CFHS code : ED97
Parish : St Edward
Inscription : Sacred to the Memory of EBENEZER PIKE d Feb 10 1928 age 52 also his dear wife AMELIA d 21 Dec 1944 age 64
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203239, 0.13687226 – click here for location
Monument
Roughly 6 rows east of the west path
Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of EBENEZER PIKE died Feb 10 1928 age 52 years
Also his dear wife AMELIA died 21 Dec 1944 age 64 years
Relationship: Husband and wife
According to the grave register his parents and brother Henry James are buried one row to the west and a little to the north, but no monument has been found.
His sisters Emma Barnes and Eliza Ann Metcalfe are also buried in this Cemetery.
Ebenezer Pike (1876-1928)
Ebenezer was born in Gloucester St and baptised in the parish of St Giles. He was the fifth child of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (née Wilson) Pike. Ebenezer Snr was originally a gardener. By 1881 he had become
custodian of the Cambridge Corn Exchange. So young Ebenezer grew up in Wheeler St as they seemed to have lived ‘on site’ at the Corn Exchange.
He married Amelia Lanham at St Matthew’s church on July 11th 1905 when he was 30 years old and she was 24. He was described a clerk but by 1911 he had taken over the role of caretaker at the Corn exchange and he, Amelia and 3 year old Daris Maud were living back at his old family home in Wheeler St.
He died in hospital
Amelia Pike (née Lanham) (c 1880 -1944)
Amelia was the daughter of Frederick William and Amelia Lanham, a bookmaker and college servant respectfully. She grew up in South Street and Bradmore Street, Cambridge.
Amelia died at 161 Girton Road, Girton.
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By Caro Wilson and Mary Naylor using information supplied by a relative