CFHS code : AS229
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of GEORGINA KERRY d Jan 7th 1940 aged 74
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This fallen headstone set within kerbs is located in the parish of All Saints, roughly 8 plots south of the north path and 11 rows west of the central path. The floral decoration on each side of the main stone and the inscription of metal letters are still intact but the kerbstones are falling outwards. There are 2 flower holders. The square one matches the rest of the monument the other one may have been placed there at a later date.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of GEORGINA KERRY Who fell asleep Jan. 7th 1940. Aged 74 years
“Until we meet again”
Georgina Kerry (née Smith) (5 November 1866 – 7 January 1940)
Georgina was the daughter of George and Sarah Ann (née Howlett) Smith and was baptised at the Primative Methodist Chapel in Cambridge on 23 August 1871. Her father worked as a college kitchen porter and she grew up at 15 Castle Street (1871) and then 33 Gold Street (1881). Her mother died in 1878 when she was 11 years old and she married John William Kerry (1863-1954) in 1888. The couple had one daughter: Elsie Margaret (1889-1966).
John was a butcher when they married and the family lived at 75 Sturton Street (1891) but he later worked as a boot salesman (at least 1901 onwards). They moved to 208 Mill Road (1901) and then 144a Gwydir Street (at least 1911 onwards). Georgina died at home aged 73 years old (although the grave monument states 74 years).
John continued to live at Gwydir Street and died in July 1954.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen
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