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
Plowright, Percy Edward Percy was born in Stamford in 1897. In 1911 he was 13 and was living with his parents Thomas and Katherine Plowright (nee Leeton) at 15 St Paul’s Street, Stamford. His father was a printer. Percy was the youngest of four surviving children. Ethel Kate (23) and Violet Eunice (21) were dressmakers. Florence Mabel(19) was… Read More
Plowright, Bertie Robert Plowright was born in Stamford in early 1896. His father Robert Henry, who was a woodwork machinist for a coachbuilder, and mother, Alice. Bertie had a younger brother Robert and a sister Elizabeth. (There may have been another son, born in 1901, who died soon after birth.) Robert Henry was 27 years old and… Read More
Plowright, Robert Robert Plowright was born in Stamford in early 1899. His father Robert Henry, who was a woodwork machinist for a coachbuilder, and mother, Alice already had 2 other children, Bertie aged 4 years and Elizabeth 1 year. (There may have been another son, born in 1901, who died soon after birth.) Robert Henry was 27… Read More
Pond, Herbert Leonard At the time of the census in 1891 and also in 1901 the Pond family lived at No 11 Rutland Villas on the south side of Tinwell Road. By 1911 they had moved just to the east of the Villas to 1 Tinwell Road. In 1911 the family consisted of parents, Harry and Annie Eliza;… Read More
Potter, John Percival John Percival Potter John was the son of Edwin Percival and Mary Eliza Potter. He was the only son and was born in 1897. He had four sisters by 1911 – Geraldine Maria aged 14, Dorothy Clare12, Kathleen Beatrice 11 and Vera Isabel aged six. All the children were born in Stamford. In 1901 the… Read More
Potter, Leslie Cartwright Leslie Potter, born in December 1899, was the son of John Edward Cartwright Potter and his wife Hannah. John Cartwright was a master printer and the printing works were in Gas lane. In 1901 he was living with his parents, brother George and sister Mabel at 58 High Street and by 1911 they were living… Read More
Powley, Cecil Thomas Cecil Thomas Powley Cecil Thomas was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire in 1898. His father Thomas was a Railway Porter and the family had moved quite a few times before they came to Stamford in 1911. He had three sisters Daisy, Alice and Florence. By 1911 father had died, leaving his mother Sarah a widow. She was… Read More
Parish, Ernest Cecil Ernest Cecil Parrish – 63 High Street Ernest was born in Stamford in July 1896 and his baptism is recorded in the Stamford Circuit Register in August 1896. His father had previously been in business as a Gents Clothier at 16 High Street but as Ernest grew up the business had moved to 63 High… Read More
Proctor, Thomas Ernest Thomas was born on September 10th 1896 in Stamford. In 1901 the family lived at 5 Vine Street where his father Jacob was a baker and pork butcher. His mother was Rose Ada and he had a brother John Henry and sister Beatrice. In 1911 the family had moved to 27 Bentley Street. There they… Read More