Memorial: M5516

Gravestone at St Vigean’s Church, Angus commemorating members of the Spink family circa 1805

Location

St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

[Front] 'Erected / by John Spink / Mariner in Auchmithie / Jannet Swankie his / spouse in memory of / three of their children / viz Elizabeth and Mary / who died in infancy / James who died 27 April / 1793 aged 6 years others / Agnes John' [Back] '1805 / We on our bed of rest / Do take our soft repose / Nor are we toss'd by boreas blast / As they that to the ocean go'

Details

Description: Carved with a winged cherub's head above an oval with a fishing boat, anchor and two fish in relief.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Kirkyard
Materials: Sandstone

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "[Front] 'Erected / by John Spink / Mariner in Auchmithie / Jannet Swankie his / spouse in memory of / three of their children / viz Elizabeth and Mary / who died in infancy / James who died 27 April / 1793 aged 6 years others / Agnes John' [Back] '1805 / We on our bed of rest / Do take our soft repose / Nor are we toss'd by boreas blast / As they that to the ocean go'",
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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M5516

Location

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters