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

Sir Henry Sweetman

Title: Sir
Forenames: Henry
Surnames: Sweetman
Date of Birth: 31/03/1858
Date of Death: 08/06/1944
Age at Death Years: 86
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 047 B2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section L Plot 4366
Grave Description: Granite Celtic Cross on three tiered base. Granite kerbs - Grass and moss infill. The top and middle tiers are displaced towards the front of the bottom tier.
Grave Condition Description: Good
Other Information: Added birthdate, source: Newspaper records.
Old Website Grave ID: 11712

Inscription:

Top Tier
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA MARY,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY SWEETMAN

Middle Tier
WHO PASSED AWAY IN HER SLEEP
JUNE 11TH 1934
AGED 73 YEARS
A LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER

Bottom Tier
ALSO OF A MUCH LOVED FATHER
HENRY SWEETMAN
WHO PASSED AWAY JUNE 8TH 1944 AGED 86 YEARS

Photographs:

David Earle
H Sweetman Mar 2012
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
H Sweetman Mar 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death; Obituary; Tribute.
PDF file: Accident 1910

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