Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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May 2009 Additions to records

Our busy Research Team, led by Ann Barrett, added detail to 54 of the records on the website in May 2009.

Our busy Research Team, led by Ann Barrett, added detail to 54 of the records on the website in May 2009.

Examples of this months additions include: Funeral of Rev. Father Edward Cahill, Catholic Priest of Ryde; an Obituary for Mrs Emma Fowles, widow of Mr Arthur Wellington Fowles who was a well-known marine artist; wedding details of Mr Frederick Holt and Miss Florence Stainer; details of an accident on the IW Railway at Brading when a young man called William Howe was killed; the marriage of Miss Nora Lees (of Beechlands Ryde) to Mr Clarence Pigou; death notice for Maj-Gen Rooke a Crimea War veteran; plus much more.

To see the full list of files that have been added to please click on the link below.