West – Row 5 – 4 – Redden/Stewart
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Erected by WALTER REDDEN Coldstream in loving memory of ANNIE my daughter died 12th Sept 1884 aged 20 years. Also JANE REDDEN my sister died 3rd October 1911 aged 86 years. Also CHRISTINA MERCER my wife died 30th Nov 1912 aged 76 years Also AGNES my daughter wife of JAMES MACKAY died 11th December 1912 aged 50 years Also CHRISTINA AGNES daughter of ROBERT and ELEANOR STEWART died 2nd May 1917 aged 13 months. Also the above WALTER REDDEN died 21st December 1921 aged 90 years Also WILLIAM ADAM his son who died 29th July 1924 aged 45 years (Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord)
Commentary
Walter Redden was born at Kelso, a Carpenter Journeyman and he lived at 10 Duke Street in 1861. In 1871, they lived in 27 High Street South Side. His wife Christine was born at Kelso.
When Walter Redden was born on 10 April 1831 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, his father, Henry, was 37 and his mother, Helen, was 36. He married Christina Mercer on 6 January 1854 in Coldstream, Berwickshire. They had 11 children in 26 years. He died on 20 December 1921 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, at the age of 90.
When Christina Mercer was born on 29 October 1836 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, her father, Thomas, was 21, and her mother, Christian, was 23. She married Walter Redden on 6 January 1854 in Coldstream, Berwickshire. They had 11 children in 26 years. She died on 30 November 1912 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, having lived a long life of 76 years.
Henry Redden Walters father was born in 1794. He married Helen Fairbairn on 9 October 1814 in Scotland. They had seven children in 21 years. He died in 1841 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, at the age of 47.
Helen Fairbairn was born on 25 January 1795 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, the daughter of Margaret and Andrew. She married Henry Redden on 9 October 1814 in Scotland. They had seven children in 21 years. She died in August 1866 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, at the age of 71
