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STRACHEN, in Findon, Mr
(About 1650-)
STRACHAN, Alexander Merchant and Postmaster in Banff
(About 1693-1768)
ROBERTSON, Margaret
(1699-1764)
STRACHAN, Sophia
(1733-1781)

 

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1. AVEN, William Custom House Officer and Merchant

STRACHAN, Sophia

  • Born: 1733
  • Marriage (1): AVEN, William Custom House Officer and Merchant
  • Died: 10 April 1781, Banff Parish, Banffshire, Scotland
  • Buried: Banff Churchyard, Banffshire, Scotland

  General Notes:

"Sacred to the memory of Sophia Strachan, spouse to William Aven, Custom House officer at Portsoy, and some time ago merchant in Banff, and daughter to Alexander Strachan, late Postmaster there. She died 10th April, 1781, aged 47 years 10 months, and are interred here Alexander Aven, born 6th May, 1761, aged 14 days, George Aven, born 26th February, 1762, aged 7 months, Archibald Aven, born 26th September, 1760, aged 14 months, sons of said William Aven and Sophia Strachan. By God's grace from above, which still continued our love. A faithful and obedient wife, and dutiful to her children all her life. Erected by William Aven, 1781."

from her headstone in the cemetery at Banff, Scotland


Sophia married William AVEN Custom House Officer and Merchant. (William AVEN Custom House Officer and Merchant was born about 1730 and died after 1781.)

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