Joseph Gamgee grave monument in Dean 2c Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Joseph Gamgee grave monument: legible names and details

full name	burial date	age	birth date	relationship	notes
Joseph Gamgee	1895	94	1801	first name on monument	Born in Elmsdon, Essex, he went to Italy as a boy working in the stables of an Italian nobleman, then came back to England to study Vet science before settling in Florence where his children were born. He settled in Edinburgh before 1861. Story from The Remarkable Gamgees by Ruth D'Arcy Thompson
Clementina Gamgee	1916	84	1832	daughter of Joseph Gamgee
Clara Clark Stanton nee Gamgee	1894	57	1837	daughter of Joseph Gamgee	Clara Gamgee, born in Florence, arrived in Edinburgh by 1861, where she married George Clark Stanton, painter and sculptor. responsible for several Edinburgh monuments. They had 5 children. From The Remarkable Gamgees by Ruth D'Arcy Thompson
Fanny Thompson nee Gamgee	1860	21	1839	daughter of Joseph Gamgee	Fanny Gamgee was born in Florence, arriving with her family in Edinburgh by July 1859, when she married D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, classical scholar, born 1829 at sea off Tasmania and named for his godfather. Fanny died in childbirth in May 1860, leaving a son, D'Arcy Wentworth. From The Remarkable Gamgees by Ruth D'Arcy Thompson
Frances Clark Stanton	1929	63	1866	grand daughter of Joseph Gamgee
Clementina Clark Stanton	1959	84	1875	grand daughter of Joseph Gamgee
Ruth D'Arcy Thompson	1988	86	1902	great grand daughter of Joseph Gamgee
Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson	1948	88	1860	grand son of Joseph Gamgee	Son of D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Fanny Gamgee, born in Edinburgh 3 May 1860. Graduate of Cambridge, Professor of Natural History at St Andrew's. Married Ada Maureen Drury in July 1901.Died 21 Jun 1948 at St Andrew's, Fife
Mary Ann West	1873	74	1799	wife of Joseph Gamgee	Born about 1800, married Joseph Gamgee at St George, Hanover Square, 15 May 1825 and went with him to Florence, Italy, where she bore him 6 children, moving to Edinburgh by about 1859. She was resident in Edinburgh 1871.

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He was my 7x grandfather
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My family history research. Abigail Gamgee was my 3rd great grandmother.
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I believe George Clark Stanton, husband of Clara Gamgee, to be my 3rd great grandfather's first cousin
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Joseph Gamgee was my Gt Gt Grandfather's brother who, unlike Joseph who lived to a ripe old age sadly died aged 27. I am researching the wider family tree.
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Joseph Gamgee is the brother of my 3 Rd times gr grandmother Abigail gamgee
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The Gamgee family are in my family tree ....on my grgrgr grandmothers side Thank you
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