House by House: 18 Hawthorne Road

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1911
The first census recording the houses was taken in 1911, so these were probably the first tenants of the house.

• Percival William Herbert, 37, head, commercial traveller for cycle trade, born Islington in London.
• Annie Marie Herbert, 37, wife, ---, born Clapham in Surrey.
• Ivy Florence Herbert, 9, dau, ---, born London.

1925

On the 1925 electoral register the residents at 18 Hawthorne Road were:
Hubert Sumner
Ruby Sumner
(this register included men over 21 and women over 30)

Hubert's brother, Theodore Sumner, lived at 4 Hawthorne Road on the 1911 census.


NB: 18 Hawthorne suffered bomb damage during World War II and was completely rebuilt in the late 1940s, as were numbers 12, 14 and 16.