Cambusnethan Cemetery Grave Search - Part 1

[Lodger]

Hi Janie,
Welcome to Rootschat.
I couldn't find Margaret, sorry. The burial records only begin at 1861 for Cambusnethan. There is nothing for any of her children at a later date, so perhaps they moved away? No monumental inscription in the old churchyard either.
Good luck with your research.
Lodger.

[bleckie]

Hi Lodger
I am looking for Robert Boyes Smith Died Feb1899, Married to Mary Livingston also his parents
William Smith & Jessie Smith (Boyes)

Yours Aye
BruceL

[Lodger]

Hi Bruce,

I don't have anything for this family, sorry. I don't have the 1899 paupers burials, many working-class people had paupers funerals or were at least partially funded by the parochial board but I don't have the records for that decade.
Boyes is quite a rare name in Cambusnethan.

Lodger

[bleckie]

Thanks Lodger


many thanks for having a look for me
Yours Aye
BruceL

[EDCBA]

Hi Lodger,

Do you have any info on inscriptions or the ownership of lairs in the old churchyard?

There is a headstone there that may belong to my 4xGG, John Rodger.  The top half of the headstone is now unreadable, but the bottom half reads:

"also John Rodger his father who died 12th May 1842 aged 55 years"

The date and age fit in with what I would expect but any additional  information you have would be appeciated.

[Lodger]

EDCBA,
I am not at home this week but will check when I get bqck, unless someone else has a copy of the MIs;

Lodger

[LWLen]

Hi EDCBA,

I've checked the MI booklet for Cambusnethan and found the stone you're referring to (there are a few other Rodgers but I think this is the only John referred to). Not much more to go on, but hopefully enough to help you out:

"Erected by (.........................) in memory of his daughter who died 1838 aged 22 (months). Also his father John Rodger who died 12th May 1842 aged 55 years. Very worn stone."

Hope that's of some use to you.

Good luck,
Alan

[EDCBA]

Hi LWLen

Thanks for your help.  It's another small step forward, particularly that there are no other John Rodger residents in the cemetery. 

[LWLen]

It's another small step forward, particularly that there are no other John Rodger residents in the cemetery. 

If only it were that simple! This was just taken from the Cambusnethan MI booklet put out by Lanarkshire FHS. Obviously that's limited to the area they covered and the stones that were readable - if the dates tie in, that's a positive sign, but it's probably worth a check of the burial records to see if there are any others (although I'm not sure how far back they go).

Alan