# William Foggie Christine Herd (1842–1848)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1658.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1658

## Face 1

```text
ERECTED
BY
WILLIAM FOGGIE & CHRISTINE HERD
IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN VIZ
ISABELLA WHO DIED 6TH SEPT 1842,
AGED 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS.
CATHERINE WHO DIED 3RD FEB 1848,
AGED 2 WEEKS.
JOHN WHO DIED 6TH AUGUST 1848,
AGED 2 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS.
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002390_side1.JPG)

## Face 1

```text
LO WHAT IS LIFE TIS LIKE A FLOWER
THAT BLOSSOMS AND IS GONE
WE SEE IN FLOWERS FOR AN HOUR
WITH ALL ITS BEAUTY ON
BUT DEATH COMES LIKE A WINTRY DAY
AND CUTS THE PRITTY FLOWER AWAY
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002390_side2.JPG)

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

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