Laburnum Terrace

Tenants of No. 14 Gloucester Road

The house was rented out to tenants during the time it was owned by John Hodges and the Williams family.  We have traced some of these families through analysis of census records and electoral registers.

The Knight family - in 1871 and 1881 censuses the house was occupied by Henry and Louisa Knight - click here for more information.

George Paradise Mallett - in 1891 census the house was occupied by George Paradise Mallett - click here for more information

Mary Sanigar - in 1901 census, the house is occupied by Mary Sanigar - click here for more information 

The Rutters -  Ethel Francis Howell Rutter and Georgina Louisa Rutter rented the house from about 1927 to 1937 - click here for more information

Ethel Selina Garn - occupied the house from about 1937 to about 1961- click here to see more information

The Cockings - by 1965, the electoral registers show that Ethel Garn had gone and the house was now occupied by Dennis W Cocking and his wife, Yvonne.  We know nothing about the Cockings.

The Abrahams - by 1970, the electoral register shows the house being occupied by Edgar M Abrahams.  He had moved to the terrace from the Anchor public house at Morton where he had been the landlord.  Edgar was a cafe proprietor at Woodford when he married Francis Mary at Woodford on 22 September 1937.  He was then aged 23 and she was aged 19.

When Edgar retired from the pub, his son took it over.  When we took over number 18 in the 1970's, Edgar was living in number 14 on his own, so we believed he was widowed by that time.  We never got to know him as we never saw him out of his house.  We later learnt that he had been in poor health.

The Williams - the 1986 electoral register shows that the house was occupied by a young couple, Richard G and Lynda J Williams.  They only stayed a year or so before moving on when they bought their own house.

The Pearce family - Don & Lil Pearce - details not yet prepared

Click here to see information on the OWNERS of number 14.

This page was last updated: 12/05/2007