# James Kilgour Ship Owner (1863–1905)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1507.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1507

```text
ERECTED BY
JAMES KILGOUR, SHIP OWNER,
IN MEMORY OF HIS SON
JAMES, WHO WAS DROWNED BY SHIPWRECK
NEAR MEMEL 17TH DECEMBER 1863,
AGED 25 YEARS
ALSO HIS SON
THOMAS KEY, SHIP-MASTER, WHO DIED
AT RIO-DE-JANEIRO 4TH JULY 1877,
AGED 32 YEARS.
THE ABOVE
JAMES KILGOUR,
DIED 23RD AUGUST 1885,
IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HIS WIFE MARGARET IRELAND
DIED 7TH MARCH 1893,
IN THE 88TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
HIS DAUGHTER CHRISTIAN
DIED 27TH OCTOBER 1905,
AGED 71 YEARS.
```

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

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