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The man I was speaking about has been in contact. He said there was children by the name of Scott at the Elms. He does not any more than that but said his sister might. I shall email her soon

I live in Arbroath.Next time I am near the cemetery I'll see if there is a stone and take a photo for you

Hello Alison,
                 I have a Memorial Inscription book for Arbirlot Church cemetery but found a Lesly who was a bit later than the one you are looking at.             

Have a look here, when it comes back, ...it may be of help.

http://www.clanlesliesociety.org/index.html


Also this one, which is working

http://www.clanleslie.org/

I have a couple of photos but will have to re-size them to be able to post here

I stand corrected ! We are suffering the tail end of Hurricane Bertha here, in Arbroath. I am not going to venture out so I had another look through my MI book for your request. In the Abbey there is a stone erected by a James Steven, however, that is all there is on the stone. There is no date mentioned or any other data. I will go down to have a look this week. If I can find it I will take a photo. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee it will still be there as our Council remove all fallen or broken stones AND have "tidied up" the graveyard i.e. moved the stones into neat rows. This means the grave marker does not necessarily indicate where the deceased are buried. Crazy or what. I was told by the Abbey custodian that bodies were buried from wall to wall within the Abbey boundaries. The Abbey has been around for quite a few centuries.