CFHS code : AL321
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory ANNA MARIA BUTCHER /wife of ABRAHAM BUTCHER/ d/ February 14 1894 age 36 / also SAMUEL FREDERICK / son of ABRAHAM & ELLEN BUTCHER / d March 2 1901 / age 10 months
Monument : Headstone (fallen)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone, Located to the south of the parish of Andrew the Less, fell many years ago. It lies midway between the central path (16 rows east) and the east path (11 rows west).Many of the metal letters are now missing
Inscription
In Loving Memory ANNA MARIA BUTCHER wife of ABRAHAM BUTCHER departed this life February 14 1894 age 36 years
” ……. the Lord ……… 2 lines illegible ”
Also SAMUEL FREDERICK son of ABRAHAM & ELLEN BUTCHER died March 2 1901 age 10 months
“Suffer the Little children to come unto me”
Relationship: Aunt and nephew
Anna Maria Butcher (née Oakford) (1855 – 14 February 1894)
Anna was the daughter of Thomas and Harriett Oakford and was born in Fakenham where her father was the village brazier. Age 15 she was working as a domestic servant for builder William Hubbard at 15 High Street, East Dereham. She married Abraham Butcher (1860-1940) in Fakenham on 2 June 1884. Abraham was a carpenter/builder and the couple settled in Cambridge where they had two daughters: Edith Mary (1885-1946) and Marjorie Winifred (1888-1942). In 1891 the family were living at 124 Gwydir Street and Anna died there in Februry 1894 aged 38 years old.
Samuel Frederick Butcher (1900 – 2 March 1901)
Samuel was the son of Abraham and his second wife Ellen Elizabeth (1863-1942). Ellen was Anna’s younger sister and had also been born in Fakenham. The couple married in 1896 in Cambridge. Samuel died aged 10 months old at 124 Gwydir Street.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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