A former cemetery in Dundee, Scotland.

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New Howff Plot No. 1263

Monumental Inscription.

Thomas Dempster, died in Melbourne Australia 1884, aged 74. his wife Elizabeth Key and their son Thomas buried here 1845-46. His mother Euphemia McKay 1853. His father Thomas Dempster 1856, his brother Alexander, Minister of Free Church of Bo'ness 1854, his sister Margaret 1863. erected by Rev Walter M. Dempster Free Church Renton 1888.

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
1263 Thomas Dempster, Upholsterer.

Register 8 1860-1864

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
12/05/1863 678 Margaret Dempster 60 Years 1263 C

Register 7 1855-1860

Date of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
30/09/1856 1480 Thomas Dempster Senior 90 Years 1263 B

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
27/06/1854 1507 Alexander Petrie Dempster Free Church Minister Bo'ness 20/06/1854 47 Years Parish Of St Vigeans Dropsy Cowden Hill House, Parish Of Carriden, Died At Murraygate Dundee 1263 B
21/07/1853 1103 Euphemia Mackay Wife Of Thomas Dempster, Labourer 16/07/1853 75 Years Parish Of Lairg, Sutherlandshire Apoplexy Murraygate 1263 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
17/12/1845 159 Thomas Dempster Son of Thomas Dempster, Upholsterer 14/12/1845 11 Months Dundee Teething Perth Road 1263 A
16/05/1845 812 Elizabeth Key Wife of Thomas Dempster, Upholsterer 13/05/1845 23 years Parish of Kirkden, Forfarshire Consumption & Affection of Heart Nethergate 1263 A