CFHS code : AL404
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of JAMES SALISBURY d 6 Sep 1905 age 70 also ANN SALISBURY his wife d 23 Nov 1922 age 79 also FREDERIC JAMES SALISBURY son of the above d 4 Sep 1905 age 37
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This well preserved headstone with a very clear inscription stands 2 rows east of the central path and close to the north path in the parish of St Andrew the Less. It is behind one of the large yew trees that line the path.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of JAMES SALISBURY who fell asleep Sep. 6. 1905. Aged 70 years.
Also ANN SALISBURY wife of the above died Nov. 23. 1922. Aged 79 years.
FREDERIC JAMES SALISBURY son of the above died Sep. 4. 1905. Aged 37 years.
James Salisbury (1835 – 6 September 1905)
James was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Salisbury and grew up on Gold Street, where his father was a tailor. By the age of 16, James was an apprentice to his father. He later moved with his parents to 105 Fitzroy Street, where both father and son were tailors (1861). He married Ann in 1866 and they had two children: Frederic James (1868-1905) and another who died as an infant. Whilst James was a tailor, Ann was a dressmaker and they lived at 59 Eden Street (1871) before moving back to 105 Fitzroy Street (at least 1881 onwards). James died at home aged 70 – it is possible that the sudden death of his son 2 days before hastened his own death. His funeral was held on 9 September.
nn Salisbury (née Hunt) (1843 – 23 November 1922)
Ann was born and raised in Burwell, the daughter of Charles and Mary Ann. Her father was an innkeeper and plumber and aged 18 Ann was working as a dressmaker. After she was widowed, she lived at 4 Church Street, with her granddaughter Ethel (1911) and died at home.
Frederic James Salisbury (1868 – 4 September1905)
Frederic was the son of James and Ann and trained as a tailor. He married Ann (known as Annie) Newman (1868-1922) in 1889 and they had at least five children: Cecil Osborne (1889-1949), Gladys May (1891-), Jessie (1892-1973), Ethel Constance (1894-1977) and Percy James (1900-1961). In 1891 Frederic was working as a hosier’s assistant and the family were living at 13 City Road. By 1901 they had moved to 4 Church Street, and he was noted on the census of that year as being a tailor’s cutter.
He died at home and because his death was very sudden an inquest was held. A verdict of death by natural causes was confirmed although it was suggested that his heard disease may have been caused by heavy drinking and his inflamed throat by heavy smoking. The surgeon told the inquest ‘In the state deceased was, he might have died at any moment’. He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 7 September 1905.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
British Newspaper Archive
by Claire Martinsen
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