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Hi I am looking for some advice please. I have a brother who was buried in common ground in Dalbeth Cemetery in 1960 and have since found out there is 3 pieces of common ground at Dalbeth/St Peters. Is there any way of finding out categorically which common ground he is buried in?

Gordon

Hi thanks for the response. I was in contact with a chap called Iain Hutchison who explained that the most the hospital would have is the undertakers name. The undertaker no longer exists so i cannot go down that route. He suggested i contact bereavement services of glasgow district council explaining the circumstances as, according to him, in certain circumstances, they can waiver the fee so i have sent all the details to them so just waiting on them getting back to me, as soon as i find something out i will let you all know how i get on.

gordon

Hi Anne, am i getting this right, even though our family are church of scotland, because he was put at the feet of a stranger could that mean he could have ended up in a jewish cemetery?

gordon

My mum has been extremely ill recently and has sat and told me about a baby she had in 1960 ( my brother ) who died when he was 4 weeks old. Due to my mum only being 15 years old at the time, my gran took over the burial of my brother. Both my gran and grandad are long dead now, my mum is 65 years of age and her knowledge of back when my brother died is limited. She knows he was buried in a glasgow graveyard (dont know which one apart from probably dennistoun region ), She knows there was no headstone erected and he was buried at the feet of a total stranger. I have managed to find out the funeral directors name. I know my brothers full name, date of birth and death, address at the time of death, he died in yorkhill sick kids in Glasgow at 4 weeks of age. I have contacted glasgow district council and been told they want £63 to search for where he is buried and we just dont have that type of money. My mum is very very ill and this is tearing her apart.I have tried mitchell library but there records only go up to around 1953. I need to find out for my mums sake mainly as, god knows what this is doing to her not knowing where her baby is buried but she needs to find out before she dies. Is there any help you can give, anything at all would be so appreciated. I can supply any information you might need to help, birthdate, deathdate, area of death etc. I really do hope you can help us put him to rest properly.

gordon