St Ives Photo Album - St Ives people before 1914

Photo Album - St Ives people before 1914

Read Adams, first Mayor of St Ives, 1874.

When St Ives Town Council formed in 1874 there was never any doubt who would be the town's first Mayor. Read Adams was immensely popular.

To read of his explosive disagreements, good works and to view census records, newspaper reports and correspondence published, click Read Adams.

Henry Thomas Allen, c1890s.

Henry is named on the St Ives War Memorial. To read about his life, click Henry Thomas Allen. To see other photos click family name Allen.

Albert Edward Worts, with his son, 1891.

The winter of 1890/91 was severe, the River Great Ouse froze, with up to nine inches of ice. Average temperatures across East Anglia were -1°C from November to January. . The above images shows Ted Worts with his son, Ernest, testing the thickness of the ice. Ted was a castrator from Fenstanton before he became licensee of The Dolphin some time in the late 1880s. Tragedy hit the family in 1904, when both father and son died through illnesses.

Roger Tom Juggins, early 1900s.

Roger is named on the St Ives War Memorial. To read about his life, click Roger Tom Juggins.

The families of George & William Dellar, fellmongers of St Ives, at a golden wedding, 1908.

Back row from left: George Housden, Doris & Harold Charles Dellar (George's children).

Middle row: Ernest Dellar, Minnie & Herbert Smith, Lizzie & John Dellar, Ellen Dellar (George's wife), Jane Dellar.

Front row: Muriel Effie Dellar (William's daughter), William Dellar & wife Ada, William's daughter Hilda May on his lap, John & Susan Dellar, George Dellar, Sarah Dellar.

On ground: Marjorie Dellar (George's daughter), Albert Leonard Dellar (William's son), Dorothy Smith, Leslie Crawford Dellar (William's son), Walter Dellar, Edith Smith, Horace William Dellar (William's son).

Included in this image of John and Susan Dellar's golden wedding celebration at Oakington are the families of George Dellar and William Dellar, fellmongers of St Ives. To see all photos click family name Dellar. To read more about their lives and the trade of fellmongering, click here.

George Housden Dellar is named on the St Ives War memorial. To read about his life, click George Housden Dellar.

William & Ada Dellar (née Crawford), Horace & Hilda, c1910. 

The above image was taken in the passage of Fellmongers House, The Broadway, St Ives. William lived there from about 1906.

  

George & Ellen Dellar (née Culpin), Doris, George, Harold & Marjorie, c1910.

This photograph was taken at Olive Cottage, Crown Walk, St Ives. George moved into the newly-built cottage in 1887.

Ernest William Deavin, c1911.

Ernest is named on the St Ives War Memorial.  To read about his life, click Ernest William Deavin.

Frederick Arthur Dunkling, c1912.

Frederick is named on the St Ives War Memorial. To read about his life, click Frederick Arthur Dunkling. To see all photos click family name Allen.

Dennis Ivor Day, c1913.

Ivor is named on the St Ives War Memorial. To read about his life, click Dennis Ivor Day. To see all photos click family name Day.