CFHS code : MG159
Parish : St Mary the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of ISABELLA MCWILLIAM JEEVES d May 20th 1935 aged 61 also WILLIAM LOUIS JEEVES d Jan 30th 1940 aged 66
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.20216, 0.13837175 – click here for location
Monument
This set of kerbstones located in the parish area of Mary the Great lie hidden in bramble and ivy 3 rows from the east wall towards the north border of the parish and directly behind the red granite Whybro monument which faces the east path.
We were unable to check the inscription taken by CFHS in 2000.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of ISABELLA MCWILLIAM JEEVES d May 20th 1935 aged 61
Also WILLIAM LOUIS JEEVES d Jan 30th 1940 aged 66
Isabella McWilliam Jeeves (née Birnie) (1873 – 20 May 1935)
Isabella was the daughter of James and Jane and grew up at Willow Cottage, 8 Sturton Street. Both her parents were Scottish and James worked as an engine fitter. Aged 17 Isabella was working as a dressmaker and married William Jeeves in 1899. They lived at 27 Kingston Street (1901) and then 8 Sturton Street (at least 1911 onwards). Isabella and William had at least five sons: Louis (1900-1986), Stanley (known as Stan) (1902-1976), Eric (1910-), Leslie James (known as Les) (1912-1983) and Cyril George (1912-1992).
William Louis Jeeves (24 January 1874 – 30 January 1940)
William was born in Blunhan, Bedfordshire and was the son of Louis and Eliza. By the time he was 2 his family had moved to live on York Street, and Louis worked as a plasterer. William worked as a carpenter/joiner for local buiding company Messrs. Kerridge Ltd and after he was widowed lived at Sturton Street with his three youngest children (1939). He died at home aged 66 years old.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen
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