CFHS code : BE22
Parish : St Bene’t
Inscription : MARY ANN the beloved wife of JOHN BRADFORD d July [25] 1874 aged [43] and of their children EMILY b Sept 1 1856 d April [1-] 1861 HENRY EDWARD b Feb 11 1860 d April 11 1860 RALPH HERBERT b July 31 1861 d Sept 3 1867 also JOHN BRADFORD d Aug – [1889] aged — footstone MAB 1874 EB 1861 HEB 1860 RHB 1867
Monument : Headstone (broken)/Kerb stones/Footstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202542, 0.13714613 – click here for location
Monument
We did not find this broken headstone during our mapping of the parish in 2020. The CFHS map places it 6 rows west of the central path on the northern border of the parish. The commonwealth war grave of Parr is 7 rows from the path and a few metres to the south.
Inscription
headstone
MARY ANN the beloved wife of JOHN BRADFORD d July [03] 1874 aged [43]
And of their children EMILY b Sept 1 1856 d April [1-] 1861
HENRY EDWARD b Feb 11 1860 d April 11 1860
RALPH HERBERT b July 31 1861 d Sept 3 1867
Also JOHN BRADFORD d Aug – [1889] aged —
footstone
MAB 1874 EB 1861 HEB 1860 RHB 1867
Mary Ann Bradford (née Carter) (c.1830 – 3 July 1874)
Mary was born in Lambeth, Surrey. She married John Bradford on 15th November 1846 at All Saint’s Church, Fulbourn. They had at least eight children together Emily [1856-1861], John George [1858-1920], Henry Edward [1860-1860], Andrew [1861-], Charles Frederick [1863-1947], Ralph Herbert [1864-1867], Frederick A [1865-] and Marcus Dennis [1865-1948].
John Bradford was a college cook and the family lived on Regent Street, and later at 10 Silver Street [1871]. Mary died aged 43 years old in 1874.
John Bradford (c.1829 – 28 April 1889)
John was born in Cambridge. He married Mary Ann Carter when he was 17 years old. He worked as a college cook for his whole life. In 1874 he was the college cook at St. Catherine’s college.
In 1881 he was a widower and was living at Garden Walk, Victoria Road, Chesterton. He died there aged 60 years in 1889 after having been ill for some time. He was being attended to by two doctors and a nurse before his death and required round the clock nursing. He left an estate valued at £4,500 4s.
Emily Bradford (1 September 1856 – April 1861)
Emily was the first born child of John and Mary Bradford. She died at Regent Street aged 4 years olda nd her funeral was held on 8 April 1861.
Henry Edward Bradford (11 February 1860 – 11 April 1860)
Henry Edward was the third of John and Mary Bradford’s eight children. He died aged two months old.
Ralph Herbert Bradford (31 July 1861 – 3 September 1867)
Ralph was the sixth child of John and Mary Bradford. He died aged 3 years old as a result of a fall at home. He had been with his mother upstairs, and she had asked him to go and play with the baby in the back room. He had only been gone two or three minutes when he fell out of the window onto the yard below, and died as a result of the injuries. The inquest heard that ‘there was a high wire blind against the window, which had been put up expressley to prevent deceased and the other children form opening the bottom of the window, and deceased must have climbed on to the back of a chair, or he could not have fallen out. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, adding that all reasonable precautions had been taken, and that no negligence was chargeable on the parents’.
John and Mary’s son Marcus also trained as a cook and ran the University Arms Hotel for many years. Marcus’ wife and son are also buried at Mill Road Cemetery
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