CFHS code : AS208
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of BERTHA EMILY the beloved wife of ERNEST CHARLES POULTER d June 26 1897 aged 23 also of ERNEST CHARLES POULTER husband of the above d May 5 1928 aged 58
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones/Footstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.20325, 0.137385
Monument
This headstone with kerbstones stands about 7 or 8 rows west of the centre path in the parish area of All Saints. Towards the south of the parish area. The carved inscription is very clear but since 2019 a tree has grown within the grave set obscuring the stone. This was cut back in 2025
Behind it there is a foot stone and a broken headstone. Lying within the grave set is the top section of their son Bertie’s headstone and what could be the rest of his headstone lies in front of the east kerb. The burial register records 4 other members of the Poulter family as being buried at this location or very close by as well as wives / children who died later. They have been accounted for by creating a new post AS208a.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of BERTHA EMILY
The beloved wife of ERNEST CHARLES POULTER who died June 26.1897 aged 23 years
Also of ERNEST CHARLES POULTER husband of the above who died May 5 1928 aged 58 years.
‘Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.’
Bertha Emily Poulter (née Edwards) (1873 – 26 June 1897)
Bertha was the daughter of William and Jane Edwards. She grew up on Short Lane, Barton Road in Grantchester and her father worked as a billiard marker. Aged 17 she was living in Ewhurst, Surrey and working as a cook for Edward and Mary Thompson – Edward was a tutor at Christ’s College Cambridge. Bertha married Ernest Poulter in 1896 and they had one son: Bertie Charles (1897-1935). It is believed that she died as a result of complications in childbirth.
Ernest Charles Poulter (1869 – 5 May 1928)
Ernest was the son of Philip and Susan Lettice (née Plumb). Ernest Poulter was baptised at All Saint’s Church on 4 August 1872. His father was a bootmaker and he grew up at 71 Jesus Lane. In 1891 he was living with his widowed mother at 11 Manor Street and was working as a sorting clerk in the Post Office. After he was widowed he moved to live at 15 Park Street with his son, mother and sisters Elizabeth, Anne and Lily. In1911 he was still living at Park Street and had been promoted to an assistant superintendent within the Post Office. By at least 1926 Ernest, his son Bertie and sister Lily had moved to live at 12 Park Road in Bedford. Ernest died there aged 58 years old.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen
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