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Stone No.44

 

Inscription.

 

Top half unreadable as covered by stone from the wall above

 

The above mentioned

John Nairn

who died on the 11th day of April

1812 in the 78th year of his age

also interred here


This stone was erected by John Nairn Shipmaster in Dundee, in memory of his spouse Anne Watson, daughter to John Watson, Mercht in Edinburgh, who died the 20th of Feb 1760, aged 35 years and six months, and Alexander Nairn their son, who lye interred here. The above mentioned John Nairn, who died on the 14th day of April 1812, in the 78th year of his age, is also interred here.

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


1769 John Nairn, shipmaster, Dundee

Claimant: Alexander Laird, Cowgate

Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832