CFHS code : AS205
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of ANN MARIA JUKES d Feb 11 1895 aged 82 also of FANNY JUKES her youngest daughter d June 5 1907 aged 54
Monument : Headstone and rail
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.20325, 0.137517
Monument
This small headstone, surrounded by barley twist metal railings, in the parish area of All Saints, is located under a large fir tree 4 rows west of the central path. The carved inscription is very clear and some of it may have original been coloured red. The tree branches touch the ground so it is very hard to access. The railings that mark the grave set are joined to the railings of the Goodliffe family headstone which lies behind this monument.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of ANN MARIA JUKES who fell asleep Feb 11 1895 aged 82.
Also of FANNY JUKES her youngest daughter who passed away June 5 1907 aged 54.
Relationship – Mother & daughter
Ann Maria Jukes (née Fulcher) (3 December 1812 – 11 February 1895)
Ann was born in Stoke Ash, just south of Diss and married George Weston Jukes (1807-1872) in 1841. The couple had at least three children: Eliza Maria (1846-1918), Honor Maria (1849-1928) and Fanny (1853-1907). George was a police superintendent and the family lived in Brocket cum Wetheringsett, Suffolk (1851) and Thorndon, Suffolk (1861). By 1871 George had retired and the family moved to live in Shingle Cottage in Brome (near Eye in Suffolk).
Ann was widowed aged 60 years old and then went to live with daughter Eliza and her family in Ipswich (1881). In 1891 she was living at 124 London Road in Ipswich and died at 9 Brunswick Walk in Cambridge in 1895.
Fanny Jukes (16 May 1853 – 5 June 1907)
Fanny was baptised in Wetherinsett cum Brockford on 19 June 1853 and lived at home with her parents (1861/1871). In 1881 she and her sister Honor were living at 26 Sidney Street, Cambridge where they were helping their cousin Alice Goodliffe. Alice was running a butchery business whilst her husband was hospitalised and also had two small children so was no doubt in need of the help! Fanny was marked on the census of 1881 as being a dairywoman.
In 1883 she was running a dairy in Market Street and was listed in the Kelly’s Directory of that year. The business sold milk and butter and she bought milk from farmer Alexander Towler, who farmed in Newnham. Alexander delivered milk to the shop twice a day – 7am and 3pm. In 1895 he was charged with selling milk ‘adulterated with ten per cent of water’. He had sent seven gallons of milk to Fanny on 15 November and testified in court that it had not been diluted. Fanny also gave evidence in court, and it is known she employed a boy and a man at the time. The case was eventually withdrawn on payment of costs.
Fanny lived at 8 Park Terrace (1895 to at least 1901) before moving to Springfield, Great Shelford. She died in Great Shelford aged 54 years old and left an estate valued at £6,735, 19s and 7d (c. £4.4 million at 2019 values). She owned houses at 29, 31 and 33 Halifax Road which were auctioned after her death.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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