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

Rev John Shearme

Title: Rev
Forenames: John
Surnames: Shearme
Date of Birth: 20/03/1842
Date of Death: 07/01/1925
Age at Death Years: 82
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 032 B1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 541
Grave Description: Half stone with large celtic cross on top. Stone surrounds. Rough granite.
Grave Condition Description: Lettering eroded overgrown in middle
Old Website Grave ID: 7232

Inscription:

AT REST
JOHN SHEARME
PRIEST
VICAR OF RYDE 1891-1905
HON CANON OF WINCHESTER
BORN MARCH 20TH 1842 DIED JAN 7TH 1925
"A MAN GREATLY BELOVED"

ALSO OF
MARY STEWART HIS WIFE
BORN JAN 10TH 1850 DIED DEC 17TH 1940
"THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD"

Photographs:

David Earle
J Shearme 26.09.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
J Shearme
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral.
''The obituary and funeral report from the IW Times.''
PDF file: National Probate Calendar
PDF file: Rev Shearme at Osborne 1892

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