CFHS code : AS1
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : In Loving Memory of my dearest husband WILLIAM T SMOOTHY d Dec 8th 1942
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203377, 0.13769844 – click here for location
Monument
These kerbstones, located in the parish of All Saints, lie on the north corner of the central path and the north path. There is a break in the north kerb where a self set tree has grown. The carved inscription is now hard to read.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of my dearest husband WILLIAM T SMOOTHY d Dec 8th 1942
William Taylor Smoothy (21 March 1870 – 8 December 1942)
William was the son of Charles and Mary Smoothy and was baptised on 3 July 1870. He grew up at 13 King Street and his father worked as a greengrocer. Aged 21 William was living at home and working as a gardener. He married Sarah Butler (1867-1959) on 6 September 1899 and they had at least two children; Phyllis Gwendoline Mary (1900-1976) and Malcolm Taylor (1907-1986).
Later William worked as a greengrocer and the family lived at 8 Malcolm Street (1911). From at least 1916 to 1939 he was running a Lodging House from 8 Malcolm Street. He is believed to have died in London.
Source:
Ancestry
by Claire Martinsen
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