Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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Stone No.788

 

 

 

 

Inscription Front.

Inscription Rear.

 

 1802

Erected

By ALEX BLACK Merch

in Dundee and ISABEL

BARNET his spouse in

memory of their daughter

JEAN who died the

6th Oct 1802 aged one year

one month and 15 days

Also their son DAVID died

the 6th oct 1803 aged 7 months and 15 days, also

their Son NICOLL BLACK died the

29th June 1809 aged 8 months

and ISOBELL BLACK their daughter

died 25th June 1819 aged ??


5 years and 3 months. Also their son Alexander, died 26th April 1815, aged 5 years.

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

 

 

Remember death

Your waiting lives grow shorted still

As days and months increase

And every beating pulse you tell

Leaves but a number less