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New Howff Plot No. 775

Monumental Inscription (Section B.)

Erected by James Watson Junior, Spirit Merchant, Dundee, in memory of his father James Watson who died 1st November 1837 aged 65 years also Margaret Lawson,spouse of James Watson Jnr. died 4th August 1844.

Reproduced from "Register of gravestone inscriptions in Constitution Road, compiled ca 1960." with kind permission of Dundee City Archives.

Erected by James Watson Junior, Spirit Merchant, Dundee, in memory of his father James Watson, late merchant, who died 1st November 1837 aged 65 years
also Margaret Lawson,spouse of James Watson Junior. died 4th August 1844 aged 42 years. His sister Euphemia Watson died 24th July 1848. His daughter
Margaret Preston Watson died 7th February 1855, aged 2 years and 8 months. The above James Watson died 12th February 1861 aged 55 years.

Reproduced from a transcribed copy of Sidney Cramer's notebook, Old Bell Street, Dundee [TD73/8/1] with kind permission of the Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh.

 Register of Lairs 1848-1902

Lair Purchaser Of Lair Or Plot
775 James Watson, Spirit Dealer.

Register 8 1860-1864

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
18/02/1861 650 James Watson 57 Years 775 B

Register 7 1855-1860

Date of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
01/04/1859 736 Margaret Duke Or Wears 44 Years 775 A
13/02/1855 200 Margaret Preston Watson 2 Years And 8 Months 775 B

Register 5 1847-1853

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date Of Death Age Place Of Birth Cause Of Death Last Place Of Residence Plot Number
23/07/1850 1082 Catharine Menzies Daughter Of John Menzies, Brewer 21/07/1850 18 Months Dundee Measles Temple Lane 775
05/02/1853 454 Henry Russell Menzies Son Of John Menzies, Labourer 02/02/1853 3 Months Dundee Water In Head Temple Lane 775 A
23/03/1852 802 John Lindsay George Labourer 20/03/1852 26 Years Bottlework By Dundee Brain Fever Rosebank Road 775 A
11/05/1851 827 David Croll Son Of Charles Croll, Machine Maker 09/05/1851 1 Year And 6 Months Dundee Teething Joint Stock Buildings 775 B
29/11/1851 131 Alexander Menzies Son Of John Menzies, Brewer 27/11/1851 5 Months Dundee Water In Head Temple Lane 775 B
27/07/1848 1892 Euphemia Watson Widow Of The Late David Scott, Glazier 24/07/1848 38 Years Errol Disease Of Heart Seagate 775 C

Register 5 1843-1847

Date of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date of Death Age Place of Birth Cause of Death Last Place of Residence Plot Number
08/08/1844 1038 Margaret Lowson Wife of James Watson, Spirit Dealer 04/08/1844 42 Years Dundee Suffusion on Brain Seagate 775 A

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
03/11/1836 14 James Watson Spirit dealer 31/10/1836 65 years Errol Paralysis 775 B