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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Miss Elizabeth Baskett

Title: Miss
Forenames: Elizabeth
Surnames: Baskett
Date of Birth: 01/05/1812
Date of Death: 15/08/1889
Burial Date: 20/08/1889
Age at Death Years: 77
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 033 B2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 528
Grave Description: Cross raised on a three tier plinth, ornate iron railings.


Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: The cross has broken off and is laying on the grave which is becoming overgrown with brambles.
Other Information: All available newspapers searched, but no obituaries found.
Old Website Grave ID: 6977

Inscription:

Top Plinth
IN
MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH BASKETT

Second Plinth
BORN MAY 1ST 1812
ENTERED INTO REST AUG 15TH 1889
FOR 60 YEARS THE FAITHFUL FRIEND AND SERVANT
IN THE FAMILY OF THE LATE
MAJOR GENERAL RAPER, BENGAL ARMY

Third Plinth
"I WILL LAY ME DOWN IN PEACE AND TAKE MY REST FOR IT
IS THOU LORD ONLY THAT MAKEST ME DWELL IN SAFETY"

Photographs:

David Earle
E Baskett (18.08.2009)
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
E Baskett (18.08.2009)
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Funeral.
''Entries from the 1871-1881 census, and the funeral report from the IW County Press.''
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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