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 Gardner

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Gardner
Date of Death: 04/07/1864
Burial Date: 07/07/1864
Age at Death Years: 71
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 015 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section D Plot 459
Grave Description: Large upright headstone with rounded top and shoulders. Engraved lettering. Matching footstone.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Inscription weathered and some lichen. Headstone leaning slightly to east.
Other Information: William and Mary Gardner were interred side by side in plots 459 & 460, with one headstone, burial date added, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 3042

Inscription:

Headstone
IN
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GARDNER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JULY 4TH 1864
AGED 71 YEARS

THE OPENING ......................
WITH ......... ........ .........
WHILE JESUS ....... HEARD .......
AND WHISPERED ....... ..........

ALSO MARY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEBRUARY 1ST 1881
AGED 88 YEARS

Foot stone
W.G. 1864
M.G. 1881

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
W & M Gardner April 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
W & M Gardner April 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Kate MacDonell
W & M Gardner footstone February 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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