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 Grace Read

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Grace
Surnames: Read
Date of Death: 28/05/1871
Burial Date: 28/05/1871
Age at Death Years: 61
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 018 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section F Plot 917
Grave Description: Upright stone pointed top, carved shoulders, oak leaves on the left side and ivy leaves on the right side, IHS carved in a rosette at top
Grave Condition Description: Fairly good but some lichen growing
Old Website Grave ID: 4214

Inscription:

IHS

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
GRACE WIFE OF
WILLIAM READ
WHO DIED MAY 28th 1871
AGED 61 YEARS

ALSO

WILLIAM READ
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED
MARCH 25th 1875
AGED 75 YEARS

"THEIR END WAS PEACE"

ALSO

DANIEL READ
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED DEC 19th 1882
AND WAS BURIED AT SEA
AGED 40 YEARS

"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
G, W & D Read (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
G, W & D Read (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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