code : AS77a
This grave was not found during the CFHS survey
Parish : All Saints
Lat Lon : 52.203516, 0.13697336 – click here for location
Monument
This cross was revealed after seasonal clearance in December 2022. It stands 8 rows from the west wall and 2 monuments north of the north path in the parish of All Saints. The inscriptions of metal letters are mostly intact but not all easy to read.
Inscription
east face
In loving memory of
Mary the beloved wife of William Marr, born October 21st 1820, died March 12th 1897
“Grant her Lord eternal rest.”
south face
Also of William Marr who died December 8th 1904 aged 77 years
“Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest
Mary Marr (née Reynolds) (21 October 1820 – 12 March 1897)
Mary was born in Lound, a village on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, lying inland between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and was baptised there on 12 November 1820. She was the daughter of Charles and Sarah Reynolds, and her father was a collar maker. She married William Marr in Norfolk c.1852 and they had two children: Arthur Reynolds (1854-1890) and Alice Mary (1858-1923). They lived in Southampton for some time, where borth children were born, but by 1871 had moved to 36 Park Street, Cambridge, and William worked as a college servant/manciple at Trinity College. By 1881 Mary, William and daughter Alice had moved to 4 Malcolm Street, where they lived with lodger Francis Cox (an undergraduate) and servant Matilda Phillips. Mary died at 4 Malcolm Street aged 76 years old and her funeral was held on 17 March.
William Marr (1827 – 8 December 1904)
William was born in Forncett St. Mary, ten miles south west of Norwich and baptised in nearby Wacton on 1 June 1828. He was the son of agricultural labourer George Marr (1801-1879) and Mary (née Baker) (1800-1866) and in 1851 was also working as an agricultural labourer. He worked at Trinity College for at least twenty years. In 1901 he was living at Malcolm Street with daughter Alice, a cook and a general servant and was described as a ‘retired college butler’. He died at home aged 77 and his probate records described him as a ‘superannuated college-manciple’. His funeral was held on 13 December.
Alice Mary Marr (1858 – 1 June 1923)
Alice was born in Shirley, near Southampton and lived with her parents until their deaths. She then ran a lodging house at 4 Malcolm Street, aided by her neice Florence Edith Marr. Alice died at the Priory Nursing Home, Newmarket Road and her funeral was held on 5 June. A service was held at All Saint’s Church before she was buried in the family grave.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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