The
inscriptions
-
1.
[Wall mounted - completely exfoliated]
2.
[Completely exfoliated]
3.
[Front] Erected by David Norrie Shipmaster
in __.
[Reverse] My
living friend come view the place / Where
you must shortly lie / I
once was young and healthy too / But
summoned was to die. / My
friend this clay must be your bed / In
spite of all your aim / The
poor, the rich the
hoary head / Must lie as low as mine. (missing
text added)
4.
1812 Erected By
David and Katherine Knight In memory of John Knight in West Ferry
_______ May 27th., aged
43 years _____ham Bla_____ 77 years. (missing text
added)
5.
[Completely exfoliated]
6.
1859 Erected
By James
McKinney In memory of his son Robert who died 18th
Jan. 1859 aged 15 months
7.
1828 Erected
By John Methven and Margaret Caithness His spouse, in memory of their
children Viz. Rachel Ogilvie, who died 19 March 1821, aged 4 years
and 7 months And Rachel, who died 22 Sept 1823, aged 3 months Also
Isobel Caithness Sister to Margaret Methven,
died 27th Jan 1836, aged 42
And their mother, Isobel Enlay, August 1827,
aged ____
8.
1859 J Carnegie
9.
[Completely exfoliated]
10.
[Completely exfoliated and broken]
11.
[Broken] J. Hill
12.
1860
Erected by Alexander and Elizabeth Martin In memory of their sisters
Helen and Jean Also Alexander M Fox grand
child of the above Alexander Martin Who died 10th Nov. 1860
Aged 2 years Also Thomas Abott Husband of the above Elizabeth Martin Who died 25 Jan 1861 Aged
82
13.
[Completely exfoliated]
14.
1835
Erected By Elspeth and Agnes Donaldson In memory of their father Andrew
Donaldson Who died 15th May 1820 Aged 85 years and of their
mother Margaret Anderson Who died 22nd Oct. 1833 Aged 87. Also of their
niece Agnes Lowden Who died 12th Dec. 1821 Aged 15 years.
15.
[Front - half exfoliated]
I837 Revised
by Elizabeth Lanceman And all their
relations of that name [ME
MEN MORT - beneath
are a skull, crossed bones and an hourglass]
[Reverse] died ______52 years ______ [remainder
exfoliated]
16.
[partially exfoliated] 1837
Erected by David Webster Shipmaster,
Broughty Ferry In memory of his mother Margaret
Fyfe 24th June 1834 Aged
72 years
And his father David
Webster, shipowner, who died 3rd
March 1837,
aged 76 years
17.
1835
Erected By Charles Donaldson and Graham Fyfe his spouse In memory of her
father John Fyfe Who died the 5th Feb. 1834, aged 69 years
and of their sons Charles and James who died in infancy.
18.
[Crown on top]
1712
TM IW
Thomas Smith, husband to Isobel Welles,
who dwelt in the Ferrie and departed the ____ day of Ianuary 1712 and of
his age 28. (missing
text added)
19.
[Base only on site, top broken off and now leaning again the
south wall in location 'b' , behind bushes]
[Front] Erected by George Caithness, shipmaster, In memory of his father
George Caithness Shipmaster, North Ferry Who died 19th
February 1801, aged 71 years And his mother, Agnes Lyell, Who departed
this life, 11th March 1801, aged 67 years.
[Reverse] They were a couple, good, without pretense / Blessed with plain reason and with sober sense / Pride to them
unknown while they drew breath / Lovely in their lives, undivided in
their death.
George Caithness Died July 19th 1842, aged 74 years Also his
wife Isabella Clark Died March 3rd 1852, aged 76
20.
[Very weathered] 1809
Erected By Janet Henry In memory of her husband
James Caithness, shipmaster, 11 August 1808, aged 27
And their children
George, 26th August 1828, aged 24
Isabella, 1851, aged 45 And the said Janet Henry, 22nd
October 1860, in
the 90th year of her life
21.
[Only one letter still visible] "H"
22.
[Broken off]
23.
