Picture No: | 10544 |
Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
Year: | 2010 |
Graveyard | Alness Churchyard |
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John & Helen (Robertson), Hugh & Katherine Munro.
[the right side of this stone is obscured by thick ivy roots].
This stone covers.....?/JOHN....?/who died with....?/and in the est......?/acquaintances..../upon the XII of May ao. MDCCX...?/and of HELEN ROBERTSON/his wife who died April II MDCCLIII/JOHN was eldest son of HUGH/the son of HUGH of/Fyreis the grand son and heir of HECTOR/MUNRO/of Kildermory who was/second son of ROBERT laird...?/Fowlis who fell at Pinkie/in the year MDXLVII/here also lyes the body...?/GILBERT the second son of the.../JOHN who died in August MDC.../and of JOHN his third son/died Dec. VII Ao. MDCCL..?/and of DAVID his fourth son/died May XXV ao. MDCCL..?/
I COR XV. 19.
Under this stone are deposited/the remains of/HUGH MUNRO eldest son of/said JOHN MUNRO and HELEN ROBERTSON/who died at Dalmore on the 3rd day of/July 1776 and the remains of KATHERINE/GORDON his wife/who died at/Inverness on the 13th day of Nov. 1808/While they lived/they were loved/and esteemed/and when they died/they were deeply and justly re/gretted by all who knew them/Around this stone are deposited the remains of eleven of their/children.
Picture Added on 02 May 2010.