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 Sophia Annie Lavers

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Sophia Annie
Surnames: Lavers
Burial Date: 23/12/1920
Age at Death Years: 75
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 021 B2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section H Plot 1313b
Grave Description: Large upright headstone with curved top, carving of ivy leaves and berries entwined around a cross above the inscription.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Grass top to grave quite a lot of lichen.
Other Information: Although not mentioned on the memorial, Sophia Annie Lavers was interred in this plot (1920), source: Bereavement Services records
Although mentioned on the memorial, Poppy was not interred in this plot, source: Bereavement Services records

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
WILLIAM LAVERS
WHO FELL ASLEEP NOV 15 1906
AGED 60 YEARS

ALSO OUR DARLING DAUGHTER ALICE
WHO FELL ASLEEP SEPT 26 1906
AGED 33 YEARS

"PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
IN JESUS KEEPING WE ARE SAFE AND THEY"

ALSO
OUR DEAREST DAUGHTER POPPY
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN NEW YORK MAY 4TH 1907
AGED 35 YEARS

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
S Lavers April 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
Lavers family April 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
Lavers family April 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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