Monument to Louisa Cannon, St James the Less Churchyard, Stubbings, Burchett's Green, Maidenhead Berkshire.
"Sacred to the memory of Louisa Cannon
Who died May 14th 1868 in the 17th year of her age.
~ We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be cherished ~"
Louisa was born in 1851 to Henry Cannon, a basket maker and his wife Ann Green. They lived in an area known as Maidenhead Thicket, once a haunt of highway men and a rumoured stop off point of Dick Turpin.
Louisa can be found on the 1861 Census living with her parents and sister Ellen at Pinkney's Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Sadly, Louisa passed away at the age of 17 on 14th May 1868. Her gravestone, covered in algae, rests in a small village churchyard not far from where she and her family used to live. A young life cut tragically short. In 1872 Louisa's mother Ann would pass away in 1872, she rests in the churchyard.
After the death if his daughter and wife, Henry can be found living with his son-in-law Charles William Allin and daughter Ellen in Highway Lane, Pinkney's Green, Maidenhead, until his death in 1884.
The final member of the Cannon family, Ellen, was to pass away in Maidenhead in 1929.
The final member of the Cannon family, Ellen, was to pass away in Maidenhead in 1929.
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