CFHS code : AL451
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Affectionate Remembrance of George HENRY WILTSHIRE d [1870] also of ALFRED his infant son remainder illegible
Monument : Stone cross (broken)
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This tall plinth located in the parish of Andrew the Less stands two rows east of the central path not far from the central circle. The cross has been removed. The inscriptions are barely legible.
Inscription
In Affectionate Remembrance of GEORGE HENRY WILTSHIRE who died [January 24th 1870].
Also of ALFRED his infant son
remainder illegible
George Henry Wiltshire (d 1870)
George was probably born in Gloucestershire, the son of George and Mary Ann Wiltshire. He became a stonemason like his father.
On June 26th 1865 George married Mary Ann Smith at All Saint’s Church in Cambridge. They had three children: Henry (b 1867), Laura Mary (b 1868) and Alfred (b 1870).
He died on January 24th at the family home “Dover Cottage” on East Road and was buried on the 29th aged 30. The announcement in the Cambridge Independent commented “Deservedly esteemed by all who knew him.”
After the death of her husband and newborn baby Mary Ann moved to 27 Regent Street where she ran a lodging house, In 1881 she was living with her mother Mary Ann Smith and running a fancy goods shop at 8 Rose Crescent and was still there, listed as as a lodging house keeper, for the next 30 years. by 1921 she was living with her daughter Laura in at the rectory in Kelshall and died in Barrington in 1928 aged 90.
Her son Harry died in 1989 aged 22 and could be buried here but the inscriptions are too eroded.
Her daughter Laura married clergyman Edward Bickersteth Birks. They are buried in the parish of Holy Trinity.
Alfred Wilshire (d 1870)
Alfred was born three months after his father’s death on May 7th and privately baptised the same day. He was 3 days old when he was buried on May 10th.
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by Mary Naylor
Sources
CFHS Transcripts of parish records
Family Search
British newspaper archives online