The Barclay/Cameron Memorial
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The Barclay/Cameron Memorial
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 8 Jul 2013
Compared with other memorials in the burial ground, this one is fairly late in date. For another view, in context, see Image The men named first on each side are evidently brothers-in-law. The left-hand side commemorates Alexander Barclay, cooper in Greenock (d. March 1851 aged 84), Margaret Gillies his wife (d. March 1847), and their daughter Helen Barclay (d. 26th Feb 1868). The right-hand side commemorates John Cameron, auctioneer in Greenock (d. 14 Aug 1866 aged 58), his wife Margaret Barclay (d. 29 June 1876 aged 71), and their children Margaret Gillies, Dugald, John, Alexander Barclay, and Margaret Barclay. The memorial is signed "Stevenson". The Greenock-born monumental sculptor Charles Stevenson (1821-1879) had a "sculpture and photographic establishment" near the gate of Greenock Cemetery; see Image
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Image Location
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55.947019
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-4.765888