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 Paul

Title: Mr
Forenames: Joseph
Surnames: Paul
Date of Birth: 19/04/1806
Date of Death: 25/04/1879
Age at Death Years: 73
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plot 98
Grave Description: Obelisk raised on a plinth, stone kerbs, iron railings and grass top.
Grave Condition: Good
Old Website Grave ID: 3367

Inscription:

East Facing
IN MEMORY OF
JOSEPH PAUL ESQ. F.R.G.S.
BORN APRIL 19TH 1806
DIED APRIL 25TH 1879

HIS TALENTS WERE DEVOTED
TO INSTRUCTION FOR FIFTY
YEARS, AND THIS RECORD OF
HIS WORK AND WORTH IS
PLACED HERE UPON HIS GRAVE
BY OLD ADMIRING PUPILS
IN GRATEFUL TESTIMONY
TO HIS GREAT ABILITY AND
GENEROUS CHARACTER

North facing
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE
WHO DIED JULY 7TH 1884
AGED 77 YEARS

FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & E Paul (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & E Paul (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Memorial.
''Article concerning the proposed memorial to Mr. PAUL, in the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Census; Death; Memorium.
''Entries from the 1861 and 1871 census,the death notice from the IW Observer and the In Memorium from the IW Times.''
PDF file: Ryde School Board Candidate 1871

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