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 Ebenezer Charles Best

Title: Mr
Forenames: Ebenezer Charles
Surnames: Best
Date of Birth: 05/08/1871
Date of Death: 03/10/1947
Burial Date: 06/10/1947
Age at Death Years: 73
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 029 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section Y Plot 3503
Grave Description: Cross raised up on three tier plinth
Grave Condition Description: Lettering eroded, some lichen
Other Information: Also interred in this plot earlier burial, Gladys Octavia (Bebe) Harney (1900), source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 6471

Inscription:

(top tier)
OF YOUR CHARITY
PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF

(middle tier)
MARY BRIDGET BEST
A NATIVE OF IRELAND
BORN ON ST PATRICK'S DAY
DIED ON JUNE 18 1944

(bottom tier)
R.I.P

(side top tier)
AND HER HUSBAND

(side middle tier)
EBENEZER CHARLES BEST
BORN ON MAY 8 1871
DIED ON OCT 3 1947

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
M & E Best (March 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
M & E Best (March 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
M & E Best (March 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
M & E Best (March 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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