​Bemerton HISTORY

YOUR HOUSE

 

Who lived here?

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139 Lower Road

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Albert and Charlotte Nowell lived here in 1901, when Albert was a carpenter and Charlotte worked from home providing a laundry service.  In 1911 Albert had retired and they were joined by boarder Albert Oram who was a railway engine cleaner.

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141 Lower Road

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Miss Ellen Wilkins lived in this house alone in 1897 and was still here in 1911.

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143 Lower Road

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In 1901 William and Louisa Oram and their two young children lived in the cottage when William was a railway engine fireman.   Harry and Margaret Sanger lived here in 1911 with their three sons, William, Albert and Sidney who were employed as a general labourer, engine cleaner and a house and garden boy, respectively.  Their father William was also a general labourer and their boarder James White was an engineer. 

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145 Lower Road

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In 1901 Frank Eyres was a postman and lived here with his wife Fanny and their young son.  Caleb and Rose Candy lived in the property in 1911 when Caleb was a Prudential Assurance agent.

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147 Lower Road

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In 1901 widow Bessie Love and her 3-year-old son lived in the house, from where Bessie worked as a needle worker.  She was still here between 1911 and 1925 along with her son and a boarder Francis Middleton, who was a local government inspector’s clerk.

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149 Lower Road

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Emma Mitchell was also a widow and lived in this house in 1901 with her four daughters - the youngest was one-year-old Ruth - when Emma was a cab proprietor.  She was still here in 1911 with three of her daughters, with no record of Ruth.  Emma was still running her own business from home but now as a cab proprietor and a coal merchant.  Her eldest daughter Ella was self-employed as a dressmaker.  One of the other girls was a milliner and the third daughter was at school.

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151 Lower Road

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In 1901 Henry Billins, a single man employed as a railway signalman, lived here with a boarder, Thomas Eyres, who was a jobbing gardener.  Mary Feltham also lived here as their housekeeper.  George and Kate Goulding and their seven-year-old daughter Eva lived in the house in 1911 when George was an engine driver.