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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Ryde Cemetery

Mrs Eleanor Pitcairn

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Eleanor
Surnames: Pitcairn
Date of Death: 03/09/1880
Map Reference Number: RSHG 008 A2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section O Plot 2119
Grave Description: LARGE ARCHED HEADSTONE
Grave Condition Description: Weathered, some lettering hard to read. Leaning slightly forwards
Other Information: Note: The map from Bereavement Services also gives the name of M Sampson for this plot. According to the Quigley Index of burials for Ryde Cemetery a Mary Sampson was buried in Ryde Cemetery on 2 November 1906 aged 60 years.
Old Website Grave ID: 2191

Inscription:

THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE

SACRED

TO THE BELOVED MEMORY

OF

ELEANOR

WIDOW OF THE LATE

GEORGE K PITCAIRN ESQ M.D.

..? 5th DRAGOON GUARDS

WHO AFTER PATIENT SUFFERING

FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

SEPT 3rd 1880

"COME YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT

THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM

THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD"

SHE IS NOT DEAD BUT ONLY SLEEPING

IN THE SWEET REFUGE OF THY MASTER'S BREAST

AND FAR AWAY FROM EARTHLY ..? AND WEEPING

SHE IS NOT DEAD BUT AWAY TAKING REST.

THIS STONE IS ERECTED

BY HER EVER SORROWING FRIEND

MORTIMER J LOUSADA

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

SUSANNA C M BROCK

DIED FEBRUARY 11th 1922

AGED 83 YEARS

"IN GLORY EVERLASTING"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
Pitcairn and Brook (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Pitcairn and Brook (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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