CFHS code : AL537

Parish : St Andrew the Less

Inscription : In Memory of WILLIAM HENRY MOORE d 12 April 1867 aged 30 also of THOMAS MOORE father of the above d 12th October 1877 aged 71 also of HANNAH MOORE his wife d Feb 19 1893 aged 87

Monument : Headstone (broken)

Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey

Part of Moore headstone October 2017

Monument

Inscription

In Memory of WILLIAM HENRY MOORE d 12 April 1867 aged 30

Also of THOMAS MOORE father of the above d 12th October 1877 aged 71

Also of HANNAH MOORE his wife who died Feb 19 1893 aged 87

William Henry Moore (c.1837 – 12 April 1867)

William grew up at Eden Street (1841) and 15 Melbourn Place (at least 1851 onwards). He worked as a carpenter and died at home aged 30 years old. William’s funeral was held on 16 April.

Thomas Moore (1806 – 12 October  1877)

Thomas was born in St. Ives, near Huntingdon and married Hannah Peach. They had at least three children: William Henry, Thomas (1839-1913) and Sarah (1841-c.1844) and lived at Eden Street and then 15 Melbourn Place. Thomas was a plasterer and Hannah worked as a laundress. He had retired by 1871 and  died at home.

Hannah Moore (née Peach)  (c.1807 – 19 February 1893)

Hannah was born in Kings Ripton, near Huntingdon and after she was widowed continued to live at Melbourn Place with various nieces (1881/1891).  She was documented as being a proprietor of houses and later moved to 1 Rochester Villas, Mill Road, where she died aged 87 years old.

Sources:

Ancestry

Newspaper archives

Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS

by Claire Martinsen

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Hannah Moore; Thomas Moore; William Henry Moore