CFHS code : HT461
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : In Loving Memory of EMILY FLORENCE BRADBURY d 3 Sept 1956 aged 67 also CLARA ELLEN BRADBURY d 25 Jun 1976 aged 93
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones/Flowerholder
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This fallen headstone lies 3 rows west of the east path and just behind the Commonwealth War Grave of Private S SHEPHERD. There is a large tree that shades this area and the monument had been covered by leaf litter for some time. We did not uncover the kerbstones or find the flower holder.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of EMILY FLORENCE BRADBURY who died Sept 3rd 1956 aged 67 years
Also CLARA ELLEN BRADBURY who died June 25th 1976 aged 93 years
Relationship: Sisters
Emily Florence Bradbury (15 January 1889 – 3 September 1956)
Emily was the daughter of George William Bradbury (1851-1928) and Ellen Matilda (née Childs) (1835-1917). Her father was a cabinet maker and she grew up at 38 Broad Street (1891) and then 44 Broad Street (at least 1901 onwards). She worked as a housemaid at Newnham College (1911), but then appears to have returned to live at 44 Broad Street with her parents and sister Clara. In 1939 she was documented as being a shop assistant and was living with elder sister Clara. She died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital aged 67 years old.
Clara Ellen Bradbury (1 December 1882 – 24 June 1976)
Clara was Emily’s elder sister and lived at Broad Street for most of her life. In January 1894 she gave a recital at an entertainment evening at the Granchester Baptist Chapel She was not documented as having an occupation on any of the census records. She was still living at 44 Broad Street in 1965 and died at 2 Carlow, St Matthew’s Street aged 93 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
CHFHS transcription of burial records.
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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