CFHS code : CL54
Parish : St Clement
Inscription : MARY ANN ROGERS aged 55 Sept 29 1871 EDWARD ROGERS aged 44 Dec 27 1856
Monument : Stone cross (base only)
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202406, 0.13820793 – click here for location
Monument
This broken plinth with missing cross stands roughly 7 rows west of the east path towards the south border of the parish of St Clements.. Most of the inscription is now below ground level or badly eroded. We were only able to find 1 date ‘Sept 29 1871’ which was located on the north face
Inscription
MARY ANN ROGERS aged 55 Sept 29 1871
EDWARD ROGERS aged 44 Dec 27 1856
Mary Ann Rogers (née Kittridge) (c.1816 – 29 September 1871)
Mary was born in Cambridge and was most likely the eldest child of Edward & Mary. When she was born Edward was a carpenter but also became a publican. Mary died in 1833. Edward and his 2nd wife Mercy, ran the Ninepins* public house in Thompson’s Lane. After his death in 1850 Mercy ran the pub until at least 1871.
Mary Ann married boot maker Edward Rogers at St Clement’s church on March 9th 1847. They lived at Quayside (1851) at various numbers but probably the same house in Thompson’s Lane (at least 1856 onwards). The couple had four children: Mary Ann Elizabeth (1847-1926), William (1849-1897), Alfred (1852-1933) and Edward (1857-1926) – youngest son Edward was born in April 1857, four months after his father’s death. After she was widowed Mary was documented as a schoolmistress (1861) but had stopped working by the time the 1871 census was taken. She died at Thompson’s Lane and her funeral was held on 4 October.
Edward Rogers (1812 – 27 December 1856)
Edward is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Mary Rogers as he was baptised on 10 October 1813, and no father’s name was given on the baptism records. At his marriage he gives his father’s name as John – a waterman.
He died at Thompson’s Lane aged 44 years old.
Edward and Mary’s son and daughter in law are also recorded as being buried in the St. Clement’s part of Mill Road Cemetery and may have been buried in the same grave.
William Rogers (1849 – May 1897)
William was baptised at St. Clement’s Church on 29 June 1856, when he was 7 years old. He worked as a compositor/printer and lived with his mother until her death. In 1881 he was lodging with the Barker family at 1 Trafalgar Street and married Amelia Knowles on 8 October 1888 at St. Luke’s Church, Victoria Road. They had one son: Arthur William (1890-1976) and lived at 23 Alpha Road. William died at home and his funeral was held on 8 May.
Amelia Rogers (née Knowles) (1858 – June 1927)
Amelia was the only daughter of Daniel (1820-1869) and Mary (née Chappell)(1821-) and was baptised on 14 November 1858 at St. Mary the Great Church. Daniel Knowles was a hatter and she grew up at 32 Falcoln Yard. She worked as a shop assistant before her marriage to William Rogers and after she was widowed took in lodgers at Alpha Road (1901). By at least 1911 she had moved to live at 12 Garden Walk and died in June 1927 aged c.68 years old.
Related Monuments
nephews of Mary Ann kittridge
Half brother of Mary Ann John Kittridge
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
*To find out more about the Ninepins visit https://capturingcambridge.org/centre/thompsons-lane/3-thompsons-lane-the-nine-pins/
by Claire Martinsen and Mary Naylor
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