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 Emily Harriet Yelf

Title: Miss
Forenames: Emily Harriet
Surnames: Yelf
Date of Death: 25/10/1874
Burial Date: 28/10/1874
Age at Death Years: 49
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 017 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section F Plot 935a-936
Grave Description: Double plot surrounded by kerbs, corner posts missing. Ledger stone with plain cross lying on top, on thick solid stone slab base.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Previously was only partially read due to overgrowth of brambles. Cleared January 2019.
Other Information: Although mentioned on the inscription Frederick Yelf was not interred in this plot, source: Bereavement Services records.
Old Website Grave ID: 3324

Inscription:

North face
TO THE MEMORY OF SARAH, THE BELOVED WIFE OF ROBERT YELF WHO DIED MAY 1ST 1872

Top
ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK STEANE YELF
H.M. WAR OFFICE (RETIRED)
THIRD SON OF
ROBERT AND SARAH YELF
PASSED AWAY AT HOVE JUNE 27TH 1911

South face
TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT YELF DIED NOV 21ST 1882 AGED 85 YEARS

ALSO OF EMILY HARRIET YELF WHO DIED OCT 25TH 1874

West face
RESTING IN HOPE

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
S, F, R & E Yelf (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
S, F, R & E Yelf (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Kate MacDonell
R & E Yelf January 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
Yelf family January 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
Yelf family January 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Death.
''Entries from the 1861 and 1871 census and the death notices from the IW Times and IW Observer.''

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