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:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832 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, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is |