CFHS code : AG503

Parish : St Andrew the Great

Inscription : Sacred to the Memory of LOUISA FORD d May 23 1873 aged 78

Monument : Headstone

Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey

Lat Lon : 52.203019, 0.13709587 – click here for location

Ford headstone May 2017

Monument

This headstone, located in the northern section of the parish of Andrew the Great, is midway between the west path and the central path. 8 rows west along the east west path from the centre circle and 6 monuments north. The carved inscription is still legible.

Inscription

‘Sacred to the Memory of LOUISA FORD who died May 23. 1873 aged 78 years.’

Louisa Ford (1795 – 23 May 1873)

Louisa was born in London, but little is known of her early life.  By 1841 she was living at St. Andrew’s Road with two servants. She was at Malcolm Street in 1851, and lodging at 53 St. Andrew’s Street in 1871. She died at home aged 78 years old.

Sources:

Ancestry

Newspaper archives

by Claire Martinsen

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Louisa Ford