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 Louisa Lake

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Louisa
Surnames: Lake
Date of Death: 23/12/1878
Age at Death Years: 73
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 005 A2/B2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 5 No Plot Number
Grave Description: Double headstone
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering to inscription make it difficult to read
Other Information: Louisa was originally from Portsmouth and married George Lake (son of William Lake) who was the owner of the Eagle Brewery at 37 and 38 High Street Ryde in 1822. They had 9 children
Old Website Grave ID: 2561

Inscription:

Left hand side
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE LAKE
DIED 23RD JAN 1848
AGED 49 YEARS

"ALTHOUGH WE MOURN THE HUSBAND, FATHER, FRIEND
WE GATHER COMFORT FROM HIS HAPPY END
MAY WE BY THAT WARNED OF LIFE'S EBBING TIDE

HIS..................(illegible text)
AND WITH A FAITH. A HOPE TO BE FORGIVEN
DEPART IN PEACE WITH EARTH AND MORE IN HEAVEN"

Right hand side
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
LOUISA LAKE
DIED 23RD DEC. 1878
AGED 73 YEARS

"WHEN.......HEARD"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
G & L Lake (April 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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