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Ryde Cemetery

Lady Amelia Hood Conway Halkett

Title: Lady
Forenames: Amelia Hood Conway
Surnames: Halkett
Date of Death: 13/02/1880
Age at Death Years: 73
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 007 B1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section O Plot 2037
Grave Description: Large cross in circle, raised on an angled 2tier plinth, stone kerbs and concrete top. Evidence that there were 6 posts and railings.

Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: This grave was cleared by Community Service Volunteers

Old Website Grave ID: 6451

Inscription:

Top plinth east facing
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
DAME AMELIA HOOD CONWAY
WIDOW OF
SIR JOHN HALKETT OF PITFIRRANE BART
WHO DIED AT RYDE 13TH FEBRUARY 1880

Bottom plinth east facing
THIS STONE IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR MOTHER
BY HER SURVIVING SON AND DAUGHTER
THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD
ROM.6.CHAP 23 VERSE ??

Top plinth south facing
ALSO OF
THE SAID DAUGHTER
AMELIA HALKETT
WHO DIED AT RYDE
ON THE
21ST FEBRUARY 1924

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
A & A Halkett (April 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
A & A Halkett (April 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
A & A Halkett (April 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
A & A Halkett (April 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Directory; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1871 census, listing from the directory, and the obituary and funeral report from the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle.''

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