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 Henry John Drake

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry John
Surnames: Drake
Date of Death: 03/12/1869
Age at Death Years: 35
Map Reference Number: RSHG 018 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section F Plot 771
Grave Description: One of four identical headstones in a row ornately carved with cross at top, inlaid text panel.
Grave Condition Description: Inscription difficult to read, lichen growing
Old Website Grave ID: 4139

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRY JOHN DRAKE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DEC 3RD 1869
AGED 35 YEARS
5 lines of sentiment illegible

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H Drake (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
H Drake (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Marriage; Death; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1861 census, details from the St. Thomas's marriage register and the death and funeral from the IW Times and IW Observer.''

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