Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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 Stone No.1384

 

Inscription.

 

 1825

Erected

By

HELLEN MAIR in memory

of her husband

DAVID ARCHER late

Malt-man in Dundee who

died 5th June 1825 aged

45 years

also the above

HELEN MAIR

died 17th April 1836

aged 49 years

Inscribed

by DAVID ARCHER

son of the above

to the memory of his wife

MILNE PETRIE

who died 29th July 1854

aged 26 years

also his son

DAVID MILNE

who died 21st November 1852

aged 1 year and 10 months

 


How sound is they slumber,

Like the dew on the mountain,

Like the foam on the river,

Like the bubble on the fountain,

Thou art gone and for ever.

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

Claimant: ? Brown Street.

Source:RT