CFHS code : AL144
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Affectionate Remembrance of ELIZA wife of SAMUEL KETTLE b Jan 21 1830 d Aug 26 1868 also ARTHUR JAMES son of the above aged 18 months also HENRY KETTLE nephew of the above d April 15 1860 aged 2 years and 6 months likewise MARY ANN second wife of SAMUEL KETTLE d July 27 1880 aged 34
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Located east of the central path.
Inscription
In Affectionate Remembrance of ELIZA, wife of
SAMUEL KETTLE born January 21st 1830, died August 26 1868
Also ARTHUR JAMES. Son of the above aged 18 months.
Also HENRY KETTLE nephew of the above died April 15 1860 aged 2 years and 6 months
Likewise MARY ANN second wife of SAMUEL KETTLE died July 27 1880 aged 34 years
Eliza Kettle (née Arnold) (21 January 1830 – 26 August 1868)
Eliza was the daughter of gardener William and Ann Arnold, and grew up at 28 East Road. By the age of 20 she was working as a dressmaker and married Samuel Kettle in 1855. The couple had at least four children: Samuel Henry (1856-1894), Arthur James (1857-1859), David Arthur (1858-1859), Arthur James (1860-1905). Samuel was the cook at Trinity College and the family lived at 31 East Road (1861). Eliza died at John Street aged 38 years and her funeral was held on 31 August.
Arthur James Kettle (c.August 1857 – 10 February 1859)
Arthur died at East Road and his funeral was held on 14 February 1859
Henry Kettle (1857 – 15 April 1860)
Henry was the son of Henry and Jane (née Wilson) Kettle. He was born in Bingham and baptised there on 3 January 1858. He died in Cambridge aged 2 years old.
Mary Ann Kettle (née Flowers) (c.1846 – 27 July 1880)
Little is known of Mary’s life. She married Samuel Kettle at Christs Church on 29 April 1869 and he was by then the cook at Jesus College. She died at Newmarket Road aged 34 years old and was buried in the family grave on 30 July.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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