CFHS code : PL193 grave register row 14 (from the west wall, plot 54 (from the north border of the parish)
Parish : St Paul
Inscription : In Memory of ALICE ETHELDREDA TRAYLEN b March 6 1814 d June 26 1875 also of SOPHIE TRAYLEN born June 26 1820 died March 17 1900
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone is one of a pair that mark the graves of the Traylen family. It stands just north of the south path and about 5 rows from the west path in the parish of St Paul’s. The east facing inscription is still legible, but at in 1924 was hidden by ivy & bramble.
It is known from the grave register that Samuel and Sophia were buried here before their daughters. According to the grave register Alice is in fact buried in the grave plot 1 space to the north with Christopher, Catherine and Sophia – possibly her uncle, aunt and cousin.
Inscription
In Memory of ALICE ETHELDREDA TRAYLEN born March 6 1814 died June 26 1875
Also of SOPHIA TRAYLEN born June 26 1820 died March 17 1900
Relationship: Parents Samuel and Sophie and their daughters Alice and Sophie
Samuel Traylen (c1785 – 1858)
Samuel was born in Little Thurlow Suffolk and most likely to have been the son of Joseph and Ethelred Traylen. He married Sophia Mitchel at St Mary the Less Cambridge on December 8th 1813. A Christopher Traylen was a witness at their wedding, as well as Sophia’s sister Mary and brother Edward. They lived in Trumpington St where Samuel was described as a scribe (1814). By 1824 he was working as a butler for Peterhouse.College. By 1841 they were living in Silver St and eventually moved to 36 Union Road and Samuel was now working as a Accountants Clerk .
Samuel died in on October 1st 1858 at 7 Coronation St aged 73. The announcement in the Cambridge Independent Press stated that he was clerk to Christopher Pemberton esq. for 50 years. So he may always have been clerk even when working as a butler.
Sophia Traylen née Mitchel (c1785 – 1869) Spelled with only 1 L in early records
Sophia was the daughter of William and Alice Mitchel. She was baptised at St Mary The Less Cambridge on May 13th 1789 but may have been born a few years earlier as she was reported as 84 when she died. She bore at least 7 children, Alice Etheldreda (1814), Samuel (1816), Sophia (1817), Frances (1822), Laura (1823), Harriet (1825 – 1826) and Henry (1830 – 1862)
Alice Ethelreda Traylen (6 March 1814 – 26 June 1875)
Alice was the eldest daughter of Samuel and Sophia (née Mitchel) Traylen. She was baptised on 15 August 1814 at St. Mary the Less Church and grew up at Union Road (1851). Alice and her sisters Sophie and Laura then moved to live with their mother at 18 George [IV] Street (1861). Alice was documented as a governess, and Sophie as an assistant governess. They later moved to live at 21 Panton Street, where Sophia Traylen died in October 1869. Alice died at Panton Street of bronchitis and was said to be ‘esteemed and respected by all who knew her’.
Sophia Traylen (26 June 1820 – 17 March 1900)
Sophia was the second daughter of Samuel and Sophia and was baptised on 13 August 1818 at St. Mary the Less Church (NB- this means the date of birth used on the grave monument is incorrect). After her sister Alice’s death she moved to live at 45 Coronation Street (1880-) and in 1881 was documented as being a school mistress. She died at 1 St. Paul’s Almshouses aged 79 years old.
Samuel Traylen (1816 – 13/11/1864) we know from the grave register that Samuel was buried in this row, a few plots to the north. We have not found a grave monument.
Samuel was the son of Samuel and Sophia. In 1841 he was still living with his parents and siblings in Silver St. He became a clerk and worked for many years for the corn & coal merchants Cumings and Hazard ML30. He married Rebecca Payne on April 2nd 1843.They lived in Regent St (1851) before moving to 33 Panton St (1861)..
Samuel died in Panton St at the age of 49 . From the announcement in the paper we learn that he died “after a long and painful illness born with Christian fortitude and resignation”.
Laura Traylen (c1823- 1865)
A Laura Traylen is buried in row 15 she died in Russell St on December 16th and was buried on December 21st. Although the grave register and burial register record her first name as Louisa the newspaper records it as Laura. She was 40 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
CHFHS transcripts of parish records
Sy Paul’s parish grave record
by Claire Martinsen Mary Naylor added some information on the early Traylers and graves with no monuments
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