West – Row 5 – 1- Guthrie/Davidson
Transcription
In affectionate remembrance of JAMES the beloved son of THOMAS and AGNES GUTHRIE who died 27th November —- aged 2 ½ years.
Also SARAH third daughter of the above who died at London 5th January 1892 aged 21 years.
Also AGNES DAVIDSON his wife who died 20th Jany 1909 aged 68 years.
Also the above THOMAS GUTHRIE who died 24th March 1920 aged 83 years.
Also THOMAS son of the above who died 28 April 1947 aged 81 years.
Also GEORGINA daughter of the above THOMAS and AGNES who died 30th July 1960 aged 83 years. (Suffer little children to come unto me) ‘Erected 1884’
Commentary
Thomas Guthrie was born in Coldstream, a Road Contractor and lived at 29 New Road. His wife Agnes was also born in Coldstream.
When Thomas Guthrie was born in 1837 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, his father, Thomas, was 25 and his mother, Margaret, was 28. He had one son and seven daughters with Agnes Davidson between 1864 and 1880. He died on 24 March 1920 in his hometown at the age of 83.
THOMAS GUTHRIE, carting contractor, widower of AGNES DAVIDSON, died at Lect Street, Coldstream, 83, Parents: THOMAS GUTHRIE, carting contractor, & MARGARET WEATHERSON, COD: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Atropy of Heart; Info: GEORGINA GUTHRIE, daughter
