Cornelius Hotchkies
Those listed on this tombstone are decendants of Cornelius Hotchkies (15 Aug 1802 - 17 Oct 1867), who is a 5g-uncle to me (Rex). The stone reads as follows:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CORNELIUS HOTCHKIES
CARRONSHORE.
WHO DIED 8TH MARCH 1851.
AGED 19 YEARS
JOHN DIED 21 MAY 1874.
AGED 39 YEARS.
CORNELIUS HOTCHKIES
DIED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1832
AGED 30 YEARS.
PETER HOTCHKIES
DIED 7TH JUNE 1889.
AGED 52 YEARS
JOHN SON OF
GEORGE HOTCHKIES
DIED 12TH APRIL 1884.
AGED 2 YEARS & 3 MONTHS
GEORGE HOTCHKIES
DIED 26TH SEPTEMBER 1901
AGED 61 YEARS.
MARY CORBET,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
GEORGE HOTCHKIES,
WHO DIED AT CARRONSHORE
22ND DECEMBER 1916 AGED 73 YEARS.
Thank you for the photo Colin.
Owner: Colin Douglas
