Toon, John T John T Toon– 9 Priory Buildings, Brazenose Lane John’s parents, Charles and Jane Toon (nee Hill), were married in 1890 and had 7 children of whom 4 had died before 1901. Charles was a furnace tenter at an iron foundry in 1901 and a furnace-man in the foundry of the agricultural implement works in 1911.… Read More
Smith, Alfred Leopold Alfred Leopold Smith– 3 Brazenose Cottages Alfred’s parents were not local. Harry, his father came from Derby and his mother, Violet was born in Notting Hill. By the time they were in their early 20s they had settled in Stamford. Harry’s occupation in 1901 was a fitter of engines but by 1911 he was working… Read More
Sykes, John Neville John Neville Sykes John was the son of John and Alice Sykes. He was born in 1897 in Liverpool. He had an older brother Alan Lucas aged 25 in 1911, who was a post office clerk. The family lived at 4 Tinwell Road in 1901, moving along the road to number 8 by 1911. This… Read More
Plowright, Bertie Robert Plowright was born in Stamford in early 1896. His father Robert Henry, who was a woodwork machinist for a coachbuilder, and mother, Alice. Bertie had a younger brother Robert and a sister Elizabeth. (There may have been another son, born in 1901, who died soon after birth.) Robert Henry was 27 years old and… Read More
Rippin, John William John was born in Stamford in 1897 and in 1911 he was living at 4 Tenter Lane with his widowed father, John Edward, and his sister Annie May (12) and his younger brother Amos (10). His father was born in Colsterworth, with all the children being born in Stamford. Father was a labourer in a… Read More
Ryman, Leslie Maltby Leslie Maltby Ryman– 31 Empingham Road Leslie Ryman was born in Bury, Lancashire in November 1899 where his father was the Deputy Borough Engineer. He was the youngest of 4 children. The family came to Stamford when his father, Frederick Robert, became the Municipal Engineer and Surveyor for the Borough Council. They lived at 31… Read More
Plowright, Robert Robert Plowright was born in Stamford in early 1899. His father Robert Henry, who was a woodwork machinist for a coachbuilder, and mother, Alice already had 2 other children, Bertie aged 4 years and Elizabeth 1 year. (There may have been another son, born in 1901, who died soon after birth.) Robert Henry was 27… Read More
Sargeant, Charles William Charles William Sargeant – 20a Foundry Road Charles’ parents both came from Pickworth in Rutland and his father, also Charles, was a lime worker. They had 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls, all born in Stamford. Charles was the eldest born in 1898 and in 1911 was at school. He enlisted in March 1917… Read More
Pond, Herbert Leonard At the time of the census in 1891 and also in 1901 the Pond family lived at No 11 Rutland Villas on the south side of Tinwell Road. By 1911 they had moved just to the east of the Villas to 1 Tinwell Road. In 1911 the family consisted of parents, Harry and Annie Eliza;… Read More
Robinson, John John Robinson George Robinson of Stamford Baron and Ellen Vanner (born in Walworth) married in 1882 and lived for some years in Lumby’s Terrace on Water Street. George was a labourer working at times in an ironstone quarry and for a mason. They had 12 children all born in Stamford but 5 died young. They moved… Read More