Scotish Grave Markers Help ?

[geothermal]

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Hello All,

I am entering photos I took into FindAGrave.com and need help with
this photo above.

It has three names on it, but on two dates of death. My query is: Did
the 2nd and 3rd names die on the same date ?

And why don't they put the person's age or birthdate ?

Thanks for any info.

Jonathan Melusky

[Keith Nuttle]

I read this as the grave marked for two people.
1) Eliza Simpson D: Aug 17, 1932
2 Elizabeth Cristie Benet. D: May 23, 1951. Elizabeth Benet was their
adopted daughter and also the wife of A L Pearson.

It makes you wonder what happened to Mr Pearson. He must have died
(maybe in WWII) as if he had run of the family would not have included
the name on Elizabeth Benet's gravestone.

[Anne Chambers]

It's only for two people - the husband was still living.
There's no obligation to put age or birthdate or anything else on a gravestone - it's up to the next of kin
what details they want to have there.

--
Anne Chambers
South Australia

anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

[Charles Ellson]

IME it is far from unknown for the last member of the family to have a
missing inscription, maybe because it was not the top priority at the
time of the burial and there was no remaining close family to notice
later and be prompted to arrange for one. It is also possible that
the surviving spouse was cremated or resident elsewhere when he died
or that this grave was full up.
The surviving partner might sometimes remarry and be buried with their
later spouse.
Elizabeth's death was registered in Edinburgh; if that is not near the
burial place then there is already a possible geographical separation
of the place of death (which in Scotland is not necessarily the same
as where the death was registered) and the place of burial.

To me, the detail which should be there but isn't is the name of Eliza
Simpson's spouse (if any). If she was married then it is not
impossible that he is elsewhere in the same burial ground. The death
registrations for Eliza and Elizabeth would probably solve much of the
puzzle by confirming the names of the missing people and whether or
not they were still living when their partners were buried.

[Lesley Robertson]

"Charles Ellson" <cha...@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ncf3i7dru6t5tgprq...@4ax.com...

Agreed. The spouse's name will be easy for the OP to find on Eliza's death
cert (which can be downloaded for a small charge from Scotlands People).
Note that it says "her adopted daughter", not "their", suggesting that Eliza
may not have been married.
The marriage between Alexander Lyell Pearson and Elizabeth Bennett at
Canongate, Edinburgh in 1906 might shed some light on who her relatives
were - was she the child of one of Elizabeth's siblings, for example. The
spelling of scottish surnames before ww1 was a fuzzy matter.
As Charles says, the death certs will also provide a lot of information.

BTW, that stone looks to me like a "one off" - the letter forms are
identical for the two women. I think that the whole inscription was done at
the time of Elizabeth's death. It's not necessarily true that Eliza is
there - they're called memorial inscriptions in Scotland for a good
reason -people would often list family who died and were buried elsewhere
(even in other countries). Alternatively, they might have bought a multiple
burial plot when Elizabeth died and Alex knew to bring Eliza there, but the
family didn't know to bring Alex there if he outlived her.

Lesley Robertson

PS Since I'm still waiting for my 11:00 appointment to show, I ended up
checking the 1911 census for Alexander and Elizabeth Pearson (33) on SP.
Eliza S. (57) is shown as Alexander's (36) mother in law, Alex is a science
teacher. He's from Carnoustie, Forfarshire, the women are both from
Edinburgh. No kids.

[Charles Ellson]

Or the adoption was possibly during a prior marriage or while she was
a spinster ? I've seen the occasional person in censuses who seem to
have been one of the local "foster mothers" (the children listed as
"lodgers" etc. would presumably have otherwise been in Grantown or
Aberlour orphanages) who have a child described as "adopted" who has
stayed permanently.

[geothermal]

Thank you all for your time and expertise. Much appreciated.