CFHS code : AL22
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of CHARLES JAMES WILLIAM BAILEY who departed this life April 22 1879 aged 28
Monument : Headstone (fallen)
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
Charles James William Bailey (c.October 1850 – 22 April 1879)
Known as William, he was born in Cheveley, near Newmarket and was the illegitimate son of Eliza Bailey. He grew up with his grandparents Charles and Sarah Bailey, mother and aunts and uncles in Cheveley, where his grandfather was a cordwainer (1851). By 1861 Charles Bailey was the village post master, and William was living with him at the Post Office on the High Street. William later worked as a drayman, and aged 21 was lodging in Stratford, Essex. He died at Gwydir Street, Cambridge and his funeral was held on 25 April 1879.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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