CFHS code : AG405
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : In Affectionate Remembrance of JULIA the beloved wife of THOMAS REED d July 1868 also of CHASS THOMAS ERRINGTON REED son of CHARLES & EMILY REED and grandson of the above d June 11 1893 aged 2 years and 2 months and of THOMAS REED d Feb 1 1896 aged 84
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202882, 0.137221 –click here for location
Monument
Inscription
Julia Reed (née Holmes) c.1808 – 7 July 1868)
Julia was born in London and married widower Thomas Reed on 23 June 1842 at St. Botolph’s Church, Aldersgate, London. They had one son: Charles Thomas Cambridge (1845-1907) who was born in London in March 1845, and they moved to Cambridge later the same year. Thomas was a jeweller/goldsmith and had a shop at 15 Market Hill. Julia died at Market Hill aged 60 years old.
Charles Thomas Errington Reed (c.April 1891 – 11 June 1893)
Charles was the only son of Charles and Emily (née Wood) and died at Gordon Villa, Station Road aged 2 years and 2 months old.
Emily was Charles’ second wife, his first wife Harriet Ann (née Brewtey) (1848-1890) died in July 1890 and he had married Emily Wood at St. Martin in the Field on 25 January 1891.
Thomas Reed (12 December 1911 – 1 February 1896)
Thomas was the son of grocer Adam Reed and Catharine (née Cholerton) and was baptised at St. Luke’s Church, Finsbury on 5 January 1812. He married Mary Margaret Smith (1809-1837) on 5 October 1836 at St. Olave’s Church, Southwark and they had one son: Alfred(1837-). Mary died when Alfred was five months old and he then married Julia Holmes.
He ran a jewellery shop at 15 Market Hill/Market Place and worked in conjunction with his son Alfred until 1877. Thereafter he appeared to have worked with his other son Charles and the business was called Reed & Son. They sold watches, silver plated cutlery and ivory handled table cutlery. Newspaper adverts made much of his connection to Queen Victoria.
William was a Conservative councillor for the St. Andrew’s ward (1869-1889 onwards) and was made an alderman in 1877. He also represented St. Mary the Great on the Improvement Commissioner’ Board and was a treasurer and member of the Church of England Young Men’s Society. He died of bronchitis at 15 Market Hill, and was taken ill 10 days before his death. His son Charles took over the family business.
Thomas Reed’s brother Benjamin is also buried at Mill Road Cemetery
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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