CFHS code : MG129
Parish : St Mary the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of ELIZABETH FORD FEWELL the beloved wife of ERNEST FEWELL d Jan 14 1919 aged 26 also of ERNEST JOHN FEWELL d Nov 4th 1964 aged 78
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202092, 0.13811973 – click here for location
Monument
The sturdy Fewell headstone is mostly covered by ivy.
Inscription
Elizabeth Ford Fewell [nee Gray] (c.1892 – 14 January 1919)
Elizabeth was born in Cambridge and was the daughter of Alfred and Sarah Gray. Her father was an engine driver, and she was brought up at 60 Argyle Street [1901]. By the age of 19 [1911] she was living in Bedford, and working as a housemaid to a retired army colonel.
She married Ernest Fewell on 22nd April 1916 at St Columba’s Church in Cambridge. He was home on leave from Flanders. They married on a Saturday, took a brief honeymoon to Brighton after the marriage, and he returned to the war front on the following Friday.
Elizabeth died in early 1919 aged 26 years old. One can only speculate that she was maybe a victim of the Spanish Influenza epidemic at the time.
Ernest John Fewell (c.1886 – 4 November 1964)
Ernest was born in East Dereham, and was the son of Isaac and Jane Fewell. Isaac was a railway porter, and he grew up in East Dereham. In 1911 he was living at Tuddenham Lodge and working as a chauffeur to Mr W L Boyle, who was the MP for Mid Norfolk.
He enlisted for the War on 2nd November 1914. His enlistment papers show that he was 5ft 9 1/4 inches tall, with a 36 inch chest. He was widowed soon after the end of the war.
In 1939 hew as living at 55-58 Courtfield Gardens in Kensington, and his occupation is stated as manager of a residential chambers. He is noted on the census as married, rather than widowed, but no record of a second marriage can be located.
He died at 8 Victoria Street in New Bilton, Rugby on 4th November 1964 aged 78 years old, and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on the 9th November.
Claire Martinsen
Source: Ancestry
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