CFHS code : AL500
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of ANNIE LING only child of JAMES L & ANNIE S CAWTHORN d Dec 16 1897 in her 18th year ANNIE SENNITT LAUGHTON mother of the above d 4 June 1924 JAMES LING CAWTHORN father of the above d Jan 2 18-7 in his 30th year
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone stands against the west wall in the north of the parish of Andrew the Less roughly 40 metres from the Norfolk St gate. The carved inscription is quite badly eroded. For many years it has been hidden under ivy and bramble which is likely to grow back after the wall inspection
Inscription
In Loving Memory of ANNIE LING only child of JAMES L & ANNIE S CAWTHORN
Died Dec 16 1897 in her 18th year
ANNIE SENNITT LAUGHTON mother of the above. Died 4 June 1924
JAMES LING CAWTHORN father of the above. Died Jan 2 18-7 in his 30th year
James Ling Cawthorn (1846 – 2 January 1904)
James was the son of William and Sarah Cawthorn. He grew up on Gold Street (1861) and became a brewer like his father. He married Ann Cockerton in 1877. They lived at 8 James Street, which was the Rhadegund Tap pub – he also ran the White Swan pub on Mill Road.
By at least 1892 James and Ann were living at 48 Eden Street. In 1901 he was noted on the census as a retired brewer. He died at 30 Glisson Road aged 58 years old.
Annie Ling Cawthorn (1879 – 16 December 1897)
Annie was the daughter of James and Ann Cawthorn. She was raised at 8 James Street and 48 Eden Street. She died at Eden Street aged 18 years old.
Annie Sennitt Laughton (nee Cockerton) (1855 – 4 June 1924)
Annie was the daughter of Joseph and Jane (nee Sennitt) Cockerton. She was born in Stretham and baptised at Haddenham on 19th August 1855. Her father was a journeyman bricklayer and she grew up on Short Street in Stretham. Aged 16, she was an apprentice draper to Samuel Young, and living with his family at 47 Eden Street. She married James Link Cawthorn in 1877 when she was about 22 years old.
By 1904 both James and their only child Annie had died. Less than six months later she had married for a second time to Horace James Laughton. Horace was 16 years younger than her and had also grown up on James Street, where his father William was a tailor. Annie and Horace married in Maidenhead in Berkshire in 1904.
Horace died in sad circumstances in August 1908. He was found in an unconscious state on Parker’s Piece and brought to the Police Station. He was suffering from the effects of alcohol and was seen by the police surgeon and then taken to Addenbrookes Hospital as he did not show signs of recovery. It was said he came from a respectable family, and had previously worked as a bank clerk, but had been unemployed recently and had become addicted to alcohol. He was said to have a good voice, and had been a professional vocalist. At the inquest into his death his sister noted that two weeks before his death he had looked ‘thin and ill’. His stomach was pumped, and the surgeons at Addenbrookes noted that he was suffering from acute alcoholism. He died soon afterwards. He was said to have suffered from a brain hemorrhage due to chronic alcoholism. He was 36 years old.
In 1911 Annie was living at 33 Mill Road with George French and his family. George was a corn and straw dealer, and Annie is noted on the census as being a relative. She died at 33 Mill Road in 1924.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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