CFHS code : PL41
Parish : St Paul
Inscription : In Loving Memory of HORACE FITZJOHN the dearly loved son of HENRY & CATHARINE STEVENS b March 24 1883 d Jan 11 1887 also CHARLES FITZJOHN STEVENS b March 12 1885 d Nov 4 1889
Monument : Stone cross (base only)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This plinth, located in the parish area of St Paul, stands in dense undergrowth close to the south wall roughly 28 rows east from the mill Road entrance. (The Commonwealth War Grave Commission often clear the monument 1 row to the east Geldard PL31) The inscriptions are of metal letters and mostly intact for Horace but that for Charles has many missing letters.
Inscription
west face
In Loving Memory of HORACE FITZJOHN the dearly loved son of HENRY & CATHARINE STEVENS born March 24 1883 died Jan 11 1887 .
Our treasure is in Heaven
Also CHARLES FITZJOHN STEVENS born March 12 1885
died Nov 4 1889 (this part of the inscription now below ground level)
Catherine sister of
Related monument – PL40 which stands next to this one.
Horace Fitzjohn Stevens (1883-1887)
Horace was the eldest son of Henry and Catherine (née Fitzjohn) Stevens. He died aged 3 years old at 26 Emery Street.
Charles Fitzjohn Stevens (1885-1889)
Charles was the second son of Henry and Catherine. He also died aged 4 years old at 26 Emery Street.
Their parents and younger brother Sidney are buried in the St. Andrew the Great area of the cemetery.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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