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 Edward Bennett

Title: Mr
Forenames: Edward
Surnames: Bennett
Date of Birth: 01/01/1856
Date of Death: 01/04/1904
Burial Date: 04/04/1904
Age at Death Years: 48
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 044 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section F Plot 1805
Grave Description: Decorated headstone, simple lancet curved top, with carved border, central carved crucifix with flowers and leaves at the base. Stone kerbs. Simple tablet on grave top, at an angle to the ground, plus stone flower vase.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Slight lean to the north side, showing some subsidence on the north of the whole grave.
Other Information: Edward Ball was the grandson of Edward Bennett, his mother was Daisy Annie Bennett daughter of Edward, who married Absolom Ball
Old Website Grave ID: 802

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
EDWARD BENNETT
WHO DIED APRIL 1st 1904
AGED 47
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH

ALSO OF MARTHA
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED NOVEMBER 7th 1926
AGED 69 YEARS

Separate tablet on the top of the grave
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LILIAN MAUD BALL,
DIED 20th JUNE 1974,
AGED 66 YEARS.
REST IN PEACE.

ALSO OF HER HUSBAND
EDWARD BALL
DIED 8th FEB. 1990
AGED 81 YEARS

Photographs:

Sally-Ann Garrett
E Bennett (March 2004)
Photographer: Sally-Ann Garrett
Colin Hunt
Bennett & Ball (Mar 2017)
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Bennett & Ball (Mar 2017)
Photographer: Colin Hunt

Related Documents:

PDF file: 1901 census and brief obituary

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