John Fyfe (d.1906)

John Fyfe (c1830-1906) of John Fyfe

1906 Died

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Obituary

Mr John Fyfe died at his residence, Beechgrove, Aberdeen, on Wednesday night, aged 76. He had been seriously ill for only a few days.

Mr Fyfe was a native of Newhills, where his father carried on the business of a quarrier. Mr Fyfe, senior, died when his son was only sixteen years of age, but the young man was equal to the duties and responsibilities thus early thrown upon him. He took up his father's work with resolution and determination, and his future great business commenced in a very small way. By the time he was twenty-four years of age he was sending out more granite than any other man in the trade. Perhaps, however, his prominence in connection with granite quarrying dates back to the time when he began operations at Kemnay. This was in the year 1868, and thus for well nigh fifty years he had carried on operations at that centre on an increasingly large scale. No one had done as much as he had done to make Aberdeen granite famous wherever architectural and engineering stability are appreciated.

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Obituary

The death at Aberdeen last week of Mr. John Fyfe - who was the leading granite merchant in the kingdom - naturally brings to mind the famous quarries of Kemnay opened by him as far back as 1858, from which granite has been supplied for nearly every important engineering structure in Britain. [More]

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