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

Mr Alfred Gibson

Title: Mr
Forenames: Alfred
Surnames: Gibson
Date of Birth: 15/02/1843
Date of Death: 03/01/1942
Burial Date: 06/01/1942
Age at Death Years: 99
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 033 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section B Plot 225
Grave Description: Very ornate tomb with grey and pink marble columns supporting top with a flat ornate cross carved in to it. Stone Kerbs and ornate iron railings. There is also a memorial in St Thomas Church, Ryde.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: This grave was completely overgrown but was cleared by the Friends of Ryde Cemetery in April 2008
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records

Although not mentioned on the inscription, also interred in this plot, Florence Gibson (1959), source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 5544

Inscription:

North Facing
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
ELLEN ELIZ'TH GIBSON
BORN 25TH APRIL 1832
DIED 6TH OCTOBER 1899
SLEEP ON BELOVED
TILL THE DAY DAWN

East End
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF ALFRED GIBSON
BORN 15TH FEB 1843(?)
DIED 3RD JAN 1942
AT REST

South Side
ALSO OF
ALFRED WALTER GIBSON
BORN 3RD NOVEMBER 1874
DIED 14TH MARCH 1915
THY WILL BE DONE

Memorial in St Thomas Church North wall
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALFRED GIBSON,
ENTERED INTO REST JAN. 3RD 1942,
AGED 99 YEARS.
AND OF HIS SON
RONALD MANFIELD GIBSON,
WHO PASSED AWAY NOV. 8TH 1937.
AGED 26 YEARS.

Photographs:

Carol Strong
A & R Gibson memorial St Thomas Church, Ryde
Photographer: Carol Strong
Janette Gregson
E, A & A Gibson (June 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
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E, A & A Gibson (June 2008)
Janette Gregson
E, A & A Gibson (June 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
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E, A & A Gibson (June 2008)

Related Documents:

PDF file: Directories; Census; Marriage; Obituary; Funeral.
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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