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 Groves

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Groves
Date of Death: 25/09/1891
Burial Date: 29/09/1891
Age at Death Years: 93
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 010 C3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Secton P Plot 2259a
Grave Description: Large upright headstone with 'twisted rope' carved around the stone, ivy leaves carved at the bottom.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Lichen growing.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records. All available newspapers searched, but no obituaries found.
Old Website Grave ID: 2451

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JANE GROVES
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 25TH 1879
AGED 82 YEARS
"SHE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING"

ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GROVES
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPT 25TH 1891
AGED 93 YEARS
"NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & W Groves August 2006
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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