Biography

JOHN DUNCAN SCOTT

Burial register ID: 8414
Surname: SCOTT
First name: JOHN
Middle names: DUNCAN
Gender: Male
Age: 39 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 26-Jul-1899
Date of burial: 06-Nov-1899

Block: 42
Plot: 9B
Inscription:

GOD IS LOVE

OUR DEAR ANNIE

1891-1896

ALSO

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

JOHN DUNCAN SCOTT

WHO DIED IN SYDNEY

JULY 26th 1899

AGED 39 YEARS.

“HE WAS NOT FOR GOD

TOOK HIM, BE YE ALSO

READY”

ALSO

HIS BELOVED WIFE

SARAH CLEMENTINA

DIED MAR. 21st 1944

IN HER 85th YEAR.

“OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM”.

Bio contributor: Mary Skipworth

John Duncan Scott was born in June 1860 at Anderston, Lanarkshire, and came to Dunedin with his parents on the Aboukir in 1864. He was manager-engineer of the first freezing works in Oamaru, opened in 1886. He later took a similar position in Sydney but died there after only a few years residence. He had married Sarah Clementina Thomson, daughter of Peter Thomson, proof reader on the Otago Daily Times, and his first wife Elizabeth.

There are 3 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
SCOTT JOHN DUNCAN 39 Years 26-Jul-1899 06-Nov-1899
SCOTT SARAH CLEMENTINE 84 Years 21-Mar-1944 23-Mar-1944
SCOTT SARAH H OR Unknown 01-Nov-1899 06-Nov-1899