Marion Ritchie and the Renwick family

The bottom of this gravestone can no longer be deciphered and I'm indebted once again to Sheila A. Scott's book Peeblesshire Monumental Inscriptions-pre 1855 for the details of the last person mentioned. Here is the full text from the top:

Erected

by

John and Archibald Renwick

in memory of

Marion Ritchie, their Mother

who died 13th January 1845

aged 62 years

also

William Renwick their brother

who died 1826 aged 6

also

Thomas Renwick

died 1863 aged 85.

I strongly suspect Thomas Renwick was their father and the husband of Marion although I don't know for sure as moss has covered the actual inscription at the bottom.

Peter Finlayson and family

Behind this beautifully carved stone lies a family tragedy of two children who died very young, one while fighting in the First World War. Here is the text:

Erected by Peter Finlayson

in loving memory

of

Helen Agnes

his daughter who died 8th Nov.

1912 aged 23 years

also Peter his son

who was killed in France 18th Nov

1916 aged 22 years

also the above

Peter Finlayson

who died 1st Feb 1934

aged 82 years

also his wife

Catherine Mitchell

who died 4th April 1939

aged 82 years

also Archibald his son

husband of Isabella Whitecross

who died 30th March 1940

aged 61 years.

George Morris

This is a very small gravestone. I kneeled down to take the photograph so it's a bit deceptive.You can see it better size-wise on the banner above. But it's no higher than about 1M. It looks sad and forgotten somehow. Here is the inscription:

In memory of

George Morris

who died

25th Oct. 1896

aged 75.

Fallen Over

As you can see it's no longer possible to read the description on this stone but I've used the little map in Sheila's A Scott's book Peeblesshire Monumental Inscriptions to deduce who it belonged to. I'm not 100% certain though!

According to that information this gravestone belongs to James Moffat, who died 5th December 1862, aged 92 as well as to his wife Jane Lindsay, who died 24th June 1851, aged 70. Also their children Alexander, died 19th March 1849, aged 27, James, who died 21th February 1879, aged 64 and Jane, died 1st March 1910, aged 94.