CFHS code : MC60
Parish : St Michael
Inscription : In Memory of ANN wife of DAVID J SCOTT b Oct 14 1825 d Feb 14 1884 also —-D — SCOTT remainder illegible
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202587, 0.13761662 – click here for location
Monument
Inscription
Ann Scott [nee Beckenden] (14 October 1825 – 14 February 1884)
Ann was born in London. She married David James Scott at St John the Baptist Church, Kentish Town on 5th October 1862. She was a widow at this point, and the marriage documentation records her married name of Ann Barber.
She moved to David’s home town of Cambridge and they had at least three children together: Elizabeth Alice [1863-1946], Emma Mary [1864-1954] and Agnes Sarah [1867-1940]. David was a bankers clerk and they lived at 14 Parker Street [1871], and then 14 Trinity Street [1881]. In the return of 1881 they were living with two bankers clerks [who were boarding with them, presumably as part of their role], a housekeeper and two domestic servants.
Ann Scott died in February 1884 aged 58 years old and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 18th February.
David James Scott (c.1828 – 29 July 1908)
David was the son of David and Sarah Scott and was born in Cambridge. He was baptised on 14th May 1828. His father was college cook at St John’s College and he grew up at Ram’s Yard. By 1851 he was working as a railway clerk and still living at home. By 1861 he was a banker’s clerk and living at home with his widowed mother. He married Ann Barber the following year.
He was widowed aged 56 years old in 1884. In April 1891 he was living at 14 Trinity Street with his eldest daughter Elizabeth Alice. In Autumn 1891 he married Louise Rosalie Moerck [1885-1946] a school headmistress 25 years his junior. By 1901 he had retired and he and Louise were living at Beaconsfield, 50 Glisson Road. He died there in July 1908 aged 80 years old, and was buried at Mill Road on 4th August.
Louise Scott [nee Moerck] died at Chesterton Hospital in 1946 aged 91 years old.
David and Ann’s daughter, son in law and granddaughter are also buried in the St. Michael area of Mill Road Cemetery, but the grave has not yet been found.
Elizabeth Alice Graham (née Scott) (28 February 1863 – 12 November 1946)
Elizabeth lived with her father and married Dr John Graham on 30 November 1899 at St. Mary’s Church, Lambeth. John was a Cambridge graduate and the couple had three children: Marie Pauline Scott (known as Pauline) (1902-1928), Mary Etheldreda Scott (known as Dreda) (1907-1999) and Dr Ian Charles Antony David Paul (1909-1994). They lived at Gwydir House, Mill Road (1911) which was commonly known as ‘the Doctors house’ due to the number of doctors who had lived there. The house was compulsory purchased in 1912 for the very considerable amount of £1.250, in order to widen Gwydir Street. The house was demolished and the Bath House was built on the ground, and opened in 1927. The Graham family moved to Inveruglas House, 22 Park Side (at least 1921 onwards). She died at home aged 83 years old and was buried on 14 November.
Dr John Charles William Graham (21 June 1871 – 1 January 1944)
John was born in London and is thought to have been the illegitimate son of wealthy landowner John Charles William Paul Graham (1842-1898). He was educated at Brighton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1893, and MA in 1901. He later trained at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London and worked as an assistant House Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (1901-1904) – later specialising in Ophthamic Surgery. He served in the 1st World War as a Captain RAMC at the 1st Eastern General Hospital. He died at home aged 72 years old and was described in obituaries as a ‘well known local practitioner’.
Marie Pauline Scott Graham (1902 – 28 January 1929)
Pauline was born in High Wycombe. She attended the Perse School for Girl’s and died at Inveruglas House aged 26 years. Her funeral was held on 29 January at Great St. Mary’s Church. Representatives of the Cambridge Amateur Swimming Club sent a wreath, suggesting perhaps her involvement with simming.
By Claire Martinsen
Source:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
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