CFHS code : AL199
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : JANE ELIZABETH COKER departed this life Nov 25 1957 aged 87 years WILLIAM JOHN COKER d July 27th 1903 FLORENCE E COKER d Decbr 27th 1895 aged 1 year 3 months
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This set of kerbstones located in the parish area of Andrew the Less, lie a few metres north of the north path and close to the corner where the north and east walls meet, that surround the industrial estate. All the kerbs have unfortunately fallen and the carved inscriptions are very eroded and difficult to read.
Inscription
ANE ELIZABETH COKER departed this life Nov 25 1957 aged 87 years
WILLIAM JOHN COKER d July 27th 1903
FLORENCE E COKER d Decbr 27th 1895 aged 1 year 3 months
Jane Elizabeth Coker (née Tarrant) (13 August 1870 – 25 November 1957)
Jane was born in Cambridge, the eldest daughter of Charles William Tarrant (1838-1895) and Lucy (née Hawes) (1848-1936). Her father was a house painter, and she grew up at 17 Norfolk Terrace (1881) and 3 Rochester Villas, Mill Road (1891). She worked as a dressmaker before marrying William Coker on 18 April 1892 at St. Barnabas’ Church. They had three children: Florence Elizabeth (1894-1895), Florence Eveline (1897-1988) and one further child who died as an infant. William was a harness maker and they started married life in Cambridge, but in 1901 the family were living in Walthamstow, before then moving back to Cambridge. After she was widowed in 1903 Jane lived at 8 Thoday Street and worked as a college servant (1911) before moving to 2 Perowne Street (at least 1918 onwards). By 1939 Jane had retired and lived at Perowne Street with her daughter Florence and son in law Bertram Moore.
William John Coker (1868 – 27 July 1903)
William was born in Egham, Surrey and baptised there on 29 April 1868. He was the eldest son of John and Maria (née Chambers) and through John’s work as a butler the family moved around the country. In 1870 they were living in Tonbridge, Kent, but had moved to Cambridge by 1872. In 1881 the family were living at 6 Princes Street and John Coker was working as a waiter. In 1891 William was working as a saddler and living with his family in Hackney, London. He married Jane Tarrant the following year and died at 107 Mill Road aged 35 years old. William’s funeral was held on 1 August 1903.
Florence Elizabeth Coker (30 September 1894 – 27 December 1895)
Florence was born in London and baptised at St. Jude’s Church, Bethnel Green on 25 November 1895. She died at 201 Mill Road aged 16 months old and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 30 December.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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