LAN-STKE-0212

Record Date: 
1 October 2016
Graveyard: 
St. Kentigern's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected
by
John Miller Junr
to the memory of Elizabeth Weir his wife
who died 29th July 1850
aged 30 years
Here ashes melt in death's dark shade
A solemn proof that all must fade
Here's all on earth we hold most dear
A bosom friend - a friend sincere.
Also the said
JOHN MILLER who was lost at sea
with the
Steam ship City of Glasgow
1854
aged 31 years

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
Latitude: 
55.669919
Longitude: 
-3.76977
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
MIller
Date of death - year: 
1854
Age: 
31
Address: 
Lost at sea on steam ship City of Glasgow
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Weir
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1850
Age: 
30
Relationship with first person: 
wife
Notes: 

City of Glasgow left Liverpool on 1 March 1854, with an estimated 480 passengers and crew, but was never heard of again. Her fate remains a mystery to this day.[4] It was reported that a portion of the bow of a ship, bearing the name "City of Glasgow" in gilded letters, washed ashore at Ballochgair near Campbeltown on 25 October 1854.[3]