David Alan Stevenson

He was born on 21 July 1854 the son of David Stevenson and his wife, Elizabeth Mackay.

[2] His early years were spent at their home at 8 Forth Street in the eastern section of the New Town in Edinburgh.

His proposers were William Swan, Peter Guthrie Tait, Robert MacKay Smith and George Chrystal.).

[6] The grave lies on the north wall of the original cemetery, backing onto the first northern extension.

[7] Their daughter Dorothy Emily was born in 1892; she became a best-selling author of more than 40 books published under the name D. E. Stevenson.