CFHS code : AL493
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : Treasured Memories of JOSEPH CRISP d ———— 184[0 or 9] several lines illegible JAMES CLARKE d Feb 26 1860 aged 86
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone, located in the parish of Andrew the Great, stands 2 rows south of the path that runs to the Norfolk St Gate. The carved inscription is very badly eroded. The parish burial record was used to complete some details.
Inscription
To the Memory of
JOSEPH CRISP d — Sep 1849
several lines illegible
JAMES CLARKE d Feb 26 1860 aged 86
Joseph Crisp (c.1793 – 20 September 1849)
It is thought that Joseph might have lived in Horseheath before moving to Fitzroy Street. According to newspaper reports he died ‘whilst walking from the Railway Station towards his house in Fitzroy Street. He was conveyed home in a hand-cart, and died within twenty minutes afterwards. A post-mortem examingation was made by George Johnson, Esq., when it was discovered that deceased died from apoplexy, and verdict of ‘Died by the visitation of God’ was accordingly returned.
James Clarke (c.1774 – 26 February 1860)
Nothing is known of James’ life and his burial is not recorded in the Parish burial records.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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