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 William Edward Ratcliffe

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Edward
Surnames: Ratcliffe
Date of Birth: 27/06/1820
Date of Death: 23/06/1908
Age at Death Years: 87
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 D2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section A Plots 66b & 67a
Grave Description: Large plot, iron railings very rusty. Upright cross on three tiers, top of cross engraved I.H.S. There is also a memorial inside St Thomas' Church, Ryde

Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Badly overgrown with brambles, railings broken
Old Website Grave ID: 2789

Inscription:

Top tier
IN MEMORY OF

2nd tier
ELIZABETH MAYHEW RATCLIFFE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM. E. RATCLIFFE
OF COPSEFIELD, RYDE, I.W
BORN 6TH NOVEMBER 1822
DIED 20TH JAN. 1906

3rd tier
ALSO OF
WILIAM EDWARD RATCLIFFE
BORN 27TH JUNE 1820
DIED 23RD JUNE 1908
"AS THY DAYS SO SHALL THY STRENGTH BE"

Memorial St Thomas' Church, Ryde, south aisle
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM EDWARD RATCLIFFE
BORN JUNE 27TH 1820 DIED JUNE 23RD 1908
ALSO OF HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH MAYHEW RATCLIFFE
BORN NOV. 6TH 1822 DIED JAN. 20TH 1906
"REST IN PEACE"

Photographs:

Carol Strong
W & E Ratcliffe, St Thomas' Church memorial, Ryde
Photographer: Carol Strong
Janette Gregson
E & W Ratcliffe (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & W Ratcliffe (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Death; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entries from the 1871 and 1901 census, and the death notice from the IW Times, also the obituary and funeral reports from the IW Observer. Mr. RATCLIFFE a Ryde Solicitor.''
PDF file: Estate.
''Solicitors notice for claimants.''

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