CFHS code : AL507
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Remembrance of ELIZA TAYLOR d July 19 1887 aged 68 also of MARY ANN TAYLOR d October 29 1896 aged 62 also of MARTHA TAYLOR d Dec 16 1907 aged 77 also of JANE COOK sister of the above d Nov 28 1908 aged 76
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone stands 4 rows east of the west wall and about 40 metres from the Norfolk St gate. A small portion of the stone has been damaged and lies at the foot of the headstone. The inscription is still clear. This area is subject to bramble & ivy growth
Inscription
In Loving Remembrance of ELIZA TAYLOR who died July 19 1887 aged 68 years
“Absent from the body but present with the Lord.”
Also of MARY ANN TAYLOR d October 29 1896 aged 62 years
“She sleeps in Jesus.”
Also of MARTHA TAYLOR who died Dec 16 1907 aged 77 years
“What a friend we have in Jesus.”
Also of JANE COOK sister of the above died Nov 28 1908 aged 76 years
“Her end was peace.”
Eliza Taylor (c.1819 – 19 July 1887)
Eliza was the eldest daughter of merchant Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth (née Clipsham). She was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, but the family had moved to Eden Walk Cambridge by at least 1822. In 1841 Eliza was working as a dressmaker and living with her widowed mother and five siblings at 10 Coronation Street. She continued to live with her sisters at 63 Burleigh Street (at least 1851-1871) and worked as a dressmaker/straw bonnet maker. The sisters later moved to 14 Milford Street where Eliza died. Her funeral was held on 22 July.
Mary Ann Taylor (1 March 1834 – 29 October 1896)
Mary lived with her sisters and worked as a ‘plain needle woman’ (1851), nursemaid (1861) and dressmaker (1891). Mary died at Milford Street and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 2 November 1896.
Martha Taylor (13 February 1829 – 16 December 1907)
Martha worked as a dressmaker and died at Milford Street aged 78 years old (although the grave monument states 77 years). Her birth date was registered as being 13 February 1829 in the Dr. William’s Library of Protestant Dissenters.
Jane Cook (née Taylor) (23 December 1830 – 28 November 1908)
Jane was born at Eden Walk and worked as a milliner (1861) and straw bonnet maker (1871). She lived with her sisters at Burleigh Street and married William Edward Cook(1834 – 1888) on 27 February 1872 at the Zion Chapel. William was a builder from Loughton and the couple lived at the Downings, Loughton. She was widowed in March 1888 and returned to Cambridge to live at Milford Street where she worked as a dressmaker. She died at home and her funeral was held on 4 December. Similarly it is thought she was 77 years old when she died, not 76 using the birth date in the Dr. William’s Library.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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