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Title: Jedburgh grave
Post by: Timothy on Monday 21 February 11 13:17 GMT (UK)

Hi Looking for the grave of Robert Balmer.He died 12 Aug 1853 in Jedburgh.Thank you

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: M Carter on Saturday 05 March 11 16:20 GMT (UK)

Timothy,
There is no record of a gravestone for a Robert Balmer at Jedburgh Abbey Graveyard.   There is or was a very badly worn stone thought to to be for a William Balmer but even that was not definitive and nothing else on the stone could be read.
M Carter

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: Timothy on Saturday 05 March 11 19:22 GMT (UK)

Hi Thank you for looking Are there other graveyards in Jedburgh?

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: M Carter on Saturday 05 March 11 19:58 GMT (UK)

Timothy,
There is the present day cemetery at Castlewood.   Not certain when this cemetery was established.  I know there are stones dating from the later part of the 1800s but whither as early as the 1850s I cannot tell you with any certainty.  Unfortunately the stones at Castlewood have not yet been recorded.
Morag Carter

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: Sunlaws on Saturday 05 March 11 22:06 GMT (UK)

Hi Timothy

Unfortunately, Castlewood Cemetery was not opened until 1857, so your Robert could not have been buried there.

regards,

Lesley

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: Timothy on Saturday 05 March 11 22:21 GMT (UK)

Thank you for the help All my Jedburgh  research is brickwalls OPRs bmd nothing on SP around 1800

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: mulledwine on Friday 30 November 12 18:29 GMT (UK)

Hello Sunlaws.

I was up at Castlewood cemetery today looking for a William Cranston, who according to his death cert was buried there on 20-June 1857. I couldnt find the grave but only looked in about 1/3 of the ground albeit it was the older section. ...also there are quite a number of stones lying face down  and knowing my luck it will be one of those I am looking for !

 I have just been back on line to try and find out when it opened and I saw your post of 2005 saying it was 1857!  Do you know when in 1857?

regards

Mark

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: Sunlaws on Saturday 01 December 12 21:36 GMT (UK)

Hi Mark

No, I'm sorry, I don't know exactly when Castlewood cemetery opened, but if William Cranston's death certificate states that he was buried there on June 20th, it's probably telling the truth.

I don't know the financial circumstances of your ancestor, but it's worth remembering that not everyone had a headstone. If a man left a widow and family of young children, paying the rent and feeding the children took precedence over buying a headstone..

Regards,
Lesley

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: mulledwine on Sunday 02 December 12 15:52 GMT (UK)

Lesley

thanks for the reply - yes its a fair point re the possibility of an unmarked grave. Thanks anyway - I will keep lookin.

regards

mark

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: terianne on Monday 03 December 12 21:24 GMT (UK)

Good news for the new year. ;D

border family history society are currently finalising the MI's for the whole of Jedburgh and it should be out early next year

Title: Re: Jedburgh grave
Post by: mulledwine on Tuesday 04 December 12 15:59 GMT (UK)

terianne - excellent thank you - although I do like a good wander round a graveyard !