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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Selkirkshire => Topic started by: mgscott on Wednesday 21 November 12 04:16 GMT (UK)
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William Scott's 1855 death record show's he (76 years of age and living in Halliday's Park) was interred in the Selkirk Church yard. I presume that means the old cemetery there but i can find no mention of him on memorial inscriptions so i wonder if he was buried without a headstone. By that time he was a pauper as were many other Hand Loom Weavers like him. Does anyone know of burial records for the old cemetery in Selkirk? He was a widower of Isabel Bell.
Merv
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I suggest you contact these people - http://www.heartofhawick.co.uk/heritagehub/ - for advice.
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Good suggestion. thanks.
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merv You should know that the main recorders for all of Selkirkshire apart from Galashiels is WWW.selkirkshireantiquariansociety.co.uk whosupply all the Cds they have recorded including all 3 cemeteries in Selkirk. As you know if they are not listed from a headstone then all you could do is check the Selkirk Death records available to buy (3 volumes) Check Genuki site for details.
ps send me a Pm re Scott heastone at Ashkirk
alan
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Hello again Alan. It's always wonderful to hear from you. Thanks for the posting. I did get the death record as you suggested but I was hoping that somewhere there was also a set of burial records? I will check with Heritage Hub folks in Hawick but I think what you are telling me is that there are no cemetery burial records.....only gov't death records. Darn.
Merv.
ps. i will send you PM shortly
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William Scott's 1855 death record show's he (76 years of age and living in Halliday's Park) was interred in the Selkirk Church yard. I presume that means the old cemetery there but i can find no mention of him on memorial inscriptions so i wonder if he was buried without a headstone. By that time he was a pauper as were many other Hand Loom Weavers like him. Does anyone know of burial records for the old cemetery in Selkirk? He was a widower of Isabel Bell.
Merv
Hi Merv
Firstly, a significant proportion of gravestones from that era have not survived.
Especially given that he was a pauper at death it's quite unlikely that his survivors had the funds required to purchase what was quite an expensive item, - i.e. a headstone.
The only possibility that I can think of is to contact the local Church of Scotland church to see what burial records they have.
Wullie
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There is a possibility that a map of the grave lairs are held by the local council, in this case Scotish Borders Council. http://www.scotborders.gov.uk
Depending on a lot of factors the map may still exist.