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 Stone No.1402/1

 

Inscription.

 Inscribed

In memory of

Charles Matthews died 23rd Dec 1826

aged 10 months

John died 9th November 1830

aged 1 year and 10 months

Christian Allan died 19th August __

aged 10 months

and their grand ___

 

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This monument

was erected to the surviving

members of the family

as a tribute of respect

To the memory of

Their parents


Inscribed to the memory of Charles Matthews, died 23rd December 1826 aged 10 months, John died 9th November 1830 aged 1 year and 10 months. Christian Allan died 19th August 1841 aged 10 months. And their grandparents Thomas Matthews who died 29th May 1815 aged 56 years and Christian Allan his spouse who died 1st March 1826 aged 67 years. Obituary. Charles Matthews, Merchant, Dundee, died 3rd December 1858 aged 56 years, and Catherine Paton his spouse, died 10th December 1853 aged 51 years. This monument was erected by the surviving members of the family as a tribute of respect to the memory of their parents.

Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.