CFHS code : HT593
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : In Loving Memory of LETITIA wife of GEORGE LUSHER d 13 July 1933 aged 80 also her daughters GERTRUDE LUSHER d 27 Dec 1962 aged 77 ETHEL ROSA LUSHER d 31 Mar 1966 aged 87 LILY LUSHER d 3 Mar 1977 aged 89 kerbs my dear husband GEORGE LUSHER d 29 Jun 1918 aged 64 also beloved daughter LETTIE ELLEN d 7 Aug 1906 aged 24
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
Relationship: Mother, father and four daughters
Letitia (Lettie) Lusher (née Miller) (1853 – 13 July 1933)
Lettie was born in Barrington and was the daughter of James and Mary Ann. She grew up on the High Street in Barley, where her father was a butcher. Lettie married George Lusher in 1881 and they had four daughters (the first of whom was born before the wedding): Ethel Rosa (1878-1966), Lettie Ellen (1881-1906), Gertrude (1885-1962) and Lily (1887-1977). George worked as a house painter and the family lived at 11 York Street. Lettie died at home aged 80 years old.
Gertrude Lusher (8 May 1885 – 27 December 1962)
Gertrude worked as a domestic servant from at least the age of 15 (1901). In 1939 she was living in Cambridge and working as a domestic cook. She later retired to live at her childhood home – 11 York Street with sister Ethel, and died at Chesterton Hospital aged 77 years old.
Ethel Rosa Lusher (20 August 1878 – 31 March 1966)
Ethel was the eldest child of George and Lettie Lusher and lived at 11 York Street for most of her life. In 1911 she was working as a cook for doctor Sidney White at 116 Chesterton Road. By 1939 she was living alone at 11 York Street and working as a domestic servant. She died aged 87 years old.
Lily Lusher (24 December 1887 – 3 March 1977)
Lily was the youngest daughter of George and Lettie and in 1911 was also working for Sidney White at Chesterton Road – sister Ethel was the cook, and Lily was working in the same household as a maid. She later worked as the cook at Fulbourn Asylum and in March 1918 the Visiting and Building sub-committee recommended increasing her wages to £4 per annum. By 1939 she was living in Hengave, Suffolk and working as a cook for retired barrister John Wood. Lily died at Fitzwilliam House, a care home in Cottenham aged 89 years old.
George Lusher (1854 – 29 June 1918)
George was raised by his uncle and aunt – Joseph and Mary Ann Pratt, at 18 Eden Street. His uncle was a house painter/decorator and George continued in the same trade. He died aged 64 years old and was buried on 3 July 1918.
Lettie Ellen Lusher (1881 – 7 August 1906)
Lettie died at 11 York Street aged 24 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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