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Ryde Cemetery

Ada Catharine Fielder King

Forenames: Ada Catharine Fielder
Surnames: King
Burial Date: 15/08/1905
Age at Death Years: 55
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 021 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plots 160 - 162
Grave Description: Triple plot with large three tiered plinth on stone base, with lead lettering, topped with plain cross. This memorial is in the south west corner of the large family plot. Square stone tablet with raised lettering and raised cross motif in centre, leaning against plinth. Surrounding plain kerbstones with 6 post holes and remains of 3 posts on south side.

Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Ivy covered memorial, grave covered in weeds and primroses - May 2008

No longer overgrown, additional inscription added. North kerb is leaning outwards and no railings found - June 2019

Other Information: Although not mentioned on the memorial, also interred in this plot Ada King (1905), source: Bereavement Services records

King & Richards June 2019 Photo by Kate MacDonell

Inscription:

Top Tier
IN MEMORY OF
CATHARINE ELIZABETH
RICHARDS

Middle Tier
WIDOW OF THE REVD R G RICHARDS,
LATE VICAR OF HAMBLEDON, HANTS
SHE DIED APRIL 30, 1870, AGED 80 YEARS.
R.I.P.

Bottom Tier
AND OF GEORGINA MARIA, DAUGHTER OF
THE REVD R G RICHARDS, AND OF CATHARINE HIS WIFE,
AT REST, OCTOBER 22. 1912. AGED 85.
"FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"

Stone Tablet
TO THE LOVED MEMORY OF
F.C.R.
AT REST OCT. 29 1893.
JESU MERCY.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Richards & King June 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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