CFHS code : AL124
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : Sacred to the Memory of ELIZA daughter of GEORGE and SUSANNAH WALLIS d Feb 2 1867 aged 36 also SARAH LEVETT grandmother of the above d Feb 20 1868 aged [8]3 also WILLIAM WALLIS son of the above named SARAH LEVETT (formerly) SARAH WALLIS d May 16 1900 aged 63/
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone stands 1 row to the east of the central path just before it bends towards the Norfolk Street gate in the north of the parish of Andrew The Less. The carved inscription has begun to erode but is still just legible.
Inscription
west face
Sacred to the Memory of ELIZA daughter of GEORGE and SUSANNAH WALLIS who died Feb 2 1867 aged 36 years
Also SARAH LEVETT grandmother of the above who died Feb 20 1868 aged 85
Also WILLIAM WALLIS son of the above named SARAH LEVETT (formerly) SARAH WALLIS who died May 16 1900 aged 83 years
Relationships: Sarah was grandmother to Eliza and mother to William. It is believed the Levet family were non-conformist
Eliza Wallis (1830 – 1867)
Eliza was the eldest child of Susannah and George Wallis. She was blind. Susannah and George had at least six children: Eliza (1830), Susannah (1831 died aged 3 weeks), George (1833) William Reeve (1835), Sarah Ann (1840) and Walter (1844).
Sarah Levett (née Dunham) (c1786 – 1868) Levet in many records
Sarah was married twice. She married her first husband Richard Wallis on July 15th 1805 at Holy Trinity Church. Richard was a baker and they lived in Magdalen Street.
Sarah and Richard had at least five children: Eliza (1806), George (1808), Harriott (1811), William (1813 -1814) and William (1816). All the children were baptised at St Giles church.
Richard died in 1838 and would have been buried in the churchyard of St Giles church.
In 1841 Sarah was living with her son William in Sun Street, off Newmarket Road. She was of independent means and kept a servant, Eliza Creek. She married builder Joseph Levet in 1843 in Soham. By 1851 Joseph was retired and they were living on The Causeway in Soham with a 13 year old servant Matilda Simmons.
William Wallis (1816 – 1900)
William Wallis (1816 – 1900) William was born to Sarah and Richard Wallis on 29th October 1816. He became a carpenter. On December 7th 1843 he married Lydia Morley and by 1851 they were living in Fitzroy Street with two sons: William (bapt 1843 St Giles) and Richard (bapt 1845 Trumpington).
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Sources:
CFHS transcripts of parish and census records
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