CFHS code : AL436
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of THOMAS GREEN d June 26 1883 aged 46 also JANE S GREEN d Oct 11 1908 aged 65
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone, located in the parish section of Andrew the Less, stands under a tree roughly 4 or 5 rows east of the central path.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of my dear father THOMAS GREEN who died June 26 1883 aged 46 years. The carved inscription has suffered some erosion but can be read when the sun shines on it.
Also of my dear mother JANE S GREEN who died October 11 1908 aged 65 years
“Peace Perfect Peace”
Thomas Green (1840 – 26 June 1884)
There is some discrepancy between Thomas’ date of death and his age. His death was registered as June 1884 and his age given as 43. This might be explained if the headstone was put up in 1908 when Jane died and the family no longer had any accurate details.
Thomas was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire and is thought to have been the son of William and Mary Green. His father was an agricultural labourer at Windridge Farm, and the family lived in a cottage on the farm estate. By the age of 10, Thomas was also working as a farm labourer (1851). He married Jane Gent in Cambridge in 1863 and they had at least six children: Thomas (1865-), Alfred (1866-1933), Jessie Eliza (1871-1940), George Charles (1874-1951) , Herbert Hadwood (1876-) and Nettie (1878-1960). Thomas was a labourer and the family lived at 77 New Street (1871) and 59 Ainsworth Street (1881). By 1881 he was documented as being a labourer on the railway. Thomas died at home and his funeral was held on 30 June.
Jane S. Green (née Gent) (1840 – 11 October 1908)
There is a similar discrepancy on the age of Jane Green when she died. She is believed to have been the daughter of Samuel and Susannah Gent and grew up at 6 New Street. Her father was a bricklayer, her mother a laundress and before marrying Thomas Green, Jane worked as a servant. During the marriage she was a laundress and after she was widowed went to live at 51 Staffordshire Street, where she was documented as a charwoman (1891/1901). She died at Ross Street, which is believed to have been the home of one of her children (possibly Herbert, and his wife Bertha).
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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