CFHS code : AL6a
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Memory of SARAH wife of WILLIAM PICKERING d Jan 20 1884 aged 82
Monument : Headstone (fallen)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
We are not sure that this is the correct monument. Located roughly six rows east of the Norfolk Street gate and about six metres from the north wall. We were not able to find any inscription and have relied on the maps held at the Cambridgeshire Archives to identify the monument.
Inscription
In Memory of SARAH wife of WILLIAM PICKERING d Jan 20 1884 aged 82
Sarah Pickering (née Cater) (1801 – 20 January 1884)
Sarah was born in Watton-at Stone, Hertfordshire, a village between Stevenage and Hertfordshire and was the daughter of farmer William and Sarah (née Mickley). She was baptised on 4 January 1802 and married farmer William Pickering (1800-1872) on 11 December 1827 at Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo, Hertford. In 1832 William was farming in Riseley, Bedfordshire, renting from the Right Honourable St. John and paying a yearly rent of £12, 11s and 10d. The couple had at least four children: Frederick (1828-), Sarah (1830-), William John (1831-1892) and Mary (1834-1913). The children were all born in Riseley, but by 1841 William was farming in Beaumont Chase, near Uppingham, Rutland. The farm was 335 acres, and William employed 11 agricultural labourers and four house servants (1851/1861). By 1871 William was the farm bailiff of Howells Farm, Weston, Hertfordshire where he was responsible for 280 acres.
Sarah was widowed in December 1872 and then went to live with her son William in Bedford. William (jnr) was an agent for manure/fertilisers and was married with three children. Sarah died at Warkworth Street, Cambridge and her funeral was held on 24 January. Sarah’s younger brother Thomas Cater (1811-) lived in Cambridge, which is what perhaps brought her to the town.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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