Isabella (also known as Ella) died on the 19th of January 1919 at 11 Hillside Street in Edinburgh’s Canongate district aged only twelve. “Heart failure following epidemic influenza” was cited as her cause of death. She rests on the eastern edge of Rosebank Cemetery in Pilrig. Her attractive memorial is incorporated into the cemetery’s perimeter wall.
Ella was born on the 3rd of November 1906 at 11 Hillside Street to Police Constable James Gall and Mary (nee Ross). She was their third child and second daughter until her younger sister Jessie was born. She was to reside at 11 Hillside all her life. Ella was four when the 1911 Census was taken.
Two years after her death her family remained at 11 Hillside, by which time her father had been promoted from Constable to Sargent. James died on the 3rd of December 1951 and joined Ella in Rosebank Cemetery. Mary followed him nearly two years later on the 22nd of October 1953.
Sources: ScotlandsPeople
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