John Mackay, mason, Braetongue
The fallen
stone in this picture is Cowper & Ross No.24. When they surveyed
Tongue Churchyard in the 1980s, they summarised the inscription thus: JOHN MACKAY, mason in Brae Tongue, died 12th June 1890 aged 75. His wife CHRISTINA MACKAY died 2nd March 1899 aged 84. Their son WILLIAM MACKAY died at Strichen 26th May 1905 aged 47. St Andrew's Church, Tongue, Sutherland |