West Row 27 – 4 Porteous/Forrest

Transcription

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In loving memory of ANDREW MATHER PORTEOUS beloved husband of MARGARET FORREST, Solicitor and Town Clerk of Coldstream 1902-1940 died 2nd July 1940 aged 71 years.

Also their younger daughter JANE DOROTHY died 26th October 1913 aged 5 1/2 years.

Also the above MARGARET FORREST DIED 8TH December 1962 aged 9 years.

Also younger son ANDREW MATHER PORTEOUS died 2nd March 1965 aged 61 years.

Commentary

When Andrew Mather Porteous was born on 18 February 1869 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, his father, Richard, was 40 and his mother, Jane, was 26. He had one son and two daughters with Margaret (Maggie) Forrest between 1900 and 1908. He died on 2 July 1940 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, at the age of 71.

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