18 Aug 2023
Wife: Sarah Ann May Benson
Born: 23 May 1893 in Westmorland 1,2 (see note 1) Census: 1901 in Westmorland (see note 2) Census: 1921 in Latham Road, Trumpington (see note 3) Occupation: 1921 Servant Resided: 1930 - 1934 at 5 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1935 - 1970 at 11 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 4,3 Died: 1975 in Cambridge 5 (see note 4) Father: Joseph Benson (1838 - ) Mother: Sarah Jane Holmes (1849 - )
Husband: Bransom William Haggis Married: 1929 in Kent 1 (see note 5)
Born: 3 Jun 1888 in Trumpington 4 Christened: 15 Jul 1888 in Trumpington (see note 6) Census: 1891 in London Road, Trumpington (see note 7) Census: 1901 in Cambridge Road, Trumpington (see note 8) Occupation: 1901 Ag Lab Census: 1911 in Trumpington Road, Trumpington (see note 9) Occupation: 1911 - 1948 Gardener 6,4,7 Military: 1914 - 1918 8 Resided: 1920 - 1929 in Cambridge Road, Trumpington 3 Census: 1921 in London Road, Trumpington (see note 10) Occupation: 1921 Gardener, Mr Stallan, The Nurseries, Trumpington Road Resided: 1930 - 1934 at 5 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1935 - 1970 at 11 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3,4 Member: 1947 - 1966 Trumpington Allotment Society 7 Died: 1974 in Cambridge (see note 11) Father: Bransom Cyrus Haggis (1863 - 1938) Mother: Annie Stallan (1866 - 1924) Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1513638 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) GRO index. (3) Electoral Register. (4) 1939 Register. (5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (6) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) (7) Trumpington Allotment Society records. (8) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall.
Event Notes Note (1) Sep 1893 Kendal 10b 739 mothers surname Holmes Note (2) Age 8, born Strickland Ketel, with family Note (3) Age 28, born Kendal, Servant with Ralph and Eleanor Goodchild, also her sister Fanny Note (4) Jun 1975 Cambridge 9 0716 born 23 May 1893 Note (5) Dec 1929 Tonbridge 2a 2188 Note (6) Jul 15 HAGGIS Bransom William of Bransom Cyrus & Annie otp lab born 3 Jun [1888] Note (7) Age 2, born Trumpington, with family Note (8) Age 12, born Trumpington, with family. Ag Lab Note (9) Age 22, born Trumpington, with family. Gardener Domestic Note (10) Age 33, born Trumpington, with parents and brothers. Gardener, Mr Stallan, The Nurseries, Trumpington Road Note (11) Dec 1974 Cambridge 9 0590 age 86 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index