1830
D Anderson {or
Henderson}, aged
61 years
24.
1856
Erected by Andrew Cant, Seaman, in memory of his wife Elizabeth Pattullo
who died 1st December 1855 aged 23 years.
25.
1844
Erected by William Cant And Agnes Scott, his spouse, in memory of their
son, Robert, who died 26 Aug 1826 aged 10 years And Margreat who died 25 Nov 1826 aged
12 years Also Euphemia who died Feb 27 1832 Aged 1 year
26.
[Front] Erected
by Andrew Spence, builder and Margery Isles, his spouse in memory of
their children viz. Patrick, who died 17 May 1816, aged 4 years and
Charles, who died 2nd June 1816, aged 2 years also Charles,
who died February 1823, aged 5 months and Agnes, who died 28th
April 1832, aged 15 years
[Reverse] SACRED Suffer little children to come unto me / and forbid
them not, / for such is the kingdom of heaven
27.
1844
W Thomson
28.
1825
Erected by Hugh Fraser in memory of his
mother who died 18th May 1825 aged 80 years
29.
[Front] 1821 Erected
by David Martin, Resident in West Ferry and Helen Leslie, his spouse in
memory of their deceased children viz. Helen, who died 15th
Feb 1820, aged 16 months James, who died 1st June 1820, aged
5 years+7 months, Elizabeth, who died Dec 31st 1820, aged 3
years+7 months, Jemima, who died 28th Oct. 1825, aged 1
year+1month, James, who died 5th Jan 1827, aged 4 years, John
Stuart, who died 22nd May 1831, aged 4 years+11months.
Helen Leslie, Spouse of David Martin died 9th Nov. 1847, aged
60 years, Alexander Leitch, died at sea 1852
[Reverse] Our times of sorrow and of joy / Great God, are in thy
hand. / Our choicest comforts come from thee / And go at thy command. /
If thou shouldst take them all away / Yet would we not repine / Before
they were possessed by us / They were entirely thine.
“And I heard a voice from heaven saying / unto me, write, blessed are
the dead which / die in the Lord from henceforth: yea / saith the
spirit, that they may rest / from their labours, and their works / do
follow them.” (Rev. xiv.13)
30.
[Very badly weathered - flat]
. .
. Young,
in memory of his parents, David
Young, November 1780 And
his spouse
______ Webster Oct 23, 17__
And their children _______ / _______
died March, / _______
Charles Young
31.
1826 DKID [Completely exfoliated]
(missing
text added)
32.
1828
Erected by George Knight in memory of his spouse Jean Kidd who died 6th
March 1813 aged 50 years
33.
1793
Erected by Alexander Ross shipmaster in Dundee in memory of Barbra Abbot
spouse to Thos Smith who died Oct 3rd 1792 aged 64 years also
Robert Abbot, who died 17th Sept. 1813, aged 93 years
34.
1837
Erected
By
William
Stewart, smith
In memory of
Elizabeth
Christie
His spouse, who
died Dec 1834.
Also by
Isabella
Stephen
In memory of
her husband
William Stewart, Late
shipmaster, Dundee
Who died 31st
Dec 1835
Aged 38 years
Also 4 of their
children
35.
[Base only remaining]
36.
[Very badly corroded] 1812 Erected by _______
/ Da ____
37.
1837
38.
1826
Robert Anderson
39.
MDCCCXLI (1841)
Erected by
Ann Norrie
in memory of
her husband
John Gall
who died 10th
March 1839
aged 37 years
[rest exfoliated]
40.
1836
Jean Allan
41.
1843
Erected
by
Isabella Smith
in memory of
her father in law
David Stephen
who died the 29th
October 1829
aged 74 years
and of her
husband
Thomas Stephen
shipmaster, who
was lost at sea
in October 1836
on his passage
from Stettin (Germany, now Poland) to
London
aged 33 years
also her
daughter
Isabella S
Stephen
who died the 5th
January 1841
aged 6 years
the above
Isabella Smith
died 8th
March 1850, aged 44 years
42.
