CFHS code : AL127
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of HENRY FIELD the affectionate husband of SARAH ANN FIELD b March 31st 1836 d Septr 28th 1879 also HENRY GEORGE son of the above b Octr 12 1865 d Octr 11th 1867 WILLIAM HENRY nephew b Augst 3[-] 1868 LOUISA CECILIA daughter b Novr 10th 1871 d April 18 1879 LIZZIE daughter born Decr 3rd 1869 d Decr 7th 1891 SARAH ANN wife of HENRY FIELD b April 12th 1844 d June 14th 1931
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203753, 0.137935 – click here for location
Monument
This headstone faces the central path in the north of the cemetery. It is next to the large tomb of James Reynolds. Which is a few metres north of the path that leads to the Gwydir St gate. It is in a stable condition but the carved inscription can be hard to read in places. Sometimes it is obscured by ivy.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of HENRY FIELD the affectionate husband of SARAH ANN FIELD born March 31st 1836 died Septr 28th 1879
Also HENRY GEORGE son of the above born Octr 12 1865 died Octr 11th 1867
WILLIAM HENRY nephew born Augst 30 1868
LOUISA CECILIA daughter b Novr 10th 1871 died April 18 1879
LIZZIE daughter born Decr 3rd 1869 died Decr 7th 1891
SARAH ANN wife of HENRY FIELD born April 12th 1844 died June 14th 1931
Henry Field (31 March 1836 – 28 September 1879)
Henry was the son of George and Anna (née Taylor) Field and grew up at 14 Eden Walk where his father was a journeyman tailor (1841). By 1851 the family had moved to Fitzroy Street, where George was a tailor/hatter. Henry also trained as a tailor and in 1861 was helping his father. He married Sarah Moden at St. Andrew’s Street Baptist Chapel on 4 August 1861 and they had at least seven children: Sarah Ann (known as Lily) (1863-1938), Henry George (1865-1867), George (1867-1922), Elizabeth (Lizzie) (1869-1891), Louisa Cecilia (1871-1879), Anna (known as Annie) (1873-1959) and Henry (known as Harry) (1875-1894). The family lived at 13 Fitzroy Street and Henry died aged 43 years old.
Henry George Field (12 October 1865 – 11 October 1867)
Henry died ‘suddenly’ at home the day before his 2nd birthday.
William Henry Field (1866- August 30th 1868)
William was the son of George Field (presumably Henry’s brother). His father’s address was given as Mansfield, Notts In the announcement in the paper. William died at Fitzroy St aged 2 and was buried on September 3rd.
Louisa Cecilia Field (10 November 1871 – 18 April 1879)
Louisa was the fifth of Henry and Sarah’s children and died aged seven years old.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Field (3 December 1869 – 7 December 1891)
Lizzie was the fourth of Henry and Sarah’s children and died aged twenty two years old.
Sarah Ann Field (née Moden) (1844-1931)
Sarah was the eldest daughter of Henry and Sarah (née Hart) Moden. Her father was a grocer/brewer who ran the Tiger public house on the corner of East Road and Bradmore Street and was known in the town as ‘Tiger Moden’. She married Henry Field when she was 17 years old and after she was widowed lived at 34b Hills Road with five of her children (1881). She later moved to run a Lodging House at 85 Norwich Street (1891/1901). From at least 1918 onwards Sarah lived with her daughter Annie and son in law Robert Laws at 62 Huntingdon Road and died aged 87 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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