CFHS code : AL555
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of SOPHIA the beloved wife of THOMAS PHILLIPS d Nov 1 1905 aged 60 also of her daughter SARAH ELIZABETH d Dec 4 1884 aged 5 years and 5 months also of THOMAS PHILLIPS husband of the above d Dec 29 1923 aged 75
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
In Loving Memory of SOPHIA the beloved wife of THOMAS PHILLIPS
Who fell asleep Nov 1 1905 aged 60 years
Also of her daughter SARAH ELIZABETH d Dec 4 1884 aged 5 years and 5 months
Also of THOMAS PHILLIPS husband of the above who died Dec 29 1923 aged 75 years
“At Rest”
Sophia Phillips (née Mayle*) (1844 – 1 November 1905)
Sophia was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Mayle. She grew up on Norfolk Street (1861) and then Gwydir Street (1871). Her father was a journeyman carpenter and her mother a launderess. In 1871 Sophia was still living at home and working as a launderess also. She married Thomas Phillips on 17 June 1872 at St. Matthews Church. The couple had four children: Henry Joseph (1873-1949), Thomas Martin (1874-1944), James Mayle (1876-1926) and Sarah Elizabeth (1879-1884). Thomas was a railway timekeeper, and the family lived at 125 Gwydir Street. Sophia died aged 60 years old.
NB Mayle is also spelt Male on some records
Sarah Elizabeth Phillips (1879 – 4 December 1884)
Sarah was the only daughter of Thomas and Sophia Phillips. She died at Gwydir Street aged 5 years old.
Thomas Phillips (1848 – 29 December 1923)
Thomas was the son of Henry and Sarah Phillips and brother of Arthur Phillips. He was born in Longstanton and baptised there on 21 May 1848. His father was a police constable. In 1861 he was 13 years old and working for butcher John Knott in Islington, London. Thomas was working as a shop delivery boy, and John Knott was originally from Cambridge. By 1871 he was back living with his parents and siblings at 41 Norfolk Street and was working as a labourer, but thereafter is recorded as being a railway timekeeper.
After he was widowed he went to live with his son James and his family at 4 Ainsworth Street (1911). Thomas died aged 75 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen