Middlw – Row 1 – 11 – Seton/Gillies/Crichton

Transcription

(East Wall) In memory of REBECCA SETON died 25 June 1857 aged 26 years, ANNE died 6 February 1861 aged 20 years, ELIZABETH CRICHTON died 1 August 1867 aged 28 years. Also CHRISTINA MARGARET died 27 June 1871 aged 27 years. Daughters of GEORGE GILLIES Surgeon Coldstream. GEORGE, DAVID SETON and WILLIAM his sons died in infancy who are buried at Kelso Abbey. Also REBECCA JANE SETON died 9 January 1879 aged 78 years.

Commentary

George Gillies was born in Hamilton Lanarkshire and he became an L R C Surgeon (Edinburgh) and a General Practitioner. In 1861, he lived at 27 High Street. His wife Rebecca Jane Seton was born at Bombay, East Indies. According to the online census of 1871, son George Seton Gillies was a Royal Maind  Stramer's  Parn Unemployed.