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27 (14) Owlstone Road, Newnham
History of 27 Owlstone Road
For explanation of the numbering issues in this road see Owlstone Road
1911 (14)
Charles William Lingwood
1913 (14)
Emil Saraoja
SC sent these notes in 2023: I am dong some research into a Finnish family who were living in Owlstone Road in 1912. The wife, Edith Irene Saraoja, died in that year aged 37, and is buried in Histon Road Cemetery, with a very handsome Finnish art nouveau style headstone. Her husband Emil, an engineering teacher from Helsinki, wrote a letter to the Helsinki newspaper the next year with a printed letterheading giving the address as 14 Owlstone Road — the address at which Edith’s death is registered in the Histon Road Cemetery archive.
14 Owlstone Road, Emil Saraoja
The letter is a covering note for an article about the British suffragette movement which he was submitting to the the Helsingin Sanomat, the main Finnish newspaper. He was the leader of the Helsinki congregation of the Free Church of Finland, but he admitted that he was surprised to find himself sympathetic to the suffragist cause.
Edith Saraoja memorial, Histon Road cemetery
The inscription on the memorial is:
NUKKUOS RAUHASSA
ALLA VIERAHAN TURPEEN
KUNNEKKA JOUDUMME
KAUTTA AIKOJEN MURHEEN
YHTEHEN TAAS TAIVAHAN MAASS
SLEEP IN PEACE UNDER THE FOREIGN TURF UNTIL WE HAVE TO FACE THE SORROW OF THE AGES TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE LAND OF HEAVEN
SC will be writing an article about Edith for the Histon Road Cemetery Newsletter. He notes:
Edith Irene Saraoja, born Liljeström on 25 September 1874 in Kytö, Tammela, Finland. The announcement of her death in the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper on 16 May 1912 gave her age at her death as 37 years, 7 months and 6 days [thanks to Sofia Singler], which makes the day 2 May. Married to Gustaf Emil Saraoja (Saxbäck) (1870–1954) in 1897. He was an engineer, teaching at the Helsinki Polytechnic and later the Technical School, becoming professor in 1935. He was leader of the Helsinki congregation of the Free Church of Finland. [geni.com] The following year Emil sent an article on the British suffragette movement (in favour, to his initial surprise) to Helsingin Sanomat with a covering letter which has survived.
1962
Lawrence J Gooby
1970
Herbert Gossop
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