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From the index, I can work out the following which may be of help to someone researching the same family.  However, I'm not sure who the memorial was initially for, but maybe William Watson who was 'Postmaster and Inspector of the Poor' 1825-1894.

1861 - Alexander Watson 1850 - 1861 (parents William and Isabella Forbes) d. Rothes
1866 - James Watson  1846-1866 (parents William and Isabella Forbes) d. Rothes
1877 - Annie Watson - 1834-1877 (parents James and Janet Anderson) d. New Zealand
1882 - Isabella Forbes (Watson) 1824-1882 (husband William Watson 1825-1894) d. Station Cottage, Rothes
1897 - Jessie Watson (m. John Dawson) 1857-1897 (parents William and Isabella Forbes) d. Buckie
1894 - William Watson 1825-1894 (parents James and Janet Anderson) d. Rothes
1906 - Eliza Watson - 1836-1906 (parents James and Janet Anderson) d. 56 New Street, Rothes
1920 - George Gray Watson 1861-1920 (parents William and Isabella Forbes) d. Greenock (Husband of my husband's GGM Helen Taylor Edgar 1871-1928)

Kit

Hi Chatters,

At Rothes Old Churchyard there is a memorial stone which mentions an Annie Watson 25 Apr 1834-31 May 1877 (she appears to have died in New Zealand).  The MS isn't really that clear and I wondered if anyone would be able to have a look on their next visit and let me know who else is mentioned?  It's really just idle curiosity, but I'd like to fill in the blanks on that side, as years ago, I had started.  I know her parents were James Watson and Janet Anderson and she had 8 siblings.

Here is the 'Find a Grave' link - http://www.rootschat.com/links/01s28/

Any help would be appreciated.

Kit

LM, they certainly can now with all these filters on social media and the Kardashian look.  Fillers, eyebrows, eyelashes, lip fillers, nose jobs, boob jobs ............ need I go on.  They have a lot to answer for in this modern world.  However in 1900, it sounds like a bit of a stretch.

When I married in 1988 (at the age of 28), both my husband and I were British Army.  My husband still asked his Commanding Officer for permission to marry (or maybe that's just because he's old school).  I didn't!!

Kit

Hi Alan, it's my husband's side and yes, he has his DNA on Ancestry, uploaded to My Heritage and GedMatch too.

Still work full-time, so fitting research in when I can (part of me would like to take retirement, but I enjoy my job).  Slow process.  I've just purchased a number of records from SP and taken info from their 'search results' as well, for those not direct ancestors to fill out the Ancestry Tree.

PM me if you want more detail on our tree or anything else.

Best, Kit (in a snowy and cold/frosty south of Edinburgh, Scotland)

Forfarian - your photos and info are always most welcome.  You do like to get about and I for one, really appreciate you being there and recording the locations we can't always access ourselves.  I'm lucky that I'm in Scotland, but others benefit far more than I.

Thanks so much.

Kit