Main – Section A – Row 8 – 9 – Coultert

Transcription

In Loving Memory of RACHEL COULTERT, died 21st January 1908 aged 56 years, beloved wife of ALEXANDER COULTERT, died 15th October 1914 aged 72 years.  Also their son ADAM COULTERT, died 24th January 1968 aged 84 years and their daughter AMELIA COULTERT, died 15th February 1972 aged 76 years.

This headstone has fallen and needs lifting to be able to checking the inscription.

Commentary

When Alexander Coultert was born in 1842 in Cornhill on-Tweed, Northumberland, his father, James, was 36 and his mother, Mary, was 35. He married Rachael Tompkins in January 1872 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland. They had 12 children in 23 years. He died on 15 October 1914 in his hometown at the age of 72.

• Rachael Tompkins

  1852–1908

• Mary Ann Coultert

  1872–

• Margaret Coultert

  1873–1960

• Jane Coultert

  1875–1875

• James Coultert

  1876–

• George Coultert

  1878–

• Alexander Coultert

  1879–

• Roberta Coultert

  1882–

• Adam Coultert

  1883–1968

• Ellen Coultert

  1884–

• Ann Agnes Coultert

  1886–1982

• Ruth Alexandra Coultert

  1893–1893

• Rachel Florence Amelia Coultert

  1895–1972