CFHS code : AG534
Parish : St Andrew the Great or St Edward
Inscription : WILLIAM DEAN d April 4 1932 also ANN AUDREY DEAN d Oct 18 1951 age 59 also In Remembrance of WILLIAM JAMES PILGRIM d Feb 6 1909 age 12 also ELIZABETH HANNAH DEAN d Oct 31 1910 age 41
Monument : Headstone (small)/Kerb stones/Ground slab
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203129, 0.13696944 – click here for location
Monument
This monument is half hidden under trees and bushes on the northern border of the parish area. It is roughly 10 rows east of the east path and in line with the Lofts headstone AG564b, Which is 3 rows east of the west path. Not all the inscription is visible. We know from the Parish burial register that Mildred Dean is also buried in the grave.
Inscription
In Remembrance of WILLIAM JAMES PILGRIM died Feb 6 1909 age 12
Also ELIZABETH HANNAH DEAN died Oct 31 1910 age 41
small stone
WILLIAM DEAN died April 4 1932 aged 64
west kerb
ANN AUDREY DEAN died October 18 1951 age 59 years
A related monument lies a few plots to the south in the same row AG532
Elizabeth Hannah Dean née Thompson (c.1869 – 31 October 1910)
Elizabeth was born in Ipswich but little is known of her early life or when she came to Cambridge , She married William Dean on July 31st 1890 at Cambridge Registry Office. She was listed as a laundress and they gave the same address, 3 Gloucester Place. They had six children: Mildred Ethel (1890-1943), Ann Audrey (1891/2-1951), Emily Elizabeth (1894-1983), William James Pilgrim (1896-1900), Arthur Frank (1897-1993) and Phoebe May Pilgrim (1901-1995). William was a carpenter, and the family lived at 3 Gloucester Place (1891) and then at 17 Albert Street (1901). Elizabeth died aged 41 years old.
William Dean (c.1868 – 4 April 1932)
William was born in West Wratting, but his family moved to Great Wilbraham when he was very young. His parents were Arthur and Ann Dean, and Arthur was a domestic coachman. Aged 13 William was working as an agricultural labourer, although he later became a carpenter. In 1911 he was living at 39 Fitzroy Street with his five children. He died in 1932
William James Pilgrim Dean (1896 – 6 February 1909)
William was the eldest son of William and Elizabeth and died at 39 Fitzroy St aged 12 year.
Mildred Ethel Dean (10 November 1890 – 10 November 1943)
Mildred was the eldest child of William and Elizabeth. In 1939 she was living at 77 Fitzroy Street with sisters Phoebe and Ann and was documented as being a housekeeper. She died at Fitzroy Street on her 53rd birthday.
Ann Audrey Dean (23 December 1891 – 18 October 1951)
Ann was the second child of William and Elizabeth. Aged 19 was working as a dressmaker and living at Fitzroy Street with her father and siblings. In 1939 she was living at 77 Fitzroy Street working as a dressmaker. She died at Fitzroy Street aged 59 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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