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Plot: | H-21E-78 | |
| Name: | Date of Birth DD/MM/YY |
Date of Death DD/MM/YY | |
| Colvin, Elizabeth Colvin, James Burgess Colvin, Christina Colvin, Walter Henry |
Sept 21, 1884 Jan 1,1905 July 24, 1892 Sept 17, 1883 | ||
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Direction Monument Faces: | Materials: | |
| 7 | Grey granite | ||
| Faces Inscribed: | |||
| 7 | |||
| Plot Type: | Family | Males: | 2 |
| Condition: | Fair | Females | 2 |
| Style of Monument/Gravesite: | |||
| Double-sized ground ledger with white marble headstone | |||
| Site Remarks: | |||
| Headstone is very loose, not anchored. Note the backwards 'Z' in 'ELIZABETH', a mistake by the stonemason. | |||
| Inscription: | |||
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Sacred To The Memory of ELIZABETH STRATHEARN BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES COLVIN NATIVE OF GOVIN SCOTLAND DIED Sept. 21st 1884 Aged 26 Years -------- Gone but not forgotten | |||
| Description and Condition: | |||
| Double sized ground ledger (306.5 W x 244 cm L) raised 13-15 cm off ground. Curbing is grey granite (15 cm border) and is all intact. Along center of W curbing is 'J. B. COLVIN' incised at angle facing outside curbing top. Set into ground at E end of ledger top is a white marble headstone. Headstone is extremely loose in ground! The eastern face has inscription letters are deep and show little wear. Top W face of stone has 2 hands in handshake with lily of the valley flowers above hands and 'Farewell' below. Hands and flowers are in relief. Carving shows very little wear and it is still possible to see detail of man's cuff and woman's cuff. The NW corner near top has small piece missing and small crack. There are no other breaks or cracks. Stone has light covering of black mold and lichen and has 5 degree tilt toward the east. Bottom right corner of stone below ground level has 'J Mortimer', the stonemason's initials. | |||