MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION IN FINSTOWN CEMETERY

John Firth, joiner, born 13th October 1838, died 31st December 1922. His spouse, Jean Borwick, died 21st June 1935, aged 94 years. His daughters: Mary Elizabeth, died 21st August 1957, aged 87 years; and Jane Jessie, widow of Robert Learmonth, died 25th April 1959, aged 86 years [Memorial Inscription in Finstown Burial Ground, transcription by Neil Reid Ford, 13th of August 1977. See also Monumental Inscriptions in Firth (Orkney Family History Society, 29.04.2010), page 2, entry number 2/10].