CFHS code : AG44
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : THOMAS EVANS interred into rest Jan 31 1881 aged 63 ESTHER his wife d Nov 30 1892 aged 78 also their son FREDERICK THOMAS EVANS d Feb 7 1928 aged 85
Monument : Headstone (fallen)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202585, 0.13722140 – click here for location
Monument
Located three rows from the central path in the southern section of the parish of St Andrew the Great. The headstone was uncovered to take the photograph and then recovered.
Inscription
THOMAS EVANS interred into rest Jan 31st 1881 aged 63
ESTHER his wife who died Nov 30 1892 aged 78 years
Also their son FREDERICK THOMAS EVANS
Who died Feb. 7. 1928 aged 85 years
“Work to day in my vineyard.”
Thomas Evans (c.1817 – 25 January 1881)
Thomas was born in Long Bennington and Lincoln and was the son of Leonard and Elizabeth Evans. He married Esther Bussey in Cambridge in 1841 and the couple had two sons: Frederick Thomas (1842-1928) and Edwin (1844-1872). In 1851/1861 the family were living at 12 Fitzwilliam Street and Thomas worked as a college servant. In 1871 he was living with Esther at 5 Pembroke Street and was said to be a livery stable keeper.
He died at 2 St. Andrew’s Terrace in 1881 aged 63 years old. It is assumed that the date on the grave monument is the date he was buried at the Cemetery.
Esther Evans (née Bussey) (1814 – 1892)
Esther was born in Heacham, Norfolk and baptised there on 15 April 1814. She was the daughter of Thomas and Ann (née Newman) Bussey, and her father was a labourer. She married Thomas Evans when she was 27 years old. After she was widowed she continued to live at St. Andrew’s Terrace with her son Frederick, and ran a lodging house from there (1881). The pair then moved to 12 Tennis Court Road (1891) where Esther died in November 1892.
Frederick Thomas Evans (1842 – 7 February 1928)
Frederick worked as a printer’s clerk and did not marry. In 1861 he was studying at the North Highbury Park Missionary College in London, and in 1871 was living with his brother Edwin and his wife Lucy at Rutland Terrace, Chelsea and was working as a railway clerk. He returned to live in Cambridge and lived with his mother, whilst working as a printers clerk at the Cambridge University Press.
He lived with his sister in law Lucy at 11 Brunswick Walk in 1901, and at 5 Willis Road in 1911. Lucy was a school headmistress, and Frederick continued to work as a printers clerk.He retired in 1920 aged 78 years. Frederick died ‘suddenly’ at home and his funeral was held on 10 February at Christ Church, Newmarket Road.
His obituary said he was associated with Christ Church in many roles – as secretary, as a member of the Christ Church Men’s Service and with the Church Missionary Society. He was a member of the Gresham Bowling Club and was associated with both the Albert Benevolent Society and the Victoria Benevolent Society. He was a member of the Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society for over 50 years and was its auditor for some years. He was also the auditor and life vice-president of the University and College Servant’s Club.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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