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 John Grist

Title: Mr
Forenames: John
Surnames: Grist
Date of Death: 27/04/1921
Burial Date: 02/05/1921
Age at Death Years: 56
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 024 D2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section VW Plot 3109b
Grave Description: Upright scroll type stone
Grave Condition Description: Lettering eroded in places, lichen at top.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: burial register and newspapers.
Old Website Grave ID: 6080

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN GRIST
WHO DIED APRIL 27TH 1921
AGED 56 YEARS

ALSO HIS BELOVED WIFE
EMMA
WHO DIED NOV 23RD 1945
AGED 78 YEARS
"AT REST"

ALSO THEIR LOVING SON
WILLIAM (WILL)
PASSED AWAY MARCH 6TH 1970

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J, E & W Grist October 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, E & W Grist October 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Directory; Death; Inquest.
''Entry from the 1901 census, listing from the directory, and the death notice and inquest report from the IW County Press and IW Observer''
PDF file: Loss of son in Ryde's toll of war

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