Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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 Stone No.1060

 

Inscription.

 

 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, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.

 

 

Claimant: Mrs Gowans, daughter of the erector.

Source:RT