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Grave of Margaret Milroy BarnstapleThe photographer has kindly revisited the grave and has now read it as:
Margaret Milroy
Born at Kirkmaiden
Scotland Jan 1795
Died April 1872
also Mary
wife of the late James Milroy
of Barnstaple
died January 1873 or 5
Alexander Milroy
July 1877
also
John Milroy
July 1886
aged 86
On her first visit she also could read Margaret's age was 72 the second age was 69 and Alexander's age was either 52 0r 61
This matches data found on Free BMD and censuses for the family believed to be siblings children of Patrick Miloy and Agnes Hamilton of Kirkmaiden Wigtownshire who traded in drapery and tea in Cornwall and Devon