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 Oates

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Oates
Date of Death: 06/02/1870
Age at Death Years: 53
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 012 A1/B1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section M Plot 1838
Grave Description: Large headstone with raised cross craved at top, inlaid lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Broken at the bottom left hand side, weathering makes it difficult to read in places.
Old Website Grave ID: 3469

Inscription:

IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM OATES
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEB 6. 1870
AGED 53 YEARS

4 lines of sentiment unreadable

ALSO OF SARAH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANY 13TH 1880
AGED 63 YEARS

1 line of text unreadable

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
W & S Oates (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
W & S Oates (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriage: Census; Death.
''Details from the St. Thomas's church marriage register, entries from the 1851 and 1861 census and the death notice from the IW Observer.''

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