18 Aug 2023
Wife: Mercy Gillett
Born: 21 Nov 1886 in Alconbury, Huntingdonshire 1 Resided: 1910 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington 2 Census: 1911 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington (see note 1) Resided: 1920 - 1951 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington 3 Census: 1921 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington (see note 2) Died: 1952 in Cambridge 4 (see note 3) Father: Mother: Other spouse 1
Husband: Percy John Chamberlain Married: 17 May 1920 in Trumpington (see note 4)
Born: 23 Jun 1882 in Kingston, Cambridgeshire 1 Census: 1901 at 4 Swanns Yard, Trumpington (see note 5) Occupation: 1901 General Labourer Census: 1911 in Mill Road, Trumpington (see note 6) Occupation: 1911 - 1945 Lamplighter Gas Co Resided: 1912 - 1913 in Cambridge 2 Military: 11 Dec 1915 - 27 Jun 1919 Rifle Brigade 5 (see note 7) Resided: 1916 - 1919 in London Road, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1920 - 1951 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington 6,3 Census: 1921 in Nightingale Cottages, Trumpington (see note 8) Occupation: 1921 Gas Fitters Labourer, Cambridge Gas Company Member: 1947 Trumpington Allotment Society 7 Died: 1952 in Cambridge 4 (see note 9) Father: John Chamberlain (1855 - 1920) Mother: Sarah Ann Wayman (1854 - 1915) Other spouse 1 Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7663201 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
F Child 1: Molly Chamberlain Born: 10 Oct 1920 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington 8,1 (see note 10) Census: 1921 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington (see note 11) Resided: 1939 at 3 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 1 Occupation: 1939 Domestic Servant 1 Resided: 1943 - 1948 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1949 at 3 Clay Farm Cottages, Long Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 6 Oct 2017 in Hertfordshire 9 (see note 12) Husband: Douglas Cousins b. 1923 d. 2007 Married: 1 May 1943 in Trumpington (see note 13)
F Child 2: Living Born: (details excluded) Husband: Reginald Souter Overhill b. 21 Sep 1922
M Child 3: Arthur Chamberlain Born: 1924 in Cambridge 8 (see note 14) Resided: 1947 at 6 North Cottages, Trumpington 3 Occupation: 1947 Factory Hand Resided: 1949 - 1950 at 1 River Farm Cottages, Latham Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 1963 in Cambridge 8 (see note 15) Wife: Gwendoline Molly Saunders b. 1924 d. 2011 Married: 30 Aug 1947 in Trumpington (see note 16)
M Child 4: Living Born: (details excluded)
M Child 5: John Chamberlain Born: 1928 8 (see note 17) Died: 1928 Buried: 7 Aug 1928 in Trumpington (see note 18)
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) Baptism records of children. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (5) British Legion (Trumpington branch) application forms. (6) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) (7) Trumpington Allotment Society records. (8) FreeBMD website. (9) Ancestry death index.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 24, born Alconbury, with husband Charles M Metcalfe and children Note (2) Age 34, born Alconbury, with 8 children Note (3) Mar 1952 Cambridge 4a 238 age 65 Note (4) May 17 CHAMBERLAIN Percy John 38 widr lab otp son of John lab METCALFE Mercy 33 wid [blank] otp dau of Henry William GILLETT lab wits: Frank CHAMBERLAIN, Rose Elizabeth COLE Note (5) Age 18, born Kingston, with family. General Labourer Note (6) Age 28, born Kingston, Lamplighter Gas Co, with wife Eliza and children Note (7) 51784 Note (8) Age 38, born Kingston. Gas Fitters Labourer, Cambridge Gas Company, married with two sons Note (9) Jun 1952 Cambridge 4a 173 age 69 Note (10) Dec 1920 Chesterton 3b 742 mothers surname Gillett Note (11) Age 8 months, born 6 North Cottages, Trumpington, with mother and family Note (12) Hitchin SG5 born 10 Oct 1920 Note (13) May 1 COUSINS Douglas 20 bac soldier in H M Army of 10 Cambridge Rd Coton son of Wilfred Bertie? electrician CHAMBERLAIN Molly 22 sp [blank] of 6 North Cottages Trumpington dau of Percy John lamp lighter? wits: V J CHAMBERLAIN, W B COUSINS Note (14) Dec 1924 Cambridge 3b 607 mothers surname Gillett Note (15) Mar 1963 Cambridge 4a 307 age 38 Note (16) Aug 30 CHAMBERLAIN Arthur 22 bac factory hand of 6 North Cottages son of Percy John lamp lighter (retired) SAUNDERS Gwendoline Mollie 23 sp factory hand of 1 River Farm Cottages Latham Rd dau of Herbert cowman wits: Herbert SAUNDERS, Percy John CHAMBERLAIN Note (17) Sep 1928 Cambridge 3b 606 mothers surname Gillett Note (18) Aug 7 CHAMBERLAIN John of Nightingale Cottages, Trumpington 7 wks died Aug 3, by W CAMPBELL under the Burials Act Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index