Parish: Holy Trinity
This grave was not found by CFHS during their survey, and is now thought to be unable to be found
Thomas Willett Hinson (1851 – 7 November 1918)
Known as Tom, he was the eldest son of tailor Robert (1828-1901) and Elizabeth (née Willett) (1828-1895) and was baptised at St. Giles’ Church on 6 July 1851. He grew up at 9 Shelly Row and was a member of the 1st Cambridge Rifle Volunteer Corp. He was dismissed from the Corp in February 1871 for ‘having been convicted, with several prostitutes of using obscene language in the public street, and sentenced by the Borough Justices to 14 days imprisonment with hard labour.
Tom married Jane Eliza Darby (1849-1884) on Christmas Day 1871 at St. Andrew the Less Church. The couple lived at 11 Crispin Street, with Jane’s illegitimate son Alfred (1867-) and Tom worked as a tailor. They later moved to Crispin Passage, where Jane died in November 1884.
Tom married Alice Hines on 24 June 1885 at St. Andrew the Less Church and the couple had nine children: Alice Sissy (1886-1941), May Ethel (1889-1970), Florence Elizabeth (1889-1890), Ellen Maud (1891-1891), Thomas Alfred (known as Alfred) (1891-1879), Unnamed son (1891-1892), Dorothy (1893-1894), Henry (1895-1895) and Maud Beatrice (1901-1988). Tom worked as a tailor, Alice as a tailoress and they lived at Gold Street, Burleigh Street and then Hooper Street (at least 1901 onwards).
In January 1902 Tom and Alice took William Whitmore to court, accusing him of slander. At court their relative solicitors explained it was a family feud ‘arising under unfortunate circumstances because everybody in the case was related to everybody else’. Evidently the families had fallen out under the terms of a will. William Whitmore’s legal team asked to withdraw the case, and that he would pay Tom and Alice the sum of £10 without costs. The Judge agreed saying ‘he hoped the arrangement would bring them together and make them the best of friends’.
In June 1902 Tom was back in court again, accused of assaulting his lodger – Edward Greenwood. Edward told the court that he had been sitting down for supper, when Tom had thrown a loaf of bread at Alice. The loaf went through the window, and Tom had then stuck Edward with two blows to the left eye with his fist. Edward had been dazed and found the front door and then left the house. He went to the doctor who attended to his eye. Tom Hinson was fined £1 and £1 13s, 6d costs.
Tom died at the White Horse pub, Sturton Street and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 13 November.
Alice Hinson (née Hines) (5 March 1863 – 15 March 1946)
Alice was the daughter of William and Emily and grew up at 3 Burleigh Place. Her father was a shoemaker and she married widow Tom Hinson when she was 22 years old. After she was widowed she lived with daughter Alice at Hooper Street. She died aged 83 years old (although newspapers reported that she was 85 years) and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 19 March.
Alice Sissy Hinson (21 September 1886 – February 1941)
Alice (known as Sissy) was the oldest child of Alice and Thomas and was born completely blind. She was baptised on 28 November 1886 at St. Andrew the Less and is believed to have been the only one of the Hinson children to have been baptised. Sissy lived with her parents and died at 29 Union Lane aged 54 years old. Her funeral was held on 6 February 1941.
Several members of the immediate and wider family are also buried at Mill Road Cemetery. Their graves have also not been found.
Jane Eliza (née Darby) Hinson (1849-3 November 1884)
Jane was the daughter of George (1814-1886) and Eliza (née Turner)(1818-1875). George Darby was a boot closer, and she grew up at 47 Park Street. Her son Alfred was born in 1867, and she then married Tom Willett Hinson in December 1871. Jane died at Crispin Passage and was buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of Mill Road Cemetery on 7 November 1884.
Jane’s father George Darby died at East Road in October 1886 and was also buried in the St Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery on 21 October.
The five infant children of Tom and Alice Hinson were also buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery
Florence Elizabeth Hinson (29 July 1889 – 12 July 1890)
Florence was the twin of May Ethel Hinson and died at Burleigh Street. She was buried on 16 July 1890.
