Memorial to John Tulloch

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 28 Oct 2011

John Tulloch's memorial is the one at the centre of the photograph, with a cross on top. The monument is a Gothic sarcophagus, with columns of red granite at the corners. The inscription reads: "In loving memory of John Tulloch, Engineer, Dumbarton, Born 14 Dec 1826, Died 18 July 1868, And of Janet McAusland his wife, Youngest daughter of Daniel McAusland Whose monument stands at the Entrance to this cemetery, Born 20 Sep 1825, Died 18 May 1906." John Tulloch was born in Greenock. There he was apprenticed to Caird and Co, to learn engineering. He moved to Dumbarton in 1851, joining Peter Denny (of Helenslee – Image) and John McAusland in the firm Tulloch, Denny and McAusland, engineers and boiler-makers. Around 1855, he married Janet, the daughter of Daniel McAusland (ropemaker); as the inscription says, Daniel's memorial is at the entrance of the cemetery: Image Two or three years before his death, John Tulloch retired from business. His remaining years were spent at Bellfield House in Dumbarton (on Bellfield House, see Image). He was a town councillor on two occasions, his first term beginning in 1853, the second in 1864.

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