Saltoun Churchyard Tombstone Texts from Plot E (the modern bit), and other Miscellaneous Texts in and around the church. All readable texts are on-line.
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Once we reach Plot "E" we are into modern burials. The texts quoted here on some of the stones are at present abbreviated to give just names and dates.
E01 Bertram/Goodall. JEAN BERTRAM died 6 November 1997 aged 78 years. Beloved wife of TOM GOODALL.
E02 McDonald/Currie. Jackie McDONALD died 30 May 1994 aged 80 years. Beloved husband of MOLLY CURRIE.
E03 Martin/Wilson.ISABELLA M MARTIN died 6 December 1993 aged 87 years. Beloved wife of JAMES WILSON.
E04 Davidson/Lothian. DEREK DAVIDSON d. 24/April/1981 aged 34. Husband of CATHERINE
LOTHIAN.
E05 Davidson/Reid. WILLIAM DAVIDSON d. 14/Feb/ 1987 aged 78. Husband of ELIZABETH REID.
E06 Watson/Kerr. In loving memory of LYNN C.WATSON, died 20 February 1987 aged 28. Dear mother of MICHELLE and SUZANNE. Beloved wife of JAMES R.KERR. I am I and you are you/ Whatever we were to each other/ That we are still. Life means/ All that it ever meant./ Forever in our hearts.
E07 Mason/Stevenson. "In loving memory of WALTER MASON died 7 October 1990 aged 70 years,
beloved husband of JEAN STEVENSON who died 19 December 1993 aged 71 years."
E08 Golton/Murray. ROBERT GOLTON died 3 April 1991 aged 73 years. Beloved husband of HARRIET MURRAY, died 28 October 1997 aged 77 years.
E09 Dow/Davidson. JEAN DOW d. 8/July/1993 aged 61. Wife of HENRY DAVIDSON.
E10 Clifton/Aitken.CHARLES JAMES CLIFTON died 17 February 1994 aged 72 years. Husband of MARY AITKEN.
E11 Main/MacLeod.JAMES ALEXANDER MAIN died 27 June 1994 aged 77 years. Beloved husband of ANNA McLEOD.
E12 Innes. Ornator Radix Fronde In memory of ANDREW BEROWALD INNES 1963-1991. In small proportions we just beauty see/ And in short measures life may perfect be.
E13 Hepburn/McLaren. MATTHEW HEPBURN d.12 August 1963 aged 74. His wife AGNES McLAREN d. 13 April 1974 aged 83 years.
E14 Cornwall/Punton. THOMAS MOFFAT CORNWALL beloved husband of ELIZABETH PUNTON, died 1 March 1961 aged 54 years.
E15 Banks/Smith. CHRISTINA BANKS beloved wife of RALPH SMITH, died 20 April 1959 aged 57 years.
E16 Dow. In loving memory of our youngest son GEORGE who died 22 July 1956 aged 11 years. Also our beloved son DONALD who died as a result of an accident 26 September 1969 aged 27 years, husband of IREEN DOW.
E17 Punton/Spence.ALEXANDER S PUNTON beloved husband of MARGARET SPENCE died 9 August 1952 in his 78th year. Also his beloved wife MARGARET SPENCE died 28 March 1956 aged 77 years.
E18 Kirk/Taylor. BUCHAN KIRK beloved husband of MARY TAYLOR who died at Stoneypath 19 Feb.1951 aged 79 years. Also the above MARY TAYLOR who died at East Saltoun 13 April 1968 aged 88 years.
E19 Ovens/England. Erected by JAMES SINCLAIR OVENS in memory of his loving wife LOUISA JANE ENGLAND who died at Saltoun on the 31st October 1948. Also the above JAMES SINCLAIR OVENS who died on the 23 February 1960.
E20 McKinlay/Blair. "Erected by EDWARD McKINLAY in memory of ELIZABETH BLAIR" [That's
all there is].
E21 Cannon/Main. LILY CANNON beloved wife of OLIVER MAIN d. 26 October 1952 aged 32 years. Also OLIVER MAIN who d. 20 April 1993 aged 72 years.
E22 Stewart/Bole. JOHN STEWART d. 13 Jan. 1954 aged 68. Beloved husband of MARY C BOLE d. 9 Sept. 1992 aged 96.
E23 Bathgate/Scott. "In loving memory of EDWARD BIRD BATHGATE beloveed husband of ELIZABETH COWAN SCOTT who died 13 July 1975 aged 73 years."
E24 Mill Irving/Moxton. In fond memory of DAVID JARVIS MILL IRVING 1904-78 and his wife MARGARET ESTELLA ORCHARDSON MOXON 1908-79.Hand illus labentia ventio.
