CFHS code : AL153
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of PERCIVAL JAMES the beloved son of JAMES & REBECCA MOON who departed this life Nov 1 1900 aged 20 also in ever loving memory of JAMES the beloved husband of REBECCA MOON d Aug 22nd 1922 aged 66 also his beloved wife REBECCA d Nov 11th 1936 aged 80
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone stands against the east wall a about 17 metres south of the Gwydir St Gate in the parish area of Andrew the Less. There is an incised cross at the top.The stone leans to the left but appears stable. The carved inscription is still legible. The kerbstones are still visible but were not cleared for this photograph. This area often grows wild and the monument may be hidden from view. (Area last cleared in Oct 2024)
Inscription
In Loving Memory of PERCIVAL JAMES the beloved son of JAMES & REBECCA MOON who departed this life Nov 1 1900 aged 20 years.
Also in ever loving memory of JAMES the beloved husband of REBECCA MOON died Aug. 22nd 1922 aged 66 years.
‘At Rest’ ‘Peace Perfect Peace’
Also his beloved wife REBECCA who died Nov. 11th 1936 aged 80 years
Percival James Moon (1880 – 1 November 1900)
Percival died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital aged 20 years old and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 6 November 1900.
James Moon (10 November 1855 – 22 August 1922)
James was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and was the son of Charles (1827-1911) and Ellen (née Owen) (1830-1866) Moon. His father was a joiner/pipemaker and in 1871 James was living in Bradford with his father, step mother Margaret and two siblings. He also trained as a joiner and married Rebecca Houghton on 18 July 1878 at St. Saviour’s Church, Brownhill, near Batley, Leeds. They went to live in Cambridge, near to Rebecca’s home village of Toft and had eight children: Percival James, Mabel Elizabeth (1881-), Florence (1889-1974), Alec Owen (1891-1952), Alice Ellen (1892-), Daisy Ellen (1894-), Harold Houghton (1899-1967) and one further child who died as an infant. The family lived at 148 Sturton Street (1881), 69 Cavendish Road (1901), 82 Hemingford Road (1911) and 12 Romsey Road (at least 1918 onwards). James died at home in the summer of 1922.
Rebecca Moon (née Houghton) (1855 – 11 November 1936)
Rebecca was born in Toft, a village six miles west of Cambridge and was baptised there on 11 May 1855. She was the daughter of William and Mary and grew up in Toft, where her father was a shepherd. In 1871 she was living at Rose Crescent and working as a nurse for Edward and Anne Marsh before marrying James Moon when she was 23 years old. She remained living at 12 Romsey Road until at least 1925, and is believed to have been 81 years old when she died (although her grave monument says 80 years).
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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