Great Eastern Hotel, Quay, Harwich
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Built 1864 by Thomas Allom
Great Eastern Hotel - circa 1890
Great Eastern Hotel, 1890
All kindly donated by Colleen
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1867/Thomas Bolton/Manager/../../Post Office
1870/James Bellamy/Manager/../../Kelly's
1871/James Bellamy/Manager/../../Post Office
1874/Mrs. Lizzie Bellamy/Manageress/../../Kelly's
1878/Thomas Bolton/Manager/../../Kelly's
1881/Thomas Bolton/Hotel Manager/46/Welton, Lincoln/Census
1881/Mary Bolton/Daughter/16/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Ella Shee/Barmaid/26/Witham, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Lawrence/Chambermaid/22/Wrabness, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Topple/Still Room Maid/30/Trimley, Suffolk/Census
1881/Laura Philpot/Linen Room Maid/22/Peasenhall, Suffolk/Census
1881/Annie Brooks/Housemaid/23/Easton, Suffolk/Census
1881/Sarah Jones/Kitchen Maid/26/Burlingham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Eliza Cross/Housemaid/18/Harwich, Essex/Census
1881/Charlotte Simons/Hall Maid/19/Ely, Cambridge/Census
1881/Victor Lustig/Waiter/23/Vienna, Austria/Census
1881/Abram Hockley/Waiter/20/Beaumont, Essex/Census
1881/Arthur Cleave/Hotel Clerk/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Atkins/Shipping Clerk/21/Bury St, Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1881/William Proctor/Billiard Marker/19/Bury St, Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1881/Henry Simpson/Cook/43/Dublin, Ireland/Census
1881/Herbert Bowden/Cook/19/Dovercourt, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Read/Plateman/18/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Arthur Daldy/Scullion/19/Chelmondiston, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Wilkinson/Cellerman/20/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/George Mesenger/Cellerman/20/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Charles Good/Night Porter/44/Orford, Suffolk/Census
1882/Thomas Bolton/Manager/../../Kelly's
1886/John Grew/Manager/../../Kelly's
1890/Arthur George King/Manager/../../Kelly's
1891/John Cookson/Hotel Manager/45/Southampton, Hants/Census
1891/Emeline Cookson/Wife, Hotel Manageress/40/?, Gloucestershire/Census
1891/Lily Cookson/Niece/19/Barrow in Furness, Lancaster/Census
1891/Adelaide Marsden/Domestic Servant/29/../Census
1891/Henry F. Taylor(?)/Domestic Servant/31/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Charles A. Chandler/Domestic Servant/24/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1891/Frank Galls/Domestic Servant/25/New Cross, Kent/Census
1891/William H. Johnson/Domestic Servant/12/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1891/John Gattscole(?)/Domestic Servant/19/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1891/Harry Robertson/Domestic Servant/32/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1891/Harry Read/Domestic Servant/27/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1891/Emma Lester/Domestic Servant/35/Maldon, Essex/Census
1891/Alice Lord/Domestic Servant/20/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1891/Harriet Lister/Domestic Servant/20/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/Emily Lambert/Domestic Servant/20/Harwich, Essex/Census
1891/Emily Lee/Domestic Servant/18/Walton on the Naze, Essex/Census
1891/Ann Malster/Domestic Servant/31/Sutton Backhell, Suffolk/Census
1891/Emily Malster/Domestic Servant/16/Sutton Backhell, Suffolk/Census
1891/Frederick Dunsford/?/45/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1894/Frederick Rees/Manager/../../Kelly's
1895/Frederick Rees/Manager/../../Kelly's
1898/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1899/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1901/Paul Becker/Hotel Manager/50/germany/Census
1901/Fanny Becker/Wife/45/London/Census
1901/Paul Becker/Son/9/London/Census
1901/Laura Hotchkinson/Niece/8/London/Census
1901/James A Moren/Visitor, Officer Royal Artillery/37/Halifax N S/Census
1901/Ethel White/Barmaid/25/Northrups, Norfolk/Census
1901/Fredrick Weston/Waiter/20/Suffolk/Census
1901/William Anderson/Waiter/21/Cambridge/Census
1901/Fernand Pilloux/Chef de Cuisine/22/France/Census
1901/Charles Plath/Chef de Cuisine/28/Germany/Census
1901/George Cloyzern/Assistant Porter/21/London/Census
1901/Percival Heckford/Servant/20/East Bergholt, Suffolk/Census
1901/Emma Smith/Chambermaid/47/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Violet Gibbs/Scullerymaid/19/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Alice Mawson/Barmaid/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Alice Humphries/Barmaid/19/Bootesdale, Norfolk/Census
1901/Alice Long/Kitchenmaid/24/West Bergholt, Essex/Census
1901/Ellen Durrant/Housemaid/21/Witham, Essex/Census
1902/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1906/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1908/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1912/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1914/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1917/L. Sydney Smith/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
1922/L. Sydney Smith/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
1925/L. Sydney Smith/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
1933/A. Ryan/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's