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 James Girvin

Title: Mr
Forenames: James
Surnames: Girvin
Date of Birth: 26/02/1841
Date of Death: 16/04/1906
Age at Death Years: 65
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 913
Grave Description: Triple plinth with upright plain cross and lead lettering. Surrounding partly cleared kerbstones, broken in places. Stone slab covering on plot, semi buried in undergrowth.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Uncovered and partly cleared under canopy of branches and brambles in November 2018.

Inscription:

Top plinth
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Middle plinth
JAMES GIRVIN,
BORN FEBRUARY 26TH 1841,
ENTERED INTO REST APRIL 16TH 1906.
"IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE."

Bottom plinth
ALSO OF MARY LAURA, HIS WIFE
DIED FEBRUARY 27TH 1933.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
J & M Girvin November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
J & M Girvin November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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