Monument to Arthur Kenneth Bromley, All Saints Maidenhead Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.
"To the Memory of Arthur Kenneth dearly loved third son of Arthur A & Kate L Bromley."
Arthur Kenneth Bromley was born in Maidenhead Berkshire in August 1902 to Arthur Ashby Bromley, a baker and confectioner, and his wife Kate Louise Mills. Sadly, Arthur Kenneth was to pass away in 1904.
At the time of Arthur Kenneth's death most of Berkshire was in the grip of a measles epidemic. Many young children lost their lives. However young Arthur was to die from Diphtheria.
Arthur Ashby and his family lived at 33-37 Bridge Street in Maidenhead, Berkshire where they ran a bakery, confectionary shop, corn dealership and a post office. Sadly, the building no longer exists.
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| A.A. Bromley and Staff c1905 |
Arthur and Kate had five children together, four who survived into adulthood, Ashby Donald, Collis Norman, Olive Kathleen, and Edith Joyce.
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| A.A. Bromley 33-37 Bridge Street, Maidenhead c1930 At this time run by Ashby Donald and Collis Norman Bromley |
On Wednesday 7th December 1904, the Maidenhead Advertiser printed the following announcement:
"Deaths
Bromley - On 2nd December, Arthur Kenneth Bromley, the much-loved youngest child of Arthur A. and Kate L. Bromley."
I suppose they were fortunate that more of their children didn't succumb to the measles.
ReplyDeleteI've always been fascinated with the names people choose for their children. I assume Collis and Ashby were family names and I will admit that I've never liked the name Arthur (I have a friend with a 20 y/o son named that and Ive always wondered 'why'?) but now, seeing it come up as a choice for baby Cambridge, I'm beginning to sort of like it.
Collis and Ashby were maiden names from further back in the family. I have noticed that a lot of the older names are coming back into favour now.
DeleteLooks like theheadstone has sunk a bit
ReplyDeleteNo, that's the actual size. It seems common in this particular cemetery that children and smaller markers.
DeletePoor little thing. It's nice that it's still very clear (despite the ivy). :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on Taphophile Tragics!
Arthur Ashby Bromley was my Grandfather and Kenneth would have been my uncle. Born in 1947 I was never to meet him but my Aunt Olive always said that his death had a profound impact on the family, although I don't know how he died. "AA" and Kate went on to have two further children, both girls; Olive Kathleen, born in 1906 and Edythe Joyce, my mother, born 1910. All very old names now. The names Collis and Ashby were Arthur's grandmother's maiden names. The shop, actually two shops 35-37, was purchased in the mid 1800s and eventually sold for redevelopment somewhere around the 1980s.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for a lovely photo. I lived in Maidenhead until I was 7 but have never visited this grave and am now moved to do so.
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DeleteI am not certain that little Arthur died of measles, but I do know that it was a rather large epidemic at the time in Maidenhead and usually the old or very young succumbed.
I do hope that you are able to visit the grave, it is in a very peaceful area of the cemetery.