18 Aug 2023
Wife: Grace Holmes
Born: 20 Oct 1888 in Cambridge 1,2 (see note 1) Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 2) Occupation: 1911 Laundress Resided: 1914 - 1949 at Holmlea, High Street, Trumpington 3,4 Census: 1921 at Holmlea, High Street, Trumpington (see note 3) Occupation: 1939 Manageress Laundry 2 Resided: 1950 - 1953 at 49 High Street, Trumpington 3 Died: 1954 in Cambridge 5 (see note 4) Father: Mother:
Husband: Edward John Colbourne Married: 1913 in Cambridge 1 (see note 5)
Born: 10 Jun 1885 in Cambridge 1,2 (see note 6) Member: 1914 Trumpington Cricket Club 6 (see note 7) Military: 1914 - 1918 7 Resided: 1914 - 1949 at Holmlea, High Street, Trumpington 3,4 Census: 1921 at Holmlea, High Street, Trumpington (see note 8) Occupation: 1914 - 1939 Laundry Proprietor 4,8 (see note 9) Resided: 1950 - 1960 at 49 High Street, Trumpington Died: 1961 in Essex 5 (see note 10) Father: Mother: Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/882179 Media desc: Lives of the First World War Media link: http://www.trumpingtonlocalhistorygroup.org/subjects/subjects_cricket Media desc: Trumpington Cricket Club
M Child 1: Edward Gordon Colbourne Born: 15 Dec 1913 in Trumpington 2 Christened: 1 Feb 1914 in Trumpington (see note 11) Census: 1921 at Holmlea, High Street, Trumpington (see note 12) Resided: 1935 - 1939 at Holmlea, High Street, Trumpington Occupation: 1939 Machinist & Turner 2 Died: 1943 in Cambridge 5 (see note 13)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) 1939 Register. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Baptism records of children. (5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (6) Trumpington Cricket web page. (7) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall. (8) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2)
Event Notes Note (1) Dec 1888 Cambridge 3b 480 Note (2) Age 22, born Cambridge, with family. Laundress Note (3) Age 32, born Cambridge, with husband Edward Colbourne and son Edward Note (4) Mar 1954 Cambridge 4a 217 age 65 Note (5) Mar 1913 Cambridge 3b 898 Note (6) Sep 1885 Cambridge 3b 484 Note (7) Committee 1914 Note (8) Age 36, born Cambridge. Laundry Proprietor, with wife Grace and son Edward Note (9) Homelea Hand Laundry Note (10) Mar 1961 Saffron Walden 4a 975 age 76 Note (11) Feb 1 COLBOURNE Edward Gordon of Edward John & Grace of Holmlea, Trumpington laundry proprietor Note (12) Age 7, born Trumpington, with parents Note (13) Mar 1953 Cambridge 3b 628 age 29 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index