E25 Simpson. DAVID E SIMPSON d.8 Dec.1986 aged 90 years. Elder of this parish 1961-83.
E26 Mason.In loving memory of our dear daughter LORNA ANNE MASON died 20 March 1981 aged 4 months.
E27 Wilson. PETER WILSON d.Eaglescairnie 29 Jan.1964 aged 50 years.
E28 Dow/Love.DONALD DOW d. 9 May 1970 aged 62 years. Beloved husband of MARY LOWE who d. suddenly 3 July 1972 aged 66 years.
E29 Stuart. MALCOLM MONCRIEFF STUART CIE OBE Indian Civil Service. Born 21 May 1903 died 30 April 1991.
E30 Hogarth/Sinclair. ANGUS HOGARTH d. 2 July 1970 aged 77 years, beloved husband of JOSEPHINE SINCLAIR who d. 9 February 1976 aged 77 years.
E31 Kirk/McDonald.ELIZABETH KIRK d. 22 May 1982 aged 73 years, beloved wife of JOHN McDONALD died 15 February 1983 aged 79 years.
E32 Buglass/StoddartIn loving memory of JAMES BUGLASS, died 4 April 1983 aged 73 years; beloved wife of MARTHA STODDART, died 18 August 1993 aged 86 years.
E33 Mack/Bathgate. "In loving memory of DAVID K MACK [who] died 21 January 1968 and his
wife EUPHEMIA BATHGATE [who] died 3 June 1969."
E34 Hunter/Bole.WILLIAM HUNTER d.17 Dec.1967 aged 61 years, beloved husband of CATHERINE BOLE, 24 July 1998 aged 99 years.
E35 Addison/McLaren.ALEX STEWART ADDISON died 26 April 1959 aged 66 years. Also his son HUGH A S ADDISON Sgt. RAF missing over Frankfurt 26 November 1943 aged 19 years. Also HELEN JANE McLAREN died 18 October 1983 aged 94 years, wife of the above ALEX STEWART ADDISON and mother of HUGH.
E36 Wallace.In every loving memory of MALCOLM BANNANTYNE WALLACE, d. 11 Feb. 1987 aged 72 years. Elder of this church 1968-1987.
E37 Stables/Goodbrand. ALEXANDER M STABLES dearly loved husband of MARY B GOODBRAND d. Haddington 13 Dec. 1964 aged 76 years. Also MARY B GOODBRAND d. 10 Feb. 1967 aged 71 years.
E38 Lugton/Stenhouse. "In loving memory of ISABELLA J LUGTON who died 8 January 1966
aged 71 years. Beloved wife of ROBERT F STENHOUSE who died 16 March 1973 aged 78 years."
E39 Banks/Kerr. JAMES N.S.BANKS d. 29 March 1969 aged 60 years. Dealy loved husband of AGNES F KERR [died] 19 October 1997 aged 82 years.
E40 Martin/Hogg.THOMAS R MARTIN d. 6 August 1983 aged 45 years. Beloved husband of AGNES HOGG.
E41 Morison/Hosie. "In loving memory of WILLIAM MORRISON died 20 August 1975 beloved
husband of ELIZABETH HOSIE who died 20 January 1990. Sadly missed."
E42 Waddell. ARCHIBALD WADDELL, Herdmanson, d.8 Sept. 1983 aged 81 years.
E43 Ramage/Ramsay. JAMES D RAMAGE d. 2 July 1990 aged 72 years. Deeply loving husband of ELIZABETH RAMSAY who d. 16 June 1993 aged 75 years.
E44 McGlynn/Redpath.MICHAEL McGLYNN d. 29 August 1985 beloved husband of MARY REDPATH.
E45 Cowe/Kent. In loving memory of DAVID C COWE who died 12th February 1986 aged 73 years, also his beloved wife MARY POTTER KENT who died 27 September 1991 aged 74 years.
E46 Turner/Ovens.CATHERINE THOMPSON TURNER nee OVENS, born 25 Dec. 1900 d. 6 Dec. 1987. Beloved wife of the late ROBERT GEORGE TURNER.
E47 Morton/Pettitt. In loving memory of my beloved husband ANDREW MORTON (farmer) who died 26 January 1988 aged 71 years. Also his dear wife EDNA MOLLIE PETTITT who died 26 June 1993 aged 74 years.
E48 Bourhill/Blair. ROBERT BOURHILL d. 6/Sept/1990 aged 63. Husband of MARTHA BLAIR.
E49 Wallace/Trotter.JOHN WALLACE d. 10 Feb. 1992 aged 68 years. Beloved husband of GEORGINA TROTTER, died 21 Feb. 1994 aged 70 years.
E50 Reid/McCormack.MARY W McCORMACK nee REID, born 29 November 1930, died 26 June 1997; beloved wife of PETER W McCORMACK.
