CFHS code : AL526
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Remembrance of SARAH beloved wife of ALFRED READ GAUTREY d Dec 15 1873 aged 56 also of MARY ANN second wife of ALFRED READ GAUTREY d Jan 9 1897 aged 65
Monument : Headstone (fallen)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This fallen and broken headstone, in the parish area of St Andrew the Less, is located against the west wall on the path that runs from the Norfolk Street gate. It is often hidden by ivy and bramble. Although there is some erosion of the carved inscription it is still legible.
Inscription
In Loving Remembrance of SARAH
The beloved wife of ALFRED READ GAUTREY
Who died Dec 15 1873 aged 56 years
Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress
Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed
With joy shall I lift up my head.
Also of MARY ANN
second wife of ALFRED READ GAUTREY
Who died Jan 9 1897 aged 65
Sarah Gautrey (née Wright) (1817 – 15 December 1873)
Sarah was born in Histon and in 1851 was living at Brooklands, Trumpington Road where she was working as a general servant for widow Richard Foster. She married greengrocer Alfred Read Gautrey (1827-1899) in 1852. Alfred later became a general grocer, and the couple lived at 23 Grafton Street (1871). Sarah died at Adam and Eve Row, and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 19 December 1873.
Mary Ann Gautrey (née Pettitt) (17 September 1831 – 9 January 1897)
Mary was the daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Pettitt and was born in Saffron Walden. She was baptised at St. Mary the Virgin Church on 18 November 1831 and grew up on Horn Lane in the town, where her father worked as a groom/coachman. Mary worked as a dressmaker, before marrying tailor Charles Lister (1835-1872) in 1866. The couple lived at 26 Grafton Street, with her father Charles, but she was widowed in July 1872. She married widower Alfred Gautrey in 1875 and they lived at 23 Grafton Street, where Alfred was both a grocer and beer seller. Mary died at 22 City Road aged 65 years old and her funeral was held on 14 January.
Alfred Gautrey remained living in Cambridge until at least 1898. He retired to live at Sheridan Terrace, Hove and died there on Christmas Eve 1899.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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