CFHS code : HT372
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : In Loving Memory of WILLIAM MARKHAM d Nov 26th 1931 aged 81 also his wife LUCY ANN MARKHAM d July 31st 1936 aged 83 PERCY STANLEY MARKHAM d Jan 5th 1914 aged 18 HERBERT WILLIAM MARKHAM d Jan 12th 1939 aged 53
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This set of kerbstones located in the parish area of Holy Trinity lie 5 rows west of the east path just as it bends to become the south path. It is in an area that is usually left to grow wild and at present (2024) is inaccessible. The kerbstones of the their children are 2 rows west in the same alignment The small headstone of Merrison separates them.. The inscriptions of metal letters are in good order.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of
WILLIAM MARKHAM who passed away Nov. 26th 1931 aged 81 years.
Also his wife LUCY ANN MARKHAM d July 31st 1936 aged 83 years.
PERCY STANLEY MARKHAM who passed away Jan. 5th 1914 aged 18 years.
HERBERT WILLIAM MARKHAM who passed away Jan. 12th 1939 aged 53 years.
Ever in our thoughts
William Markham (1850 – 26 November 1931)
William was born in Holloway, London but grew up in Easton Socon, Bedfordshire with his parents Edward and Martha. Edward Markham was an agricultural worker and William worked as a farmer’s boy (sic) (1861) and later as a groom (1871) and coachman. He married Lucy Dumbleton and they had eleven children: William Dumbleton (1873-1944), Albert Edgar (1876-1953), Elizabeth Jane (1879-1941), Henry Edward (Harry) (1880-1950), Ada Eleanor (1882-), Arthur Edwin (1884-1967), Herbert William (1886-1939), Harold Ernest (1887-1913), Daisy Kate (1890-1890), Nellie Florence (1892-1910) and Percy Stanley (1895-1914). They lived in Biggleswade until at least 1891, and then lived in Great Staughton, eight miles west of Huntington (1901) before moving to live at 117 Ross Street, Cambridge (at least 1910 onwards). Wiliam died at Ross Street aged 81 years old.
Lucy Ann Markham (née Dumbleton) (1853 – 31 July 1936)
Lucy was born in Caxton, a village nine miles west of Cambridge and was the daughter of tailor John Dumbleton and his wife Elizabeth (née Pope). Before her marriage to William Markham she worked as a general servant in St. Neots. Lucy died at 117 Ross Street aged 82 years old.
Percy Stanley Markham (1895 – 5 July 1914)
Percy was born in Biggleswade, and aged 15 was working as an errand boy. He died aged 18 years old.
Herbert William Markham (1885 – 12 January 1939)
Herbert was born in Biggleswade and in 1911 was working as a baker. He died at 117 Ross Street and his funeral took place on 16 January at St. Philip’s Church.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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