CFHS code : MG14
Parish : St Mary the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of My dear husband GEORGE FAIRWEATHER d March 31 1935 age 75 also HARRIET his wife d April 21 1938 age 77 also PERCY JAMES FAIRWEATHER d 20 Feb 1962
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202206, 0.13732026 – click here for location
Monument
This headstone with outer & inner kerbs is located in the parish of St Mary the Great. It stands 2 rows east of the central path. The inscription of metal letters is in good order with only a few letters missing.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of My dear husband GEORGE FAIRWEATHER died March 31 1935 age 75 years
“Be ……. sweet …….. …..”
Also HARRIET his wife who died April 21 1938 age 77 years
“Reunited”
Also PERCY JAMES FAIRWEATHER died 20 Feb 1962
George Fairweather (1860 – 31 March 1935)
George was born in Haverhill and was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth. His father was a tinman/brazier and his mother was a silk weaver, however Samuel died in the summer of 1867 when George was seven years ol. He married Harriet Nunn in 1878 in Haverhill and they had twelve children: William (1879-), Anne (1881-), George (1883-1884), Ruth Jane (1885-1961), George (1886-1911), Percy James (1888-1962), Albert George Victor (1889-1966), Henry John (Harry) (1890-1924), Lily Beatrice (1892-1894), Charles (1894-1916), Cecil Samuel (1899-1961) and another child who died as an infant.
George worked as a bricklayer and they lived at 21 York Street (1891), 102 Thoday Street (1901),388 Mill Road (1911) and then 346 Mill Road. Their son Charles Fairweather died at the Somme and was buried in France. George died at home aged 75 years old.
Harriet Fairweather (née Nunn) (1860 – 21 April 1938)
Harriet was born in Haverhill like her husband and was the daughter of James and Dorothy (née Basham). Her father was a journeyman gardener and in 1871 Harriet was 10 years old and working as a domestic servant. She married aged 17 years old and died at 346 Mill Road in 1938.
Percy James Fairweather (1888 – 20 February 1962)
Little is known of Percy’s life. It is believed he might have served with the Royal Army Service Corp and 1st Irish Fusiliers as a private in the 1st World War. He returned to live at 246 Mill Road (1924), but by 1935 was hospitalised at the Bernhard Baron Hospital, Papworth Everard.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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