Kirkyards

James Kilgour Ship Owner 1863–1905

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife.

ERECTED BYJAMES KILGOUR, SHIP OWNER,IN MEMORY OF HIS SONJAMES, WHO WAS DROWNED BY SHIPWRECKNEAR MEMEL 17TH DECEMBER 1863,AGED 25 YEARSALSO HIS SONTHOMAS KEY, SHIP-MASTER, WHO DIEDAT RIO-DE-JANEIRO 4TH JULY 1877,AGED 32 YEARS.THE ABOVEJAMES KILGOUR,DIED 23RD AUGUST 1885,IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.HIS WIFE MARGARET IRELANDDIED 7TH MARCH 1893,IN THE 88TH YEAR OF HER AGE.HIS DAUGHTER CHRISTIANDIED 27TH OCTOBER 1905,AGED 71 YEARS.
Photograph of the gravestone

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