CFHS code : AS184
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : Grant him Lord eternal rest WILLIAM KEMP Manciple of Trinity College d April 8th 1873 aged 60 also his wife ELEANOR KEMP d June 7th 1877 aged 74
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203352, 0.137653 – click here for location
Monument
This fallen and broken headstone, in the parish area of All Saints, is located on the east side of the western path at the junction with the central path.
Inscription
Grant him Lord eternal rest
WILLIAM KEMP
Manciple of Trinity College
departed this life April 8th 1873 aged 60
also his wife ELEANOR KEMP
Who departed this life June 7th 1877 aged 74
William Kemp (1813 – 8 April 1873)
William was born in Ickleton, and baptised there on 13 June 1813. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Kemp. He married Eleanor Reynolds on August 4th 1838 at St Benedict’s church and was wine butler at Trinity College when they married. The couple had at least two daughters: Ellen Sarah (1840-1842) and Emma (1842-1923). In 1841 the family were living at Melbourn Place and he was working as a college butler. They had moved to 4 Malcolm Place by 1861 and William by then was a college manciple (in charge of ordering the food for the college kitchen). He died at home and his funeral was held on 12 April.
Eleanor Kemp (née Reynolds )(1803 – 7 June 1877)
Eleanor was born in Ludlow, Shopshire, but had moved to Cambridge by the time she married. After she was widowed she moved to live with daughter Emma and son in law Alfred Marshall in Milton. Alfred farmed 400 acres there, and Eleanor died at the farm aged 74 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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