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 Benjamin Holbrook

Title: Mr
Forenames: Benjamin
Surnames: Holbrook
Date of Death: 23/10/1907
Age at Death Years: 72
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 011 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section R Plot 2495
Grave Description: Large headstone with kerbs and a grass top
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some letters are starting to fade
Other Information: Ann completed date on 22/04/2008. source: death, burial and newspaper records.
Old Website Grave ID: 1955

Inscription:

I.H.S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
BENJAMIN HOLBROOK
WHO PASSED AWAY MAY 3RD 1883
AGED 53 YEARS
"BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE ???????
OF LIFE"

ALSO OF BENJAMIN ABOVE
THE DEVOTED HUSBAND OF
HARRIET HOLBROOK
WHO PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 23RD 1907
AGED 72 YEARS
"COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & B Holbrook (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & B Holbrook (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriages; Census; Death.
''Details from the All Saints marriage register and the IW Registrars marriage index, entries from the 1871-1901 census, and the death notice from the IW Observer and IW County Press.''

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