1836
John Ritchie
in memory of
his wife and
8 children
43.
1826
Erected
By
Allan
Denoon
In memory of his
mother
27th
December 1825, aged 49
44.
[Front] 1831
Revised
By
Isobel + Janet
Brown
in memory of
their father
Lawrence Brown
who died 12th
March 1809
aged 64 years
and of their
mother
Elizabeth Henry
who died 1st
May 1829
aged 71 years
also of their
sister
Margaret
who died 15th
July 1800
aged 2 years
[Reverse] The child of
youth
/ The man of
years
/ Here
undistinguished lie
/ We plainly see
by heaven’s decree
/ That every age
must die
45.
[Front] 1836
Sacred to
the memory of
James Norrie
late shipmaster
who died 28th
June 1836
in the 84th
year of his life
and of his sons
John, who died
at sea
14th
Sept 1795, aged 12 years.
also John, who
died 13th March 1812, aged 15 years
and James, who
died 5th May 1839, aged 46 years
also his
daughter, Margaret, who died
28th
July 1841, aged 40 years
[Reverse]
The hory head
is a crown of glory
/ If it be found _______
/ In the way of
righteousness / Blessed are the
dead
/ Which die in
the Lord.
46.
[Completely exfoliated - broken-off top is stone d/e behind
bushes on south wall]
46a.
[Broken - some writing at the bottom but illegible - weathered]
47.
[lying down - the large area of granite at the bottom of the
photo is the triangular pediment which belongs on the top of the stone.]
In loving
memory of
James Cappon
Who died 28th
April 1843, aged 74
And of
Margaret
Webster, his wife,
Who died 5th
Feb 1877, aged 84
And of their
sons
George, John,
David and Graham
And their
daughters, Rachel and Mary, All of who died
in early life.
Erected by
their daughter Jane, Widow of the
late Alexander Dove, Merchant,
Melbourne, Australia, who died at
Footscray, 25th Dec 1879, aged 60.
Footscray Historical Society
kindly supplied the following:-
From: Lack, John, 'A History of Footscray' - Hargreen
Publishing, 1991, p.61.
"COUNCIL met in July 1859 and elected Captain Alexander
Dove as Chairman, despite the fact that Harrison and Powell stood
ahead of Dove in the poll. .. Alexander Dove was a 40-year-old
retired Scottish sea captain turned landlubber after a career in
the trade to America and Russia. He had captained an emigrant ship
to the United States at the age of 21, surviving an outbreak of
fever which decimated his officers and passengers. In 1846 he
superintended the construction of the full-rigged sailing ship
Sacramento for the Australian run, and sailed her to Adelaide and
Melbourne, where he decided to settle. Taking the Sacramento back
to London, Dove purchased a schooner, the Little Margaret, and
filled it with merchandise to set himself up in partnership as a
ships' chandler. Dove's Melbourne interests included a dry dock
and the building of steam tugs. Some time in the 1850s he and his
wife established themselves at Upper Footscray, near the corner of
Essex Street and Summerhill Road."
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48.
[Large base only
with mortise]
49.
[Fallen over but still intact] Erected
by
Mary Duncan
in memory of
her husband
Alexander
Brymer
china merchant,
Dundee
who died 15th
Aug 1862
aged 45
also 4 of their
children who died in
infancy.
50.
1865
Erected
by
Thomas and Mary
Lorimer
in memory of
their father
Robert Lorimer
who died 18th
August 1825
aged 37 years
and Mary Norrie
who died 10th
March 1848
aged 55 years
also Thomas
Lorimer Junr
who died 12th
December 1862
aged 22 years
51.
1836
Erected By
James Lorimer
in memory of
his son
Robert
who died in
infancy
52.
1832
Erected
By Alexander Ross
In memory of
his spouse
Catherine Gall
Who departed
this life
21st
May 1830, aged 58 years
And of his son,
Thomas
Who died 29th
July 1805, aged 2 years
Also his
daughter, Isobel,
Who died 7th
August 1803, aged 1 year, Margaret
Who died 16th
March 1808, aged 2 years
53.
