Samuel LEIGH

Forename(s): Samuel

Surname: LEIGH

   Gentleman

Date of birth: 1823 (approx., calculated)

Date of death: 31 Jul 1906

Date of burial: 3 Aug 1906

Ceremony by:  Rev H E Sharpe

Age at death: 83 years

Address: 8 Quay Street, Parish of Newport

Section: Q - Cemetery map

Plot No: 151  Section map of plots

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Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke   6050


Portsmouth Evening News - 4 August 1906 - NEWPORT - The funeral of the late Mr. Samuel Leigh, aged 83, the last survivor of the old school of shipping carriers of Newport, took place at Carisbrooke Cemetery on Friday afternoon. Deceased was for nearly half a century the host of the 'Royal Oak' public-house, the license of which has been in the same family for about a century.


Also on this marker:

   Jane LEIGH

Carisbrooke Cemetery

Samuel LEIGH

Image by: Tony Barton



Inscription

In Loving Memory of
JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
SAMUEL LEIGH,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 25TH 1888,
AGED 63.
"COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE
HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.

ALSO OF SAMUEL LEIGH,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JULY 31ST 1906, AGED 83
THE MEMORMY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED

Transcription by: Tony Barton