Gravestone of Malvina Wells
Submitted by Rose on 29 September 2015 - 12:00am
Revised: 15 February 2020 - 4:44pm — Alison McCall
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Malvina Wells
born in
Garriscou West Indies
Died at Edinburgh
22 April 1887
Aged 82 years
For upwards of 70 years
A faithful
Servant and Friend
In the Family of
Mrs MacRae
Edinburgh
Faithful in all the house as a servant
Hebrews iii 5
Erected by:
The Macrae family, Edinburgh
Date:
Unknown
Material:
Marble
Location:
East side of the graveyard known as St John's Peace Garden, beside St John's Church in Edinburgh's west end
Princes Street
Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
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Additional information:
The monument to Malvina Wells is at the foot of a much larger one for the family she served, including her mistress Joanna Isabella Maclean (1815-1890), which depicts the head of Joanna's husband John Macrae, WS. The condition of the stone is such that it may have been erected some time after her death (to be verified).
