Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Miss Harriet Sarah Pilkington

Title: Miss
Forenames: Harriet Sarah
Surnames: Pilkington
Date of Birth: 10/01/1847
Date of Death: 06/11/1919
Burial Date: 11/11/1919
Age at Death Years: 72
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plots 112 -114
Grave Description: Large triple plot with (probably) 3 crosses on raised plinths surrounded by ornate railings and stone kerbs.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: This grave was completely overgrown but was recently cleared when an old tree on the boundary was cut down by IW Council. Two of the crosses are missing completely , the central cross appears to have been broken during the clearing and now lies on the ground in front of the central plinth. Some of the railings are missing.
Other Information: Added burial date and age, source: Registrars and Burial records
Old Website Grave ID: 2710
Pilkington family plot Aug 2015 photo by David Earle

Inscription:

Right hand memorial
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HARRIET SARAH PILKINGTON
DAUGHTER OF
E W PILKINGTON CAPTAIN RN
AND LOUISA FRANCES HIS WIFE
BORN JANUARY 10TH 1847
ENTERED INTO REST NOV 6TH 1919
R I P

Centre memorial
IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD WILLIAMS PILKINGTON
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
WHO DIED
MARCH 13TH 1867
AGED 63

SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN
WHERE THEY WOULD BE
PSALM 107 VERSE 30

ALSO LOUISA FRANCES HIS WIFE
BORN NOVEMBER 18TH 1842 DIED SEPTEMBER 11 1901

Left hand memorial
ISABELLA EMMA PILKINGTON
WHEN THE MORNING ...?... ...?...
JESUS STOOD ON THE SHORE

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H S Pilkington December 2006
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Pilkington Family Plot December 2006
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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