# Alexander Burns (1845–1912)

Western Cemetery, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. Stone 692.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/dundee-western-cemetery/692

```text
ERECTED
BY
ALEXANDER BURNS
FLESHER
AND ELIZABETH DUNCAN
IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN
SIX WHO DIED IN INFANCY
DAVID, DIED 21ST FEBRUARY 1845
AGED 14 YEARS.
ALEXANDER, DIED 13TH NOVEMBER 1864
AGED 31.
ROBERT, DIED 17TH DECEMBER 1872
AGED 32.
GEORGE PATERSON, DIED 1ST JANUARY 1865
AGED [?]
THE ABOVE ALEXANDER BURNS
[?]
[?]
THE ABOVE [?]
DIED [?] YEARS
ANNE [?]
DIED 7TH FEB. 1912, AGED [?]
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE GEORGE PATERSON
```

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Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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