View Record Number 154

View Record Number 154 - Captain Matthew M. Lindsay

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Name:Captain Matthew M. Lindsay
Also Known As:"Mattie"
DOD:03/04/1998
Age:65
Address:24 Lomond Drive
Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
Originally from:Trosaraidh, Garrynamonie, South Uist
Place of death:Bishopbriggs
Funeral Location:Our Lady Of Sorrows RC Church, Garrynamonie
Presider:Rev. William MacLean
Occupation:Seaman - Master Mariner
Additional Info:This was in the St. Peter's Church Newsletter dated 20th July 1980 written by Canon John MacLean:
"Excitement was high on Boisdale shore last Sunday night as Captain Mattie Lindsay with his wife and family on board, sailed by on his way from the Great Lakes (Canada & the US) to Hamburg (Germany). The Morse Code communicated good wishes from ship to shore and back again. The ship's crew confessed they had never seen anything like it - they are not the only ones!"
Death Register Number:98/10
Lair Number:704
Section:10
Gravestone Inscription:Treasured Memories of Our Dear Father
Captain Matthew M. Lindsay
Master Mariner
Died 3rd April 1998 Aged 65
Beloved Husband Of
Christina MacInnes
RIP

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