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 Robert Sherson

Title: Rev
Forenames: Robert
Surnames: Sherson
Date of Birth: 28/12/1800
Date of Death: 21/08/1869
Burial Date: 26/03/1869
Age at Death Years: 68
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 A3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plot 138
Grave Description: Box type tomb with stone cross on top.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Very overgrown with ivy and a hedge behind.
Other Information: Burial date added, source Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 4372

Inscription:

MIDDLE PANEL
CATHERINE WIDOW OF ROBERT SHERSON ALSO OF MORTIMER GEORGE THOYTS ESQ OF SULHAMSTEAD HOUSE READING BERKS

TOP PANEL
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT SHERSON 39 YEARS RECTOR OF YAVERLAND BORN 28TH DEC 1800 DIED AUGUST 21ST 1869
WHO DID JUSTLY AND LOVED MERCY AND WALKED HUMBLY WITH HIS GOD.

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
R Sherson and C Thoyts October 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
R Sherson and C Thoyts October 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Yaverland Church
PDF file: Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1851 census, and the obituaries and funeral report from the IW Times and IW Observer.''

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