CFHS code : PL32
Parish : St Paul
Inscription : In Loving Memory of WILLIAM JEEVES d August 26th 1923 aged 54 also ALBERT EDWARD JEEVES the beloved son of the above d Sept 1908 aged 6 also AGNES MARY wife of the above d 5th April 1957 aged 82
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This small headstone carved with clasped hands, ivy, scroll and pillars stands 4 monuments to the south of the south path close to the south wall, and about 8 rows west of the central path in the parish of St Paul. The inscription of metal letters is in good order but the monument’s location facing east into bushes makes it difficult to read.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of WILLIAM JEEVES who passed away August 26th 1923 aged 54 years
Also ALBERT EDWARD JEEVES the beloved son of the above who fell asleep Sept 1908 aged 6 years
Also AGNES MARY wife of the above died 5th April 1957 aged 82 years
William Jeeves (1869 – 26 August 1923)
William was born in Gamlingay, the son of coachman George Jeeves and Elizabeth. He grew up on Woodbury Lane, Gamlingay and married Agnes Clarke in 1899. They had four children: William Richard (1900-1981), Albert Edward (1902-1908), Edna Elsie (1904-1985) and Alec George (1910-1975). William worked as butler at Wimpole Hall, before becoming a porter at Queen’s College. The family lived at 45 Bateman Street (at least 1908 – 1911) and Shawfield, Harwick Street (1918). He died at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, Kings Lynn aged 54, and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 30 August.
Albert Edward Jeeves (1903 – September 1908)
Albert died at Bateman Street aged 6 years old and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 23 September.
Agnes Mary Jeeves (née Clarke) (10 April 1874 – 5 April 1957)
Agnes was born in Cimplesham, near Downham Market and was the daughter of Thomas and Emily. Her father was a labourer, who died when Agnes was a small child and she was raised by her widowed mother. Aged 18 she was working as an under-housemaid at Merton House, Grantchester for Rev. Joseph Lumby. In 1939 she was living in Norwich with son Alec and daughter in law Stella, and later lived at 158 Huntingdon Road with daughter Edna and son in law Arthur Mason (at least 1946 onwards). In 1946 she travelled to New York to visit eldest son William who had emigrated to America. From her travel papers it is known she was 5ft 6″ tall with a fair complexion, light brown hair and grey eyes. Agnes died at the Evelyn Nursing Home aged 82 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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