CFHS code : This monument was originally placed in the parish of Andrew the Great. It is in fact in St Bene’t.
Parish : St Bene’t
Inscription : In Loving Memory of MARY ANN HUTCHINSON d Oct [–] [1910] aged 67 MARY ANN ROLLINGS d Aug 26 [1899] aged 67 JOHN HUTCHINSON June 8 1949 aged [85]
Monument : not described
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This monument which has not yet been photographed is located 2 rows west of the central path on the northern boundary of the parish. It may be a broken cross.
Inscription. The burial records have been used to fill in the parts of the inscription that have eroded
In Loving Memory of MARY ANN ROLLINGS d Aug 26 1899 aged 86
MARY ANN HUTCHINSON d Oct [–] 1910 aged 67
JOHN HUTCHINSON June 8 1949 aged [85]
Relationships – Mother, daughter & grandson
Mary Ann Rollings (née Green) (c.1815-1899)
Mary was born in about 1815 in Alconbury, Huntingdonshire. She married Ralph Rollings (c.1813-1855) on 21 March 1834 in Alconbury. Ralph was a thatcher. They had at least seven children: Emelia Ann (c.1835-?); Jane (c.1838-?); George (1840-?); Mary Ann (1843-1910); Eliza (1845-?); Charles Green (1847-1914); and William (1850-?). Ralph died in the district of Huntingdon in 1855. By 1861 Mary had moved to St John’s Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and was working as a Nurse. By 1871 Mary had moved back to Chapel Street, Alconbury. In 1881 Mary was still working as a nurse and her grandson, James Rollings (1863-?), was also living with her. Mary died on 26 August 1899 at the time she seems to have been living with there daughter & son in law at the Nurseries, Brookfields, which is right at the out of town end of Mill Road.
Mary Ann Hutchinson (née Rollings) (1843-1910)
Mary was born in 1843 in Alconbury, Huntingdonshire. She was one of at least seven children born to Ralph Rollings (c.1813-1855) and Mary Ann Rollings (née Green) (c.1815-1899). In 1861 Mary was working as a laundress in Peterborough. She married Joseph Hutchinson (1840-1911) on 25 February 1866 at St Mary, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The couple returned to Joseph’s home town, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire where Joseph worked as a gardener. Mary and Joseph had at least six sons: George (1868-1942); Charles (1870-1939); Jonathan (1873-1949); Robert (1875-1943); Arthur (1878-?); and Albert (1881-1952). By 1881 the family had moved to 4a Union Road, Cambridge. By 1901 the family had moved to the Nurseries on Mill Road and Joseph was working as a florist and fruit grower. Mary died in October 1910 at 24 St Andrew’s St, Cambridge.
Mary’s son, George Hutchinson (1868-1942), was buried in Newmarket Cemetery. However, he was commemorated on the grave of his wife, Sarah Rebecca Hutchinson (née Gray) (1868-1931), who was buried in this cemetery. Their son, Sidney George Hutchinson (1899-1918), who was killed in action in Belgium during the Great War is also commemorated on Sarah’s grave.
Mary’s son, Robert Hutchinson (1875-1943), and his wife, Susan Jane Hutchinson (née Manning) (1874-1956), were also buried in this Cemetery.
John Hutchinson (1873-1949)
John was born in 1873 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. He was one of at least six sons born to Joseph Hutchinson (1840-1911) and Mary Ann Hutchinson (née Rollings) (1843-1910). John became a Clerk for a coal merchant. In 1911 a year after the death of his mother John was living at 35 Regent Street. John died on 8 June 1949 at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Sources:
Census: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
England, Christening Index, 1530-1980
Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, Marriages, 1530-1980
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
By Emma Easterbrook