Blackbourn, Patrick In 1911 Patrick was 11, he was born in 1900 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. His parents were Thomas and Emily Jane Blackbourn. His father was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire and was an engine fitter in the repair department. In 1911 Patrick was still at school, he was the fourth eldest of 7 surviving siblings, they had all… Read More
Barnett, Cecil (Edgar) Cecil Barnett – 10 Eight Acres The Barnett family were living at 10 Eight Acres in 1901 and 1910. The head of the household was Alderman Barnett who had a rather bewildering selection of occupations – as a young man he was a wheelwright then a gardener, in 1901 he was a baker and… Read More
Blades, Albert Moisey Albert Moisey Blades – Shamrock Villa, 16 Casterton Road Albert was born in 1895 in Stamford. He was the son of Tom and Ellen Blades. In 1901 they were living at 2 West End villas (off Foundry Rd). In 1911 he was living at Shamrock Villa, Casterton Road. He had two brothers Frederick, born in… Read More
Bagley, Albert Victor Albert was born in July 1898 in Stamford, he was the son of Charles and Louisa. Charles was born in Ryhall and was a postman. In 1911 the family lived at 58 Queens Street and Albert had one brother Reginald aged 10. In December 1915 he enlisted with the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (reg number… Read More
Barrand, Maurice E Maurice Barrand was born in Tyrell Street Leicester in April 1900. His father Edward, a carpenter, was born in Corby and his mother Hannah (Annie) was born in Spalding. He had a younger brother Harold who was born in 1903. In 1911 the family were living at 81 Cemetery Road. (Radcliffe Road) . No military… Read More
Blades, Francis Christian Francis Christian Blades Francis was born in Stamford on January 28th 1899. He was the son of Tom and Ellen Blades and lived at Shamrock Villa, Casterton Road in 1911. The family had moved there from 2 West End Villas. Tom was a newspaper clerk at the Stamford Mercury. His brother Albert joined the Royal… Read More
Branston, John John Branston was born in 1899 in Oakham, his mother Ada’s home town. The family lived in Collyweston in 1901 and father Richard was an agricultural worker. Later he became a gamekeeper on the Burghley estate and John and his older sister Ellen moved with their parents to a cottage in The Maltings, Burghley Park.… Read More
Brown, Arthur Fred Arthur Fred Brown Arthur Fred Brown was born in 1900 and lived with his parents Fred (born South Luffenham) and Maria (born Walpole St Peter) and three sisters in The Maltings in Burghley Park where the four children were all born. His father worked on the estate as a shepherd and later, a butcher.Arthur was… Read More
Baker, Arthur Nugent Arthur Nugent Baker In 1911 Arthur was 16 years old. He was born in Stamford in 1895. His parents were Nugent & Gertrude (nee Chapman) Baker. His father was a tailor’s cutter. Arthur was an ironmonger’s assistant. His brother, Charles, was a tailor’s apprentice following in his father’s footsteps. The family lived at 17 Adelaide… Read More
Baxter, Arthur Ewart Arthur Ewart Baxter – 46 High Street Arthur Ewart Baxter was born in Stamford in April 1894 to parents Jesse Baxter, a labourer in the Iron Foundry who was born in Thornaugh, and his wife, Salome, a Cornish woman. They lived at 6 Milner’s Row but had moved to 46 High Street by 1911. At… Read More