CFHS code : AG289
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of ALFRED THOMAS BAINBRIDGE d Sept 10 1930 aged 72 also EMMA MARIA BAINBRIDGE d 29.5.1936 aged 78 also MARGARET ALICE BAINBRIDGE d July 26 1941 aged 57 also ALICE MAUD M BARKER d Feb 19 1941 aged 79 also ALBERT VICTOR BARKER d June 29 1912 aged 47
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203058, 0.13642454 – click here for location
Monument
Inscription
Relationship: Alfred Bainbridge and Alice Barker were siblings.
Alfred Thomas Bainbridge (1858 – 10 September 1930)
Alfred was the only son of Thomas (1829-1897) and Catherine (née Steele) (1822-1886) and grew up at 38 Orchard Street and 3 Brewhouse Buildings. His father was a journeyman tailor, his mother a dressmaker and Alfred also worked as a tailor. He married Emma Bidwell at St. Matthew’s Church on 24 June 1880 and they had eight children: Kate Elizabeth (1881-1959), Margaret Alice (known as Maggie) (1884-1941), Alfred Thomas (1887-), Mabel Ellen (1889-1969), Bertram William (1891-1965), Edith Emma (1894-1967), William Frederick (1898-1969) and another child who died as an infant. They lived at 185 Gwydir Street, and Alfred worked from home. He died at home aged 72 years old.
Emma Maria Bainbridge (née Bidwell) (1857 – 29 May 1936)
Emma was also born in Cambridge, the daughter of William (1833-1897) and Emma (née Clarke) (1835-1902). William Bidwell was a bootmaker, and she grew up at 5 Silver Street(1861) and 2 Brewhouse Buildings (1871). When she married Alfred Bainbridge, she literally married the boy next door and died in Cambridge aged 78 years.
Margaret Alice Bainbridge (26 May 1884 – 26 July 1941)
Maggie worked as a tailoress and lived at home with her parents. In 1939 she was living at St George, 35 Woodlark Road with her sisters Mabel and Kate, and had retired by that time. She died at home aged 57 years old.
Alice Maud Mary Barker (née Bainbridge) (10 December 1861 – 19 February 1941)
Alice was the younger sister of Alfred Bainbridge and married Albert Barker on 30 March 1886 at St. Matthew’s Church. Albert was a club custodian and painter, and they lived at 136 Sturton Street (1891), before later moving to 16 Emmanuel Road, where he was documented as a builder’s foreman (1901). By 1911 Alice was running a University Lodging House from Emmanuel Road, and Albert was working for a builder as a painter. The couple had three children: Gertrude Maggie (1888-1965), Albert Thomas (1890-1957) and a child who died as an infant. She was widowed at the age of 50, and by 1939 was living in Woverton, near Milton Keynes with daughter Gertrude. Gertrude had married Frederick Bavey, a railway electrician and the couple had one daughter: Betty. Alice died in Wolverton.
Albert Victor Barker (1864 – 29 June 1912)
Albert was the son of saddler/harness maker William Barker and Emma. He was born in Ashwell, Hertfordshire and baptised there on 18 December 1864. By the age of 16 he was living in Royston, and apprenticed to a painter/glazier. He died at Emmanuel Road.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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