Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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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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St. Johns Cemetery

Mrs Alice Reed

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Alice
Surnames: Reed
Date of Birth: 03/01/1881
Date of Death: 14/09/1899
Age at Death Years: 18
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJ001
Plot Number: St John's Cemetery Plot 1 Row 7 Grave 14
Grave Description: Upright gothic headstone with shoulders, ornately carved daffodils at the top and engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some heavy lichen cover on stone.
Other Information: Although not mentioned in the memorial, also interred in this plot another Alice Reed, source: Church Records
Old Website Grave ID: 15278

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
ALICE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
FREDERICK RICHARD REED
BORN JANUARY 3RD 1881
DIED SEPTEMBER 14TH 1899

WE LOVED HER YES NO TONGUE CAN TELL
HOW MUCH WE LOVED HER AND HOW WELL
GOD LOVED HER TOO AND THOUGHT IT BEST
TO TAKE HER HOME WITH HIM TO REST.
NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE MISS HER
NONE OUR ACHING HEARTS CAN TELL
EARTH HAS LOST BUT HEAVEN HAS FOUND HER
JESUS HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL.

Photographs:

Rob Cain
A Reed April 2019
Photographer: Rob Cain

Related Documents:

PDF file: Coroner's Inquest

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