CFHS code : MG213
Parish : St Mary the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of our darling boy PERCY WILLIAM GODDARD d Sep 26 1917 aged 9 years & 9 months In Loving Memory of FREDERICK WILLIAM WEBB b May 14 1868 d November 18 1932 also of AMY JANE WEBB b May 8 1873 d April 2 1939
Monument : Stone cross (broken)/Kerb stones/Flowerholder
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202098, 0.13778342 – click here for location
Monument
This broken cross stands 16 rows east of the central path, on the southern border of the parish of Mary the Great. The stone is often covered in ivy. The inscriptions of metal letters are in good order.
Inscription
east face
In Loving Memory of our darling boy PERCY WILLIAM GODDARD died Sep 26 1917 aged 9 years & 9 months
Peace Perfect Peace
north or west face
In Loving Memory of FREDERICK WILLIAM WEBB b May 14 1868 d November 18 1932
south face
Also of AMY JANE WEBB born May 8 1873 died April 2 1939
For ever in our thoughts
Relationship – Percy was the nephew of Frederick and Amy
Relationship: Husband, wife and nephew
Percy William Goddard (16 January 1908 – 26 September 1917)
Percy was the eldest son of William Alexander Goddard (1881-1935) and Emma Maud (née Bacon) (1883-1974) and was born in Islington. He was baptised on 23 February 1908 at St. Mark’s Chuch, Tollington Park, Islington and grew up at 29 Stafford Road, Willesden (1911). William Goddard was a butcher and Percy died at his aunt and uncle’s home at 33 Market Hill aged 9 years old.
Frederick William Webb (14 May 1868 – 18 November 1932)
Frederick was born in London and was the son of gold braid maker Joseph Webb. Frederick worked as a cook and married Amy Bacon on 18 August 1895 at All Saints’ Church, Haggerston. They had one daughter: Gladys Irene (1896-) and in 1901 were living in Leyton, Essex where Frederick was working as a restaurant cook. By 1911 they were living at 12 Carr Road in Walthamstow before moving to live at 33 Market Hill in Cambridge where the couple ran a restaurant/dining rooms business (at least 1916-1919). They retired to live at ‘The New Cottage’, 115 Milton Road and Fredericked died there aged 64 years old.
Amy Jane Webb (née Bacon) (8 May 1873 – 2 April 1939)
Amy was the daughter of Joseph and Annie, and sister of Percy’s mother Emma. She grew up in Hornsey and her father was a plasterer. She was working as a servant before marrying Frederick Webb and died at Milton Road aged 65 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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