Hensby, James James William Hensby was born in 1895 in Bourne. His parents were James and Sarah (nee Luff) Hensby. His father was a blacksmith for Blackstones and James was an apprentice iron turner. In 1911 the family was living at 18 Gas Street in Stamford. Florence was his surviving younger sister, his two other siblings had… Read More
Hudson, Percy Thomas Hudson and Phoebe Cox’s marriage was registered in Stamford in 1886 however they lived in South Luffenham until 1898 when they moved to 32 Foundry Road. They had 5 children there including Percy Oliver born 1895. Herbert Harold was born in Stamford in 1899 followed by 2 more sons. Before the 1911 census two… Read More
Jennings, Arthur Edward John Henry, Arthur Edward and Joseph Edwin Jennings – 11 Foundry Road There were 8 children in this family who were living at 11 Foundry Road in 1901 and 1911. Their mother died in 1909 leaving their father, a coachsmith (working for Hayes) to look after 6 children under 12 years. In 1911 the eldest… Read More
Hudson, Herbert Harold Thomas Hudson and Phoebe Cox’s marriage was registered in Stamford in 1886 however they lived in South Luffenham until 1898 when they moved to 32 Foundry Road. They had 5 children there including Percy Oliver born 1895. Herbert Harold was born in Stamford in 1899 followed by 2 more sons. Before the 1911 census two… Read More
Jennings, Joseph Edwin John Henry, Arthur Edward and Joseph Edwin Jennings – 11 Foundry Road There were 8 children in this family who were living at 11 Foundry Road in 1901 and 1911. Their mother died in 1909 leaving their father, a coachsmith (working for Hayes) to look after 6 children under 12 years. In 1911 the eldest… Read More
Hudson, Frederick Joe Frederick Joe Hudson Frederick was born in 1896 at Littleport, Cambridgeshire and moved around East Anglia with father James ( a journeyman baker), mother Selina and a growing number of siblings until they settled in a bakers’ shop at 21 Water Street, Stamford. Aged 15 in 1911, Fred was an apprentice reporter then one evening… Read More
Joyce, Reginald Reginald Joyce Reginald Joyce was living with his parents George and Eliza in 1911. His father worked as a labourer at the Brewery. In 1901 he was a farm foreman at Ufford. Reginald was born at Harringworth and was apprenticed with Woolstons as a carpenter and joiner. He was an only child and a keen… Read More
Hibbitt, Henry Barker Henry Barker Hibbitt – 12 Rock Road Henry’s parents George Barker Hibbitt and Annie Ringham married in 1889 and had 2 children – Henry in 1896 and Ruth in 1901. George was a compositor on a newspaper. They seem to have been restless as they lived at numerous addresses, all in Stamford! Before 1911 they… Read More
Hudson, Walter Victor James Walter Victor Hudson – Wally Walter was born in Peterborough in 1898 and lived at 21 Water Street in 1911 where his father James ran a baker and confectioners’ shop. Walter helped his father in the bakery and was the middle child of 7 children all living at home. His brothers Frederick and Alfred… Read More
Kent, Walter Harold The Kent family of six boys and one girl came to Stamford between 1901 and 1911 to live at 7 Alexandra Terrace. Father, as an experienced engine fitter probably worked in one of the busy engineering works in Stamford. The three elder boys were all old enough to serve in WW I but records only… Read More