West Linton Graveyard: Robert Alexander and Margaret Jessie

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Robert Alexander and Margaret Jessie

It's not the photograph but the gravestone that's leaning over. It's located in the far corner of the graveyard near the church building and it reads:

loving memory of

Robert Alexander

died at West Linton

12th January 1932

and his wife

Margaret Jessie

died in Edinburgh

12th October 1958

1 comment:

kilroy said...: This one caught my eye as my dad and many of his ancestors are Robert Alexander. I recently found one of his Scottish ancestors graves while visiting Scotland.; 27 September 2013 at 21:24

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Books about graveyards

A Scottish Graveyard Miscellany; exploring the folk art of Scotland's gravestones. By Hamish Brown. Edinburgh, Birlinn, 2008. ISBN: 978 1 84158 676 2
Discovering epitaphs; being a collection of some of the most curious epitaphs and memorials gathered together by Geoffrey N. Wright. Embellished with divers plates and illustraitions. Shire Publications. 1987. Originally published in 1972. ISBN 0 85263 170 7
East Lothian Gravestones. By Islay Donaldson. Published by East Lothian Districk Library. 1991
Gravestones, Tombs & Memorials. By Trevor Yorke. Newbury, Countryside Books, 2010. ISBN 978 1 84674 202 6
In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious. By William Thomas Vincent. Reprint (sadly without the illustrations) of a book originally produced in 1896.
Midlothian Gravestones. By Islay Donaldson. Published by Midlothian District Library Service, 1994. Book can still be bought at all Midlothan libraries
Monuments and monumental Inscriptions in Scotland. By the Rev. Charles Rogers. Vol. II. London, Charles Griffin and Co, 1872. (obtained from Ebay)
Peeblesshire Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855. By Sheila A Scott. 2nd edition. The Scottish Genealogy Society. 1993. Originally published 1971
Scottish Kirkyards. By Dane Love. Stroud, Amberley Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978 1 84868 700 4
Stones; a guide to some remarkable eighteenth century gravestones. By Betty Willsher and Doreen Hunter. New York, Taplinger Publishing Company, 1979. ISBN 0 8008 7447 1
Stories in Stone; a field guide to cemetary symbolism and iconography. Written and photographed by Douglas Keister. Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith, 2004. ISBN 1 58685 321 X
The Edinburgh Graveyard Guide. By Michael T. R. B. Turnbull. Edinburgh, The Saint Andrew Press, 1991. ISBN 0712206559
The Victorian Cemetery. By Sarah Rutherford. Shire Publications. 2008
Understanding Scottish Graveyards. By Betty Willsher. Revised and updated edition. Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 2005. ISBN 978 1 901663 96 9