15 St Leonard's Street

Edward was one of John Thomas’s older brothers and was born in 1889 in Stamford. In 1911 he was 22 and living with the rest of his family at 15 St Leonard’s Street. He was then employed as a porter at a chemist. In 1901 the family lived at 16 Gas Street. In 1891 two… Read More


2 Park Lane, Stamford

Jack Matthews Jack was born in 1895 at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. In 1901 at the age of six he was living with his father Norman on Eaton Farm, Sedgeford, Norfolk. He never knew who his mother was. The tenant of Eaton Farm was Norman’s brother-in-law, Arthur, who employed Norman as a farm labourer. Arthur’s… Read More


15 St Leonard's Street

John was born in Stamford in 1896, in 1911 he was 15. He was living at 15 St Leonards Street with his parents John William and Hannah (nee King ) Middleton. They were both born in Stamford. His father was an iron moulder of oil engines. He had 4 brothers, Frank (27), a fitter of… Read More


Robert Edward and George Cyril Middleton – 1 Elm Street In 1895 Edward Middleton married Frances Emma Stafford. They were to have 7 children by 1911 all of whom were listed on the census – Elizabeth Frances 15 years  , a general servant: Robert Edward 13 years (born 1897) a marine store assistant; George Cyril… Read More


Robert Edward and George Cyril Middleton – 1 Elm Street In 1895 Edward Middleton married Frances Emma Stafford. They were to have 7 children by 1911 all of whom were listed on the census – Elizabeth Frances 15 years  , a general servant: Robert Edward 13 years (born 1897) a marine store assistant; George Cyril… Read More


Cooch's Court, Bath Row, Stamford

Sydney Miles Sydney Miles was born in October 1899 in Stamford, the son of Thomas and Mary Miles. In 1901 they lived at 1 Cooch’s Court. Neither parent had been born in Stamford, Thomas was born in Wansford and Mary in Godmanchester. Thomas was a wood sawyer. In 1911 they were living at 7 Cooch’s… Read More


7 St Marys Street, Stamford

William George Minton was born in 1896 in Newport, Monmouthshire. In 1901 he was living in Kidderminster with his father George Henry, manager of a clothiers shop, his mother Edith and sister Doris. His mother died and his father married Leonora, born in Bombay and they had three more children. Only the youngest born in… Read More


55a St Leonards Street

In 1911 Noel was 12 years old, he was born in Grantham on 24th December 1898. Home in 1911 was 55a St Leonard’s Street. Here he lived with his widowed mother, Mary Elizabeth (nee Clarke ) Mitchell, his 16 year old sister, Janet Letitia May also born in Grantham and younger brother, William Leslie Mitchell… Read More


13 Queen's Walk

Walter Sydney Moore Walter, born in Stamford on October 10th 1894 was the only son of Walter and Edith Fanny Moore, both Stamford-born. His father was a compositor printer and the family lived at 13 Queen’s Walk. There was a younger girl Winifred (born 1896) who was apprenticed to a dressmaker. One other sibling died… Read More


8 Bentley Street, Stamford

William Edward Morris was born in 1896. He lived with his parents Robert and Fanny and his brother Frederick at 8 Bentley Street. His father was an engine fitter working for an agricultural engineering company and William was an apprentice engine fitter, probably at the same company. He enlisted on September 17th 1915 with the… Read More