James Mather Shipmaster 1811–1856

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife.

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1831ERECTEDBYJAMES MATHER, SHIPMASTERIN MEMORY OF HIS OLDEST SONJAMESWHO DIED 12TH JAN 1831AGED 11 YEARSALSO HIS FATHERJAMES MATHERDIED 4TH JUNE [1811?] AGED 72 YEARSALSOHIS SON ARCHIBALDWHO WAS DROWNED AT HANBURGH[?] 1850 AGED [26?] YEARS.[?]

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IN MEMORY OFTHOMAS MATHER, SHIPMASTERWHO WAS DROWNED IN THE RIVER GALLEGOSSOUTH AMERICA 23RD OCT 1850 AGED 28 YEARSAND OF HIS DAUGHTER JESSIEWHO DIED 5TH JAN 1851 AGED 3 YEARS AND 6 MONTHSALEXANDER MATHERSHIPMASTERSON OF JAMES MATHER JUNRWHO DIED 23RD NOV [?]AGED 30 YEARSALSO CHRISTINA MELVILLESPOUSE OF JAMES MATHER [SENR?]WHO DIED 13TH JAN 1856 AGED 88 YEARS

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