Lee, Cyril Bernard In 1901 Cyril Bernard Lee was living in an orphanage in Wantage. By 1911 he was aged 15 was back living with his mother Eliza and sisters Ida 16 and Winifred 13 at 5 Barn Hill. He was working as a solicitor’s clerk for Phillips, Evans and Dalton. In October 1915 he enlisted and joined… Read More
Miles, Sidney Sydney Miles Sydney Miles was born in October 1899 in Stamford, the son of Thomas and Mary Miles. In 1901 they lived at 1 Cooch’s Court. Neither parent had been born in Stamford, Thomas was born in Wansford and Mary in Godmanchester. Thomas was a wood sawyer. In 1911 they were living at 7 Cooch’s… Read More
Newman, Sidney James The Newman Family – 38 North Street William Arthur Newman and Annie Clarke married at Peterborough in July 1886. They had 4 sons and 2 daughters. Neither of them was born in the Stamford area and the elder children were all born in Peterborough but the family had moved to Stamford by the time the… Read More
Lock, John John Lock – 9 Cemetery Road In 1911 John, aged 13 years, is listed as the youngest child of John and Mary Lock. They lived at 9 Cemetery Road, a 4-roomed house. His father was a wheelwright. His parents had been married for 25 years and had had 8 children, one of whom had died.… Read More
Minton, William George William George Minton was born in 1896 in Newport, Monmouthshire. In 1901 he was living in Kidderminster with his father George Henry, manager of a clothiers shop, his mother Edith and sister Doris. His mother died and his father married Leonora, born in Bombay and they had three more children. Only the youngest born in… Read More
Newton, Charles Charles Newton – Borderville Cottages Charles Newton was born in 1897 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. In 1901 he was living in Hereward Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, with his father William, aged 32, and his mother Emma, aged 25, and his paternal grandparents. There was a baby, Alfred, a few months old, but he died before the… Read More
Lowe, Albert ALBERT LOWE – Borderville Cottages Albert Lowe was born in Doncaster on 5th January 1901. His father John T. Lowe was born in Alconbury, Huntingdonshire in 1852 and his mother Mary Ann was born in Misterton, Nottinghamshire in 1874. John and Mary lived at 5 Arbitration Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire and John T. worked on the… Read More
Mitchell, Noel Alexander In 1911 Noel was 12 years old, he was born in Grantham on 24th December 1898. Home in 1911 was 55a St Leonard’s Street. Here he lived with his widowed mother, Mary Elizabeth (nee Clarke ) Mitchell, his 16 year old sister, Janet Letitia May also born in Grantham and younger brother, William Leslie Mitchell… Read More
Nichols, John Robert John Robert Nichols John Robert was the son of Robert and Emma Louise Nichols . Robert was an engineers clerk and in 1911 the family were living at 7 Emlyn Street. In 1901 they were living at Seaton Terrace, Adelaide Street and his father Robert was a clerk at the foundry. John attended Eversley School… Read More
Lowe, Edward In 1911 Edward was 14 years old, he was born in 1897 in Wigginton, Staffordshire. His parents were John George and Gertrude (nee Davenport) Lowe. In 1911 he was living at 20 St George’s Square in Stamford. Edward was the second eldest of 5 siblings. They were all at home except for his older sister… Read More