CFHS code : AL209
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Loving Memory of our dear mother EMILY the beloved wife of WILLIAM TAYLOR d April 28 1897 aged 55
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone stand alongside the southern north wall that runs along the edge of the Gwydir St industrial estate. It is 4 monuments from the corner it is often hidden under bramble. The carved top has a small cross inserted under which is the carved inscription, which is badly eroded but still mostly legible.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of our dear mother EMILY the beloved wife of WILLIAM TAYLOR.
Who fell asleep in Jesus April 28th 1897 aged 55 years
She hath done what she could
Emily Taylor (née Pink) (1842 – 28 April 1897)
Emily was the daughter of William and Naomi (née Wilkin) and grew up at Coldham’s Lane. William Pink was a labourer who died in 1859. Emily married William Taylor (1835-) in 1860 and they had at least eleven children: William (1862-), Emily (1864-), Martha (1866-1938), Frederick (1868-1939), Ellen (1871-), Alfred (1871-1871), George (1874-), Edward John (1875-1950), Alfred (1876-1934), Clara (1878-), John Henry (1881-) and Louisa (1884-1951). William was a baker and the family lived at 6 New Streeet (1861), 2 Broad Street (1871), Staffordshire Street (1881/1891). Emily died at 6 Staffordshire Street aged 54 years old (although the grave monument states 55 years).
Emily’s sister Naomi is also buried at Mill Road Cemetery
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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