There are several members of the Tiplady family, buried across many parishes within Mill Road Cemetery. None of the graves has been found, and now unlikely to be discovered.
Parishes: St. Andrew the Less, St Paul’s; Holy Trinity
Mary Tiplady (née Amey) (1808-June 1896)
Mary was born in Kettering, and married John Tiplady (1801-1859) on 28 September 1832 at St. Benet’s Church. They had at least five children: John (1834-1917), Mary (1839-), Elizabeth (1840-1843), Elizabeth (1844-) and William (1847-1876). The family lived at Gothic Street, and John was a publican/beer seller. Mary was widowed in 1859, and she then moved to Hemingford Grey, where eldest daughter Mary was schoolmistress (1861). From at least 1871 onwards she lived with eldest son John and his family at 12 Norfolk Terrace. She died at Norfolk Terrace aged 88 and was buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery on 23 June 1896.
John Tiplady (1799 – October 1859)
John was born in Askrigg, Wensleydale, the son of Ralph. He was baptised in Askrigg on 28 October 1799, and married Mary Amey in Cambridge when he was c.33 years old. He was documented as a toll-collector, beer seller and shopkeeper and died at Saxon Street aged 60 years old. He was buried in the St. Paul’s area of the Cemetery (Row 28 plot 58), on 5 October.
Elizabeth Tiplady (c.1840 – March 1843)
Elizabeth was baptised at St. Mary the Less Church on 24 January 1841. She died at Gothic Street aged 2 years old and was buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery on 22 March 1843.
William Tiplady (1847 – August 1876)
William was the youngest son of Mary and John Tiplady and was baptsed on 3 October 1847 at St. Paul’s Church. He worked as a woodcarver and lived at Hemingford Grey and then Norfolk Terrace. He died at home aged 29 and was buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery on 9 August 1876.
John and Mary’s eldest son John is also buried in the Cemetery with many of his family
Burials in St Paul’s Row 27 plot 58
Row 27 is about 12 rows west of the central path, plot 58 is 4 plots north of the central path. The small headstone of the Christian family (PL157) marks the start of this row but it is often hidden under vegetation.
John Tiplady (1834 – September 1917)
John was the eldest son of John and Mary, and by the age of 17 was working as a shoemaker. He married Mary Ann Thurbourn (1834 – 1867) on 15 June 1858 at St. Paul’s Church and they had five children: George Edwin (1858-1924), William John (1859-1913), Charles Frederick (1862 – 1924), Annie Louisa (1865-1917) and Florence May (1867-1932). They lived at Norfolk Terrace, and John’s mother Mary lived with them for many years. After he was widowed he lived at Norfolk Terrace with daughter Florence and son William. He died at home aged 83 years old and was buried in the St. Paul’s area of the Cemetery on 24 September.
Mary Ann Tiplady née Thurlborn (1834 – 23 April 1867)
Mary was the daughter of William and Mary and died at Saxon Street aged 33 years old. She was buried in the St. Paul’s area of the Cemetery on 28 April.
George Tiplady was the eldest son of John and Mary Ann Tiplady and many of his family are buried at Mill Road Cemetery
George Edwin Tiplady (1858 – 5 May 1924)
George was baptised at St. Paul’s Church on 31 August 1862 and married Mary Elizabeth Haigh (1861-1918) on 17 May 1880 at St. Matthew’s Church. They had sixteen children: William George (known as Bill) (1880-1942), Henry Thomas (known as Harry) (1882-1936), Charles Ernest (known as Charlie) (1883-1954), Florence Mary (known as Florrie) (1886-1943), Kate Elizabeth (known as Kit) (1887-1933), Alexander John (known as Lal) (1889-1928), Edwin Albert (1891-1957), Lilian Alice (1892-), Doris Edith (known as Doll) (1893-1937), Frank Elgar (1894-1950), Eric Royal (1898-1941), Wilfred Archibald (1898-1962), Minnie Victoria (1900-1902), Nora May (1901-1902), Connie (1901-1966) and one more as yet unidentified child. George worked as a tailor and the family lived at 101 Gwydir Street (1901), 24 Gwydir Street (1911) and 21 John Street (1918). After he was widowed he lived with daughter Florrie and her family at 15 Edward Street, where he died aged 65 years old. Newspaper reports indicate that he was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 10 May, but it is not known in which area of the Cemetery.
Mary Elizabeth Tiplady (née Haigh) (1861 – October 1918)
Mary was born in Medway, Kent the daughter of Thomas and Faith. Thomas was a journeyman tailor, and by 1871 the family had moved to live at 12 Terrace Lane, Cambridge. She married George Tiplady when she was 19 years old.
In August 1915 George and Mary received a letter from the King, and the letter was printed in the Cambrige Independent Press under the headline of ‘Patriotic Cambridge Family – Five sons and son-in-law serving in the army’. E.M. Ponsonby, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, based at Buckingham Palace wrote to say ‘I am to express to you and to them his Majesty’s congratulations on having contributed in so full a measure to the great cause for which all the people of the British Empire are so bravely fighting’. Mary died at John Street in October 1918 aged 57 years old.
Minnie Victoria Tiplady (1900 – March 1902)
Minnie was the infant child of George and Mary Tiplady. She died at 101 Gwydir Street aged 18 months old and was buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery on 9 March 1902.
Nora May Tiplady (December 1901 – 7 May 1902)
Nora was a twin and was born at 101 Gwydir Street and died at home aged 4 months old. An inquest was held, which heard that her mother had put her to bed at c.10pm, and found her dead at c.1.30am – ‘the baby was lying in the same position as witness had left her’. Mary Elizabeth said that Nora had ‘never been strong’ and when the doctor examined the baby, he said that she was ‘fairly well nourished’ but had been dead for some time. ‘Both lungs were congested and showed signs of inflammation and extensive signs of tuberculosis…there was no doubt the child had died from convulsions – vitiation of blood. There was nothin to indicate that medical assistance should have been called sooner’. Nora was buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the cemetery on 10 May 1902.
John and Mary Ann’s third son Charles Frederick is also buried at Mill Road Cemetery. His grave has alsp not yet been found and is unlikely to be discovered.
Charles (Charlie) Frederick Tiplady (1862 – 14 September 1924)
Charlie was baptised at St. Paul’s Church on 31 August 1862 and worked as a tailor. He married Emma Amelia Haigh (1863 -1917) in 1884 – who was also the daughter of Thomas and Faith, and whose sister Mary Elizabeth had married Charles’ brother George. The couple had two children: Mabel Florence (1884-1969) and John Frederick (known as Jack) (1887-1972). They lived at 102 Catherine Street (1901) and 2 Gwydir Street (at least 1911-1921). He died at Addenbrookes Hospital aged 62 years old and was buried in the Holy Trinity area of Mill Road Cemetery on September 18.
Emma Amelia Tiplady (née Haigh) (1863 – November 1917)
Emma was born in Chatham, Kent and worked as a machinist before marrying Charlie Tiplady when she was c.21 years old. She died at Gwydir Street aged 54 years old and was buried in the Holy Trinity area of Mill Road Cemetery on 7 November.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records
Newspaper archives.
by Claire Martinsen
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