E51 McGhie/Fiddes.In loving memory of HELEN NOBLE McGHIE, died 5 September 1995 aged 82 years. Beloved wife of FRANCIS ALEX FIDDES, died 10 October 1995 aged 86 years.
E52 Campsie. In loving memory of ALEXANDER CAMPSIE CBE MC DD Hon.Chaplain to King George VI born July 1891, died January 1959. Chaplain, Royal Navy 1920-1948. Minister of this parish 1948-59. And his wife VERENA, born April 1892, died May 1979.
E53 Wolf-Gumpold. In loving memory of KAETHE WOLF-GUMPOLD Minister of the Christian Community who lived the last seven years of her life at her beloved Saltoun Hall. Born 16 May 1888 at Erfurt (Thuringia); died 11 May Ascension Day 1961 at Inveresk.
E54 Ratcliff/Michaelis-Jena. In loving memory of ARTHUR JAMES JOHN RATCLIFF 1894-1961 and also of his wife RUTH MICHAELIS JENA, 1905-1989.
E55 Stoddart. MARION STODDART d.15 April 1963 aged 83 years. Also ANDREW STODDART husband of the above who died 18 June 1967 aged 87 years.
E56 Whitson/McCormackCATHERINE D WHITSON d.19 May 1964 beloved wife of WILLIAM McCORMACK who d. 1 Dec. 1973.
E57 Ramsay/Martin.JANET RAMSAY d.25 Oct 1969 aged 66 years. Beloved wife ofWILLIAM MARTIN who d. 8 March 1978 aged 78 years.
E58 Maxwell. "In loving memory of GRACE DOUGLAS MAXWELL who died at Gilchriston on 23 October 1956 aged 83 years."
E59 Maxwell/Hunter. "In loving memory of JOHN MESSER MAXWELL of Gilchriston who died on 1 September 1967 age 87 years, and his beloved wife HELEN HUNTER who died 14 February 1974 aged 79 years. In heavenly love abiding."
E60 Watson/White.ROBERT WATSON MM who died at East Saltoun on 25 May 1966 aged 71 years. Also his dear wife SARAH WHITE who d. Ormiston 14 Feb. 1974 aged 79 years.
E61 Anderson.JAMES ANDERSON d.Lennoxlove 17 March 1967 aged 46 years.
E62 Cunningham/Burns.HELEN CUNNINGHAM died 23 August 1967 at Saltoun Gardens, beloved wife of JOHN BURNS who died 21 December 1979.
E63 Hume/Durie.Sacred to the memory of BEATRICE HUME who died 11 August 1969 aged 80 years, dearly loved wife of FRED W H DURIE who died 27 November 1978 aged 92 years. Master blacksmith.
E64 Durie/Goodall. Sacred to the memory of FRED W H DURIE (master blacksmith) who died 30 September 1992 aged 73 years. Beloved husband of JANE G GOODALL.
E65 McDonald/Smyth. MARGARET McDONALD d. 28 Oct. 1969 aged 89 years. Beloved wife of GEORGE P SMYTH. Also GEORGE PATON SMYTH headmaster at Saltoun for 32 years. Beloved husband of the above who died on 17 April 1972 aged 96 years.
E66 Napier/Robertson. EUPHEMIA PUNTON BURNS NAPIER d. 19/March/1970 aged 68 years. Wife of PHILIP ROBERTSON who d. 23/Sept/1977 aged 76 years.
E67 Bisset/Everson. DAVID BISSET d. 4 May 1970 aged 71 years, beloved husband of JANE EVERSON who d. 29 Jan. 1994 aged 90 years.
E68 Norwood.ANNIE NORWOOD 1919-1970. Her husband HUGH ERNEST NORWOOD 1913-1980.
E69 Brown/Veitch.CHRISTINA BROWN d. 22 Jan. 1973 aged 59 years, beloved wife of JAMES VEITCH who also died 22 Oct. 1974 aged 88 years.
E70 Whitson/Dickson. "In loving memory of JANET R. WHITSON beloved wife of JAMES DICKSON, who died 31 May 1973 aged 79 years. Also the above JAMES DICKSON [who] died 2 June 1977 aged 83 years. Sadly missed".
E71 Ross.ANDREW ROSS d. 17 March 1974 aged 46 years.
E72 Lawson/Trotter. "In loving memory of ISABELLA LAWSON, died 26 August 1974 aged 74, beloved wife of ROBERT ADAM TROTTER [who] died 21 March 1977 aged 77 years. Sadly missed."
E73 Tait.JESSIE ELEANOR TAIT d. 12 May 1976 aged 68 years, beloved sister of JOHN HENDERSON TAIT who d. 28 March 1980 aged 77 years.
