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
Rogers, Henry Izod Henry Izod Rogers – St Michael’s Rectory, Ryhall Road Henry was born on 7th September 1898 at Cottered Rectory, Hertfordshire. He was the eldest of the three sons of the Reverend Henry Izod Rogers and his wife Mabel. In 1905 the Reverend Rogers was appointed Rector of St Michael’s by the Marquess of Exeter and… Read More
Sharpe, Harold Smith Harold Smith Sharpe In 1911, Harold Sharpe was living at 13 West Street with 3 cousins and his uncle and aunt, Samuel & Sarah Ellen Sharpe. Harold Smith Sharpe was born in 1894 in Peterborough, the (doubtless illegitimate) son of Samuel’s older sister, Ellen. In 1901, he had been boarding with a widow in Peterborough… 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
Rouse, Martin Martin Rouse was born in 1895 in Market Overton, Rutland. He was one of seven children who lived with father Thomas and mother Mary next-door to the Rectory in Market Overton. Thomas worked as a groom at the Rectory and one of his daughters was a housemaid there. By 1911 several older siblings had left… Read More
Sandall, Willie Willie Sandall – 4 & 5 North Street In 1911 Willie Sandall was 11 years old living at 4 & 5 North St. (Part of this property was demolished in 2013 and the site being built on in 2015) He was born on July 30th 1899, the eldest of 5 children of Charles Sandall. Willie… Read More
Pugh, James William James William Pugh was born in Oakham on 28th October 1894 and was the eldest of six children – his parents wereThomas, an ironworks labourer and Catherine. Three children died before the family came to live at 8 Church Court, Stamford in 1900. Father worked at Blackstones Engineering Works and on leaving school James William… Read More
Rouse, William William Rouse William Rouse, born in 1895 was the son of Joseph and Emily Rouse who lived at 6 Bath Row. In 1911 he had four brothers Isaac 14, Samuel 10, George 7, and Bertie 2, his father was a labourer at the brickworks and William and Isaac were draper’s errand boys. In 1914 William… 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
Redmile, Albert Albert Redmile – 2 Eight Acres John William Redmile (born Easton) and Emily Dawson (born Pickworth) married in 1896 and their first child, Albert, was born on 24th June 1899 in Stamford. The next year Elsie Elizabeth was born and the two children grew up living at 2 Eight Acres. In 1911 their father’s… Read More