Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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 Stone No.660

 

Inscription.

 

 Here lyes interred CHRISTIAN NEILSON

daughter to GEORGE NEILSON

shipmaster in Dundee who

died the 7th of April 1764 aged

one year and four months


Upon this Earth Christ did appear,

And did invite all children dear;

And in his Kingdom promised them

Wonder at this ya sons of men.

This lovely Babe hath done no wrong,

I hope that Heaven is now her home;

Parents fret not at God's command,

When he your children he doth command.

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