51 St Leonard's Street, Stamford

Montague in 1911 was 11 – he was born in Stamford in 1900. He was the elder son of Walter Edward and Emily (nee Weldon) Shelvey . His father, a maltster, was born in Stamford, his mother in Ryhall, Rutland. His only sibling was Walter Cecil, aged 6 and the family lived at 51 St… Read More


Church Court, Church Street, St Martins, Stamford

Horace Sturgess was born on 12th July 1898 in Skeffington, Leicestershire. His father Charles was born in Skeffington and worked as a coachman, his mother Elizabeth was from Leicester. Horace and three siblings, Marguerite, Charles and Cecil lived in Skeffington until 1906 when the family moved to 15 Church Lane, St Martin’s,  Stamford where a… Read More


28 Austin Street

Alfred William Siddy Alfred Siddy was born in Stamford in 1896 and lived at 4 St. John’s Terrace with his widowed father George and two sisters, Gertrude 12 and Maud 9. By 1911 they had moved to 28 Austin Street. His father George was a coach smith at Hayes Carriage works . Alfred was a… Read More


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


St Leonard's Street, Stamford

Charles was born in 1895 in Stamford. In 1911 he was living at 5 and 6 Laxton’s Court off St Leonard’s Street with his parents Charles and Mary Jane (nee Groom) Sismore and his 5 brothers and 6 sisters. Charles was the eldest at 16 years old, all the family were born in Stamford. His… Read More


St Leonard's Street, Stamford

Fred was Charles’ 12 year old brother in 1911, he was born in Stamford in 1898 and was at school in 1911. Fred followed his brother into the Lincolnshire Regiment. Private Fred Sismore (8335) enlisted in 1915 in Stamford into the 1st Battalion, later he was transferred to the 6th Battalion. He disembarked in France… Read More


Bath Row

Isaac Stubbs Isaac was the son of Thomas and Alice Stubbs who lived at 5 Bath Row. Thomas was an iron dresser. They had had 9 children but only five were alive in 1911. Thomas 17, Florence 15, Isaac 10, Arthur 6 and George 3. The house contained 3 rooms. They had previously lived at… Read More


Sun and Railway Inn, Church Street

Herbert was born in Whissendine, Rutland in the summer of 1898 and lived in Ashwell near Oakham with father Charles Henry (farm waggoner), mother Elizabeth and two lodgers. Just before 1911, father became publican of the Sun and Railway Inn at the corner of Church Street and Wothorpe Road and the family moved to Stamford.… Read More


The Mussons – 3 Burrell’s Court (Living at 31 Foundry Road by 1916) The Musson family lived at 3 Burrell’s Court in 1901 and were still there in 1911. Septimus Musson, the Head of the household, was one of a large family from Rippingale – as his name suggests he was the 7th son and… Read More


Edward Roslin Smith – 73 Casterton Road Edward Roslin Smith came from an army background. His father Stephen was born in Wixford, Warwickshire and after a short period as a gardener joined the 2nd Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. He had served in India, Gibraltar and the West Coast of Africa before he married… Read More