[Table stone, with two winged cherubim, hourglass, skull and two crossed bones.
Lichen growing
on stone - did not wish to disturb. Round the edge is inscribed:-
] Thomas Abbot, shipmaster, North Ferry of
Dundee Who died on the 20th November 1734, aged
40, and his son, Robert
54.
1828
Erected
By
George Anderson, farmer
at Barnhill
in memory of Alexander Croft
who was 36 years his foreman
A good, faithful and honest
servant.
Died the 9th and lies interred
here the 11th May 1828, aged 74 years
and left his relations upwards
Of £400 sterling at his death.
55.
[Top
broken off and lying beside the
workman’s bothy, see stone 'g']
56.
[On top, compass and upside down anchor] 1797
Erected
By
Jean
Drummond
In memory of her husband
Robert Ferrier
sometime shipmaster in Dundee
who was born 12th July 1744 and died
on the 11th of July 1797,
being aged 53 years.
57.
1844
Erected
By
Thomas Ferrier
Shipmaster, Broughty Ferry
In memory of his father, David Ferrier,
Who died 7th June 1829, aged 77 years
Also his mother, Jannet Webster
Who died 18th November, 1828, aged 75 years
58.
1840 Erected by
William Gall
Broughty Ferry
In memory of his deceased children
Jean, Mary, Ann and
William
Who all died in infancy
[other text exfoliated]
59.
[Badly exfoliated]
John _______
April 18_______
60.
1845
Erected
By
Janet Anderson
In memory of her father
David Anderson
Late shoemaster, Broughty Ferry
Who died 26th April 1843
Aged 86 years
Also of her mother
Janet Doig
Who died 1st June 1826, aged 63 years.
61.
1831
Erected By
Philip Gibbs, Dundee In Memory of his spouse Jean Hamilton Lorimer Who died 17th August, 1831
Aged 25 years
62.
Alexander
Norie Who died 19th August 1813 Aged 55 years
63.
[Small marker -
possibly broken]
64.
[Small marker -
possibly broken]
65.
[Small marker -
possibly broken]
66.
1848 Erected
by
James Webster
late shipmaster, Broughty Ferry
and
Graham Webster, his spouse
in memory of their daughter, Margaret
Who died 4th November 1820, aged 5 years.
also Graham Webster,
who died 18th December 1847, aged 19 years,
Also of their sons viz.
David, who died in London, 21st September
1849, aged 38 years.
John, who died at Rio Janeiro, 8th April
1850, aged 35 years.
The above named
James Webster, died 27th May 1851,
Aged 63 years.
[On base] In the ________
67.
[Pillar Stone - badly exfoliated on the east side]
Erected
In memory of John Kidd, late shipmaster
in Dundee, who died the 15th April, 1801
aged 61 years.
cura pii diis sunt [ed. the pious are cared for by the gods - Latin text]
/ This life he steered by land and sea
/ With honesty and skill
/ And calmly suffer'd blast and storm
/ unconscious of all ill
/ This voyage is finished, he’s unrigged / And laid in dry dock, urn
/ Preparing for the grand fleet trip
/ And the Commodore's return.
(missing
text added)
68.
[Table stone, with two cherubim, a ship in full sail aided by
two figures
blowing favourable winds, a compass and upside down anchor, at top]
Erected by Thomas Ross,
shipmaster, in memory of his spouse, Marjory
Watson,
who died 16th
November 1782,
aged 81 years, and in memory of their children, Robert
and William
who
died in infancy; Thomas
and
Robert died
at sea.
Isobel
and Margaret survived, 4th February 1785.
And Thomas Ross ________________
Blessed
are
the dead which die in the Lord / from henceforth: yea saith the spirit, /
that they may rest from their labours, / and their works do follow them. [at bottom is a scroll with ‘remember death’ written on it
and an hourglass, a skeleton and crossed bones]
69.
[Front]1785
Erected by
John Kidd, shipmaster
in North Ferry, and
Margaret Ross, his spouse
in memory of their daughter
Ann Kidd who died Sept the 26th
1782, aged 1 month and 3
days.
