Parsons, Stanley George Stanley George Parsons Stanley was born in the Stamford area in early 1900 but was living in Empingham in 1901 so it’s not known exactly when he moved into the town. His mother Elizabeth Emily née Judson was also born in Stamford but his father George, a bricklayer, came from Mansfield. In 1911 they were… Read More
Patrick, Edward Henry Edward Henry Patrick – 23 Elm Street Ted was born in 1895, the second son of John and Mary Ann Patrick of Frisby`s Building (now under the Scotgate car park). Ted was one of 10 children, 5 of whom died in infancy. Ted’s father, John, worked at Hunt’s Brewery on Water Street but in July… Read More
Pell, Victor Victor Pell In 1911 Victor was living at 9 St Peter’s Hill with his parents Thomas and Kate, brother Edward aged 10 and sister Winifred aged 11. In 1901 they had lived at 59 East Street. His father was a self- employed baker. No military records were found – he may have been exempt from… Read More
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