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Engraved Stones to Alexandra Mary Chalmers Watson nee Geddes
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 23 August 2015 - 5:21pm
Revised: 21 September 2015 - 2:27pm — admin
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Right Pillar:
TO REMEMBER
ALEXANDRA MARY CHALMERS WATSON
C.B.E.
WHO OPENED DOORS FOR MEDICAL WOMEN
AND FOR WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE
Left Pillar:
ALEXANDRA MARY GEDDES 1872-1936
M.D. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 1898
FOUNDER AND COMMANDANT W.A.A.C. 1917
CHAIRMAN OF THE EDINBURGH WOMEN CITIZENS
ASSOCIATION 1918
PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL WOMENS
FEDERATION 1936
Material:
Stone
Location:
On the gate pillars of the former Elsie Inglis Memorial Materntiy Hospital
Spring Gardens
Edinburgh, MLN, EH8 8HX
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Images:
Ann Street
Submitted by Alison McCall on 14 August 2015 - 2:23pm
Ann Raeburn
Submitted by Alison McCall on 14 August 2015 - 2:23pm
Revised: 14 August 2015 - 2:32pm — Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Edgar
Dates:
1744-1833
Anne was the daughter of Peter Edgar of Bridgelands, and Ann Hay. She married James Leslie of Deanhaugh and had a daughter, Jacob Leslie. She was widowed. She met Henry Raeburn when he painted her portrait. They married and had two sons, Peter and Henry.
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
Submitted by Alison McCall on 14 August 2015 - 11:59am
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
Erected by:
Forestry Commission Scotland
Location:
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
FK8 3SX
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Additional information:
Josephine Ogilvie
Submitted by Alison McCall on 12 August 2015 - 9:50pm
Revised: 12 August 2015 - 10:05pm — Alison McCall
Title:
Sister
Dates:
1929 - 6 May 1988
Josephine Ogilvie was born in Edinburgh. She became a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart, a teaching order of nuns in 1953. She taught in Armagh, Craiglockhart in Edinburgh and at Kilgraston in Perthshire before moving to Aberdeen in 1983. She taught at a primary school and was then promoted to religious education adviser for the Diocese of Aberdeen.
Memorial to the Sacred Heart nuns
Submitted by Alison McCall on 12 August 2015 - 9:50pm
Revised: 12 August 2015 - 10:07pm — Alison McCall
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Spes Unica
Of your charity pray for the repose of the souls of the religious of the sacred heart
...
Josephine Ogilvie May 6th 1988
Location:
Allenvale Cemetary
Riverside Drive
Aberdeen , AB10 7FF
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Images:
Duncan Street, Girvan
Submitted by Alison McCall on 11 August 2015 - 5:13pm
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Duncan Street
Location:
Duncan Street
Girvan , KA26 9AX
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Jane Duncan
Submitted by Alison McCall on 11 August 2015 - 5:13pm
Revised: 11 August 2015 - 5:20pm — Alison McCall
Title:
The Hon.
Other names:
Her married name was Dalrymple-Hamilton.
Dates:
died 1852
The daughter of Admiral Adam Duncan of Camperdown and Henrietta Dundas.
She married Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton on 19 May 1800. The couple had one child, Henrietta.
She was widowed in 1834 and died in 1852.
Henrietta Street, Girvan
Submitted by Alison McCall on 11 August 2015 - 4:45pm
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Henrietta Street
Location:
Henrietta Street
Girvan, KA26 9AN
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Henrietta Dundas Dalrymple-Hamilton
Submitted by Alison McCall on 11 August 2015 - 4:45pm
Revised: 14 August 2015 - 11:08am — Alison McCall
Title:
Duchesse de Coigny
Dates:
1801-1869
The only daughter and heiress of Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany and the Hon Jane Duncan, she was born in 1801.
She married Augustin Louis Joseph de Franquetot, Duc de Coigny, in 1822. They had two daughters, Louisa and Georgiana.
She was widowed in 1865 and died in 1869.