E74 Hastie/Anderson.ALEXANDER PRINGLE HASTIE d. 12 June 1976 aged 68 years, beloved husband of LOUISE ANDERSON, d. 28 June 1979 aged 65 years.
E75 Whitson/Henderson. In loving memory of ELIZABETH L WHITSON beloved wife of JAMES T HENDERSON d. 6 July 1976 aged 75 years. Also the above JAMES T HENDERSON, d. 17 June 1994 aged 93 years.
E76 Mack. HENRY MACK d. 8 Sept. 1976 aged 74 years.
E77 Bathgate/Henderson. "In loving memory of ARCHIBALD SIMPSON BATHGATE farmer, late of Harden Mains, Jedburgh, [who] died 4 June 1977 aged 74 years and his wife AGNES WISHART HENDERSON [who] died 13 January 1977 aged 78 years."
E78 Gibson. GEORGINA BATHGATE GIBSON d. 2 April 1977 in her 60th year.
E79 Wallace/Callaghan. MARY T WALLACE, d.20 March 1978 aged 66 years; beloved wife of JAMES CALLAGHAN who died 25 April 1983 aged 79 years.
E80 Salkeld (Cornwall)/Voy. In loving memory of AGNES SALKELD (CORNWALL) died 9 March 1980 aged 52 years, beloved wife of ALEXANDER LESLIE VOY, d. 5 April 1998 aged 74.
E81 Reynolds/Ker. In loving memory of our dear father JOHN REYNOLDS d. 20 March 1980. Also our dear mother JANET KER died 24 May 1970.
E82 Phillips. WILLIAM M H PHILLIPS born 12.12.1912; died 1.1.1980.
E83 Fraser/Miller. JOHN FRASER d. 22 March 1977 aged 77 years, beloved husband of JANET LAURIE MILLER.
E84 Renton. JESSIE RENTON 1917-1976 and missed by her family and friends. Also ANDREW RENTON 1917-1982.
[Plaques in this section of the Churchyard follow.]
"William Jarvis Mill Irving OBE, BSc. Born 15 March 1907, died 13 January 1970. Served for 23 years with the Colonial Agricultural Service, Uganda. Later Mission Chief UNFAO in Afghanistan. This plaque is placed here by his wife and family."
"McIntosh. In loving memory of Robina Gordon who died 16 April 1991 aged 76 years. Beloved wife of Alexander McIntosh (slater) who died 26 September 1992 aged 86 years."
Other Memorial Plaques in the Church and its Churchyard follow. Behind the pulpit, on one side: "To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the Rev.T.E.S.Clarke DD who was the faithful pastor of this parish for thirty eight years. Born 14 May 1860; Died 28 June 1923. This memorial was erected by his parishioners and friends as an expression of their affection and esteem."
On the other side of the pulpit: "Jane Melville, his wife. In affectionate remembrance of Jane Melville, wife of the Rev.T.E.S.Clarke BD and her work in this parish. Erected by the congregation and friends 1911. "She hath done what she could."
West Aisle; Stained Glass Window: "To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Andrew Mansel Talbot Fletcher of Saltoun, born March 2 1880, died February 16 1951, and of his wife Frances Jane Fletcher, born Jan 13 1880, died June 25 1953."
East Aisle; Stained Glass Window: "To the Glory of God and in proud and loving memory of Christopher Andrew Fletcher, Major in the Scots Guards, killed in action at Anzio, Italy, January 27th 1944."
East Aisle; south side: "To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Robert Ninian Paisley, Minister of Bolton and Saltoun 1928-1948. Born 2 June 1891; died 20 March 1948. This tablet is placed here by his wife and children. "
Coffins within the Fletcher Vault bear the following inscriptions: Robert father of Andrew Fletcher 1626-1665.
Katherine Bruce mother of Andrew Fletcher, died 1713.
Andrew Fletcher Hic situs est Andreas Fletcher. Praediorvmsvll iorvm dominvs. Obiit Londini xv die septembris. [1653-1716].
Andrew 1879
Charlotte 3 March 1886
John[husband of Charlotte] 7.2.1827 - 17.1.1903 aged 75.
Bertha Isabella Talbot 15.9.1841 - 9.7.1913.
Kathleen Louise, a fourth daughter of John, died 1922.
[The webmaster thanks the Fletcher family for access to the vault and for transcription of the legends.]
Finally, outside the Fletcher vault, the plaque "John Theodore Talbot Fletcher"
In loving memory of John Theodore Talbot Fletcher, 11th of Saltoun; born 25th May 1903 and died 4th April 1995. Son of Captain Andrew Mansel Talbot Fletcher and Frances Jane Winnington."
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