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Re: Charlotte Pooley Born 1857 (?) - Please help me find this mysterious lady
« Reply #27 on: Tuesday 10 October 17 20:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you Rosemary.  Yes, I have a copy of David Kennedy's article on the Pooleys.  One of the several items new to me was Thomas, his wife and  Alexander Gopsell Pooley are all buried at Highgate Cemetery.  A very colourful character.
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Re: Charlotte Pooley Born 1857 (?) - Please help me find this mysterious lady
« Reply #28 on: Wednesday 11 October 17 12:00 BST (UK) »
Good luck with your search. I'll keep my eyes open for you.

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Re: Charlotte Pooley Born 1857 (?) - Please help me find this mysterious lady
« Reply #29 on: Tuesday 04 May 21 18:51 BST (UK) »
Hello, 

Eliza Pooley is buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge.  She died at Brunswick Place aged 53 years old.

CFHS code : AL395

Parish : St Andrew the Less

Inscription : ELIZA wife of ALEXANDER GOPSELL POOLEY d at Cambridge October 10th 1879 aged 53

Monument : Cruciform Coped stone

Above amended information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey

Monument


The monument in April 2021.
This cruciform coped stone in the parish of St Andrew the Less is just south of the north path and roughly 6 rows east of the central path. The carved inscription on the north side is still legible.

Inscription

ELIZA wife of ALEXANDER GOPSELL POOLEY died at Cambridge October 10th 1879 aged 53 years

[her life story can be read on the Mill Road Cemetery website]


[If you have any further information about this family, please contact us at Friendsofmillroadcemetery@gmail.com]