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This stone was erected by WILLIAM LYELL shipmaster in Dundee in memory of his mother MARGARET BETTAY who died the 29` of April 1774 aged 72 years as also his son PETER LYELL who died the 17` of August 1774 aged one year & 3 months HELLAN LYELL his daughter who died the 27th of May 1775 aged 3 years. Omnes codem cogimus ( Death is inevitable ) Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.
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Claimant: Mrs Gowans, daughter of the erector.
Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832