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 Graveley Morritt

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Graveley
Surnames: Morritt
Date of Birth: 10/01/1851
Date of Death: 14/03/1895
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 035 B1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plot 1524
Grave Description: Low monument with gabled and cross shaped top, iron railings surround. Inscription in leaded lettering and gothic font.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Becoming overgrown with brambles.
Old Website Grave ID: 7646

Inscription:

North facing top
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GRAVELEY MORRITT
OF BEECHWOOD, NR RYDE
AND FOR MANY YEARS RESIDENT IN PETROPOLIS, BRAZIL
BORN OCTOBER 1ST 1851, DIED MARCH 14TH 1895

"ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD AND
LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM"

Photographs:

David Earle
W Morritt June 2010
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
W Morritt June 2010
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriage; Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Reference from the General Registrars marriage records, entry from the 1891 census, and the obituary and funeral report from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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