CFHS code : HT402
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : G BLAKE
Monument : Headstone (broken)/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.201902, 0.1372325 – click here for location
Monument
This small headstone or footstone set within a border of edging stones is located 3 rows east of the central path and and a few rows north of the south path in the parish area of Holy Trinity. This stone may have been displaced so this may not be the grave of the Blake family.
Inscription Although recorded as G the initial is actually S. The stone was lifted but no inscription is visible on the other side.
S. Blake
This could be Susan or Simon Blake, Susan their daughter or Susan their son Arthur’s wife
Simon Blake (c1820 – March 21st 1859) was a chimney sweep born in Norwich and died aged 39
Susan Blake née Leach (1818 – 1870) was born in Cambridge. Died aged 52
They married in 1842 and brought up their 5 children in King St. – Elizabeth (1843), Susan (1845), Edward Thomas (1846), Arthur Isaac (1854), and Charlotte Sarah (1859).
After Simon’s death Susan carried on the chimney sweep business
Related Monument HT140 – children and grandchildren of Arthur Blake – Clara Elizabeth Blake; Kathleen Florence Blake; Robert William Blake
Arthur Blake (1854 – 1916 aged 61) whose wife Susan , their daughter Susan died 1908 age 16, his wife Susan died 1938 age 81
A Kathleen died 1920 age 7
A George Frank died in 1924 age 27
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