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 John Ernest Humber (Petty Officer 1st Class)

Title: Mr
Forenames: John Ernest
Surnames: Humber
Date of Death: 21/03/1913
Age at Death Years: 38
Military Rank: Petty Officer 1st Class
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plot 771
Grave Description: Headstone with Gothic shaped top and ornate carving at top, stone kerbs and grass top.
Grave Condition Description: Fair - weathering makes some of the inscription difficult to read. South Kerb is broken.
Other Information: Date of burial 26th March 1913
Old Website Grave ID: 2607

Inscription:

Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

GEORGE

THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF

HARRIET HUMBER

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

JUNE 15TH 1894

IN HIS 64TH YEAR

HIS END WAS PEACE

ALSO MARY ANN

DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

DIED NOV ?? 1866

AGED 10 MONTHS

AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR

EYES AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, SORROW

NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE

PAIN FOR THE ......... ? ........... PASSED AWAY

AND OF THEIR SON

JOHN ERNEST HUMBER

1ST CLASS P.O. ROYAL NAVY

DIED AT HASLAR MARCH 21ST 1913

AGED 38 YEARS

HIS END WAS PEACE

South Kerb

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR MOTHER

HARRIET HUMBER

North Kerb

WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY

31ST(?) JANUARY 1917 AGED 83 YEARS

West end Kerb

AND OF GEORGE HENRY HUMBER

DIED 28TH DECEMBER 1949 AGED 79 YEARS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
G, M, J, H & G Humber (Oct 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
G, M, J, H & G Humber (Oct 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Humber grave (John's inscription) (Oct 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Humber grave (looking North ) Oct 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Humber grave (looking South) (Oct 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Humber grave headstone detail (Oct 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
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Humber Funeral Procession

Related Documents:

PDF file: 1881 and 1901 Census; Death; Funeral
''Entries from the 1881 and 1901 census, also the death and naval funeral report from the IW County Press.''

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