History of 77 Gwydir Street
See History of Gwydir Street and Buildings in Gwydir Street.
William Charter, carpenter, lived in 77 Gwydir St in 1904 (see Spalding's Directory).
He is still here in 1913 (see Spalding's Directory).
From Capturing Cambridge:
HISTORY OF 77 GWYDIR STREET
1881:
Joseph Canham, head, 25, tailor, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, wife, 23, b Cambridge
Henry, son, 1, b Cambridge
Ellen, daughter, 1 wk, b Cambridge
Emma Capelle, nurse, 47, b Cambridge
John Drake, lodger, 24, carpenter and joiner, b Isleham
1891:
Eleanor Swann, head, widow, 47, b Cambridge
Robert, son, 21, butcher, b Cambridge
Frank, son, 19, grocer’s assistant, b Cambridge
Eleanor, daughter, 17, tailoress, b Cambridge
Edward, son, 15, telegraph messenger, b London
Henry Carr, lodger, 23, carpenter, b Rougham
Frederick Carr, lodger, 18, carpenter, b Rougham
1901:
William Charter, 44, carpenter & joiner, b Steeple Morden
Martha, 46, b Harpenden
Leonard B, 12, b Cambridge
1911:
William Charter, 54, carpenter, b Steeple Morden
Martha, 56, b Herts
Leonard, 23, carpenter, b Cambridge
Albert Victor Ward, stepson, 42, copper smith, b Norfolk
1913:
William Charter, carpenter
1943:
Raymond Frederick Lander and Dorothy Lily Emma Kent married in Cambridge in 1943 and we can assume moved to this address soon afterwards. He was born in Chesterton in 1919.
1945:
Ray Lander: Sergeant, No. 1 Commando, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 31/01/1945. Age 25. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar.
See Histon Road cemetery entry.
1946: Electoral Register
Dorothy L Lander
1947: Electoral Register
Dorothy L Lander
In Oct 1947 Dorothy remarried to Maurice G Pulford
1962:
William Kent
1970:
Mrs D Kent
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