CFHS code : AS309
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Affectionate Memory of ELIZABETH daughter of OWEN JOHN and ELIZABETH JONES b 14 Dec 1840 d 1[9th] Mar 190[2]
Monument : Cruciform Coped stone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This substantial cruciform coped stone in the parish of All Saints stands directly behind that of their parents, 2 rows east of the west path, in the north west corner. It is hidden under trees. The inscriptions suffered some erosion but is still legible in some places.
Inscription
In Affectionate Memory of ELIZABETH daughter of OWEN JOHN and ELIZABETH JONES born 14 Dec 1840 died 19th Mar 1902
Also of Emma Louise Jones [died] 1925 aged 76 years
Relationship: sisters
Elizabeth Jones (14 December 1840 – 19 March 1902)
Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of Owen and Elizabeth (née Fitch) and was born in Woolwich, Kent. She was baptised at St. Alphage Church in Greenwich on 26 May 1841. Her family later moved to Cambridge where Owen was a cook at St. John’s College. She grew up at St. John Street where she lived with her parents until at least 1871. In 1901 she was boarding with the Apthorpe family at Waterfield House, 280 Cherry Hinton Road, where she died 61 years old.
Emma Louise Jones (1849 – 12 February 1925)
Emma was Elizabeth’s younger sister and was baptised at All Saints church Cambridge on 11 February 1849. After her father’s death she lived at 11 Chesterton Road with her mother and sister Dora (1881/1891). In 1901 Emma and Dora wer still living at Chesterton Road with cook Caroline Waters and housemaid Ethel Ayres. In 1911 the pair were living at the property with their cousin Emily Ivett Fitch and a general servant. At the time of her death she was living at 43a Mill Road, and died at the Mill Road Infirmary aged 76 years old. Her funeral was held on Valentine’s Day 1925.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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