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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Mr William Knyvett

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Knyvett
Date of Birth: 21/04/1779
Date of Death: 17/11/1856
Age at Death Years: 72
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 004 C3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 5 No Plot Number
Grave Description: Gothic type headstone with integral cross at apex decorated with crockets very ornate
Grave Condition Description: Lettering badly weathered
Other Information: Information contributed by Kurt Ganzl from New Zealand in September 2011: William Knyvett was born London 21 April 1779. His first wife was Sarah Lany of Shorwell, but his second wife was the famous one.
Old Website Grave ID: 2773

Inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM KNYVETT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 17TH 1856
IN THE 73RD YEAR OF HIS LIFE

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
W Knyvett (April 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
W Knyvett (Dec 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary from the Gentleman's Magazine 1857
PDF file: Review from The Quarterly Musical Magazine Vol 2 1820

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