Burials in Oban

[Dolphinphil]

I am looking for the burials of my Great Grandfather and Mother , David and Emma Mackintosh (David 2/4/1891- Emma 9/6/1889). They died in Oban town but I have been unable to find their graves. The library cannot find them in Penyfuir Cemetary or the old Parish Church and the Council say they do not keep records back that far. Does anyone have any suggestions please???

[Lodger]

I have the same problem!  My gt-gt-grandparents died in Oban in the 1890s.  No record of them in Pennyfuir and no headstone in the parish churchyard at Oban or at the churchyards out at Kilmore and Kilbride.
Two of their sons were in business as stonemasons and plasterers, so I assumed that they would have erected a nice stone for their parents, but if they did, I've yet to find it.

Kilmore & Oban Parish Church have a list of lair (plot) owners of the churchyard, it could be worth contacting them.
http://obanchurch.com/index.html
You may be lucky, there are a few internment records beside the owners names, mostly for the early part of the 19th century.

Lodger.

[Dolphinphil]

Thanks Lodger,
I have already made contact with that church and they cannot find a trace. David was an Architect who built some of the prominent buildings in Oban so I am surprised that I cannot find him. There seems to be a kind of 'Bermuda Triangle' for burial records in Oban about that time!!
Anybody else help?? Perhaps someone living in the Oban area who might know why??

[thornhill121]

Hi, I replied to your other post before I found this one 

I am pretty sure that library has old copies of The Oban Times, as your ancestors were prominant people it is possible that there may be a death notice in the paper. Failing that I would contact the paper direct.

Lucy

[Lodger]

Good idea Lucy, I didn't find a place of burial in the obituary but I did find my great-great grandfather's Gaelic nickname. I was delighted with that little snippet!

Lodger.

[ardchattan]

Hi
We now have a new Family History Group here in Oban and Lorn, I will share these questions with members next time we meet, maybe someone can offer some help.

We also have two new websites where you might be able to get help locally
one for the group Lorn Family History Group and one for Old Oban
Please join in and see if others can help.

[Dolphinphil]

To thornhill121, Thanks Lucy, I have found the obituaries in both the Oban Times and the Oban Express (they were separate papers at the time) but there was no mention of the burials. I visited Oban in person and went to the Oban Times office to see the originals and the library to see the Oban Express.
I had only a limited time in Oban and wished now that I had searched the following weeks papers to see if they mentioned the burials. Never mind, it looks like I have an excuse for another visit to lovely Oban!!
Thanks for your help,
Phil

[Dolphinphil]

To ardchattan. Thanks for your help, it would be great if you could raise those questions for me. I will try the two sites you suggested as well.
Thanks again,
Phil

[keeney30]

hi i work in pennyfuir, david mcintosh died 2-4-1891 was buried 4-4-1891, emma newal mcintosh died 9-6-1889 was buried 11-6-1889,
they are buried together in section "A" lair 98, there is no headstone but i could show you where they are buried, if you are ever in the cemetery ask for me,   Garry.