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 Henry Jacobs

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry
Surnames: Jacobs
Date of Death: 27/12/1863
Burial Date: 30/12/1863
Age at Death Years: 75
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 012 A3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section S Plot 2744
Grave Description: Headstone with rounded shoulders broken at base

Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Headstone is tilted over and propped against grave of James Cass in the next row, inscription almost unreadable.
Update February 2016 headstone has now been placed face up on the correct grave.
March 2017, headstone now laid flat on the ground, face up and pointed to the east. Very difficult to read.

Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records

Old Website Grave ID: 3517

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
HENRY JACOBS
WHO DIED DECEMBER 27 1863
AGED 75 YEARS

JESUS SAID UNTO HER, I AM THE RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE: HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME,
THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE:
AND WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME
SHALL NEVER DIE. JOHN XI, XXV

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H Jacobs (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
H Jacobs (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Colin Hunt
Jacobs (Mar 2017) enhanced
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Jacobs (Mar 2017) enhanced
Photographer: Colin Hunt

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