CFHS code : AS330a
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of WILLIAM TODD d April 8 1879 aged 76 In Loving Memory of HARRIET TODD d Feb 16 1914 In Loving Memory of MARY ANN TODD d Feb 6 1916 In Loving Memory of name illegible d May 30 1908
Monument : Stone cross (fallen)/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Located 3 monuments to the south of the north path just before it bends to become the west path. The cross was restored after the CFHS survey of 2002. The inscription is in good order.
Inscription
east face
In Loving Memory of MARY the wife of William Todd
died April 19 1869 aged 73
Also the above named
WILLIAM TODD died April 8 1879 aged 76
In Loving Memory of WILLIAM TOOD died May 30 1908
north face
In Loving Memory of HARRIET TODD died Feb 16 1914
south face
In Loving Memory of MARY ANN TODD died Feb 6 1916
Relationships mother, father and 3 adult children
Mary Todd née Gray (1796 – 1865)
Mary was baptised in Wittlesford in 1796. She was the daughter of John and Martha Gray. On May 24th 1827 she married shoemaker William Todd. they had at least five children: William (1828), Harriet (1829), Mary Ann (1832), George (1835) and Charles 1839). The family moved several times before settling in Jesus Lane. Mary was working for one of the colleges in 1851.
William Todd (c 1803 – 1879)
William was a shoemaker and originally from London. After Mary died he became an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
William died at the family home in Jesus Lane.
William Todd (15.4.1828 – 1908)
William was baptised in 1828. He became an upholsterer’s clerk. On August 2nd 1853 he married Elizabeth Denny. Elizabeth’s father Thomas was choir schoolmaster at Trinity College. They moved to City Road where Elizabeth died in April 1855 after the birth of their daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth, who survived. Elizabeth was buried with her parents in the parish of St Paul in the south of the cemetery. We have not found a monument
William died at 60 Jesus Lane aged 80
Harriet Todd (d 1914)
Harriet was baptised in June 1830 when the family were living in Downing Terrace. She was still at the family home 24 Jesus Lane in 1871 where she listed as a housekeeper.
Harriet died at 10 Malcolm St aged 85
Mary Ann Todd (5.4.1832 – 1916)
Mary Ann was baptised in Holy Trinity church when the family were living in Clement Place, Garlick (sic) Fair Lane* (now Park St.). She became a Milliner.
Mary Ann died at 10 Malcolm Street aged 81
[If you have any further information about this family, please contact us at Friendsofmillroadcemetery@gmail.com]
This page is being edited by May Naylor
Sources
CFHS transcripts of parish & census records
* https://capturingcambridge.org/centre/park-street/park-street-garlic-fair-lane/