CFHS code : HS37
Parish : Holy Sepulchre
Inscription : In Loving Memory of CHARLES PRANGNELL d April 25th 1916 age 65 also ANN PRANGNELL d Feb 14th 1929 age 76
Monument : Kerb stones/Flowerholder
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202308, 0.13766174 – click here for location
Monument
These kerb stones are located ten rows east of the central path in the parish of Holy Sepulchre. At least one corner post is displaced but the flower holder is still within the grave set. As it was hidden under ivy for several years many of the metal letters are missing and parts of the inscription only just legible.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of CHARLES PRANGNELL who passed over April 25th 1916 aged 65
also ANN PRANGNELL who passed over Feb 14th 1929 age 76
“At Rest”
Charles Dyer Prangnell (1851 – 25 April 1916)
Charles was born in Newport, Isle of Wight and was the son of baker James Prangnell and his wife Fanny. He married Ann Bessant on the Island in the summer of 1881 when he was 30 years old. They had three children: Clara Louisa (1884-1898), Annie Sarah )1886-1973) and another child who died as an infant. In 1891 they were living at 3 Tennyson Road, Isle of Wight and Charles was working as an engine driver. No census records can be found for 1901, but by 1911 Charles and Ann were living in Cambridge at 33 Vinery Road. In 1911 Charles was working in the cement works as a ‘cement tester’ and Ann was also working at the cement works. He died in Cambridge aged 65 years old.
Ann Prangnell (nee Bessant) (1853 – 14 February 1929)
Ann is thought to have been the daughter of Edward and Sarah Bessant. She was born in Newbridge, Hampshire where Edward Bessant worked as an agricultural worker. She married Charles Prangnell when she was around 28 years old. When Ann died she was living at 33 Vinery Road, Cambridge.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen