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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Mrs Eliza Purnell

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Eliza
Surnames: Purnell
Date of Death: 21/07/1845
Age at Death Years: 41
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 020 C1/D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section M Plot 1857
Grave Description: Pitched topped headstone. Stone kerbs with cast iron railings. Parts of the inscription are not deeply carved and are difficult to read. (March 2013)
Engraved lettering. Grass covered. (Jan 2016)

Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Following further clearance, lettering eroded and difficult to read in places but better light has revealed more of inscription (Jan 2016)
Other Information: Eliza Purnell was the first wife of James Purnell and mother of Sarah Mary Curtis. James Purnell remarried and his second wife was called Eliza (Jane) Purnell. She is not recorded on this memorial. Eliza is not buried in this plot although recorded on the inscription, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 13530

Inscription:

IN
EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE OF
JAMES PURNELL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
APRIL 4TH 1868
AGED 75 YEARS
HIS END WAS PEACE

ALSO OF ELIZA
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JULY 21 1845
AGED 41 YEARS
AND WAS INTERRED AT KINGSTON
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH

AND OF SARAH MARY CURTIS
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OCTOBER 10TH 1897
AGED 63 YEARS

Photographs:

David Earle
E Purnell Mar 2013
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
E Purnell Mar 2013
Photographer: David Earle
Kate MacDonell
J & E Purnell & S Curtis Jan 2016
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
J & E Purnell & S Curtis (2) Jan 2016
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Carol Strong
Purnell family plot April 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong

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