CFHS code : HT447
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : kerbs In Ever Loving Memory of ALFRED ERNEST CRISP d Dec 29th 1939 aged 33 also CATHARINE JANE CRISP d July 15th 1946 aged 66 flower holder To my dear brother
Monument : Kerb stones/Flowerholder
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This set of kerbs in red marble lie hidden in bramble in the parish of Holy Trinity. They are located about 8 rows to the west of the east path and roughly 13 plots north of the south path. The inscriptions of metal letters are in good order
Awaiting site visit for exact location.
Inscription
kerbs
In Ever Loving Memory of ALFRED ERNEST CRISP died Dec. 29th 1939 aged 33 years
Also CATHARINE JANE CRISP died July 15th 1946 aged 66 years
With Christ which is far better.
flower holder
To my dear brother
A broken stone found within the grave set reads
‘Also the beloved …….
‘who died Nov. 11th 19….’
Relationship – Mother & Son
Alfred Ernest Crisp (6 November 1906 – 29 December 1939)
Alfred was the son of George and Kate Crisp and worked as a warehouseman and motor mechanic for Laurie Maconnal, Ironmongers (1939). Alfred died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital aged 33 years old and his funeral was held at the Mill Road Baptist Chapel on 2 January 1940.
Catharine (Kate) Jane Crisp (née Coe) (25 July 1879 – 15 July 1946)
Kate was born in Cherry Hinton and was the daughter of Charles and Emily (née Gilby). Her father worked as a platelayer on the railway and her mother was a laundress. She married George Ernest Crisp (1877-1961) in 1899 and they lived at 59 Great Eastern Street (1901), 124 Sedgwick Street (1911) and then Belgrave Road. George worked for Great Eastern Railway and the couple had at least two children: Ivy Mary (1904-1999) and Alfred. By 1939 George Crisp was working as a railway driver, and the couple were living with their two children at Belgrave Road. Kate died at “The Villa” in Fulbourn aged 66 years old. Her funeral was held at the Mill Road Baptist Chapel on 19 July.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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