Ellen Maud Hinson (c. February 1891 – April 1891)
Ellen died at Gold Street aged 2 months old and was buried on 20 April 1891.
Baby Hinson (5 June 1892 – 7 June 1892)
The baby boy was born on a Sunday and died during the night. An inquest was held at the John Gilpin pub, Gold Street where Tom Hinson and nurse Harriet Faber gave evidence. The jury heard that the boy had been born, and a nurse had not been sent for. The doctor said that he thought the boy had died ‘from suffocation, probably from overlaying. The deceased appeared to have been properly attended’. A verdict of accidental suffocation was returned and the boy was buried on 8 June.
Dorothy Hinson (c.December 1893 – April 1894)
Dorothy died at 20 Burleigh Street aged 4 months and was buried on 14 April.
Henry Hinson (c. April 1895 -1 July 1895)
Henry died at Burleigh Street aged 11 weeks old. Alice told the inquest that he was ‘fairly well’ and that she had taken him to bed one night. She woke at 7am the next day and found him dead in bed. Surgeon Frederick Keene said that during the post mortem he had found Henry in healthy condition, and all the blood vessels were full of blood, but there was no blood to the brain. He concluded that Henry had died of suffocation. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that ‘the child died through being accidently suffocated, with a rider exonerating the parents from any culpability’. Henry’s funeral was held on 3 July 1895.
Alice Hinson’s parents and sister are also buried in the St. Andrew the Less area of the Cemetery
Emily Hines (née Bowyer) (1821 – 5 January 1883)
Emily was born in the village of Brinkley, 15 miles east of Cambridge and baptised there on 28 January 1821. She was the daughter of John and Hannah and worked as a servant in Cambridge before marrying shoe maker William Hines. They had at least six children: Mary Ann (1848-), Eleanor (1851-1923), Harriett (1856-), William (1858-1925), Emily (1859-1864) and Alice. They lived at 3 Burleigh place from at least 1861 onwards, where Emily died aged 62 years old.
William complained about her medical treatment, which was covered extensively in local papers of the time. She had been ill with a bad hip, and had got worse, so William had gone to the local doctor (Mr Knowles) to ask for him to come and see her. The doctor was not at home, and he was asked for his name to be left for the doctor. The next day the doctor still hadn’t called on Emily, so daughter Alice was sent to request that he came. Alice told the doctor that her mother was ‘very bad’ with her leg, and Mr Knowles told her he couldn’t do anything but would come in the morning. The doctor still didn’t come and three days after fallling ill Emily died. The inquest found she had died of ‘disease of the heart and lungs’ adding that they were of the opinion that Mr Knowles had neglected his duty by not calling. Mr Knowles wrote a long letter of reply to the accusations saying that he had been busy but also had no idea that the situation was worse than just leg pain. He also stated that if Alice had explained the situation in more detail then he might have come earlier. The Board of Guardians considered the matter further in February 1883 and decided that Mr Knowles should have sent his deputy. The Guardians also remarked ‘no guardian could imagine for a moment the trouble which a medical officer had with the poor. They were far more exacting than well-to-do people’. They did not think that Mr Knowles had wilfully neglected his duty.
Emily was buried at Mill Road on 10 January 1883.
Emily Hines (1859- 26 December 1864)
Emily died at Burleigh Place aged 5 years old and was buried on New Year’s Eve 1864. She died of burns, caused by falling into a fire. Her mother had gone out for a few minutes and left elder sister 8-year-old Harriett looking after the three younger siblings. Harriett had gone upstairs momentarily and Emily had fallen into the grate. The wounds were covered with linseed oil andlimewater and Mr Knowles the doctor had called the next day. Emily died two days later, and the inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Mr Knowles said he believed she had died from the severe shock to her system of the burns.
William Hines (1821 – March 1904)
William was born in Outwell, near Kings Lynn. After he was widowed he continued to live at 3 Burleigh Place and worked from home. He died at Mill Road Workhouse/Infirmary and was buried on 26 March 1904.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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