Stone No.425
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Erected By GRACE NIMMO in memory of her husband JOHN MACKAY merchant who died in 1850, aged 62 years and also of their children Viz GRACE died 1819 aged 1 years and 3 months MARGARET died 1827 aged 10 years THOMAS died 1827 aged 1 year and 8 months JEAN died 1828 aged 8 years PATRICK died 1829 aged 6 years MARIA died 1829 aged 1 year and 3 months GRACE died 1830 aged 8 years ELIZABETH died 1830 aged 1 1/2 months WILLIAMINA died 1836 aged 7 years HELEN died 1841 aged 26 years REV CHARLES BAXTER MACKAY MINISTER OF BORGUE CHURCHYARD
6 Nov 1850. the family of the late John McKay paid revisal dues & obtained liberty to remove the old stone & replace it by a new stone as of minute of Hospital Committee of 28 Oct 1850. Source:RT Original Inscription. 1819. Erected by John Mackay, Merchant, Dundee, and Grace Nimmo his spouse, in memory of their daughter Grace, who died 4th July 1819, aged 14 months; and of their daughter Margaret, who died 15th February 1827, aged 10 years. Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is |