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| An advert in the East Anglian Daily Times in February 1894 tells us a little bit more about John Ward’s business: //HARWICH. J.T. WARD, Hair-dresser and Perfumer, Wholesale and Retail Cigar and Tobacco Merchant, 3, Church Street; and Station Road, Dovercourt. Gentlemen and Families waited upon their own residences by J.T.W.// | An advert in the East Anglian Daily Times in February 1894 tells us a little bit more about John Ward’s business: //HARWICH. J.T. WARD, Hair-dresser and Perfumer, Wholesale and Retail Cigar and Tobacco Merchant, 3, Church Street; and Station Road, Dovercourt. Gentlemen and Families waited upon their own residences by J.T.W.// | ||
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| + | ^ 2 and 3 Church Street on the 1898 Ordnance Survey Map [[ :os_map_1898 |(Essex XXI.11)]]\\ (Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland) ^ | ||
| In 1901 everything has changed and we have Ada Armstrong, her five young children and her sister, Leta Page, resident at no. 2. Ada and Leta are from Poplar in the East End of London and Ada’s husband, George Armstrong who was not present when the census is taken, is from Hull. Resident at no. 3 are Charles Fairweather, his wife Annie, daughter Alice and brother in law Thomas Baker. Charles is a stoker on the Great Eastern Railway steamers and Thomas is a general labourer. | In 1901 everything has changed and we have Ada Armstrong, her five young children and her sister, Leta Page, resident at no. 2. Ada and Leta are from Poplar in the East End of London and Ada’s husband, George Armstrong who was not present when the census is taken, is from Hull. Resident at no. 3 are Charles Fairweather, his wife Annie, daughter Alice and brother in law Thomas Baker. Charles is a stoker on the Great Eastern Railway steamers and Thomas is a general labourer. | ||
| - | In 1911 we have the Wright family living at no. 2 but the head of household, Mr. W. C. Wright, is not at home when the census is taken and the only residents are his wife Sarah and three children. Eldest son Benjamin is a is gents hairdresser. At no. 3 we find William Collins, his wife Alice and their three young children. William is an Assurance Agent working for Pearl Life and comes from Reculver in Kent. | + | In 1911 we have the Wright family living at no. 2 but the head of household, Mr. W. C. Wright, is not at home when the census is taken and the only residents are his wife Sarah and three children. Eldest son Benjamin is a gents hairdresser. At no. 3 we find William Collins, his wife Alice and their three young children. William is an Assurance Agent working for Pearl Life and comes from Reculver in Kent. |
| ===== Harwich Architectural Survey ===== | ===== Harwich Architectural Survey ===== | ||
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