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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Mrs Sarah Jane Lewis

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Sarah Jane
Surnames: Lewis
Date of Death: 14/02/1956
Burial Date: 20/02/1956
Age at Death Years: 70
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 038 A2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section F Plots 1593 & 1594
Grave Description: Double plot with gothic headstone with shoulders, leaded lettering. Crown motif at top of headstone. Surrounding kerbstones, grass covered.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Headstone laid down
Other Information: Added death date, source: Registrars and Newspaper records

Many thanks to Angie Thrower for sharing her family photos with us

Sarah Jane Lewis

Inscription:

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
A DEAR WIFE AND LOVING MOTHER
SARAH JANE
WIFE OF HENRY PAUL TAYLOR
BORN DECEMBER 26TH 1847
DIED AUGUST 18TH 1900

FROM OUR HAPPY HOME AND CIRCLE
GOD HATH TAKEN ONE WE LOVE;
DO NOT ASK US IF WE MISS HER,
THERE IS SUCH A VACANT PLACE;
CAN WE E'ER FORGET HER FOOTSTEPS,
AND HER FAMILIAR FACE.

ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED
HENRY PAUL TAYLOR
BORN AUGUST 28TH 1848
DIED JUNE 9TH 1932

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT AND KEPT THE FAITH

(North kerb inner face)
SARAH JANE LEWIS, DIED 14TH FEBRUARY 1956, AGED 70 YEARS.

Photographs:

Colin Hunt
Taylor & Lewis (Apr 2016)
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Taylor & Lewis (Apr 2016)
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Rev Harry & Sarah Jane Lewis submitted by Angie Thrower

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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