Hi Chris,
The 3 Bryce Stones in Muiravonside Churchyard as as are follows:
(Stone Badly Eroded)
.........
? family
WILLIAM BRYCE who died ? July 1873 aged ?
Also his wife AGNES BOAG died 25th June 1888 aged 81 years
WILLIAM BRYCE son of James Bryce died 23rd September 1889 aged 4 years
Erected to the memory of ALLAN BRYCE, Blackston died 13th May 1852
And his wife MARGARET CALDER died 23rd April 1884
Also their family
ELIZABETH who died 7th February 1840
MARGARET who died 1st June 1847
CORNELIUS who died 22nd May 1890
ANDREW who died 23rd December 1895
In memory of JOHN CALDER of Hill who died 4th September 1890 aged 85 years
Also his wife MARGARET BRYCE who died 9th June 1898 aged 62 years
The published pre-1855 MI's are all abbreviated and sometimes it makes life just that wee bit more complicated trying to figure out what the abbreviations mean. I transcribed the above three last summer and obviously they have got much more worn or eroded since the late sixties when they were first done. The first part of the inscription on the first stone above was almost impossible to de-cypher. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me the day I went to Muiravonside but I'm hoping to head out that way someday soon.
Anne.
P.S. I transcribe 'what I think' the inscription says! It can be really difficult to make out the difference between a 3 and an 8 for example and I'd hate to be responsible for giving the wrong dates!
