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 Fanny Mary Stephens

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Fanny Mary
Surnames: Stephens
Date of Death: 02/12/1866
Age at Death Years: 31
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plot 707
Grave Description: Thin headstone with curved top and engraved lettering. (August 2007)

Headstone has fallen forwards and is broken diagonally near centre. Now lying flat, therefore inscription no longer visible. (January 2019)
Grave Condition: Poor
Other Information: Although mentioned on the inscription, George Stephens is buried in an unmarked grave Ryde Old Cemetery Section S Plot 2807a Map RSHG 019 D1, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 3861

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FANNY MARY, WIFE OF
ALEXANDER STEPHENS
WHO DIED DEC 2ND 1866
AGED 31 YEARS

ALSO OF GEORGE, INFANT SON OF
THE ABOVE, DIED OCT 2ND 1867
AGED 10 MONTHS

ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED
ALEXANDER STEPHENS
DIED MARCH 28TH 1898
AGED 64

AND OF THEIR DAUGHTER
ELIZA MARY STEPHENS
DIED MAY 1ST 1929 AGED 69

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
F, G, A & E Stephens Aug 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
F, G, A & E Stephens Aug 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Kate MacDonell
Stephens family January 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Marriage; Death.
''Entries from the 1851-1861 census, details from the All Saints' marriage register, and the death notice from the IW Observer.''

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