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Forename
Surname
Date of Death
Age
Place Name
Janet
Allison
03 September 1881
72
Elizabeth
Allison
02 March 1891
79
Elizabeth
Wright
22 February 1924
72
James
Wright
15 October 1917
70
Norman Allison
Wright
11 February 1928
36

Relatives: Sister of Elizabeth Allison Stone Condition: Sound Material: Sandstone Height: 1.18 Breadth: 0.85 Depth: 0.15 Inscription Condition: Clear but worn Inscription Technique: Incised Mason: Not known Pre 1855 no. N/A ( What's this? )

Monument Inscription

ERECTED BY
JAMES WRIGHT,
IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER
ELIZABETH ALLISON,
WIDOW OF
JOHN WRIGHT,
BORN 21ST AUGUST 1811, DIED 2ND MARCH 1891.
ALSO HER SISTER
JANET ALLISON
BORN 14TH DECEMBER 1808, DIED 3RD SEPTEMBER 1881.
THE ABOVE
JAMES WRIGHT
BORN 13TH FEBRUARY 1847, DIED 15TH OCTOBER 1917.
ALSO
ELIZABETH WRIGHT
DIED 22ND FEBRUARY 1924, AGED 72 YEARS
THEIR NEPHEW
NORMAN ALLISON WRIGHT,
BORN 2ND APRIL 1891, DIED 11TH FEBRUARY 1928.

Family History

This simple stone was erected by James Wright in memory of his mother Elizabeth who married John Wright, a journeyman mason, in the parish of St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh in June 1846. They were to have three children in the next six years, James (b.1847), William (b.1850) and Elizabeth (b.1852). In time James was to become Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths (and Inspector of the Poor) in the parish of Mearns.

Elizabeth Wright and her three children left Edinburgh and came to work at Broom House in Mearns sometime after 1852. By 1861 she and her children were resident in the servant’s quarters at the stables of Broom House where she had found employment as a laundress. Why did the family come to live in Mearns? It seems likely that Elizabeth was widowed by this time and had been forced to find employment in order to support herself and her children. It seems likely also that that she chose Mearns to be near relatives. Her sister, Janet Allison (1808 – 1881), whose name is recorded on this monument and an aunt ( Janet Allison born c.1787 ) were dressmakers living at Gateside, a row of cottages on the Mearns Road near Mearnskirk.

Elizabeth’s son, James Wright (1847 – 1917) who never married, grew up in Mearns and lived latterly at Shawhill House at Mearnskirk. He succeeded James Hunter, the schoolmaster, as Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Parish of Mearns and held this position until his death in 1917. His successor was his brother William’s son Norman Allison Wright, who continued in the post until his own death in 1928.

Elizabeth Wright's daughter Elizabeth (b.1852) never married and lived with her brother James, acting as his housekeeper at Shawhill House until his death. She died in 1924 at Moorhill House, Ayr Road, the home of her nephew Norman Allison Wright and his wife Susan Close. Norman died suddenly at Moorhill House in February, 1928, having developed pneumonia two days previously.

Broom House Stables at Lochbroom Drive were converted to residential accommodation some years ago. Gateside, known locally as Thummel Ha’ (Thimble Hall), was a row of cottages on the Mearns Road near to the entrance road of Shawwood Crescent. It was demolished in the 1930’s.