Ward, Walter Fred Ward Fred Ward was born in 1899 . He was the second child of George and Fanny Ward. It was a large family. His elder brother was Walter aged 14 ,then Charlie 10, Lucy 9,Frank 6, Harold 5 and George 2. George worked for Charles Miles a timber merchant . The family all lived… Read More
Ward, Fred Fred Ward Fred Ward was born in 1899 . He was the second child of George and Fanny Ward. It was a large family. His elder brother was Walter aged 14, then Charlie 10, Lucy 9, Frank 6, Harold 5 and George 2. George worked for Charles Miles a timber merchant . The family all… Read More
Plowman, Charles Leslie Charles Leslie Plowman– 49 Scotgate Charles Leslie was born in Peterborough at the end of 1899 but had moved to Stamford before he was two years old and grew up in the town. His father, John Tom Plowman, was a groom. In 1901 they were living at 23 Broad St. In 1911 Charles Leslie was… Read More
Martin, Arthur Arthur Frederick Martin– The Black Horse, 59 Scotgate The Martins moved to Stamford from Eastwood, Nottinghamshire in about 1910. Christopher Martin, Arthur’s father, had worked in a coal mine but then took the licence of The Black Horse, a small public house near the crossroad on Scotgate. At the time there was a building to… Read More
Farrow, Arthur Stephen Arthur Stephen Farrow– 31 Scotgate Stephen Farrow, Arthur Stephen’s father, was born in Crowland and started his working life as page to the Rector of Crowland. He had, however, travelled around the country before he returned to Lincolnshire. He became an ironmonger’s assistant in Leicestershire; married in Nottinghamshire; lived in Frome, Somerset, worked as an… Read More
Flanders, John Newton John Newton Flanders – 52 Scotgate John Newton Flanders was born in Essex and in 1901 his father was a Head Gardener in Warwickshire. Sometime between 1902 and 1905 they moved to Stamford and lived at 52 Scotgate which was to be John’s address for the rest of his life. In 1911, he was 16… Read More
Colbert, Arthur Edward Arthur Edward and Harry Medwell Colbert – 23 Scotgate In 1911 the Colberts were living at 23 Scotgate. Arthur Edward was 14 years old, Harry Medwell 12 years old and they had a younger brother Alfred Sidney aged 5 years. The older boys were both at school. Their father, Alfred, was a railway porter, probably… Read More
Colbert, Harry Medwell Arthur Edward and Harry Medwell Colbert – 23 Scotgate In 1911 the Colberts were living at 23 Scotgate. Arthur Edward was 14 years old, Harry Medwell 12 years old and they had a younger brother Alfred Sidney aged 5 years. The older boys were both at school. Their father, Alfred, was a railway porter, probably… Read More
Dawson, Sydney Cyril Sydney Cyril Dawson Sydney was the son of Joseph and Mary Dawson. He was born in 1898 in Thurlby where the family were living in Crown Lane in 1901. Joseph and Mary had 9 children but 3 died. In 1911 Joseph was a widower, living with Frances Florence aged 27, George aged 20 and Lucy… Read More
Desborough, John William Robert And John William Desborough Robert aged 11, the son of James and Ada was living at 6 White Swan Yard, Scotgate in 1911. He had a brother John William 13 and three sisters Selina 7 Edna 5 and Hilda 2. James was an engine fitter and both boys were still at school. The family… Read More