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 Violet Baker

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Violet
Surnames: Baker
Date of Death: 04/08/1988
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 011 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section R Plot 2593
Grave Description: 2 slabs, one a prayer book and the other plain, lead lettering and small pot which has sunk into the ground.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Both slabs have weathered and are sinking into the ground. Some lead letters have fallen off.
Old Website Grave ID: 2369

Inscription:

(Memorial is a stone prayer book)
IN
FOND REMEMBRANCE
OF
BILLY
LOVED HUSBAND OF
VIOLET BAKER
FELL ASLEEP
JUNE 13TH 1970
AGED 80

"SUNSET AND EVENING STAR"
NO ONE CLEAR .........?

(Right side )
AND
MY DEAR WIFE
VIOLET
DIED
AUGUST 4TH 1988
A WELL LOVED AUNT

"THE LORD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER"

(Small slab at foot end)
IN FOND MEMORY OF
MARY NORRIS(?)
A DEARLY LOVED
GRANDMOTHER
PASSED ON
29TH OCTOBER 1910(?)
AGED 56 YEARS

"COME UNTO ME ALL YE ... (the rest of the text is covered with grass,etc)

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
W & V Baker and M Norris (June 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
W & V Baker and M Norris (June 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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