Headstone at Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet to David Broadfoot d. 1813 customs official and his sons Robert d. 1843, David d. 1853 and Grandson John d. 1867
Location
Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Transcript
'ERECTED BY / AGNES LOGIE TO THE MEMORY OF / her husband / John Broadfoot / Tidesman [Gothic letters] / who died 18th Decr. 1813. Aged 47 years / Also Robert, their Son / who died 23rd Septr.1809, Aged 4 years / Also Robert, their Son / COMMANDER OF THE SHIP DAVENPORT OF LIVERPOOL / who died at Macoe in China 5th August 1843 / Aged 30 years / Also Eliza, their Daughter / wife of Ebenezer Gladstone, Wine Merchant / of Liverpool who died 3rd January 1845 / Aged 33 years / DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN MANCHESTER, ON THE 23RD / JAN. 1861, IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE. ELIZABETH / WIFE OF CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT AND THIRD / DAUGHTER OF JOHN GLADSTONE, ESQ,. ENGINEER' [Back of Headstone] 'ALSO OF / CAPN. DAVID BROADFOOT / SECOND SON OF THE SAID JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA / 11TH OCTOBER 1853 AGED 46 YEARS / ALSO OF / AGNES BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED AT MANCHESTER 21 MARCH 1858 / AGED 78 YEARS / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT / THEIR SON WHO DIED AT LAUREL BANK GATEHOUSE / 11TH APRIL 1867, AGED 57 YEARS / EUPHENIA ROSE BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT / DIED THERE 11TH JUNE 1898 AGED 76 YEARS / JOHN FRASER BROADFOOT ONLY SON OF THE SAID / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT, DIED AT GATEHOUSE / 30TH APRIL 1913 AGED 48 YEARS'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Davenport
People
Age: 47
Date of Death: 18/12/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Tidesman
Organisation:
Broadfoot, Robert
Age: 30
Date of Death: 5/8/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Broadfoot, David
Age: 46
Date of Death: 11/10/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Broadfoot, John
Age: 57
Date of Death: 11/4/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Extra
Recorder: M T Martin, 1988