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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Ryde Cemetery

Child Ida Bertha Christina Morris

Title: Child
Forenames: Ida Bertha Christina
Surnames: Morris
Date of Death: 09/02/1877
Burial Date: 11/02/1877
Age at Death Years: 5
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 023A A3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section I Plot 1428
Grave Description: Tiered shouldered Celtic cross
Grave Condition Description: Cross broken off and lying at side, lichen advancing, very worn text.
Other Information: Ann amended date on 30/10/2008, source: death, burial and newspaper records.

Information taken from the Minute Books of the Ryde Burial Board, and Cemetery Committee May 1877:
Inscription for Harry Morris: Resting in Christ, Harry Morris, late chorister of St Michaels who fortified by the last sacrament of the church fell asleep February 10 1877 aged 10 years. Also his sister Ida, who fell asleep the same day, aged 5 years. “He shall gather the lambs with his arms” RIP
Old Website Grave ID: 5044

Inscription:

R.I.P
IN MEMORY OF
HARRY MORRIS
DIED 9 FEBRUARY 1877
3 lines of sentiment unreadable

ALSO OF
IDA BERTHA CHRISTINA
...? NOV.......? AGED 5 YEARS
2 lines of sentiment unreadable

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H & I Morris (April 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
H & I Morris (April 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Birth; Death; Burial.
''Reference from the IW Registrars birth records, death notice from the IW Observer and the listing from the burial register.''

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