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 May Edith Downer

Title: Mrs
Forenames: May Edith
Surnames: Downer
Date of Death: 19/12/1934
Age at Death Years: 52
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 048 B3/C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3641
Grave Description: Upright scroll with lead lettering. Grass covered plot
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some lead letters missing. Some sinkage in this area of cemetery
Other Information: Although not mentioned on the memorial, William Henry Downer was also interred in this plot (1958), source: Bereavement Services records

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MY DEAR WIFE
MAY EDITH DOWNER,
WHO DIED DECEMBER 19TH 1934,
AGED 52 YEARS.
"AT REST."

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
E & W Downer August 2016
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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