CFHS code : AS291
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of / HARRIET ELIZABETH LADDS d 17 Feb 1910 aged 57 / also FREDERICK JOHN LADDS [husband of above] d 1st Sept 1923 aged 76
Monument : Stone cross/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This cross stands amid bramble and ivy roughly 7 rows east of the west path and 10 metres south of the north path. Some of the metal letters are missing from the inscription but it is still legible. The cross marking his brother’s grave stands 1 row to the west.
Inscription
east face
In Loving Memory of HARRIET ELIZABETH LADDS who passed away Feb 17 1910 aged 57 years
“Peace Perfect Peace”
Also FREDERICK JOHN LADDS husband of the above] died Sep. 1st 1923 aged 76 years
Harriet Elizabeth Ladds (née Muggleton) (1854 – 17 February 1910)
Harriet was the daughter of Edwin and Sarah Muggleton, and was born in Stow-Cum-Quy. Edwin Muggleton was an agricultural labourer and the family lived on the High Street in Stow. In 1881 and 1891 Harriet was living at Newnham House in Cambridge working as a ladies maid to Mary Clark, wife of Cambridge Professor Edwin Clark. She married Fred Ladds at All Saints Church on 13 September 1893. The couple did not have any children, and lived at 6 Malcolm Street. Harriet died there aged 56 years old.
Frederick John Ladds (c.1847 – 1 September 1923)
Frederick appears to have been known as Fred through his life. He was the son of Edward and Mary Ladds, and brother of Henry Edward Ladds. He was baptised at All Saint’s Church on 28 February 1847. His father was a printer and he grew up at Manor Street (1851), 53 Trumpington Street (1861) and 26 Silver Street (1871/1881). In both 1871 and 1881 Fred was living at home and working as an ironmonger. His father died in 1874 and his mother in 1888. In 1891 Fred was working as a tobacconist and boarding at 2 Willow Walk which was a lodging house run by Clara Markley. He married Harriet Muggleton when he was 46 years old. After he was widowed he ran a lodging house from 6 Malcolm Street and was still running it in 1916. He died in 1923 at 52 Alpha Road aged 76 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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