History of 26 Gwydir Street - Alpha Cottage
See History of Gwydir Street and Buildings in Gwydir Street.
Carter, tailor,
lived in 26 Gwydir St in 1904 (see Spalding's Directory). It is described as Alpha Cottage.
He is still there in 1913 (see Spalding's Directory), where he is described as William James Carter, tailor.
From Capturing Cambridge:
HISTORY OF 26 GWYDIR STREET
1871: Alpha Cottage, unnumbered
John Cassidy, 59, Chelsea Pensioner, b Ireland
E S Cassidy, wife, 45, b Middlesex
1881:
Walter Burrell, head, 30, printers machine manager, b Cambridge
Maud, wife, 26, b Cambridge
Lilian, daughter, 3, b Cambridge
Mable E, daughter, 1 m [?], b Cambridge
1891:
Thomas Wedd, 26, bricklayer, b Bassingbourn
Elizabeth, 28, b Berks
Ethel E V, 2, b Cambridge
Archibald, 9 mos, b Cambridge
Annie M, niece, 5, b Bassingbourn
Gertrude L, niece,16, b Bassingbourn
1901:
William Carter, 38, tailor, b London
Annie, 39, b Cambridge
1904: Alpha Cottage
Carter, tailor
1911:
James Carter, 48, tailor, b London
Annie, 50,b Cambridge
1913:
William James Carter, tailor
1939:
Bernice V Goody, b 1895, cabinet maker incapacitated
Clarice K Goody, b 1895, dress maker and tailor
1962:
Bernice V Goody
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