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Thank you so much for looking. It was very kind of you, and I really appreciate it.

Good idea about contacting the Edinburgh council. I'll do that.

She's an interesting one, at least to me. Her husband started out as an ag lab and later was described as a gamekeeper (by her on his death certificate, though he was an ag lab on the 1841), and they lived somewhere outside Falkland in Fife. He died young in 1850 when she had a houseful of kids from infant to age 14.

One of the great mysteries of my family history, one I'd love to know the story of, is how she managed to get from there to having three of her sons in apprenticeships in Edinburgh. One became a cabinetmaker, another, my ancestor, a gunsmith, and the third a shoemaker who ultimately owned a boot factory and shop on Princes St employing over 40. He's the one buried closest to her, in another section of that same cemetery, with a not-inexpensive obelisk-style stone for a bunch of his family members. He's also the one who informed on her death certificate.

At the time of the 1891 census, she was a boarding house keeper, but by 1901 was described as the head of the household, an annuitant living with (or at least on the census with) a granddaughter.

Thanks for that. Your post made me realize I have a typo in the location in my original post. It's N rather than I.

It appears in the cemetery register like this (see attached):

Hello there,

If anyone happens to be wandering through Rosebank Cemetery (Pilrig St) with time to look for a stone, I would appreciate the help. I spent some time there when I was across the pond in the spring and failed to find it, and fear it might be face down as a few in the section are, but am hoping maybe I just missed it or was looking in the wrong place. It's been niggling at me since I got home that I should have spent more time hunting, which is why I'm reaching out.

The stone is for Marion Edmonston Seggie (married name Lugton) 1811-1906, my 2x great grandmother. The Edinburgh and Leith (Rosebank) cemetery register lists her as being buried in Compartment I, number W 93 in a private grave.

Her sons had money, and all of them have stones on their graves (also in Edinburgh), so it seems very likely there is a stone on the plot.

Thanks very much to anyone who's able to help. I appreciate your time.

Kathy

Thanks very much Forfarian and Calleva. There seems to be a general consensus about the pronunciation, which is very helpful, as are the possible origins.

Cheers!