CFHS code : AS217
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of WILLIAM JAMES ROWNEY d Dec 18th 1939 aged 53
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This set of kerbstones, with flower holder, located in the parish of All Saints, lie roughly 7 rows from the central path and 4 plots to the south of the north path. The inscription of metal letters is intact but the kerbstone that bears it has fallen. This area is usually left to grow wild and the monument is often hidden by vegetation.
Inscription
north kerb
In Loving Memory of WILLIAM JAMES ROWNEY who passed away Dec 18th 1939 aged 53 years
east kerb
Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knows not what a day may bring forth
William James Rowney (29 April 1886 – 18 December 1939)
James was the son of William and Sarah and grew up at 6 Park Street (1891) and 3a Derby Street in Grantchester (1901). His father was a printer and musician and William became a stonemason. In 1911 he was lodging at 20 Eden Street and married Emma Woollard (1887-1986) the following year. They lived at 21 Stockwell Street and had three children: Veronica Muriel Hilda (1916-2003), Eric William Charles (1920-1954) and Roy John (1922-1991).
William died at home after what was said to be very sudden and ‘after a short illness’. He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 22 December. He was said to be a well known stonemason and worked for Coulson and Son, masonry works.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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