Laburnum Terrace

Tenants of No. 8 Gloucester Road

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

The Hudson family - Thomas Hudson married Elizabeth Smith in April 1868 in what is now the United Reformed Church in Thornbury.  By the 1871 census the Hudson family were living in 8 Gloucester Road.  Thomas was aged 28, an officer of the Inland Revenue, born in St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey. Elizabeth, his wife, was aged 32 was born in Thornbury.  They had one daughter, Catherine Elizabeth, aged 1. Elizabeth Smith aged 14, a general servant from Plymouth was lodging with the family.  By 1881 the family had moved away.  Thomas was working in Battersea, London, lodging in Chatham Villas.  Elizabeth was living with her in-laws in Chelmsford with her two sons, Thomas Smith Hudson aged 11 and Henry aged 5.  Manfred Pit Hudson, Thomas’s father was a retired Inland Revenue Officer born in Gloucester.

The Phelps family - click here for more information

The Davis family - In the 1891 census, the house was now occupied by another officer of the Inland Revenue.  This might suggest there was some connection with the Inland Revenue at that time.  Albert Davis was aged 30, a Second class Officer of the Inland Revenue, born in Woolwich.  Isabella, his wife, was aged 29 and also born in Woolwich.  They had two sons, Albert R. aged 7 who was born in Woolwich, and Algernon who was born in Lambeth.  They had a servant, Annie Bennett aged 14 who was born in Cromhall.  It is difficult to say how long Albert Davis lived in this house.  His name appears in the Kelly's directory of 1889.  Interestingly, the Inland Revenue Office is actually at the Swan public house. By 1901, Albert George Davis had moved to 17 Crescent Road, Kidderminster.  Despite being 40, he had a new wife, Elizabeth Jane, aged 21 from Tottenham.  He had three sons, Albert Robert, a clerk aged 17, Sidney Algernon aged 11 and their new baby, Frederick Reginald aged 1 born in Kidderminster.

The Burchell family - click here for more information

The Pitcher family - click here for more information

The Hand family - click here for more information
 

This page was last updated: 28/07/2007