John Ramage Dawson
The name John Ramage Dawson is not the first name listed on the monument.
The monument is in Dean 2k cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 406 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
John Ramage Dawson was buried in 1892. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
John Ramage Dawson calculated age is 61.
John Ramage Dawson birth is given as 1831.
John Ramage Dawson is listed on the GPR grave numbered 75337.
John Ramage Dawson is listed as the father-in-law of Frank Wyville Thomson on the grave monument.
John Ramage Dawson has the record number 160762 within the GPR person name database table.
John Ramage Dawson family name was Ramage (to see all the others with the same family name, just click the name ).
There is one image available for the monument listing John Ramage Dawson (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against John Ramage Dawson record:
COL. JOHN RAMAGE5 DAWSON (ADAM4, ADAM3, WILLIAM2, MATTHEU1 DASON) was born Abt. 1832 in Bonnytown, Linlithgow, Scotland, and died November 28, 1892 in Preston Grange (residence of Lady Grant Suttie), Prestonpans at 4:30 am. He married MARGARET ANDERSON March 10, 1859 in Highholm, Port Glasgow, daughter of JAMES ANDERSON and MARGARET PATON. She was born Abt. 1831 in Highholm Port Glasgow, Renfrew. Christened Port Glasgow 28 Jun 1831 [ERO 574/8], and died May 08, 1898 in 54 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh at 11 h 7 min am of heart disease, aged 66 y. Buried at Dean cemetery 11th May 1898.. Notes for COL. JOHN RAMAGE DAWSON: of Balado, Kinross-shire, and of 54 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, Lieut.-Col., late of Haddington Artillery, Southern Division, R.A., d. 28/11/1892 at Preston Grange, Prestonpans, testate PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO COLONEL DAWSON - A meeting of the Heritors Committee of the Town Council was held on Tuesday evening. Convenor Beattie presided and the other members present were - Provost Gilmour, Baillies Russell and Morrison, and Councollirs Learmouth, and Jospeh Braithwaite. There was submitted to the meeting an application on behalf of the family of the members of the late Colonel john Ramage Dawson, of Balads, for liberty to erect a stained glass window in St Catherine's aisle of St Michael's Church, in memory of the late Colonel. The design, which is a very handsome one, is prepared by Messrs Clayton and Bell the famous stained glass artiste of London, and which is illustrated by texts from the sermon on themount. The design was approved by the committee. and sanction given to its being executed, subject to the Council's approval of the form of dedication, which is yet to be submitted. John R Dawson, Bonside, 30th November 1868, Elected Fellow. Marriage On the 10th inst., at High Holm, Port Glasgow, John Ramadge (!) Dawson, Esq., son of Adam Dawson, Esq., of Bonnytoun, Linlithgow, to Margaret, daughter of James Anderson, Esq., of High Holm. Cause of Death: Acute peritonitis Fact 1: 1881, Living at 54, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Scotland. Fact 2: 1881, Census, servants Mary Neill, Isabella Stewart, Elizabeth Marshall Fact 3: 1881, Census, Adelheid Von Kliefer, visitor. Fact 8: Occupation: 1891_Colonel Royal Art. Fact 9: Occupation: 1881_Major Haddington Artillery Militia J P Kinross & Linlithgow Fact 10: Occupation: 1859&1866_Planter in Ceylon Fact 11: Living at: July 1873_Old Bonnytoun, Linlithgow;1882_Westfield House, Balado;1881&1891_54, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Scotland. Fact 12: Occupation: Distiller;1864&1869_Landed Proprietor, Ceylon Fact 13: Living at 1841_St Magdalene's Park