CFHS code : AL438
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Ever Loving Memory of LILY MAUD HARDING d Dec 20 1945 age 65 also PERCY WILLIAM HARDING husband of above d Aug 5 1955 aged 71
Monument : Open Book/Kerb stones/Ground slab
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone stands in the parish of Andrew the Less roughly 8 rows east of the central path and about 10 plots north of the southern boundary stone. It faces into bushes. The carved inscription is still visible and the kerbstones & flower holder in place though mostly now covered in ivy.
Inscription
In Ever Loving Memory of my dear wife
LILY MAUD HARDING who passed away Dec 20 1945 age 65 years
Also PERCY WILLIAM HARDING husband of above
Aho died August 5th 1955 aged 71 years
“Reunited – Jesus lives”
Relationship: Husband and wife
Lily Maud Harding (née Pannell) (4 July 1880 – 20 December 1945)
Lily was the daughter of Elijah and Ellen and grew up at 4 Parsonage Street (1881) and Romsey Road (1901). Her father was a carpenter/joiner and Lily married Percy Harding in 1911. They lived at 8 Ross Street and are not believed to have had any children. Lily died at Ross Street aged 65 years old and her funeral was held on Christmas Eve 1945 at St. Philip’s Church.
Percy William Harding (24 April 1884 – 5 August 1955)
Percy was the son of William and Sarah and grew up at 243 Mill Road. His father was a carpenter/joiner and aged 16 Percy was a bricklayer’s apprentice. He later worked as a bricklayers foreman. Percy continued to live at Ross Street after he was widowed and died at Chesterton Hospital in August 1955.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen
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