CFHS code : AL353
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : To dear Mum To one ever thinking of others rarely of herself ELEANOR MAUD ROSE wife of HENRY ROSE d 9 April 1943 aged 76 also HENRY JAMES ROSE d 11 Aug 1978 aged 79
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This set of kerb stones with small ledger are located roughly 12 rows east of the central path in the parish of St Andrew the Less. The carved inscription for Harry is still clear but mostly overgrown. The inscription for Eleanor is less clear as it has been exposed to the weather.
Inscription
Ledger
To dear Mum
north kerb
To one ever thinking of others rarely of herself ELEANOR MAUD ROSE wife of HENRY ROSE d 9 April 1943 aged 76
south kerb
Also HENRY JAMES ROSE who died 11 Aug 1978 aged 79
Eleanor Maud Rose (née Davidson) (19 May 1866 – 9 April 1943)
Eleanor was born in Dersingham, Norfolk and was the daughter of Arthur and Susannah. She worked as a chambermaid at the University Arms Hotel for the Hewitt sisters (1881)and then as a general servant at 55 Chesterton Road,. Eleanor married Henry (known as Harry) Rose (1868-1932) on 23 May 1896 at St. Andrew the Less Church and they had two children: Dorothy Ellen (1897-1918) and Henry (Harry) James (1898-1978). Harry was a domestic coachman and they lived at 27 Brunswick Place (1901) and Upwater Cottage, Upwater, Chaucer Road (at least 1911-1932). Harry died in 1932 and Eleanor then moved to live at 33 South Street with her son Harry, who worked as a printer’s reader. She died at home aged 76 years old.
Henry (Harry) James Rose (30 September 1898 – 11 August 1978)
Harry lived with his mother at South Street and was still living there in 1964.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen and Mary Naylor
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