CFHS code : MG54a
Parish : St Mary the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of JAMES GRAY called home June 14th 1931 aged 57 also FLORENCE KATE GRAY d April 15th 1954 aged 78. inset stone; GERTRUDE NELLIE GRAY who died Sept 19 1974 aged 74 years and ELSIE GRAY who died 21st July 1984 aged 86 years.
Monument : Kerb stones/Stone inset
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202147, 0.13759549 – click here for location
Monument
Inscription
James Gray (1873 – 14 June 1931)
James was the son of labourer William and Elizabeth Gray and grew up on the High Street in Chesterton. Aged 17 he was working as an agricultural labourer and married Florence Livermore in 1897. The couple lived at 22 Catherine Street (1901) and then Ross Street (1911 onwards) and had two daughters: Elsie May (1898-1984) and Gertrude Nellie (1899-1974). James worked as a G.E.R. fireman and later as an engine driver. He died at home aged 57 years old.
Florence Kate Gray (née Livermore) (8 June 1875 – 15 April 1954)
Florence was born in Great Eversden and baptised there on 4 July 1875. She was the daughter of James and Eliza and grew up at 83 Emery Street (1881). Her father James worked as a brickmaker. In 1891 Florence was 15 and working as a general servant to the Anscott family at 30 Emery Street. After she was widowed she lived with her two daughters at 5 Ross Street (1939) and died there aged 78 years old.
Gertrude Nellie Gray (9 October 1899 – 19 September 1974)
Gertrude worked as a builder’s merchant clerk (1939) and died at 5 Ross Street aged 74 years old.
Elsie May Gray (28 March 1898 – 21 July 1984)
Elsie was the elder sister of Gertrude and lived with her and their mother at 5 Ross Street (1939). She worked as a piano teacher and died at a retirement home in Gresham Road aged 86 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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