Memorial: M2064

Wall tablet at St Anne’s Church, Dowally commemorating  the Reverend John Robb d. 1838 in the loss of the ‘Forfarshire’

Location

St Anne's Church, Dowally, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF DOWALLY / AS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR BELOVED PASTOR / THE REV. JOHN ROBB A.M. / IN WHOM HIS AFFLICTED PEOPLE WITH DUE SUBMISSION TO THE / ADORABLE WILL OF GOD / HAVE HAD TO LAMENT / A/PASTOR, EMINENT FOR ZEAL, FAITHFULNESS, AFFECTION AND / SACRED ELOQUENCE / AND A MAN UNIVERSALLY ENDEARED BY THE PURITY, GENTLENESS, / AND GODLY SIMPLICITY OF HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER. / HE WAS BORN IN LANARKSHIRE ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1798 / HE WAS ORDAINED 14TH JULY 1836 / HE PERISHED BY SHIPWRECK OFF THE FERN ISLANDS / ON THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 1838 / AND WAS BURIED IN BAMBOROUGH CHURCHYARD'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North internal wall
Materials: Sandstone, white marble
Vessel: SS Forfarshire

People

Robb, John
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: Eileen Cox , Dunkeld and Birnam Historical Society
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