Laburnum Terrace

Tenants of No. 18 Gloucester Road

The house was rented out to tenants during the time it was owned by John Hodges and George Hodges.  During this time we have traced some of the families who occupied the house:

Hannah Williams - click here to see more information about Hannah Williams

George Paradise Mallett - click here to see information about George Paradise Mallett

Maria Alpass - click here to see information about Maria Alpass and her family

We do not know who lived in the house for a very long period after the Alpasses left in 1908.

Florence Catherine Hopkins - we know from Henry Smith who lived as a young lad next door at number 16 that Florence lived in number 18.  Joan Excell who was living in the house later recalls being told that two ladies had been living in the house before them. 

Florence appeared in the electoral registers between 1931 and 1946.  During the period between 1931 and 1935, again according to the registers, a lady called Emily Roberts was living with Florence.  We know very little about Florence.  A Francis George Hopkins was baptised at Thornbury St Mary’s on 1 February 1914.  He was the son of Thomas George and Elizabeth Anne Hopkins who gave their address as Gloucester Road.  Thomas George’s occupation was recorded as ‘Boots’.  We have not found the link between Florence and the other Hopkins, nor have we traced where Thomas George and his wife were living in 1914.  Unfortunately there were no electoral registers covering the war years.

According to Henry Smith who as a young lad was living at number 16, Florence lived in the house on her own when he knew her until her death in 1947.  He remembers being told to be quiet because Florence had died.

After Florence died, the house was sold by the Hodges Estate.  The purchasers were George and Joan Excell.

Click here to see information on them and other Owners

This page was last updated: 19/09/2007