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 Eliza Downer

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Eliza
Surnames: Downer
Date of Death: 07/02/1959
Burial Date: 11/02/1959
Age at Death Years: 85
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 018 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E/F Plot 3
Grave Description: Squarish stone, nicely engraved with a swag of leaves, the IHS is surrounded by carved ivy leaves. Flower holder also on grave. Kerbstones with small pillars with crosses engraved on each one.
Grave Condition Description: Stone weathered and stone crop growing on grave
Old Website Grave ID: 3397

Inscription:

IHS (in monogram at top of headstone)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK DOWNER
DIED SEPT 5TH 1936
AGED 67 YEARS
"SUNSET AND EVENING STAR
AND A CLEAR CALL OF ME
AND MAY THERE BE NO MOANING OF THE BAR
WHEN I PUT OUT TO SEA"

ALSO OF HIS WIFE
ELIZA DOWNER
DIED FEBRUARY 7TH 1959
AGED 85 YEARS
"AT REST"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
F & E Downer (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
F & E Downer (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death Notice; Obituary; Funeral

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