CFHS code : AG148
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of JOSHUA BACON d 11 May 1849 age 51 also ALICE MAUD BACON d 4 July 1937 age 86
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202758, 0.13664427 – click here for location
Monument
Located seven rows from the west path in the parish area of St Andrew the Great.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of
JOSHUA BACON died 11th May 1899 age 51
Also ALICE MAUD BACON died 4 July 1937 age 86
Re-united
Joshua Bacon (3 April 1848 – 11 May 1899)
Joshua was born in Ashdon in Essex, and baptised at All Saints Church in Ashdon on 13 August 1848. He was the son of Joshua and Mary Bacon and in 1861 aged 12 was working as an agricultural worker along side his father. He later moved to Cambridge and became a farrier. In 1871 he was living on Occupation Road in Cambridge, and lodging with his cousin Charles Watts. He married Alice Mabbutt at St Andrew the Great Church on 17 July 1873. They had four children: Maud Alice (1873-1963), Herbert Joshua (1878-1942), Frances Mary (1860-1965) and Alfred Edward (1886-1968).
The family lived at the Shoeing Forge at 13 Downing Street (1881), before moving to 48 Adam and Eve Street (1891) and later to 8a Elm Street. Joshua died at 8a Elm Street aged 51 years old.
Alice Maud Bacon (née Mabbutt) (1851 – 4 July 1937)
Alice was the illegitimate daughter of Frances Mary Mabbutt and was born in Hildersham. She was baptised there on 26 May 1851. Aged 10 (1861) she was living just off Jesus Lane with her mother and stepfather John Lingwood. John was a stableman, and the family later moved to live at 3 Black Moor Head Yard (1871). In 1871 Alice was working as a dressmaker.
After she was widowed she remained living at Elm Street and once again worked as a dressmaker. In 1911 she was living there with her aunt and a lodger. Alice died at 8a Elm Street aged 86 years old.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen
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