New Howff Plot No. 1084

Monumental Inscription (Section C.)

Erected to the memory of Walter Shaw, Writer, Dundee, who died at Castlehill, Dundee, 16th November 1843 aged 46 years. His son John Thomson Shaw, died 12th April 1854 aged 17 years and 6 months. Also Margaret Reid, wife of the above Walter Shaw who died at Dundee on 2nd February 1886 aged 77 years. Their eldest daughter Eliza Catherine, died 28th July 1912, aged 77 years. Their second daughter Agnes Mair died 29th March 1913, aged 73 years. Margaret Reid died 19th November 1919, aged 74 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
1084	Margaret Reid, Widow Of Walter Shaw, Writer, For Herself And His Children.

Register 8 1864-1938

Date Of Interment	Register Number	Name & Designation	Age	Residence & Misc	Plot No
01/04/1913	5	Agnes Mait Shaw, 14 Nethergate	73 Years	138 Nethergate	1084 A
02/04/1886	4	Margaret Reid Or Shaw	78 Years	138 Nethergate	1084 B
31/07/1912	1	Eliza Catherine Shaw, Daughter Of ?? Shaw	77 Years	138 Nethergate	1084 B
25/11/1919	1	Margaret Reid Shaw, Unmarried Daughter Of Walter Shaw	74 Years	138 Nethergate	1084 C

Register 6 1853-1855

Date Of Interment	Register Number	Name	Designation	Date Of Death	Age	Place Of Birth	Cause Of Death	Last Place Of Residence	Plot Number
17/04/1854	1194	John Thomson Shaw	Son Of The Late Walter Shaw, Writer	12/04/1854	17 Years	Dundee	Consumption	Yeaman Shore	1084 A

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
22/11/1845	58	Walter Shaw	Writer	16/11/1845	46 Years	Tealing	Organic Disease of Brain & Lungs	Castle Hill	1084 B

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