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 Mary Purnell

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Mary
Surnames: Purnell
Date of Death: 28/01/1891
Burial Date: 04/02/1891
Age at Death Years: 68
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 009 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section Q Plot 2411
Grave Description: Upright Gothic type stone with wreath carved in relief and standing out
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering and lichen
Old Website Grave ID: 1675

Inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES JOHN BENICK PURNELL
WHO DIED FEB 20TH 1878
AGED 50 YEARS

"NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING
SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING"

ALSO
JAMES JOHN
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JULY 29TH 1877
AGED 24 YEARS

"WITH CHRIST.......?"

ALSO MARY PURNELL
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED JAN 28th ????
AGED 68 YEARS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J, M & J Purnell (July 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, M & J Purnell (July 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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