CFHS code : AL330
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of THOMAS GWYNNE d Sep 17 1900 aged 71 also MARY his wife d July 8 1912 aged 75 also EMMA JANE GWYNNE their daughter d Feb 7 1935 aged 71
Monument : Kerb stones (broken)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This set of kerbs lie roughly ten rows west of the east path and just as it bends to become the north path. Although the kerbs are brown most of the inscription is still legible,
Inscription
In Loving Memory of THOMAS GWYNNE died Sep 17 1900 aged 71 years
Also MARY his wife died July 8 1912 aged 75 years
Also EMMA JANE GWYNNE their daughter died Feb 7 1935 aged 71 years
Thomas Gwynne (1829 – 17 September 1900)
Thomas was born in Bristol and baptised there on 25 October 1829. He was the son of Henry and Jane Gwynne and his father was a ship’s carpenter. Thomas trained as a boiler maker and in 1851 was lodging in Liverpool. He moved to Cambridge and married Mary Whitworth on 13 March 1858 at St. Paul’s Church. The couple had six daughters: Amelia (1860-1930), Sophia (1861-1931), Emma Jane (1864-1935), Eliza (1865-1930), Esther(1869-1949) and Sabina (1871-1947). The family lived at 34 Union Road (1861), 10 Norfolk Buildings (1871/1881), 5 Barmouth Terrace, Cavendish Road (1891) and 112 Gwydir Street.
Thomas worked for Great Eastern Railway as a boiler maker and worked at the coppersmith’s shop at the railway station. In 1864 Thomas charged three of his fellow workers with assaulting him – John Reeve and his sons Robert and William also worked at the station, but Thomas withdrew the allegation before it reached court. He died at Gwydir Street and his funeral was held on 20 September.
Mary Gwynne (née Whitworth) (1837 – 8 July 1912)
Mary was born in Hundleby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire and was the daughter of William and Sophia Whitworth. Her father was an agricultural labourer and before her marriage to Thomas she was working as a domestic servant on Hills Road. After she was widowed she lived at 112 Gwydir Street with daughters Esther and Sabina, and then with daughter Amelia and son in law George Malyon at 18 Grafton Street (1911) where she died. Her funeral was held on 11 July 1912.
Emma Jane Gwynne (1863 – 7 February 1935)
Emma was the third of Thomas and Mary’s six daughters. In 1881 she was working as a housemaid for William Eden Lilley at Thorpe House, 3 West Road. William died in 1883 and Emma then worked for his son Philip at the same house until at least 1911. Emma died at 8 Tenison Road aged 71 years.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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