[Reverse]
Jesus said unto them, “Suffer
/ little children to come unto me
/ and forbid them not, for such
/ is the kingdom of God.”
70.
1829
Erected by
David Leith
in memory of his
mother
Catherine Campbell
who departed this life
19th January 1829
aged 66 years.
71.
[Very badly weathered]
72.
1836
Erected by
Thomas and Lanceman Storrock
in memory of
their son Thomas, who died
on May 24th, 1831,
aged 18 years
and Lanceman, who was lost at sea
on the 11th November 1836, aged 14 years.
73.
Table stone with compass, ship and upside down anchor at top]
This stone was erected
by
James
Webster, shipmaster, North
Ferry,
in memory of his wife Margaret Abbot
who
died 19th
July 1706, aged 27 years.
Life Justice Eternity
_____ [at bottom of stone in a scroll with writing which might be
legible using a rubbing, an
hourglass, a skull and crossed bones]
74.
Erected
1826
by John Scobie
merchant in
Broughty Ferry
in memory of his spouse
Margaret Dow
who departed this life
12th February 1826
aged 75 years
75.
1837
Erected
by
Jean Anderson
Broughty Ferry
in memory of
her husband
John Ross
who died 2nd
November 1825
aged 49 years
Also
Of her son
Alexander Ross
Who died 25th
July 1851 Aged 29 years
76.
[Front] Erected by Robert Kid Shipmaster of North Ferry
(in) Memory of Margaret Webster
His late spouse who died 20th
December 1784, aged 68
And his son, Robert, 7th June
1763 at 11¼.
Survived 1785, Isobel, Margret, Thomas and William Kid
[Reverse, is very ornate with ship and drapery. At bottom is the text -]
Now she for whom this stone is laid was in virtue ever steady
/ When asked the reason for her hope Had ay the answer ready. Tho'
silent and forgotten here, She smoulders with the clod. The day will
dawn, a voice she'll hear, say, Come and meet your God. (missing
text added)
77.
[Table
stone with two cherubim and a ship at the top and an
hourglass, skull, crossbones at bottom. It is almost
completely covered with lichen.]
Erected _______ Shipmaster ______
78.
1823
Erected by
Margaret Bowman
In memory of
her
husband
Alexander Cant
who died 31st
January 1822
aged 37 years
also her father
John Bowman
Who died at
Aberdeen, aged 72 years.
Also _____ 78 years Margaret Bowman
Key Died 19th
March 1835
79.
1812
Erected by Alex Anderson
Late shipmaster
Broughty Ferry
In memory of
his spouse, Isobel,
Who died 12th
November 1812, aged 65
And two of
their children
80.
[Very badly weathered] NIGHT /
SEAT /
IGHT /
1830 / S
81.
1838
Erected by
David Horn
in memory of
his sister
Janet, who died
August 26th
1820, aged 8
years.
also of his
father William Horn
who died 5th
February 1827, aged 38 years
also Margaret
Anderson
his mother, who
died,
16th
June 1847, aged 67 years
82.
Erected 1830
by
John Pattullo,
Broughty Ferry
and
Margaret Scott,
his spouse
in memory of
their daughter
Ann Craig
Pattullo
who departed
this life
23rd
September 1829, aged 18 months
83.
[Completely exfoliated]
84.
1838
Erected by John Will and Ann Hials his spouse, in memory of their son
William, who died in infancy, November 25th 1822 also David,
who January 16th 1836, aged 10 years
85.
[Badly exfoliated] Webster
86.
16 [Cherubim head]
8_ / 9 IB IL
87.
[Table
stone]
Thomas Liddell, one
time shipmaster of Brotty, 1768, aged 56. Revised
by John Kidd, shipmaster, 1824, in memory of his wife,
Margaret Liddell, daughter of the above Thomas Liddell,
who died 6th November 1823, aged 69.
88.
