Kent, Alfred John Alfred was born in Stamford in 1896, in 1911 he was 15 and living at 4 St Leonard’s Street with his mother Emma Elizabeth (nee Berry ) Kent , his sister Annie Catherine (22) and a domestic servant, Clara Jane Perrins (24). His mother was born in Creeting St Mary, Suffolk. In 1911 she was… Read More
Hall, Charles Charles Hall – 9 School Terrace Charles was the youngest of the eight children of John William and Eliza Hall. Three of the children died in infancy so Charles, born in 1895, grew up with 2 elder brothers (John T and William) and 2 elder sisters (Jemima and Ellen). His maternal grandmother, Jemima Birkett, also… Read More
Hill, Harold John Harold John Hill Harold was born in Stamford on 9 September 1899 and lived with his father John, mother Emma Gertrude and older sister Edith Margaret. His father was a hairdresser and in 1901 the family lived in his business premises at 15/16 High Street St Martins. Sadly before 1911, his father died and Harold… Read More
Ireland, William (Charles) William Ireland Charles William’s father, William, and his grandfather, James, were both tailors and in the second half of the 19th century several other members of the Ireland family were also tailors. Further investigation may show that Charles William or his brother Francis followed the same trade. Charles William was born in 1899 and… Read More
Kettle, Walter Walter Kettle Walter was born in Bourne Lincolnshire in 1896. His parents were William & Sophia (nee Faulkner) Kettle. His father was a cottager in South Bourne Fen and later a farmer in Austerby Bourne. In 1901 he was at home with his parents, older brother and younger sister. In 1907 his brother Joseph had… Read More
Hodgett, Herbert In 1911 Herbert was 16, he was born in Stamford in 1895. He was the second son of John and Alice Hodgett . He was employed as an engineer moulder in a company manufacturing oil engines. In 1911 & 1901 the family was living at 20 St George’s Street, Stamford.His elder brother Arthur and younger… Read More
Ivett, Fred Frederick Ivett – Borderville Cottages Frederick Ivett was born in the latter months of 1895 in Essendine, Rutland. He lived in Borderville Cottages on Ryhall Road in Stamford together with his father John, born in Alconbury, Huntingdonshire and mother Rebekah (Rebecca) born in Duddington, Northants. John and Rebekah were married in 1879 and lived first… Read More
King, William John William John King , born in 1897 in Whissonsett, Norfolk and in 1911 he was living with his uncle and aunt, William and Annie Chapman and cousin Reggie Robert Chapman at 21 Bentley Street. His uncle was a fish dealer and he was an errand boy, his parents were possibly Leonard George and Louisa King.… Read More
Hardingham, Louis Ernest Louis Ernest Hardingham – 12 Ironmonger Street Louis was the only son of Ernest Radford Hardingham and Agnes Jemima Petch. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent on 10th September 1898 but by April 1901 his father was established as a hairdresser and wigmaker at 18 St Mary’s Street, Stamford. Having been awarded a scholarship… Read More
Hodgett, George Henry George was the third son of John and Alice Hodgett, in 1911 he was 12, having been born in 1899 in Stamford. In 1911 he was still at school and on leaving school he entered the same trade as his brothers, working as a moulder apprentice in the engineering industry. In July 1916 his eldest… Read More