Number 55 Holland Street 1881 – Edward Gething, Timber Merchant

Please note Caldwell Street was called Holland Street in 1881 – see here.

Kelly’s Directory 1881 tells us that at 55 Holland street lived Mr Edward Gething, a timber merchant.

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 Gething 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 Gething family were a little better off than some of the occupants of what was then Holland Street, affording a servant called Louisa. The property is no longer standing.

Name	Relation to head of household	Age	Year born	Town of birth	City of birth	Country of birth	Profession
Edward Thos. Gething	Head	45	abt 1846	Sutton	London	England	Timber Merchant
Elizabeth Gething	Wife	43	abt 1848	Earls	Wiltshire	England	/
Edward Jas. Gething	Son	14	abt 1867	Islington	London	England	/
Elizabeth Jane Gething	Daughter	12	abt 1869	Bermondsey	London	England	/
Emily Fletcher Gething	Daughter	10	abt 1871	Fleet St City	London	England	/
Louisa Belshaw	Servant	22	abt 1859	Ramsey, Huntingdon	/	England	Domestic Servant