CFHS code : AG68
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of JAMES BUTTRESS d July 9 1919 aged 74 & CAROLINE his wife d Oct 13 1942 aged 91 also of FRANK BUTTRESS their son 31st Bn Canadian EF died of wounds received in action Aug 10 1916 aged 31
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202714, 0.13706659 – click here for location
Monument
Headstone, in Art Deco style, with kerb stones, in the parish area of St Andrew the Great, located five graves to the south of the path running between the centre circle and the western path.
Inscription
‘In loving memory of James Buttress
died July 9 1919 aged 74’
‘And Caroline his wife died Oct 13 1942 aged 91’
‘Also of Frank Buttress their son
31st Bn Canadian E. F.
died of wounds received in action Aug 19 1916 aged 31’
Frank Buttress (1885–1916) – WW1 soldier – see also Life Story page
Frank was born on 7 August 1885 in Cambridge. He was the seventh of the ten children of James Buttress and Caroline Buttress (née Carlton). Initially Frank worked as an auctioneer’s clerk before emigrating to Canada where he worked as a stenographer’s clerk. On 17 November 1914 at Calgary, Canada Frank joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He had already served three years with the 3rd Suffolk Volunteers.
James Buttress (1844–1919)
James was born in 1844 in Cambridge. He was one of at least eight children of James Buttress and Susannah Buttress (née Smee). His father worked as a lamp lighter and his mother worked as a laundress. James junior grew up at 2 Victoria Street and then 2 Church Street, Cambridge. He initially worked as a labourer before becoming a gas fitter for the Gas Company. James married Caroline Carlton in 1827 in Cambridge. They had ten children including Frank Buttress. The family lived at Eden Street, 19 King’s Road, and 32 Priory Road, Cambridge. James died on 9 July 1919 in Cambridge.
Caroline Buttress (née Carlton) (1851–1942)
Caroline was born in 1851 in Cambridge. She was the youngest of the three daughters of William Carlton and Mary Ann Curry Carlton (née Lingwood). Before her marriage to James Buttress, Caroline worked as a housemaid for Joseph Rawson Lumby at 29 St Mary’s Street, Cambridge. Professor Lumby was not only a cleric but held a number of University appointments and was a founder of the Early English Text Society.
Meanwhile, Caroline’s older sister, Eliza Ann Cresswell (née Carlton), was married to William Cresswell, a gardener. William’s diary was discovered at a London fleamarket and describes his courtship of Caroline’s sister and his work at the local stately home, Audley End, Essex. William’s description of the kitchen gardens in 1874 was the basis for their recent restoration. Caroline died on 13 October 1942 in Cambridge.
Sources:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
www.forces-war-records.co.uk
www.ancestry.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rawson_Lumby
Census returns for England: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837–1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837–1915
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837–1915
England & Wales, Death Index, 1916–2007
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966
Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914–1918
Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914–1948
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865–1935
Web: International, Find a Grave Index Record
Diary of a Victorian Gardener: William Cresswell and Audley End, English Heritage, 2006
By Emma Easterbrook and Ian Bent