Two of Marlow's early Station Masters lived in Soho Terrace, Beaumont Rise. George Thomas Broad was resident 1881 until he was promoted to Master of Leamington Station in 1884 and left. He was stationed at Marlow from 1878 and may in fact have lived at Soho Terrace right from the beginning. I am only certain of his address 1881-84.
When he left Marlow the Reading Mercury said he had won many friends by his "energy and courtesy" in his role.
George's own father had been a Station Master too.
After George went to Leamington he suffered a serious illness (an attack of paralysis) and went blind. He was forced to retire early and died in 1899.
His replacement at Marlow Henry Yeo also lived at Soho Terrace until he left the town in 1893, after ill health forced his retirement.
Both men were lodgers with Edward and Hannah Broad. If they were relatives of George Broad it is not obvious to me how. Edward was a carpenter.
Researched and written by Charlotte Day.
Sources:
1881 and 1891 census of Great Marlow. 1881 transcribed by me from microfilm. 1891 from Familysearch website ran by the LDS / Intellectual Reserve Inc. Accessed March 2021.
Reading Mercury 30th August 1884, South Bucks Standard 17th November 1899. Newspaper copies held at the British Library archives and accessed by me from the BNA March 2021.
Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, by Kelly's Directories Limited 1883. Digitized by Google. Accessed March 2021.
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