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 Arthur Jacob Day

Title: Mr
Forenames: Arthur Jacob
Surnames: Day
Date of Birth: 12/08/1881
Date of Death: 14/10/1912
Burial Date: 18/10/1912
Age at Death Years: 31
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 002 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 1 Plot 24
Grave Description: Headstone with incised and painted letters
Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: Arthur Jacob Day was the son of George William and Marie Antoinette Day. He married Jane Margaret, the daughter of George William and Fanny Long on 9 September 1908 at St Mary's Church, West Cowes. Date of birth supplied by relative.
Old Website Grave ID: 723

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
ARTHUR JACOB
THE MUCH LOVED HUSBAND OF
JANE MARGARET DAY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
OCT 14TH 1912
AGED 31 YEARS.

HIS END WAS PEACE
"AT REST"

IF THOU SHOULD CALL ME TO RESIGN WHAT MOST I PRIZED
IT NEVER WAS MINE
I ONLY YIELD THEE WHAT IS THINE
"THY WILL BE DONE"

ALSO HIS WIFE
JANE MARGARET DAY
DIED FEBRUARY 27TH 1957
AGED 78 YEARS
"REUNITED"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
A & J Day (Summer 2004)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: 1901 Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1901 census and the obituary and funeral report from the IW County Press. Mr. DAY was employed by the Town Clerk's dept. Portsmouth.''

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