Biography

SIBELLA TOLMIE

Burial register ID: 9333
Surname: TOLMIE
First name: SIBELLA
Middle names:
Gender: Female
Age: 65 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 24-Apr-1903
Date of burial: 26-Apr-1903

Block: 4
Plot: 17
Inscription:

On the front of the monument:-

SACRED

TO

THE MEMORY OF

WILLIAM ALEXANDER TOLMIE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUG. 8. 1875

AGED 42 YEARS.

I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, HE THAT

BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL

HE LIVE. JOHN XI.XXV.

AND TO HIS WIFE SIBELLA

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE

24th APRIL 1903

AGED 65.

On the right side of the monument:-

HUGH TOLMIE ONLY SON

WHO DIED IN FRANCE FEB. 9. 1930

AGED 67 YEARS.

LILIAS KATE TOLMIE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEB. 28. 1931

AGED 62 YEARS.

Bio contributor: Patricia Leslie

Sibella Tolmie née MacKinnon (1838-1903)

Sibella was the daughter of Donald MacKinnon. She married William Alexander Tolmie circa 1858. William and Sibella had three children; Jessie Margaret, Hugh and Lilias Katherine.

There was one newspaper entry where Sibella was listed in the Patriotic Fund, Otago Witness January 1900. The General Treasurer’s List, The Treasurer of the Patriotic Fund acknowledges receipt of the following subscriptions: – … Sibella Tolmie £2…


Sibella Tolmie née MacKinnon; photo taken in Geneve,Switzerland
Source: Patricia Leslie

There are 4 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
TOLMIE LILIAS KATE 63 Years 28-Feb-1931 02-Mar-1931
TOLMIE SIBELLA 65 Years 24-Apr-1903 26-Apr-1903
TOLMIE SIBELLA 34 Years 06-Oct-1912 08-Oct-1912
TOLMIE WILLIAM ALEXANDER 41 Years 08-Aug-1875 11-Aug-1875