Laura Dewsbury
1885-1972

Laura Dewsbury was one of the children of Henry James Dewsbury, a publican and miller of Little Thetford and his wife Mahalah Randall.

Laura married Owen Yarrow and the couple are believed to have had several children but few of them survived. There are certainly a few infant burials in Little Thetford around the time of Laura's surviving children but there's no firm evidence as yet.

Owen enlisted with the 5th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment and in his absence, Laura mothered a son, Alfred, by another man. Alfred was brought up as a Yarrow. Like Owen, Alfred was killed at war.

Laura died in 1972 and was buried alone in Little Thetford cemetery.

Details

Born:
1885, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.

Married

Children

Died
31st December 1972, aged 87 years.

Buried
Little Thetford Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.