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Ryde Cemetery

Dr Alexander George Davey

Title: Dr
Forenames: Alexander George
Surnames: Davey
Date of Death: 05/11/1900
Age at Death Years: 62
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plots 75 & 76
Grave Description: Large plot surrounded by stone kerbs, simple, plain raised cross on two tier plinth in centre. There is also a memorial in St Thomas Church, Ryde and a plaque on the wall of a building erected by his friends to commemorate his invaluable work in Monkton Street, Ryde.
Grave Condition: Good
Old Website Grave ID: 3018

Inscription:

West Kerb
IN EVERY LOVING MEMORY

West Facing
Top tier of plinth
ALEXANDER GEORGE DAVEY
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Bottom tier of plinth
PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP ON THE
EVENING OF NOVEMBER 5TH 1900

North Facing
Top tier of plinth
PENELOPE SUSAN DAVEY
HIS WIFE

Bottom tier of plinth
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER 27TH 1916

East Facing
Top tier of plinth
WINIFRED PAXTON DAVEY
NOV 8TH 1952

Bottom tier of plinth
ALEXANDER RUTLAND DAVEY
AUG 20TH 1954

North west corner of kerbs (stonemason)
J W BROMLEY
HIGH HILL KESWICK

Memorial in St Thomas Church, Ryde, south aisle
IN MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER GEORGE DAVEY
ESQ. M.D., J.P.
WHO DIED SUDDENLY
ON 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER.1900
(AND WAS BURIED IN RYDE CEMETERY)
AGED 62 YEARS
HE PRACTISED AS A PHYSICIAN
FOR 38 YEARS
DURING WHICH TIME HE TOOK A VERY PROMINENT
PART IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE
COUNTY HOSPITAL AND ESTABLISHED
THE RYDE DISTRICT NURSING INSTITUTE
ALSO GREAT INTEREST IN ALL
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE BOROUGH
HE DIED
GREATLY BELOVED AND DEEPLY LAMENTED
"BE YE READY ALSO FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE
THINK NOT THE SON OF GOD COMETH"
ERECTED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND
MISS BRIGSTOCKE
AS A TOKEN OF A FRIENDSHIP
OF MANY YEARS DURATION

Plaque Monkton Street
THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED
BY DEVOTED FRIENDS OF THE LATE
ALEXANDER GEORGE DAVEY M.D., J.P.,
TO COMMEMORATE
HIS NOBLE AND UNTIRING WORK
IN AID OF THE SICK AND NEEDY
IN THIS TOWN
1902.

Photographs:

Carol Strong
A G Davey memorial St Thomas Church
Photographer: Carol Strong
Janette Gregson
Davey Family plot (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Davey Family plot (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Davey Family plot (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Davey Family plot (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Carol Strong
Plaque on building (now flats), Monkton Street, Ryde. 2008
Photographer: Carol Strong
Carol Strong
Plaque Monkton Street, Ryde. 2008
Photographer: Carol Strong

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death; Obituary; Funeral; Photograph.
''The death and obituary from the IW Times and the obituary, funeral and a photograph from the IW Observer. Mr Davey a highly esteemed doctor in Ryde.''
PDF file: Census.
''Entries from the 1881 and 1891 census.''
PDF file: Memorial.
''Details of a memorial erected at St, Thomas's church.''

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