CFHS code : AL60
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : MARIE EVA youngest daughter of WALTER and ANNIE S SPILMAN of Kilburn London who fell asleep March 31st 1920 aged 22 also of her brother WALTER GEORGE d March 23rd 1887 also of EDITH PETTY SHARPE eldest sister of the above who fell asleep March 30th 1940 aged 45
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.204044, 0.13762799 – click here for location
Monument
Inscription
Marie Eva Spilman (1897 – 31 March 1920)
Marie was born in Hampstead and was the youngest of Walter and Annie (née Collins) Spilman’s daughters. She grew up at 37 Maygrove, Hampstead and her father worked as a carman (delivery driver). She died in Hampstead aged 23 years old and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery.
Walter George Spilman (1887 – 23 March 1887)
Walter was the eldest child of Walter and Annie Spilman, and died in Cambridge aged just a few weeks old.
Edith Petty Sharpe (née Spilman) (6 October 1894 – 30 March 1940)
Edith was the elder of the two Spilman daughters and was also born in Hampstead. In 1911 she was living at home and working as a waitress and married Arthur Thomas Sharp (1904-1963) on 30 April 1928 at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Hampstead. Arthur was a carpenter and the couple had three children: Betty A A (1928-), Herbert Walter (1931-2002) and Dennis Arthur (1932-1985). The family lived at 10 Osborn Gardens, Mill Hill although when the 1939 registration was taken Edith was staying at her parents’ house. She died in Hampstead aged 45 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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