HEADSTONE INSCRIPTIONS East Wemyss & West Wemyss Cemeteries

[NorrieG]

Headstone Photo West Wemyss

[NorrieG]

Headstone Photo West Wemyss

[NorrieG]

Hi Nicola   These are the Russell & Gray Headstones in East Wemyss
do you see any names in your research, let me know and I will send full inscription
      
                  
                  
                  
                  
Ew      333   Alexander Russell   Agnes   Ness
Ew      706   George   Russell   Margaret   Alexander
Ew      882   John   Russell   Agnes LR Birrell
Ew      1428   John   Russell   Isabella   Golley
Ew      1578   Mathew   Russell   Jane   Cairns

Ew      1411   Thomas   Russell   Jemima Foster Thomson
Ew      642   David   Gray   Jessie   Rodger
Ew      1704   John M   Gray   Hannah   Main
Ew      1682   Robert K   Gray   Catherine C Martin
Ew      1756   Thomas   Gray   Hannah R Chisholm
Ew      2278   Thomas   Gray   Anne Pryde Brown
Ew      293   David T    Leitch   Jessie C   Gray
Ew      2536   Peter   Riddell   Mary   Gray
Ew      357   John   Walker   Catherine  Gray
Ew      586   Adam   Andrew   Mary   Gray
Ew      1296   Archibald   Andrew   Susan   Gray
Ew      1396   George   Cunningham   Harriet   Gray
Ew      331   William   Morris   Janet   Russell
Ew      47   Joseph   Thomson   Elizabeth   Russell
Ew      1640   Peter   Hogg   Jane   Russell


Norrie

[smudwhisk]

Hi Norrie

Many, many thanks, most appreciated. 

I shall have a look at the Russell and Grays to see if any appear to be "mine", mind you there are rather a lot of Grays in Wemyss from 1700 onwards and I'm not entirely sure where my Robert came from.  The Russells, on the other hand, are now looking more promising .. trust the parish clark to omit the details on a 1738 baptism but I think that one will be mine based on other information and the majority of Russells in Wemyss appear to be the same family, at least for a few generations, albeit probably related to the Dysart family anyway.

Nicola

[IainW81]

Hi, I wonder if you could help me find my great grandmother's grave. Her name was Martha Mathieson and she died on 25 January 1942 in High Street, Methil. Her second husband was Joe Mathieson. I'm trying to find out if she was buried in the area at her husband's request or if her family buried her in West Lothian with the rest of her family.

Thanks

[NorrieG]

Hi Iain       What was Martha maiden name?  who was her 1st husband, and who
were her parents
I cannot see a grave for a Joe Mathieson in either East Wemyss or Methilmill
cemetery which were the usually cemeteries used for the area.

Norrie

[IainW81]

Hi Iain       What was Martha maiden name?  who was her 1st husband, and who
were her parents
I cannot see a grave for a Joe Mathieson in either East Wemyss or Methilmill
cemetery which were the usually cemeteries used for the area.

Norrie

Hi Norrie. Her maiden name was McLaren, first husband was George Hamilton. Her parents were William McLaren and Elizabeth Craig.

You wouldn't find Joe Mathieson (known as Mathewson at birth), as he moved down to Yorkshire with his daughter from his first marriage (Martha was wife number two) and he died down there in 1974.

I think she ended up in Fife living with some Hamilton relatives, after George died in 1936 in West Lothian. My own grandparents were living with Martha for a while in Methil before she died. If she's not in Fife, it's quite possible she's somewhere in West Lothian with her parents. That's an avenue I haven't gone down yet.

Thanks,
Iain

[NorrieG]

Her maiden name was McLaren, first husband was George Hamilton. Her parents were William McLaren and Elizabeth Craig.

Hi Iain  sorry still nothing have checked both East Wemys & Methilmill Cemetery
no grave for William & Elizabeth McLaren,
checked the Hamilton stones to see if Martha is listed on any, but nothing
as all my information is based on Headstones she chould be buried with Hamiltons
but just not listed, there is no stone for George Hamilton.

sorry I could not have been more help
Norrie

[IainW81]

Thanks for your help Norrie. It's helped me narrow it down to the area hopefully! That's the problem with mining families moving allover the place.

Iain