# Rev William Paterson Falconer (1839–1923)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1525.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1525

```text
IN
MEMORY
OF
THE
REV. WILLIAM PATERSON FALCONER
WHO DIED 5TH JULY 1886
IN THE 76TH YEAR OF HIS AGE,
AND THE 47TH OF HIS MINISTRY
HE WAS ORDAINED MINISTER OF THE
PARISH OF LADHOPE, GALASHIELS IN 1839
AND TRANSLATED TO THE FREE CHURCH
OF THIS PARISH IN 1845.
A MAN GREATLY BELOVED
AND WISE TO WIN SOULS
ALSO OF
JOHN MEEK, HIS SON
DIED 15TH APRIL 1843, AGED 1 YEAR 1 MONTH
JOHN MEEK, HIS SON
DIED 24TH MAY 1850, AGED 1 YEAR 11 MONTHS
JESSIE HETHERINGTON, HIS DAUGHTER
DIED 11TH MARCH 1864, AGED 9 YEARS 9 MONTHS
ALSO OF
CHRISTINA MEEK, HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT DOLLAR ON 5TH JULY 1896,
IN HER 79TH YEAR.
ALSO ALEXANDER [BROIL?] FALCONER, HIS SON
BORN 24TH OCT 1850 DIED 30TH MARCH 1903
AND ELIZABETH JANE HIS DAUGHTER
BORN 8TH APRIL 1852, DIED 5TH JAN [1923?]
```

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

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