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Old Cemeteries
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Plot: | H-17W-91 | |
| Name: | Date of Birth DD/MM/YY |
Date of Death DD/MM/YY | |
| White, Andrew | Aug 5, 1869 | July 3, 1890 | |
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Direction Monument Faces: | Materials: | |
| 3 | Gray granite, white marble | ||
| Faces Inscribed: | |||
| 3 | |||
| Plot Type: | Single | Males: | 1 |
| Condition: | Good | Females | |
| Style of Monument/Gravesite: | |||
| Headstone, sloping shoulder tablet | |||
| Site Remarks: | |||
| Inscription: | |||
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In Memory of ANDREW WHITE Born in Edinburg Scotland 5 Aug 1869 Drowned in Victoria Harbour BC July 3, 1890
We'll meet and aye be fair
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| Description and Condition: | |||
| White marble headstone set on grey granite base (79 x 36.5 x 18 cm high). Tablet is 59 cm wide x 118 cm high x 5.5 cm thick. Large area of tablet covered with black mold (rear and top 1/3 of front). Lettering is inscribed and has remains of green paint in letters. Letters are clear and deep and no wear evident. The green paint has washed down the East face of stone and discoloured white marble but has prevented the black mold from growing. Stone is vertical and has no chips, cracks etc on surface. | |||