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Relatives: Wife of James Reid snr. Stone Condition: Sound, Tilted Material: Sandstone Height: 1.27 Breadth: 0.7 Depth: 0.14 Inscription Condition: Clear but worn Inscription Technique: Incised Mason: Not known Pre 1855 no. 20 ( What's this? )

Monument Inscription

ROBERT BARR,
DIED 9TH AUGUST 1846,
AGED 86 YEARS.
MARGARET POLLOCK,
DIED 4TH MARCH 1855,
AGED 79 YEARS.
ROBERT REID,
DIED 3RD JANUARY 1860,
AGED 3 MONTHS,
JAMES REID
DIED 22ND APRIL 1881,
AGED 63 YEARS,
MARGARET BARR
WIFE OF THE ABOVE JAMES REID
DIED 19TH JANUARY 1904 AGED 84 YEARS
JAMES REID
DIED 23RD OCTOBER 1922 AGED 57 YEARS
ROBERT REID
DIED 15TH MARCH 1935 AGED 74 YEARS
MARGARET CRAIG
DIED 26TH NOVEMBER 1943
WIFE OF JAMES REID WHO DIED 1922

Family History

Robert Barr, the first name on this memorial, was a farmer by birth and occupation and was to marry a farmer’s daughter named Margaret Pollock. Whilst not known for certain, it is likely that he farmed at the southern extremity of the parish of Mearns in Sheildhill, situated on rough exposed moorland suitable only for grazing sheep and black cattle.

John’s father, also named John, had farmed before him, and wife Margaret’s parents were John Pollock, shown as a farmer/mason, and Elizabeth Harvie.

Robert and Margaret had only two children, both daughters, named Elizabeth and Margaret. Daughter Margaret born in the Mearns in 1819, was employed in the craft of dress-making, and had been living at Newtonhead before marrying James Reid, on 22nd July, 1855. The minister who married them was the Rev. Hugh Stirling and the witnesses were Robert Barr and Allan Galt. The couple set up home at Nether Broom on the bridegroom’s employer’s estate.

James Reid, the son of George Reid, cattle dealer, and Agnes Craig, was employed in the capacity of Land Steward. His employer was Allan Pollok of Broom Estate and James would have been responsible for the day-to-day running of the estate’s functions, in particular the agricultural interests. The couple’s first born child, a son named Robert after his maternal grandfather, was to survive for only three short months having been born with congenital spina-bifida. Another two sons are listed on this stone, James and another Robert.

James Jnr. is shown as marrying a Margaret Craig but no trace of this marriage can be found in official Scottish records.