A look at the electoral register in 1905-06 reveals that certain streets within the old town had lots of houses lived in by fishing and seafaring families. Quay Street for instance reveals seven houses occupied by the Sheader family. Each of these houses may of had families with 7 or 8 children sleeping tip to toe in one bed. The family names of Cammish, Crawford, Sheader, Appleby, Normandale, Bayes, Dalton and Messenger show up very often.
The most prolific family name appears to be Cammish but there are quite a few Jenkinsons as well. Some of these addresses have no families with no fishing links but many of do. The fishing families lived within the Old Town and did not really mix with anyone else. Even within the Old Town there were hotspots such as Sandside, Quay Street and all the little streets nearby by such as Tuthill, Princess Lane, Salmon Steps, Castlegate, and Potter Lane. The fishing community really was tightly knit. Areas considered as part of the Old Town do not feature so many fishing family names such as Eastborough and St Sepulchre Street.
Those family names with obvious links to the sea and fishing appear with an asterisk below.
QUAY STREET
- No 5 William Buckett
- No 9 William Moss
- No 15 Charles Plummer
- No 21 Robert Cammish *
- No 23 William Messenger *
- No 25 Nicholas Godfrey Sheader *
- No 29 George Sheader *
- No 31 Francis Harland Craven
- No 37 Charles John Walker *
- No 39 Richard Sheader *
- No 41 Watson Tinegate
- No 43 Spouse Godfrey Sheader *
- No 45 Jonathon Eves *
- No 49 Joseph Appleby
- No 51 John Short
- No 53 Christopher Watkinson
- No 55 Francis William Blades *
- No 2 William Alfred Kidd
- No 4 Isaac Cox
- No 8 George Wray *
- No 18 William Rooke
- No 20 James Fannion
- No 22 Thomas Sheader *
- No 24 Robert Cammish *
- No 28 George William Sheader *
- No 30 William Feathers
- No 32 John William Scotter
- No 34 George Godfrey Sheader *
- No 36 Frank Dalton Jnr *
- No 40 Mark Mansfield
- No 44 Richard Cowling *
- No 48 Henry Matson *
- No 48a Henry Wyrill *
- No 48b John Whitworth
- No 50 Robert Heritage *
- No 54 Jonathon Eves *
- No 56 Charles Stonehouse
- Warehouse George Alderson-Smith *
GAS BOARD YARD(QUAY STREET)
- No 1 James Bayes *
SANDSIDE
- No 7 James Ellis *
- No 8 Johnson Crawford *
- No 10 George Harrison *
- No 13 Daniel Riddiough
- No 15 John William Carter
- No 19 James Cross
- No 21 John Christian
- No 24 Thomas Sanderson
- No 25 Thomas Pashby *
- No 26 George Shaw
- No 27 Percival John Eland
- No 29 Thomas Postil Cape
- No 30 William Claybourne
- No 31 Emanuel Butcher
- No 32 Royle Fleming *
- No 33 Frederick Normandale *
- No 34 Myers Matson *
- No 35a Tom Normandale *
- No 37a Fraser Christie
- No 37 William Cowling *
- No 40 Francis Appleby *
- No 41 Benjamin Sanderson
- No 42 William Messenger *
- No 43 William Appleby
- No 44 Edward Bullen
- No 45 Aumgill Geldard
- No 46 George Whittledon
- No 48 William Purnell
- No 51 William Kershaw
- No 51a William Lee
- No 52 Thomas Ward
SALMON STEPS
- William Jenkinson *
PRINCESS TERRACE
- No 1 John Harwood *
- No 2 Thomas Hunter *
- No 3 Charles Wray *
- No 4 Robert Coates Harrison *
- No 6 Thomas Thompson
- No 7 Frederick Harrison *
DOG AND DUCK LANE
- No 1 John William Mathews
- No 2 Richard Dolben
- No 3 John Godfrey Sheader *
- No 4 William Rosher
- No 5 James Godfrey Sheader *
- No 6 William Birch
- No 8 James Allen *
- No 10 George Watkinson
NESFIELD YARD
- No 4 Arthur Eves *
- No 5 Charles Rooke
- No 6 James Bennett
- No 7 Thomas Crawford *
POTTER LANE
- No 1 William Blogg *
- No 3 Thomas William Blogg *
- No 5 Edward Bennett
- No 9 William Smalley *
- No 13 Robert Jenkinson Junior *
- No 15 Charles William Scales *
- No 19 Samuel Cappleman *
- No 25 William Trueman *
- No 27 Richard Sheperd
- No 29 Stephen Megginson *
- No 31 Edward Lancaster
- No 33 John Jarvis
- No 2 Allison Craven
- No 6 Benjamin Naylor
- No 8 Arthur Fox
- No 12 Gardiner Carsey
- No 14 Crawford Cowling *
- No 18 James Jarvis
- No 24 Alfred Truefitt
- No 28 Charles Lamb
* asterisks denote households with fishing family names or known fishermen or trawler owners.
SHEADERS LIVING IN THE OLD TOWN - 1905 Electoral register
- Henry Sheader, 26 The Bolts
- George Sheader, 29 Quay Street
- Nicholas Godfrey Sheader,25 Quay Street
- Richard Sheader, 39 Quay Street
- Spouse Godfrey Sheader, 43 Quay Street
- Thomas Sheader, 22 Quay Street
- George Godfrey Sheader, 34 Quay Street
- George William Sheader, 28 Quay Street
- John Godfrey Sheader,3 Dog and Duck Lane
- James Godfrey Sheader, 5 Dog and Duck Lane
- William Sheader, 3 Whartons Yard, Sandside
CAMMISHES LIVING IN THE OLD TOWN - 1905 Electoral register
- Thomas Cammish, 23 Church Stairs Street
- Jacob Cammish, 1 Custom House Steps
- Thomas Cammish , 29 Princess Street
- Robert Cammish, 21 Quay Street
- Robert Cammish, 24 Quay Street
- Samuel Cammish, 26 Quay Street
- John Cammish, 41 St Sepulchre Street
- Joseph Cammish, 4 Whitehead Hill
JENKINSONS LIVING IN THE OLD TOWN - 1905 Electoral register
- William Jenkinson, 3 Pier Terrace
- John Richard Jenkinson, 1 Castlegate
- George Jenkinson, 25 Castlegate
- James Jenkinson 6 Castlegate
- Michael Richard Jenkinson, 10 East Sandgate
- Robert Jenkinson Jnr, 13 Potter Lane
- William Jenkinson, Salmon Steps
