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
THE ABOVE GRACE NIMMO DIED AT DUNDEE
IN 1868 AGED 76 YEARS & IS INTERRED IN WESTERN CEMETARY.
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
reproduced with kind permission. |
