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

Miss Clara Sibley

Title: Miss
Forenames: Clara
Surnames: Sibley
Date of Death: 22/01/1940
Age at Death Years: 78
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 008 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section O Plot 2131
Grave Description: Upright gothic shape stone. No kerbstones. Elaborate carving of a rose and leaves above inscription
Grave Condition Description: A little lichen
Old Website Grave ID: 1551

Inscription:

IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERANCE
OF
HANNAH ELIZABETH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES SIBLEY
WHO DIED
DEC 3RD 1880
AGED 27 YEARS
"SHINE IN THE LIGHT OF GOD
HIS LIKENESS (STAMPS ?) MY BROW
THOUGH THE SHADOW OF DEATH MY ........?
GLOW IN GLORY NOW"

ALSO CLARA SIBLEY
WHO DIED JAN 22ND 1940
AGED 78 YEARS
"SHE HAS DONE ALL SHE COULD"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H & C Sibley (July 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: 1901 Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1901 Census and a brief obituary and funeral report from the IW County Press.''

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