| Picture No: | 3018 |
| Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Graveyard | Suddie |
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Ann Gordon.
In/loving memory/of/ANN GORDON/who was born 24 May 1823/died 8th November 1883.
This stone is erected/by her sorrowing friends/JULIA marchioness of Tweeddale/her mistress/and/Major STEWART MACKENZIE/of Seaforth.
Picture Added on 28 July 2008.
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I have been doing some research into this lady, whom I believe to be the Marchioness' personal ladies maid. There has been a belief that she was Ann Gordon, daughter of Lt William Gordon, and Elizabeth Matheison. they lived at Avoch cottage. But her birth date was 8 Mar 1832. Do you know this Ann Gordon's parents? I can't find a death record for an Ann Gordon 8 Nov 1883 - any thoughts?
Added by Louise Clarkson on 15 April 2025.
Added by Louise Clarkson on 15 April 2025.
Scotlandspeople website has a death record for an Ann Gordon aged 50 who died in 1883 in Dingwall.
Added by Roddie Macpherson on 16 April 2025.
Added by Roddie Macpherson on 16 April 2025.
Hi Roddie - yes it does, but this lady is married, and was not born on the date given. The difficulty is finding her employer, the Marchioness (so-called) in all of the census. I have found Julia and Ann Gordon in one census together, that of 1861, when Julia was 15, and probably just given her own personal maid. But after that she is hard to find (she married three times). Errecting a gravestone for a maid who was with you for only a few years seems a bit unusual - there is obviously more to this story! cheers, Louise
Added by Louise Clarkson on 17 April 2025.
Added by Louise Clarkson on 17 April 2025.
Added by Louise Clarkson on 15 April 2025.