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 Elizabeth Halfacre

Title: Miss
Forenames: Elizabeth
Surnames: Halfacre
Baptism Date: 07/06/1812
Date of Death: 26/08/1895
Burial Date: 29/08/1895
Age at Death Years: 83
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 035 B2/B3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plot 1518
Grave Description: Ornate headstone with carved scrolls and flowers, inset inscription.
Grave Condition Description: Fairly good but text has weathered, with lichen over much, leaning to west.
Other Information: Added burial & baptism dates and status, source: Registrars, Newspaper and Burial records
Old Website Grave ID: 7639

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY
OF
ELIZABETH HALFACRE
WHO WAS LAID TO HER REST
ON THE 26 DAY OF AUGUST 1895
AGED 83 YEARS
SHE WAS FORTY FIVE YEARS FAITHFUL
AND AN ATTACHED DOMESTIC IN THE
FAMILY OF THE (2 words illegible) OF
SURREY (HILL?) RYDE WHO VALUED AND
LOVED HER MUCH.
"BLESSED BE THE DEAD WHICH
DIED IN THE LORD EVEN SO SAYETH
THE SPIRIT FOR THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS"

Photographs:

David Earle
E Halfacre 8 June 2010
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
E Halfacre 8 June 2010
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Baptism; Census; Death

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