Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery

[bonatello]

Hi , I recently found out my great grandfather Daniel McCormick was buried in this cemetery on March 12th 1941 .... I wonder if his stone is still there .... ? 

[gerryfarrell]

He will be in the newer part of St Peters, I'm pretty sure if he had a stone it will still be there

Hi , I recently found out my great grandfather Daniel McCormick was buried in this cemetery on March 12th 1941 .... I wonder if his stone is still there .... ?

[kmreynolds]

Hi Gerry,thanks for getting back to me so quickly.James Gilmour was not the Gilmour I was looking for but may be related. I wonder could I ask another couple of questions about Old Dalbeth/St Peter's cemetery.Is there any comprehensive list of who was buried in the Old Dalbeth cemetery before St Peter's opened? Also,within the Old Dalbeth grounds, did there exist an common ground area the way a couple exist in the St Peter's section?Lastly,I looked at Anne's map layout of St Peter's cemetery and I'm a bit confused about the location of section #12.In one diagram, section 12 is shown as being next to section 14 on the right after the gate you would enter to go to the section of the cemetery that is where common ground and higher section numbers are.In the other diagram section 14 is through those gates and on right as you start up drive that bends towards left and other sections.Could you clarify this for me? I am bound and determined to locate my relation in section 12.He was buried in that section on 8 April 1908 in grave cousin(name unknown) had(number 2682 follows where says buried in grave cousin owns).He was interred section 12,division C,lair 66.Do you know if Old Dalbeth/St Peter's allow gravestones to be erected on common ground? Any help is so appreciated,Kim

[gerryfarrell]

Hi Kim,
I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with St Peter's side of the cemetery.  My interest in Old Dalbeth was to locate my great grandfathers grave location. There is a full list of the burial registers for Old Dalbeth & St Peters held in the Mitchell library on microfilm (some hard to read) however there is no surviving plan of the Old Dalbeth layout. I transcribed every surviving stone then using the burial dates on them went along to the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh to find as many lair no's as possible. This has allowed me to plot the cemetery layout and find the grave of my ggf. The common ground is the top section nearest the main road but no stone has ever been erected on it. Give Anne a message re St Peters she is very helpful an knowledgable. Also contact the archivist at the Scottish Catholic Archive for lair info as she is also very helpful, I don't have her email at hand but you will find it if you google them.

Gerry

[kmreynolds]

Gerry,again thank you so much.I will take your advice and contact the Scottish Catholic Archives and Anne.Want to get as much info before I venture over again next month.Thanks,Kim

[amberdog]

I was wondering if any of you kind folks know where my relative Helen Connell is buried in St. Peters?  Her entry states she is in Lair 79, Section 4, Division E.  She was buried there 4th Mar 1906.  Unfortunately her Catholic entry at Scotlandspeople doesn't state when the Lair was opened.  Her maiden name was Bon(n)ar and her 1st husband was William Allan Gilmour/2nd husband Peter Connell.

Helen's grandchild, William Gilmour, is buried in the same plot.  He was laid to rest in 1892.  His Catholic entry also gives no indication of when the liar was opened.

I am really hoping that Helen's foster child, Margaret Gilmour (real surname possibly Craig) is buried with her.  Other than census returns I've nothing to take Margaret's life forward past her registering Helen's death in 1906.  Margaret's DOB changes nearly every census (as did Helen's).

Many thanks for any help you can offer.

[peterowan]

I was at Old Dalbeth on Friday 8/11/13 looking for the grave of my g g g gfather Neil Mechan (Meechen / Meechan / Michan etc!). d 24/05/1857 buried Dalbeth Cemetery. No sign of his grave but here's some photos extracted from a phone video I took at the time - apologies for the quality.

[MonicaL]

Have to admit I like the way the phone has made the photos look  They look more like a watercolour that a photo and quite atmospheric!

All my Scottish crew are in there (Old & New cemeteries).

Monica

[Lodger]

All my Scottish crew are in there (Old & New cemeteries).

Monica

Shouldn't that be Old & New Testaments