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Ryde Cemetery

Sarah Tansom

Forenames: Sarah
Surnames: Tansom
Date of Death: 01/01/1886
Age at Death Years: 80
Map Reference Number: RSHG 012 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section R Plot 2652
Grave Description: A VERY ORNATE CARVED GOTHIC TYOE HEADSTONE.

THERE ARE ROSES CARVED AT THE TOPE OF STONE

Grave Condition Description: H/S VERY GOOD NO KERBS JUST GRASS

Other Information: THERE ARE NO DATES AT ALL ON THIS GRAVE SO IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHEN THIS LADY DIED

Update June 2007 : According to the Quigley Index Sarah Sansom was buried 30th March 1886 aged 80.

On 6 February 2008 Peter Morrall contacted us with the following information: "Although described as a 'widow' in the 1881 census Sarah was a single mother of 2 children, she lived in Weeks Road, Ryde and died in 1886 aged 80 years. IWFHS BMD Ref. B29/E392".

Old Website Grave ID: 2259

Inscription:

IN

LOVING MEMORY OF

SARAH TANSOM

WHO PASSED AWAY

AGED 80 YEARS

"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
S Tansom (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
S Tansom (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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