Ryde Cemetery

Mr Russel Raymond Raigge

Title: Mr

Forenames: Russel Raymond

Surnames: Raigge

Date of Death: 25/01/1878

Burial Date: 30/01/1878

Age at Death Years: 30

Grave Type: Marked

Map Reference Number: RSHG 014 A2

Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plots 536 to 538

Grave Description: Very large plot containing 3 graves enclosed with kerbs and 3 matching headstones all with pointed tops. Grave once had concrete top but it is cracked and grass is now growing

Grave Condition Description: All three headstones are badly weathered kerbs at west side are broken

Other Information: Russel Raymond Raigge (1878) was actually interred in an unmarked plot Old Cemetery Section D Plot 321, source: Bereavement Services records

Old Website Grave ID: 3108

Inscription:

1st Headstone

IN
MEMORY OF
GEORGE RAIGGE Sen
BORN JUNE 5th 1816?
DIED JULY 3rd 1876

"Thou wilt keep in .......peace
whose mind is stayed? because he trusted in Thee"

ALSO

SARAH RAIGGE
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JAN. 28th 1888
AGED 78 YEARS

"The memory of the just is blessed" Prov

(2nd Headstone)

IN MEMORY OF
CAROLINE LOUISA RAIGGE
DAUGHTER OF
GEORGE AND SARAH RAIGGE
BORN FEB 14? 1842
DIED .......1866

(Line of text unreadable)

ALSO
WALTER WALKER
BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT SEA APRIL 24th 1877
AGED 25 YEARS

(3rd Headstone)

TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE VINCENT RAIGGE
BORN NOVEMBER 11th .....
DIED DEC. 31st 1860?

(Text unreadable too worn)

ALSO RUSSEL RAYMOND RAIGGE
BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JAN 25th 1878
AGED 30 YEARS

"Resting in the mercies of God through Jesus Christ"

FOOTSTONE

G.V.R