CFHS code : BE54
Parish : St Bene’t
Inscription : headstone In Loving Remembrance of ANN the beloved wife of WILLIAM MUNCEY SMITH d June 21st 1884 aged 34 also WILLIAM MUNCEY SMITH d Dec 8 1892 in his 42nd year reverse also HORACE WILFRED son of the above d April 26th 1897 aged 19 also SAMUEL GEORGE the beloved husband of MABEL LILIAN BUSH d Dec 6 1916 aged 36
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones/Footstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202571, 0.13651824 – click here for location
Monument
September 2025
This Headstone stands within a large bush of ivy and bramble about 10 rows / 20 metres east of the west path. We were able to see it was still standing in May 2021 and that the inscription was carved and still legible but not able to get a decent photograph.
Inscription
In Loving Remembrance of ANN the beloved wife of WILLIAM MUNCEY SMITH d June 21st 1884 aged 34 Also WILLIAM MUNCEY SMITH d Dec 8 1892 in his 42nd year
reverse Also HORACE WILFRED son of the above d April 26th 1897 aged 19
Also SAMUEL GEORGE the beloved husband of MABEL LILIAN BUSH d Dec 6 1916 aged 36
Relationships: Mother, father, son and son-in-law
Ann Smith née Pratt (1850 – 21 June 1884)
Ann, was the daughter of Joseph and Ann. Joseph was a painter. In 1871 Ann was living with her parents at 23 John St. She married William Muncey Smith in the parish of Andrew the Less on September 1st 1875. They had at least four children Blanche Ethel E [1876-], Horace Wilfred [1878-1897], Mabel Lillian [1880-1841] and Annie [1882-]. Ann lived at 25 Regent Street, but died aged just 34 years old.
William Muncey Smith ( 1851 -8 December 1892)
William was born in Cambridge and is believed to have been the son of William and Ellen Smith. William was a tailor. By the age of 20 he was living at 25 Regent Street, and is described as a master baker and confectioner. He married Ann, and they had four children. He was widowed aged 33 in June 1884 with four children aged 8 years and under.
On 24th March 1885 he remarried to Adelaide Louisa Harvey, and they continued to live at 25 Regent Street above the bakery and confectionery business. He died in 1892 aged 41 years.
Adelaide remarried to yet another widower and continued to live in Cambridge at 34a Coronation Street. It is thought she remained close to the children of her first marriage, as they appear on some census records together, and she was the witness at step-daughter Mabel’s wedding.
Horace Wilfred Smith (1878 – 26 April 1897)
Horace was the second of the four children born to Ann and William Smith. He was brought up at the family bakery business in Regent Street, and aged 13 was working as an bakers apprentice with his father. His father died when he was 14 years old, and he died in 1897 aged just 19 years old.
Source:
Ancestry
CHFHS marriage records for Andrew the Less
by Claire Martinsen