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Cornwell memorial, Horseheath (RGL2024)Providence (Prospect) House, Horseheath
Providence House, Horsehealth
Stuart Miller, 2011, published on-line a list of old and new names in Horseheath. He related Prospect House (1871) and providence to The White House (next tot he Post office).
This would place Providence House in the vicinity of Cornish Close in 2024, considering at the nearest house to the Post office in 1885, just to the north.
OS 1885 Horseheath
1851 Horseheath Street
David Cornell [Cornwell], 27, shopkeeper, b Keddington Suffolk
Betsey, 26, b Keddington Suffolk
Ellen, visitor, 16, assistant, b Keddington Suffolk
1855 Cambridge Chronicle 28th July: Daniel Homes, George Groves and JohnGroves charged with stealing eight pairs of cotton trousers and other property from house of David Cornwell. verdict of guilty; 18 months imprisonment with hard labour.
1861 no.9 Church Street
David Cornwell, 37, grocer storekeeper …., b Kedington Suffolk
Betsey, 35, b Kedinton Suffolk
Edward Frederick, 9, b Horseheath
Alfred Joseph, 8, b Horseheath
Jabez, 6, b Horseheath
Agnes, 5, b Horseheath
David James, 2, b Horseheath
Mary Cornwell, visitor, 63, b Suffolk
Mary Ann Myint, 16, nurse girl, b West Wickham
1871 Prospect House
David Cornwell, 47, general dealer, b Kedington Suffolk
Betsy, 45, b Kedington Suffolk
Edwin Frederick, 19, general dealer, b Horseheath
Jabez Joseph, 16, general dealer, b Horseheath
Agnes Mary, 13, b Horseheath
David James, 11, b Horseheath
1881 Providence House
David Cornwell, 57, grocer and draper, b Suffolk
Betsy, 55, b Suffolk
Agnes Mary, 25, b Horseheath
Eunice Martha, 19, b Horseheath
1882 Cambridge Independent, 1st July.
Gospel Temperance Blue Ribbon Army visited Horseheath where they were met by Mr D Cornwell and several friends from Linton.
In 1891 the Cornwells were living in an unnumbered house in Victoria Road, Cambridge
In 1901 David Cornwell was living in 34 Montague Road, Cambridge
The last date on the Cornwell memorial in Horseheath church graveyard is dated 1870. However, it says of David and Betsey that they are late of Horseheath. So it can be assumed that the memorial was put up when they moved to Cambridge, certainly by 1891.
On it are listed nine children who died in infancy:
David, b & d 1847
David Ewin, b & d 1850
Jane E, b 1851 d 1853
Alice C, b 1857 d 1858
Esther H, b 1859 d 1860
Alice E, b 1862 d 1863
Frank H, b 1864 d 1865
Kate M, b 1866 d 1866
Rosetta G, b 1870 d 1870
Of fifteen children, six survived into adulthood.
Edwin Frederick 1852-1918
Alfred Joseph 1853-1936
Jabez Joseph 1854-1934
Agnes Mary 1855-1921; married John Cowling in Linton 1882.
David James, 1858-1936
Eunice Martha, 1861-1946
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