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Husband: Reuben Pratt
Born: 1850 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire Census: 1851 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 1) Census: 1871 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 2) Occupation: 1871 - 1911 Ag Lab Census: 1881 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 3) Census: 1911 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 4) Died: 1920 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 5) Father: William Pratt (1818 - ) Mother: Eliza _____ (1821 - )
Wife: Harriet Smith Beaumont Married: 1874 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 6)
Born: 1851 in Trumpington Christened: 16 Nov 1851 in Trumpington (see note 7) Census: 1861 in Workhouse Yard, Trumpington (see note 8) Census: 1871 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 9) Occupation: 1871 Laundress Census: 1881 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 10) Census: 1911 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 11) Occupation: 1911 Laundress Died: 1931 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 12) Father: Alfred Scott Beaumont (1825 - 1865) Mother: Martha Smith (1826 - 1885)
F Child 1: Harriet Priscilla Beaumont Also known as: Priscilla Beaumont Born: 6 Feb 1873 in Trumpington 2 Christened: 23 Mar 1873 in Trumpington (see note 13) Census: 1881 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 14) Census: 1911 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 15) Occupation: 1911 - 1939 Laundress 2 Resided: 1939 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 2 Died: 1950 in Cambridge 1 (see note 16)
F Child 2: Naomi Jessie Pratt Also known as: Jessie Pratt Born: 1876 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 17) Census: 1881 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 18) Census: 1891 in Grantchester Lane, Trumpington (see note 19) Occupation: 1891 Laundress Help Census: 1911 in Norfolk (see note 20) Husband: Ernest Wilkinson b. ABT 1874 Married: 1906 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 21)
F Child 3: Vida Louise Pratt Born: 4 Apr 1895 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 22) Census: 1911 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire (see note 23) Occupation: 1911 Laundress Helper Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 2 Resided: 1962 - 1979 at 155 Shelford Road, Trumpington 3,4 Died: 1979 in Cambridge 5 (see note 24) Husband: Sidney Joseph Root b. 12 May 1893 d. 1965 Also known as: Joseph Sidney Root 6 Married: 1926 in Cambridge 5
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) 1939 Register. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Probate record. (5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (6) 1901 census.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 7 months, born Grantchester, with parents Note (2) Age 20, born Grantchester, with mother and family. Labourer Note (3) Age 31, born Grantchester. Ag Lab, with wife Harriet and children Note (4) Age 61, born Grantchester. Ag Lab, with wife Harriet and children Note (5) Jun 1920 Chesterton 3b 461 age 69 Note (6) Mar 1874 Chesterton 3b 669 Note (7) Nov 16 BEAUMONT Harriet Smith of Alfred & Martha otp lab Note (8) Age 8, born Trumpington, with family Note (9) Age 20, born Trumpington, Laundress Note (10) Age 30, born Trumpington, with husband Reuben Pratt and 5 children Note (11) Age 61, born Trumpington, with husband Ruben Pratt and three children. Laundress Note (12) Jun 1931 Chesterton 3b 447 age 79 Note (13) Mar 23 PRATT / BEAUMONT Harriet Priscilla of Reuben PRATT & Harriet BEAUMONT sp of Grantchester [blank] Note (14) Priscilla Beaumont: age 8, born Trumpington, with parents and siblings Note (15) Priscilla Beaumont: age 40, born Trumpington, with family. Laundress Note (16) Sep 1950 Cambridge 4a 197 age 77 Note (17) Jun 1876 Chesterton 3b 528 Note (18) Jessie Pratt: Age 4, born Grantchester, with family Note (19) Jessie Pratt: Age 14, born Grantchester. Laundress Help, with Elizabeth Rayner Note (20) Age 35, born Grantchester, with husband Ernest Wilkinson and daughter Note (21) Sep 1906 Chesterton 3b 1015 Note (22) Jun 1895 Chesterton 3b 475 Note (23) Age 16, born Grantchester, with family. Laundress Helper Note (24) Mar 1979 Cambridge 9 0958 born 4 Apr 1894 (sic) indexed as Visa Louise Root Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index