Banks, Sidney Fred Sidney Fred Banks Sidney, born in Kirkby-le-Thorpe in 1899, was at school in 1911. He and elder brother Charles Henry lived with father James (an oil engine fitter) and mother Emma Jane at 8 Wothorpe Road. Another brother and sister were born there and when Sidney got a job as a ‘vanman’ he moved to… Read More
Betts, Jack Jack Betts In 1911 Jack was 11 years old. He was born in 1900 in Stamford. He lived with his parents John & Rachel (nee Dickins) Betts at 32 Adelaide Street (now rebuilt). His father was a fettler at an ironfoundry making agricultural implements. Jack was the second child of 3. They were all still… Read More
Bannister, Douglas Douglas was born in 1897 in Beckingham, Lincolnshire. In 1911 he was living in Stamford at the home of his uncle and aunt, William and Margaret (nee Seels) Scotney at 13 Wharf Road. His aunt was his mother’s sister who was born in Newark, Lincolnshire. His Uncle William was a hotel bus driver. He was… Read More
Barber, John John was born in 1895 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. His father, Joseph Henry, was a self-employed agricultural engineer with a small business in Wilmslow employing several people. John lived with his father and mother Grace, in Dean Row, Wilmslow. There were two younger children, Harry and Edith, and the family employed Edith Vine, born in 1884… Read More
Barlow, Frederick Frederick Barlow – 11 Rock Road Frederick Barlow’s father was a dairyman who kept his own cows and lived for many years at No 11 at the northern end of Rock Road. He and his wife, Caroline had 8 children, 7 of them alive in 1911 and 6 of them at home. The eldest Edward… Read More
Bird, George Archibald George was born in 1900 in Bottesford, his parents were George William and Augusta (nee Sardeson ) Bird. His father was born in Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire, his mother in Pilsgate, Northamptonshire. In 1911 George , his parents and siblings (Fanny (9), Lister William (2) and Marjorie Mary (8 months) ) were living at… Read More
Barnett, Walter Edward Walter Edward Barnett Walter Barnett was the son of Albert and Eliza Barnett. He was born in July 1899. In 1911 he was living in White Swan Yard a four roomed house in Scotgate with his parents and sister Evelyn aged 12, Alberta and Bertie twins aged nine. Brother Norman aged six and Gladys aged… Read More
Blackbourn, Clarence Clarence was 13 in 1911, he was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1898. His parents were Thomas and Emily Jane Blackbourn. His father was an engine fitter in the repair department and Clarence was still at school. He was the third eldest of 7 surviving siblings. They had all been born in Salisbury. He had… Read More
Barnett, Thomas Morris Thomas Morris Barnett – 10 Eight Acres The Barnett family were living at 10 Eight Acres in 1901 and 1910. The head of the household was Alderman Barnett who had a rather bewildering selection of occupations – as a young man he was a wheelwright then a gardener, in 1901 he was a baker and… Read More
Blackbourn, Patrick In 1911 Patrick was 11, he was born in 1900 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. His parents were Thomas and Emily Jane Blackbourn. His father was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire and was an engine fitter in the repair department. In 1911 Patrick was still at school, he was the fourth eldest of 7 surviving siblings, they had all… Read More