Edward WOODNUTT
Forename(s): Edward
Surname: WOODNUTT
MarinerDate of birth: 1827 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 23 Jan 1893
Date of burial: 26 Jan 1893
Age at death: 66 years
Address: Sea Street, Parish of Newport
Section: D Consecrated - Cemetery map
Plot No: 85 Section map of plotsBurial Register entry: Newport 2341
IWCP - 28 January 1893 - NEWPORT - Mr. EDWARD WOODNUTT. - We have to record the death of Mr. Edward Woodnutt, of Sea-street, which took place on Monday morning last. The deceased, who was within a few weeks of attaining his 67th year, had been connected with the shipping interests of the town from his youth. Owning the majority of the barges trading on the river Medina, in the management of which until he took an active interest, few men were better known on the river than "Uncle Ned," a sobriquet by which the deceased was familiarly known. The funeral took place at the Newport Cemetery on Thursday last.
Newport Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
West facingIN MEMORY OF (on sculpted ribbon)
EDWARD WOODNUTT,
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
on Monday January 23rd 1893,
Aged 66 Years.
SO WHEN OUR LIFE IS CLOUDED O'ER,
AND STORM WINDS DRIFT US FROM THE SHORE
SAY LEST WE SINK TO RISE NO MORE
PEACE BE STILL
Transcription by: Kate MacDonell & Cherry Farley