[Front] Erected by
David Liddell,
Shipmaster, North Ferry in memory of Janet Webster, his spouse who died,
23rd Febr.y 1801, aged 70 years
[Reverse] Justice and truth ever from youth / Adorn’d her deportment /
Never revenging, nor exchanging / Evil, for evil treatment. / Tender
dealing without failing / Was ever her aim, / Even to those who were her
foes, / Beneficent and plain. / She had to give, while she did live /
The sample of a mind / Ever rejecting, but never respecting / Resentment
of any kind.
89.
[Front] 1826
Erected by George Anderson in memory of his sister Isabella Anderson Who
died 26th December 1821 Aged 25 years Also Of his mother
Helen Slater 2nd October 1829 Aged 74 years
[Reverse] By the surviving family Of George Anderson In memory of their
sister Christina Who died 13th April 18 __, aged 7½
years Also their father Who died 30th December 1864 Aged 69 years
The
following stones have become removed from their original place for
various reasons. We were able to work out the correct place for three
stones [ b- detached from base 19; d/e. detached from base 46; and g
detached from base 55, thanks to Sidney Cranmer’s leaflet. However the
other stones must have been already detached when he looked at the
graveyard in 1953 as he does not mention them. Some were not easy to get
at, as you might notice from the Click for photographs. They had been put
‘safely’ behind some bushes!! To work out what was written on them
involved crawling through the undergrowth.
a.
[Lying on its side against south wall, completely exfoliated]
b.
[See stone number 19]
c.
[Leaning against south wall, behind a bush]
Who was ____ Ferry
d/e.
[Goes with base 46. We originally thought this was two stones,
but it turned out to be the same stone sheared in two lengthwise. It is
leaning against the south wall behind bushes]
1837 Erected by Thomas Mill in memory of David Kid who died Oct 30th
1825 aged 75 years and his spouse Catherine Webster who died Jan 25th
1829, aged 78 years
f.
1833
Erected by James Archibald Shipmaster, Broughty Ferry and Margaret Norrie
His spouse, in memory of their Son, Alexander, who died December 22nd
1832, aged 16 months Also James, who died July 16th 1838, aged
16 years James, their fourth son Died 6th April 1848 Aged 9
years The above James Archibald Died 2nd August 1867 Aged 67
years
g.
[Goes with base 55 - on ground, at the side of the workman‘s bothy. The
base lying on top of it does not belong to the stone.] 1859
Erected by Charles Norrie In memory of his son Charles, Who died 27th
June 1859, aged 21 years
h.
[lying on its side against the workman’s bothy] Erected by
Alexander Stirling In memory of his wife Helen
Edgar Who died 4th Jan. 1848, aged 34 years Also his infant son
Also his daughter, Ann, who died 17th March 1844, aged 5 years
Also his sons, Charles and William, who died abroad Also the said,
Alexander Stirling, who died 23rd November 1881 (sic
- 1882, see below), Interred in
Barnhill Cemetery.
CC0684
On 1841 Census for Barnhill Village, Monifieth District, aged 30,
Handloom Weaver, with wife, child and another.
On 1871 Census for Ash Road (near Camphill Road, B/F), Monifieth
(District) aged 65, a gardener born Glamis c.1806.
On 1881 Census at O.M.R. Barnhill Terrace, Monifieth (District), as a
gardener, place of birth was Glamis; his wife as ANNE LYALL of
St.Andrews, Fife, his second wife.
Appears in the Dundee Directory for 1871/72 as a Market Gardener at
Barnhill Links.
Died at Barnhill Feus, Broughty Ferry, aged 80 years in 1882 NOT 1881
as shown on gravestone. Described as a jobbing gardener.
Death registered Monifieth District (then included part of Broughty
Ferry) 1882/96, informant was WILLIAM DAVIDSON his son-in-law.
Interred at Barnhill Cemetery according to memorial inscription on
family gravestone (where his first wife is interred) in Old Broughty
Ferry Cemetery (near shore).
On ALEXANDER's death certificate the informant has given his mother
KATHERINE MAXWELL the name HELEN. |
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