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A very big thank you goes firstly to Margaret Brown. It was her efforts that got us started here and she did most of the recording and all the typing. Thanks also to Jim & Jean Shirer who did most of the cleaning, and going home with a fine green dust all over them, looked faintly like alien beings. It was a change to work within the city and meant that an hour of dry weather could be put to good use, even in the winter when daylight is scarce. Within a city Churchyard, and particularly this one, we are reminded very much of the links with the sea and its attendant heartbreaking stories. So many of the stones record the deaths of young men who died at sea in far-away places. None more so than No. 513 who, though he and eight companions survived the shipwreck, all but one died of starvation. The story of the “Invercauld” could possibly be the subject of an article later. The principal shipbuilders of the city are remembered here too. A word of clarification on one inscription. The plaque “Y” at the end of the book, which is fixed to the church wall. The Hymn tune “Crimond” was composed by Jessie Seymour Irvine, 1836-1887 who was the daughter of the minister of the Parish of Crimond, Aberdeenshire. Mr David Grant 1833-1893 was the arranger of the tune as we know it today. Sheila M. Spiers
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St Clements, Aberdeen Old Kirkyard (parish of St Nicholas), naming 2415 individuals between 1650 and 1980 (Revised Edition)
