florence Esther Wallman, a dressmakr, in 1912. He served in the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner and was awarded the Military Medal. In 1939 the family are living at 13 Highfield Avenue.
George Henry served as a sergeant in the 2nd Btn South Staffs Reg and the 1st Cambs Reg. He was awarded the Military Medal but died of wounds 1st October 1918 after fighting on 29th September 1918.
Leonard James married Elizabeth Ellen Ward in 1918. They lived initially in Fitzwilliam Street and then from 1930, at 9 Ferry Path, the original home of his spinster aunts Emily, Martha and Amelia.
Walter Francis served as a private in the Camb. Reg. In 1920 he was still living with his parents at 177. In 1921 he married Hilda Edith Langford. They were living at 7 Hills View, Cherry Hinton Road, Great Shelford when he died in 1929.]
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