Memorial: M5256

Gravestone at St Andrews Cathedral, Fife commemorating David Berwick d. 1855

Location

St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Transcript

'SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET BERWICK / DAUGHTER OF GEO BERWICK WRIGHT / St ANDREWS WHO DIED 3RD JULY 1831. / AGED 11 / ALSO ELIZABETH WHO DIED / IN INFANCY / HEAVEN OFT TEARS THE BOSOM CHORDS / THAT NATURE FINEST STRANG / AND OF / CHRISTEAN MURRAY GLOAG / HIS WIFE WHO DIED THE 14TH APRIL 1849 / AGED 51. / ALSO OF DAVID BERWICK / WHO PERISHED AT SEA, / ON THE 8TH MARCH 1855, AGED 16 YEARS, / AND OF GEORGE BERWICK WRIGHT / WHO DIED ON THE 16TH DECR 1855. / AGED 61'

Details

Description: Headstone with wavy top edge and an incised line running around all edges. Circular motif carved at top, in relief, depicting a flower. Lettering is incised.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Berwick, David
Age: 16
Date of Death: 8/3/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters