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


13 West Street

Harold Smith Sharpe In 1911, Harold Sharpe was living at 13 West Street with 3 cousins and his uncle and aunt, Samuel & Sarah Ellen Sharpe. Harold Smith Sharpe was born in 1894 in Peterborough, the (doubtless illegitimate) son of Samuel’s older sister, Ellen. In 1901, he had been boarding with a widow in Peterborough… 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


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


John Corby – 4 Burrell’s Court William Corby and Emily Green married in 1893 and by 1911 had had 10 children but 2 had died. Their daughter, Emily, also died a couple of months after the census aged 15 years and they went on to have 2 more children before 1914. John was the eldest… Read More