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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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 Henry Hearn

Title: Mr
Forenames: John Henry
Surnames: Hearn
Date of Death: 13/10/1871
Burial Date: 17/10/1871
Age at Death Years: 56
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 A3/B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plots 133 - 135
Grave Description: Triple plot surrounded by kerbstones. Ledger stone on base with cross laying on top at north side; peon topped ledger stone in centre; elaborate obelisk with IHS and a stork on a crown motifs, nearest hedge on south side.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Previously overgrown, this grave was exposed by O'Conner's men (cemetery contractors) and transcribed in 2013. The 2 ledger stones are in poor condition, very weathered and text is eroded. The obelisk is in a fair condition.
Other Information: John Henry Hearn is interred in plot 135 & Mary Hearn & Gertrude Fardell are interred in plots 134 & 133. Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 4366
J Hearn September 2013 Photo by David Earle

Inscription:

Obelisk
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN HENRY HEARN
SOLICITOR
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 13TH 1871
IN HIS 57TH YEAR
NOT MY WILL … Illegible text

No inscriptions can be read on the ledger stones

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J Hearn (overgrown) October 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
G Fardell & M Hearn October 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death; Obituary

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