CFHS code : AL341
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Ever Loving Memory of ALICE DARLER d Feb 9 1920 aged 55 also JANE ELIZABETH DARLER d May 4 1898 aged 10 also FREDERICK CHARLES DARLER d April 21 1928 aged 66
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
Alice Darler (née George) (1864 – 9 February 1920)
Alice was the daughter of fishmonger George Calton George (1835-1876) and laundress Jane (née Vail) (1840-1900). She grew up at 5 Smart’s Row (1871) and then 94 New Street, when her mother married for a second time. Aged 16 Alice was working as a general assistant and married Frederick Darler in 1886. The couple had seven children: Frederick George (1886-1947), Jane Elizabeth (1888-1898), Mabel (1894-1963), Albert Edward (1899-1981), Daisy Nellie (1899-1983), Herbert James (Bert) (1904-1972) and Alfred Colin (1909-1968). Frederick was a baker and they lived at 47 New Street (at least 1901 onwards).
In December 1917 their fourteen year old son Albert was charged with stealing bicycle lights and fountain pens, over various dates. Detective Marsh told the court ‘his father (Frederick Darler) who was a very respectable tradesman had had a lot of trouble with him. Darler had been an errand boy at Messrs. Rosendale and Clamp’s, Fitzroy Street and was discharged for stealing and lying – the employers could not do anything with him. He then obtained a sitatuion with Mr. Otto Werhle, St Andrew’s Street, and there he stole three watches and some brooches’. Neither of his employers had charged him with the thefts. Albert had then found employment with Messrs’ Deighton, Bell and co as an errand boy and hd stolen a new ‘Onoto’ pen and pencil from a drawer in the shop. When apprehended police also found six or seven cycle lamps in his possession, and police asked for their owners to reclaim them at the Police Station, where they were laid out on display. Albert was sentenced to spend time at a reformatory until he was 19 years old.
It is known that Alice was a patient at Fulbourn Hospital between January and March 1909 and died at home in February 1920. She was said to have died ‘after a long and painful illness, but the end was quite unexpected’. Her funeral was held on 12 February and was conducted by two Primitive Methodist Curcuit ministers.
Jane Elizabeth Darler (1888 – 4 May 1898)
Jane died at 9 Gloucester Place and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 9 May.
Frederick Charles Darler (1862 – 21 April 1928)
Frederick grew up at 19 Staffordshire Street, the son of labourer Charles Darler and Elizabeth (née Ansell). In December 1886 he was charged with selling half a pound of margarine under the description of butter. The local food inspector sent a lad to Frederick’s shop to buy ‘half a pound of butter’, but when it was analysed it was found to be margarine. Alice Darler had given the boy the margarine, understanding that he had asked for 1s butter, which is what customer who wanted margarine asked for. At court the Darler solicitor said that there was no intent to defraud because the the boy had been charged for margarine and not for butter. Nevertheless Frederick was fined £1.
He was an active member of the United Friendly Benefit Society and held various offices within the society. The lease on 47 New Street ran out in March 1920, and ahead of that Frederick purchased 19a/20 Occupation Road to live in after he left New Street. There was already a tenant in the house – Walter Lever, who was given notice to move. Frederick had to take Mr Lever to court in May and July 1920 to force eviction. At the second hearing Walter promised to leave by 1st August. Frederick died at Occupation Road aged 66 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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