Laburnum Terrace

Tenants of No. 22 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.

The Young family - in 1861 the house was occupied by the Rev John Young, the minister of Falfield Independent Chapel, aged 46,  his wife Ann Harris Young aged 36 and their four children, Mary, Charles, Emily and Arthur.  They had moved from Devon as in 1851 they appeared in the census  for Chumleigh.  By 1871 the family had moved to Crookham Common in Hampshire.  This mobility seems to be the tendency among Independent ministers.

The Long family - click here for more information

The house was unoccupied in the 1881 census.

The Martin family - in 1891 census, the house is occupied by Cecil Edward Martin, aged 27, a superintendent of a life assurance company who was born in Handborough, Oxon, and his wife, Martha, aged 31 from Croperby, Warwick.  We know from the 1871 census that  Cecil was the son of Henry Martin, who was a land surveyor in Woodstock, and his wife Emma. In 1891 they had three children, Ruby aged 5, and Norman aged 3 both born in Kidlington, Oxon and Madelaine aged 1 who was born in Thornbury.  This suggests the family probably moved into the house about 1889-90.

John James Hookway Carey - in 1897 an Indenture between Emma Williams and John Hodges Williams mentions that a John James Hookway Carey and a person called Ball were living in the two houses now known as 20/22 Gloucester Road.  The 1896 Voters List and the 1898 Wrights Directory both show that John James Hookway Carey and George Ball  lived in Gloucester Road.  However, by 1899 the Wrights Directory mentions George Ball but not John Hookway Carey.  Instead it refers  to the Rev A. O. Moore whom we know from the 1901 census lived at number 22.  Hence we have to assume to that John Hookway Carey was in number 22 in 1896-1898. 

The United Reform Church Records show John Joseph Hookway Carey of Pill marrying Clara Maria King of Thornbury January 4th 1892. The 1891 census shows that Clara King was the daughter of Charles King the ironmonger and they lived in the High Street.  In 1891 Clara was 31 years of age and a schoolmistress. John Joseph Hookway Carey's birth was registered in Bedminster in the June quarter of 1862.  The 1881 census shows that John J H Carey was the son of a pilot John G Carey and his wife Elizabeth who lived in Myrtle Hill in Easton in Gordano.

The Moore family - by 1899 Arthur Oliver Moore had moved into the house with his wife, Kate, four children and his mother in law, Ann Murrell.  Arthur was aged 43, a Congregational Minister who had been born in St Pauls, Bristol.  Kate was aged 42 from St Georges in London.  Their children were Winifred aged 17, a dressmaker born in St Pancras, London, May aged 14, born in Hamley, Staffordshire, Percy B aged 8 born in Nottingham and Elsie B aged 5 born in Stalbridge, Dorset.  This appears to be another very mobile Independent minister. He was a theological student in Laxton in Nottinghamshire in the 1891 census.

In 1897 Arthur had been living in Pullins Green.  The 1898 Wrights Directory lists him under St John's Street.  He is shown in various directories as being a Congregational minister for the United Reformed Church.  The photograph shown here of the Rev. Moors is that which is displayed in the United Reform Church in Thornbury.  The family continued living in number 22 Gloucester Road until 1905.

The Dennis family - moved into number 22 in 1905, initially as tenants.  Click here for more about the Dennis family

Click here to see information on the OWNERS of number 22

This page was last updated: 20/07/2007