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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Mrs Elizabeth Mayhew Ratcliffe

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Elizabeth Mayhew
Surnames: Ratcliffe
Date of Birth: 06/10/1822
Date of Death: 20/01/1906
Age at Death Years: 83
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 D2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section A Plots 66b & 67a
Grave Description: Large plot, iron railings very rusty. Upright cross on three tiers, top of cross engraved I.H.S. There is also a memorial inside St Thomas Church, Ryde.

Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Badly overgrown with brambles, railings broken
Old Website Grave ID: 2788

Inscription:

Top tier
IN MEMORY OF

2nd tier
ELIZABETH MAYHEW RATCLIFFE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM. E. RATCLIFFE
OF COPSEFIELD, RYDE, I.W
BORN 6TH NOVEMBER 1822
DIED 20TH JAN. 1906

3rd tier
ALSO OF
WILIAM EDWARD RATCLIFFE
BORN 27TH JUNE 1820
DIED 23RD JUNE 1908
"AS THY DAYS SO SHALL THY STRENGTH BE"

Memorial St Thomas' Church, Ryde, south aisle
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM EDWARD RATCLIFFE
BORN JUNE 27TH 1820 DIED JUNE 23RD 1908
ALSO OF HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH MAYHEW RATCLIFFE
BORN NOV. 6TH 1822 DIED JAN. 20TH 1906
"REST IN PEACE"

Photographs:

W & E Ratcliffe St Thomas' Church memorial, Ryde
Janette Gregson
E & W Ratcliffe (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & W Ratcliffe (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1901 census and the obituary and funeral report from the IW Observer.''

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