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 Meader

Title: Mr
Forenames: James
Surnames: Meader
Date of Death: 06/11/1875
Age at Death Years: 22
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 020 A1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section V Plot 3093
Grave Description: Upright headstone with gabled top and deep carving on both sides, raised relief carving on both sides at top.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Lichen starting to grow.
Old Website Grave ID: 6090

Inscription:

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
JAMES THE AFFECTIONATE SON OF
JOHN AND SUSANNAH MEADER
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS AT RYDE
NOV 6 1875
AGED 22 YEARS
NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE

"HE HAS CALLED FOR MANY A LOVED ONE
WE HAVE SEEN THEM LEAVE OUR SIDE
WITH OUR SAVIOUR WE SHALL MEET THEM
WHEN WE TOO HAVE CROSSED THE TIDE"

AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MERINA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THOMAS E GRIMES
AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
JOHN AND SUSANNAH MEADER
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS MAY 8 1885
AT MERTHYR TYDVIL S. WALES
AGED 23 YEARS

HER LAST WORDS WERE
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK I STAND
ALL ELSE BESIDE IS SINKING SAND

Reverse of headstone

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
OUR BELOVED SARAH
FOURTH DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
JOHN AND SUSANNAH MEADER
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS AT COWES
ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 1903
AGED 46 YEARS

"OH WHY SHOULD YOUR TEARS RUN DOWN
AND YOUR HEARTS BE SORELY RIVEN
'TIS ANOTHER GEM IN THE SAVIOUR'S GOWN
AND ANOTHER SOUL IN HEAVEN
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & S Meader and S Grimes (Sept 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & S Meader and S Grimes (front) (Sept 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & S Meader and S Grimes (back) (Sept 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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