Please note Caldwell Street was called Holland Street in 1881 – see here.
Kelly’s Directory 1881 tells us that at 56 & 58 Holland street lived Mr Ebenezer Gunn, a harness maker (One who makes, repairs or sells harnesses for horses)
Click here to see where this property would have stood on a modern day map.
Expanding on the info taken from Kelly’s Directory and looking at the Census we find out a little more…
Mr Gunn can be seen living at this property along with his family on the Census of 1881, the same year that the Kelly’s Directory I took my original information from was published. The property is no longer standing.
1881
Name | Relation to head of household | Age | Year born | Town of birth | City of birth | Country of birth | Profession |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ebenezer William Gunn | Head | 66 | abt 1815 | Shoreditch | Middlesex | England | Harness Maker Employing |
William Edward Gunn | Grandson | 12 | abt 1869 | Lambeth | Surrey | England | Scholar |
Edward William | Head | 37 | abt 1844 | Shoreditch | Middlesex | England | Harness Maker |
Mary Ann Elizabeth | Wife | 33 | abt 1848 | Cirencester | Gloucestershire | England | |
Charles Frederick | Son | 5 | abt 1876 | Camberwell | Surrey | England | Scholar |
Sidney Herbert | Son | 3 | abt 1878 | Lambeth | Surrey | England | |
Walter Spencer | Son | / | Lambeth | Surrey | England |
By the Census of 1891 Ebenezer Gunn does not feature, presumably he is dead. His son is now head of the house and having inherited the profession of harness maker is now running the business.
1891
Name | Relation to head of household | Age | Year born | Town of birth | City of birth | Country of birth | Profession |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward W Gunn | Head | 47 | abt 1844 | Shoreditch | London | England | Harness Maker |
Mary A E Gunn | Wife | 43 | abt 1848 | Wakermoor | Gloucestershire | England | / |
Charles J Gunn | Son | 15 | abt 1876 | Camberwell | London | England | Harness Maker Apprentice |
Sidney H Gunn | Son | 14 | abt 1877 | Lambeth | London | England | Scholar |
Walter S Gunn | Son | 11 | abt 1880 | Lambeth | London | England | / |