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

Mrs Eleanor Mary Rooke

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Eleanor Mary
Surnames: Rooke
Date of Birth: 28/11/1846
Date of Death: 16/04/1917
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 034 A1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section A Plot 35a
Grave Description: Grey marble three tiered plinth with cross, lead lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Letters good but stone near hedge and getting overgrown. Cross broken and lying flat on grave.
Old Website Grave ID: 6615

Inscription:

Top plinth east facing

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELEANOR MARY

2nd plinth

DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
MAJ GENERAL WILLIAM ROOKE
LATE ROYAL ARTILLERY
BORN 28TH NOVEMBER 1846
DIED 16TH APRIL 1917

3rd plinth

"HER CHILDREN ARISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED"

2nd plinth south facing

ALSO OF
MAJ GENERAL WILLIAM ROOKE
LATE ROYAL ARTILLERY
BORN 29TH DECEMBER 1836
DIED 7TH SEPTEMBER 1919

3rd plinth south facing

"AT REST"

2nd plinth west facing

MABEL HOME ROOKE
BORN 11TH MARCH 1869
DIED 23RD JUNE 1967

3rd plinth west facing

HELEN ROOKE
1905 - 1993

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
E & W Rooke (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & W Rooke (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & W Rooke (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & W Rooke (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Directory; Obituary; Funeral.
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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