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 Ellen Drudge

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Ellen
Surnames: Drudge
Date of Death: 20/11/1893
Age at Death Years: 73
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 038 B1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section C Plot 362
Grave Description: Gothic shaped headstone
Grave Condition Description: Leaning slightly backwards, some lichen growth
Old Website Grave ID: 6689

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
ELLEN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
FRANK DRUDGE
DIED NOV 20TH 1893
AGED 73(?) YEARS
"LET BUT MY FAILING HEART BE BLEST
WITH THE SWEET SPIRIT FOR THE QUEST
TO THEE OH LORD LEAVE REST
THY WILL BE DONE"

ALSO OF THE ABOVE
FRANK DRUDGE
DIED JULY 26TH 1897
AGED 72 YEARS
THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT THE DAY IS AT HAND
ANGELS OF JESUS ANGELS OF LIGHT
SINGING TO WELCOME THE PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHT

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
E & F Drudge (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & F Drudge (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriage; Census; Death.
''Details from the St. John's Church marriage register, entries from the 1871-1891 census, and the death notice from the IW County Press.''

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