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 Joseph Hansford

Title: Mr
Forenames: Joseph
Surnames: Hansford
Date of Birth: 14/06/1849
Date of Death: 29/06/1924
Burial Date: 03/07/1924
Age at Death Years: 75
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 047 C2/D2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section L Plots 4225 & 4226
Grave Description: Cross with IHS motif in quatrefoil on three tier stone base, raised lettering. Stone kerbs with grass infill
Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: Added age and burial date, source: Newspaper and Burial records

The IOW Bereavement Services map records George Hansford in Plot 4266
Old Website Grave ID: 11540

Inscription:

Top Tier
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY GEORGE
ELDEST SON OF

Middle Tier
JOSEPH AND MARY LUCY HANSFORD
BORN JAN 3RD 1877, DIED JUNE 25TH 1923
"THERE IS NO DEATH! WHAT SEEMS SO IS TRANSITION"

Bottom Tier
ALSO OF JOSEPH HANSFORD
BORN JUNE 14TH 1849, DIED JUNE 29TH 1924

(north face - mid tier)
AND OF HIS WIFE
MARY LUCY HANSFORD,
BORN JULY 15TH 1847, DIED OCT. 3RD 1942.

Photographs:

David Earle
J Hansford Mar 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Entry from Who's Who 1913
PDF file: Census; Directories; Obituary.
PDF file: Dissolution of Partnership
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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