Holvey, Herbert Herbert Holvey– 42 East Street In the 4 rooms at 42 East St in 1911, there were two bricklayer’s labourers, one with his wife and 11yr old schoolboy Herbert Holvey with his father, Frederick. Frederick was a fitter of engines at an Agricultural Implements Works aged 29 years and married according to the entry however… Read More
Henderson, William William Henderson was born 1895 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire and was the son of Archibald and Alison Henderson with one brother, Archie. His father worked in a draper’s shop and the family lived in Kidderminster. In 1911 he was living in 16 Church Street, with Jesse and Sarah Hales and working for them as a stable… Read More
Hensby, James James William Hensby was born in 1895 in Bourne. His parents were James and Sarah (nee Luff) Hensby. His father was a blacksmith for Blackstones and James was an apprentice iron turner. In 1911 the family was living at 18 Gas Street in Stamford. Florence was his surviving younger sister, his two other siblings had… Read More
Hudson, Percy Thomas Hudson and Phoebe Cox’s marriage was registered in Stamford in 1886 however they lived in South Luffenham until 1898 when they moved to 32 Foundry Road. They had 5 children there including Percy Oliver born 1895. Herbert Harold was born in Stamford in 1899 followed by 2 more sons. Before the 1911 census two… Read More
Hudson, Herbert Harold Thomas Hudson and Phoebe Cox’s marriage was registered in Stamford in 1886 however they lived in South Luffenham until 1898 when they moved to 32 Foundry Road. They had 5 children there including Percy Oliver born 1895. Herbert Harold was born in Stamford in 1899 followed by 2 more sons. Before the 1911 census two… Read More
Hudson, Frederick Joe Frederick Joe Hudson Frederick was born in 1896 at Littleport, Cambridgeshire and moved around East Anglia with father James ( a journeyman baker), mother Selina and a growing number of siblings until they settled in a bakers’ shop at 21 Water Street, Stamford. Aged 15 in 1911, Fred was an apprentice reporter then one evening… Read More
Hibbitt, Henry Barker Henry Barker Hibbitt – 12 Rock Road Henry’s parents George Barker Hibbitt and Annie Ringham married in 1889 and had 2 children – Henry in 1896 and Ruth in 1901. George was a compositor on a newspaper. They seem to have been restless as they lived at numerous addresses, all in Stamford! Before 1911 they… Read More
Hudson, Walter Victor James Walter Victor Hudson – Wally Walter was born in Peterborough in 1898 and lived at 21 Water Street in 1911 where his father James ran a baker and confectioners’ shop. Walter helped his father in the bakery and was the middle child of 7 children all living at home. His brothers Frederick and Alfred… Read More
Hibbitt, Luke Luke Hibbitt Luke Hibbitt was an 11 year old schoolboy living at 31 Reform St in 1911. His parents Edward & Lucy, Luke himself, his brother, John 6, and his sisters, Gladys 9 & Constance 3 were all born in Stamford. Two brothers had died as infants, one when Luke was 5 years old and… Read More
Hudson, Alfred Redvers Alfred Redvers Hudson Alfred was born in 1900 at Sawtry, Huntingdonshire and was Frederick and Walter‘s younger brother. The Hudson family had several different addresses in Rutland, Cambridge and Huntingdon until in 1910 father James took on the bakery business in Water Street Stamford. Alfred went to school in Stamford and lived with his father,… Read More