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Ryde Cemetery

Mr James George Duffett

Title: Mr
Forenames: James George
Surnames: Duffett
Date of Birth: 01/12/1866
Date of Death: 04/12/1935
Burial Date: 06/12/1935
Age at Death Years: 69
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 031 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plots 1218 & 1219
Grave Description: Double plot with stone kerbs and plain cross raised on 3-tier plinth

Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering making inscription difficult to read in places. Very top of cross appears to have been broken and repaired in the past. South and West sides are becoming overgrown.
Cross has now broken off and is laying on the grave, May 2018

Other Information: Added birth date, source: Registrars, and Newspaper records.
Added burial date, source: Burial records

Old Website Grave ID: 3328

Inscription:

South face
Top tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Mid tier
DOROTHY MARIE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WALTER URIAH RUSSELL
AND DAUGHTER OF
JAMES AND ADA DUFFETT
FELL ASLEEP JAN 10TH 1923 AGED 34

Bottom Tier
no inscription

East face
Top Tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Mid Tier
ADA MATILDA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES GEORGE DUFFETT
WHO FELL ASLEEP ON MAY 4TH 1897
AGED 31 YEARS
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

Bottom Tier
ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED
JAMES GEORGE DUFFETT
WHO FELL ASLEEP ON DECEMBER 4TH 1935
AGED 69 YEARS
AT REST

North face
Top Tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Mid Tier
BRUNEL GEORGE
THE BELOVED CHILD OF
JAMES AND ADA DUFFETT
WHO FELL ASLEEP DEC 14TH 1891
AGED 5 DAYS
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

Bottom Tier
HE GIVEN HIS BELOVED SLEEP

West Face
Top Tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Mid Plinth
ETHEL MARY
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES GEORGE DUFFETT
WHO FELL ASLEEP ON DECEMBER 21ST 1932
AGED 58 YEARS

Bottom Plinth
ONLY GOOD NIGHT BELOVED NOT FAREWELL
A LITTLE WHILE AND ALL HIS SAINTS SHALL DWELL
IN HALLOWED UNION INDIVISIBLE
GOOD NIGHT
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN BEFORE HIS THRONE
CLOTHED IN THE SPOTLESS ROBE HE GIVES HIS OWN
UNTIL WE KNOW EVEN AS WE ARE KNOWN
GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT

Photographs:

James George Duffet at Beanacre contributed by Jo Banks
Janette Gregson
Russell & Duffett (June 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Russell & Duffett (June 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
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A & J Duffett (2006)
Janette Gregson
A & J Duffett (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Russell & Duffett (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Rob Cain
Duffett May 2018
Photographer: Rob Cain
Rob Cain
Duffett May 2018
Photographer: Rob Cain

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Marriage; Kellys; Obituary.
''Entries from the 1871-1901 census, details from the St. Thomas's Church marriage register, reference from the 1910 Kelly's directory and the death notice and obituary from the IW Times. Mr. DUFFETT a businessman in Ryde Town.''
PDF file: Marriage.
''Details of the marriage of Mr DUFFETT and his 2nd wife from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Advertisement.
''An advice to customers from the IW County Press.''
PDF file: Son Safely Home
''Survived after ship Inverlyon, sunk by enemy submarine.''
PDF file: Obituary from IW County Press 7 Dec 1935
PDF file: Duffet family information kindly contributed by relative Julie McLean
PDF file: Court claim by Ryde Doctors
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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