Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Edward Harvey

Title: Mr
Forenames: Edward
Surnames: Harvey
Date of Death: 11/05/1873
Burial Date: 16/05/1873
Age at Death Years: 22
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 020 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section M Plot 1859
Grave Description: Triple Harvey family plot, kerbs all around previously with railings. Three identical headstones with shoulders rising to a point, flower carved at the top. Inlaid panel with elaborate carving surround.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: The overgrown hedge was cleared March 2016 Railings missing, middle and right headstones leaning forward.
Old Website Grave ID: 3670

Inscription:

Headstone 1 Plot 1860

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
THOMAS HARVEY
OF ROSECLERE, HIGH PARK, RYDE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 11TH 1888
AGED 75 YEARS.

THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US
THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

ALSO OF
REBECCA HARVEY.
WHO FELL ASLEEP
NOVEMBER 19TH 1905.
AGED 76 YEARS

PEACE PERFECT PEACE
WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
IN JESUS KEEPING.
WE ARE SAFE, ARE THEY.

Headstone 2 Plot 1859

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
EDWARD
THE BELOVED SON OF
THOMAS AND JANE
HARVEY
WHO DIED MAY 11TH 1873
AGED 22 YEARS

LOVED ONES ARE GONE BEFORE
WHOSE PILGRIM DAYS ARE DONE
SOON SHALL GREET THEM ON THAT SHORE
WHERE PARTINGS ARE UNKNOWN.
JESUS MY SORROW LIES TOO DEEP
FOR HUMAN SYMPATHY
IT KNOWS NOT HOW TO TELL ITSELF
TO ANY BUT TO THEE

ALSO LEWIS HARVEY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE 13TH 1870
AGED 22 YEARS

WHO SHALL GO TO THE M??????
BUT THEY SHALL NOT RETURN HOME

Headstone 3 Plot 1858

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE
OF THOMAS HARVEY
WHO DIED JANUARY 24. 1868
AGED 51 YEARS.

FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER
LIVETH AND THAT HE SHALL STAND
AT THE LATTER DAY UPON THE EARTH
AND THOUGH AFTER MY SKIN WORMS
DESTROY THIS BODY YET IN MY FLESH
SHALL I SEE GOD WHOM I SHALL SEE
FOR MYSELF AND MINE EYES SHALL
BEHOLD AND NOT ANOTHER.
JOB CHAP. 19 IV. 25.26.27

ALSO
WILLIAM HENRY
THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MAY 18TH 1868
AGED 19 YEARS.

HIS END WAS PEACE. SHALL NOT GOD
THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH DO RIGHT
THEREFORE WE SAY THY WILL BE DONE.

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
Harvey family plot (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & L Harvey (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Carol Strong
Harvey family plot March 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong

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