CFHS code : AL394
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Memory of ANN ELIZA PAPWORTH d June 8 1866 aged 16 she died in hope also of DANIEL PAPWORTH d Oct 3 1882 aged 60 also ELIZA wife of the above d June 28 1896 aged 75
Monument : Headstone (fallen)
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This fallen headstone lies roughly 8 rows west of the central path and 3 plots south of the north path in the parish of Andrew the Less. The inscription is very badly eroded and hardly very little can be read apart from the names..
Inscription
In Memory of ANN ELIZA PAPWORTH who diedJune 8 1866 aged 16
She died in hope
Also of DANIEL PAPWORTH d Oct 3 1882 aged 60
Also ELIZA wife of the above d June 28 1896 aged 75
Ann Eliza Papworth (1850 – 8 June 1866)
Ann was the only daughter of Daniel and Eliza Papworth and died at 3 Jesus Terrace. She was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 13 June.
Daniel Papworth (1822 – 3 October 1882)
Daniel was born in Chesterton and was baptised there on 26 March 1822. He was the son of Richard and Ann Papworth and married Eliza Masterson in 1845. They are thought to have had only one child: Ann Eliza and lived at 36 Willow Place (1851), 3 Jesus Terrace (1861) and 4 Auckland Road (1871 onwards). Daniel worked as a cook, and Eliza as a dressmaker. He had retired by 1881 and died at home aged 60 years.
Eliza Papworth (née Masterson) (c.1821 – 28 June 1896)
Eliza was born in London, but by 1841 was living in Cambridge with her paternal aunt and uncle. After she was widowed she continued to live at Auckland Road, and worked as a dressmaker (1891). Eliza died in Harston and her funeral was held on 3 July.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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