CFHS code : HT384b
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : In Loving Memory of my dear husband ARTHUR RAYNER d Jan 15 1921 aged 44 also of VIOLET ELSIE youngest daughter of above d May 30th 1917 aged 9
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
Arthur Rayner (1876 – 15 January 1921)
Arthur was the son of William and Susan (née Yaxley) and grew up at 6 Carter’s Yard, Castle Street (1881) and 1 Gloucester Passage (1891). His father was a bricklayer’s labourer and aged 14 Arthur was working as an errand boy. He married Fanny Elizabeth Cooper in 1901 and by that time he was working as a boatman/boat builder. The couple had two children: Emily Elizabeth (1901-1966) and Violet Elsie (1908-1917). They started married life at 7 Salmon Lane (1901), and then lived Robinson Crusoe Island, Sheep’s Green (1911) where he worked for Sarah Dolby. He served as a Private with the Labour Corps in the 1st World War and then returned to live at Robinson Crusoe Island where he died aged 44 years old.
Violet Elsie Rayner (1908 – 30 May 1917)
Violet was the younger daughter of Arthur and Fanny. She died at Robinson Crusoe Island aged 9 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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