CFHS code : AS211

Parish : All Saints

Inscription : In Loving Memory of FLORENCE L FREER d February 9th 1939 aged 71

Monument : Kerb stones

Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey

Monument

The kerbstones in January 2022.

This set of kerbstones lie 8 rows west of the central path and about 20 metres south of the north path, in the parish area of All Saints. The inscription of metal letters is quite hard to read. Two kerbs and two corner posts have fallen.

Inscription

In Loving Memory of FLORENCE L FREER d February 9th 1939 aged 71years

Florence Louisa Freer (13 August 1867 – 9 February 1939)

Florence was born in Reigate, Surrey and was the daughter of William and Sarah Ann Freer.  William worked as a gardener and by the age of 23 (1891) Florence was working as a live in housemaid in Reigate.  In 1911 she was living at 27 Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington and working as a parlourmaid in the household of widow Jane Maine.

By 1935 she had moved to live in Cambridge and was resident at 58 Park Street. She died at Park Street aged 71 years old and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 13 February.  The first part of the service was held at Holy Sepulchre Church.

Sources:

Ancestry

Newspaper archives

by Claire Martinsen

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Florence Louisa Freer
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