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Title: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: JHynd on Monday 11 November 24 09:58 GMT (UK)
Hi, I need help please.

I’ve been trying to track down my step-gran Mary Whitelaw Lapinski’s final resting place. She passed on 19 March 1957 at Belvidere Hospital, Parkhead, Glasgow, at age 30.

Her usual residence was 36 Prosen St., Tollcross, Glasgow. This was her parents’ house. Her parents were William McMillan Williamson and Mary Whitelaw.

I’ve checked Tollcross Cemetery, St Peter’s Cemetery, Riddrie Cemetery (my grandad’s family are buried), Sandymount Cemetery (my grandad’s family are also buried here), and thr Southern (near her brother’s home, who was the informant on her death certificate) and Eastern Necropolises. So far, I haven’t found her or even her parents. The family stayed at 708 Springfield Road, Glasgow, until c. 1945.
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: sancti on Monday 11 November 24 15:43 GMT (UK)
Could she be in the same lair as her husband?
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: JHynd on Monday 11 November 24 16:24 GMT (UK)
Could she be in the same lair as her husband?

Stanley appears to be buried in alone in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: JHynd on Monday 11 November 24 16:28 GMT (UK)
Could she be in the same lair as her husband?

I’ve checked. She’s not buried in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: sancti on Monday 11 November 24 16:36 GMT (UK)
Did GCC do the searches for you?
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: JHynd on Monday 11 November 24 17:43 GMT (UK)
Did GCC do the searches for you?

No, I searched the burial registers for Tollcross Cemetery, St Peter's Cemetery, Riddrie Cemetery, Sandymount Cemetery, and the Southern and Eastern Necropolises.

I've double checked the registers to no avail.

I rechecked the registers for any sign of her parents, once again to no avail.
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: martinneilb on Wednesday 13 November 24 14:29 GMT (UK)
Do you know what religion? Catholics had there own graveyards?
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: JHynd on Wednesday 13 November 24 15:33 GMT (UK)
Do you know what religion? Catholics had there own graveyards?

I believe her husband was a Catholic, but she appears to have been a Protestant. They married in a Protestant service.

I checked St Kentigern’s and St Peter’s cemeteries.
Title: Re: Mary Whitelaw Lapinski of Tollcross, Glasgow
Post by: Poppy62 on Friday 15 November 24 08:22 GMT (UK)
Could she have been cremated. if so Daldowie  crematorium might be the answer.