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30 Ainsworth Street
30 Ainsworth Street
Number 30 is one of a terrace of five houses standing on the east side of Ainsworth Street.
1881 census
Walter Brooks, head, 33, goods guard on GER, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Emma Brooks, wife, 28, b. Stretham, Cambridgeshire
Walter J Brooks, son, 8, scholar, b. Stretham, Cambridgeshire
Mildred Brooks, daughter, 4, scholar, b. Stretham, Cambridgeshire
Martha C Brooks, daughter, 3 months, b. Cambridge
A newspaper death notice from 1885 tells us that the house was occupied by a family called Edwards in that year (Cambridge Independent Press, 28 Nov 1885):
EDWARDS – Nov.16, at 30 Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, Clifford Aston Edwards, aged 15 months.
1891 census
Saml Braybrook, head, 45, coal merchant, b. Elsworth, Cambridgeshire
Jane Braybrook, wife, 41, b. Linton, Cambridgeshire
Fredk S E Braybrook, son, 12, scholar, b. Cambridge
Harry Braybrook, son, 6, scholar, b. Cambridge
1901 census
Samuel Braybrook, head, 55, coal merchant, own account, b. Elsworth, Cambridgeshire
Jane Braybrook, wife, 50, b. Histon, Cambridgeshire
Harry Braybrook, son, 16, coal porter, b. Cambridge
In 1911 the Braybrook family can be found at 99 Ainsworth Street.
1911 census
Henry Newman, head, 49, bricklayer’s labourer, b. Cambridge
Amelia Newman, wife, 49, b. Cambridge
William John Newman, son, 19, bricklayer, building [trade], b. Cambridge
Oliver Victor Newman, son, 13, school, b. Cambridge
Cecil George Newman, son, 11, school, b. Cambridge
Henry Newman and his wife Amelia (née Bradford) had been married for 26 years and had seven children, four of whom had died. The family previously lived at 32 Ainsworth Street.
William Newman served with the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in World War I. He was killed in action on 28 April 1917. William is buried in the Browns Copse Cemetery, Roeux.
Oliver Newman served with the Yorkshire Regiment in World War I. He was discharged on 18 July 1918. He married Fanny Coote in 1920.
Cecil Newman joined the National Union of Railwaymen in 1917. He worked as a lamp lad.
1921 census
Henry Newman, head, 59, general labourer, Rattee & Kett, b. Cambridge
Amelia Newman, wife, 58, b. Cambridge
Sissel Newman, son, 21, acting fireman, GER, b. Cambridge
Henry Newman worked for Rattee & Kett on Station Road, but stated on the census that he was out of work.
Oliver Newman, his wife Fanny and daughter Violet Elsie can be found on the 1921 census living on Occupation Road. Oliver worked as a hairdresser. He died in 1922 aged 24.
Cecil married Ruth Webb in 1922. His occupation is given as ‘fireman’. They lived on Broad Street. Cecil was killed on the line at Cambridge on 23 March 1927. He and Ruth had a son named Ronnie.
Sources: UK census records (1881 to 1921), England & Wales Marriages (1837-2005), FindAGrave.com, Soldiers Died in the Great War (1914-1919), British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards (1914-1920), Silver War Badge Roll (1914-1920), Cambridgeshire Marriages,
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