CFHS code : BO35
Parish : St Botolph
Inscription : ISABEL EDWARDS 1897 REBECCA EDWARDS 1905 WILLIAM —-
Monument : Kerb stones (broken)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
Relationships: Father, mother and daughter
Isabel Edwards (1844 – February 1897)
Isabel was the second daughter of John and Rebecca Edwards. She was born in Everton, Bedfordshire and lived with her parents throughout her life. Isabel worked as a dressmaker and died aged 53 years old.
Rebecca Edwards (née Free) (2 April 1819 – 28 March 1905)
Rebecca was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (née Webb) and married William Edwardds on 24 April 1841. They had at least three daughters: Joanna Isabella (1841-1931), Isabel and Emma (1854-). William was a gardener and florist and the family lived at 11 Botolph Lane (1851), Chesterton Lane (1861), 24 Ferry Path (1871) and 26 Trafalgar Street (1881/1891). She was widowed in 1898 and then lived at 1 Portland Place (1901) with her grandson Frederick Squires (son of Emma). She died aged 85 years old.
William Edwards (21 September 1819 – 24 May 1898)
William was born in Dullingham (a village four miles south of Newmarket) and baptised there on 2 January 1820. He was the son of John and Rebecca and married when he was 21 years old. He died at Trafalgar Street aged 78 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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