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 George West

Title: Mr
Forenames: George
Surnames: West
Date of Death: 05/11/1904
Burial Date: 09/11/1904
Age at Death Years: 72
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 035 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plot 1446
Grave Description: Upright pointed headstone with shoulders and engraved lettering. Decorative engraving of word 'IN' at point of stone.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Recently cleared - headstone leaning westwards - March 2019.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records

We note a discrepancy with the age of Celia West, after research we find her age to be 69 years (a mistake on the memorial)

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
CELIA WEST
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
MARCH 12TH 1894
AGED 72 YEARS.

"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
I SHALL NOT WANT."

ALSO OF GEORGE WEST,
BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE,
DIED NOV. 5TH 1904.
AGED 72 YEARS.

"THY WILL BE DONE."

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
C & G West March 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
C & G West March 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
G West close up March 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Marriage; Death Notice

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