Taylor, George George Taylor George was born in Castle Bytham, the son of John & Sarah Taylor. He had 2 elder brothers who were born in Pinchbeck and a younger brother who was born in Ryhall where the family were living in 1901 at Tally Ho Cottage. His father was an Agricultural Implement Fitter. In 1911, not… Read More
Stratton, John John Stratton was the youngest child of William and Sarah (née Riley) of Tallington. They had married in 1887 when William was 78yrs old and Sarah 25yrs. By 1901 they had 3 children and were on Parish Relief. William died in 1903 when John was only 4yrs old. The only information found for him is… Read More
Parker, Frederick Eustace Frederick Eustace Parker – 2 St Stephen’s Villas By the time Frederick Eustace Parker was born in 1894, his family were well-established traders in St Mary’s Street. His grandfather Thomas King Parker had a saddler’s shop at 32 St Mary’s Street and this is where his father, Frederick King Parker, started work. However Frederick King… Read More
Rogers, Henry Izod Henry Izod Rogers – St Michael’s Rectory, Ryhall Road Henry was born on 7th September 1898 at Cottered Rectory, Hertfordshire. He was the eldest of the three sons of the Reverend Henry Izod Rogers and his wife Mabel. In 1905 the Reverend Rogers was appointed Rector of St Michael’s by the Marquess of Exeter and… Read More
Munns, Percy 12 year old Percy Munns (born Barnack 1898) and his 6 year old brother Cecil William (born Stamford 1904/5) were both in St George’s Children’s Home in 1911. Their parents were Fanny (née Beck) and William Munns, an Agricultural Engine Driver. There were at least 2 other children Reginald (born 1896/7) and Elsie Ann (born… Read More
Gutteridge, Arthur Henry Arthur Henry Gutteridge was born in October 1894 in Donington, Lincolnshire. He was the second child of John, an agricultural machine fitter, and his wife Emma. The family lived in Donington, father John’s birthplace where three more children were born although two died in infancy. The family then moved to Stamford, where baby Bethany was… Read More
Collinson, William Henry William Henry was born in 1898 at Radford, Nottingham. His father, Henry, was an engineer iron turner and he and his wife, Mary Ann, were both born in Radford, Nottinghamshire. The family of three moved to live in Stamford before William was three years old in 1901. Living at first at 4 Vine Street, they… Read More
Dunn, Ernest Henry Ernest Henry was born 1894 in Stamford. He lived with his father Charles H, an engineer/fitter and mother Fanny at 1 Albert Cottages, New Street. There were four older boys in the family, all born in Stamford, the eldest of whom had left home by 1901. William, aged 17 in 1901, left home before 1911… Read More
Bowman, Edward Stuart Edward Stuart Bowman – Ivydene, Ryhall Road Edward Stuart Simkin Bowman (known as Stuart) was born in Upper Parkstone, Dorset on 28th July 1899 but he lived in Stamford from 1900, firstly at 6 Barn Hill. His father (also called Edward) returned to the town to take over the family firm of Builders & Contractors… Read More
Brooks, Harold Harold was born 1895 in Alford, Lincolnshire. He lived there in West Street with his older sister Ethel, mother Harriet and father John, a cyclemaker and repairer. All four were born in North Lincolnshire but in the summer of 1901 Harriet died. This signalled the break-up of the family. Ethel went to work away from… Read More