CFHS code : MG231
Parish : St Mary the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of FREDERICK GEORGE CABLE d Dec 21 1927 aged 65 also ELIZABETH his wife d Sep 12 1945 aged 80
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202168, 0.13743552 – click here for location
Monument
This set of kerb stones located in the parish area of Mary there Great is 6 rows east of the central path towards the north of the parish boundary. We did not uncover all the kerbs, which appear sound but may well become covered in ivy or bramble. Some of the metal letters in the inscription are missing.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of FREDERICK GEORGE CABLE died Dec 21 1927 aged 65
Also ELIZABETH his wife died Sep 12 1945 aged 80
Frederick George Cable (1862 – 21 December 1927)
Frederick was born in Halstead and was the son of Henry and Caroline (née Hostler) and brother of Emily. His parents were both weavers (1871), but by 1881 had moved to live at Cross Street and Henry retrained as a baker. Frederick worked as a carpenter and married Elizabeth Newell in at St Paul’s church on April 30th 1885. The couple lived at 8 Covent Garden and had four children: Frank Henry (1886-1959), Albert (1887-1960), Ellen (1890-1973) and Frederick George (1898-1972).
Elizabeth Cable (née Newell) (27 February 1865 – 12 September 1945)
Elizabeth was baptised at St Pauls church on Hills Road. Her mother’s name was Lydia but no name was given of a father until her wedding when he was named as Issac, a shepherd. Lydia was George & Charlotte daughter and she married Isaac Gaylor or Gayler in 1870. By 1871 Lydia & Isaac had moved to Grantchester and 5 year old Elizabeth was with her grandparents George and Charlotte Newell at 5 Doric Street where her grandfather was a tailor. Aged 17 Elizabeth was living at 11 Rose Crescent where she was a general servant to chemist/druggist Algernon Campkin and his family.
After she was widowed she worked as a college bedmaker and in 1939 was living with her daughter Ellen and her family at 4 Summerfield (son in law Charles Milton was a college porter, so it is thought this was college accomodation).
Lydia and Isaac returned to Cambridge where Isaac died in 1875. She lived once again at 5 Doric St with her daughter Jane. She was listed as a college pensioner in the 1891 census. She died later that year aged 53 and is buried in the parish of St Paul close to her parents and a few rows from Isaac but we have not found any monuments.
Sources:
Ancestry
CFHS Transcripts of parish registers
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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