CFHS code : AL207b
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Memory of our BERTIE b April 23 1873 d April 16 1874
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This small headstone is propped up against the lower north wall that runs next to the Gwydir St industrial estate. It is about 19 metres from the corner and next to the headstone of Newell AL207. We cannot say where exactly Bertie’s grave is but it is likely to be close by. The carved inscription is very worn but still legible.
Inscription
In Memory of our BERTIE born April 23 1873 died April 16 1874
Herbert James (Bertie) Neale (23 April 1873 – 16 April 1874) The family name spelled Neale in early records Neal in later ones
Bertie was the son of James & Janette Augusta (née Jefferson) Neal, who both came from Ely. In 1871 they were living in Gwydir St with 2 children and James was working as a stone mason but the following year he went into partnership with C. F. Carpenter a university robe maker at 71 Trumpington St. The family were Methodists and Bertie was baptised at the Ely Wesleyan Methodist chapel on June 15th 1873.
Bertie died at the family home in Gwydir St and his funeral was held on 20 April 1874. Later the family moved to Chesterton.
Sources:
Ancestry
British Newspaper Archives online
CFHS Transcripts of Parish records
Find My Past
FreeBMD
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen & Mary Naylor
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