Cambusnethan Cemetery Grave Search - Part 2

[Lodger]

Sorry Taz,

This entry -
GARDNER PATON, mason, Wishaw, aged 36 years, unmarried.
Parents - James Turner & Marion Frood.
Old churchyard on 7th December 1875

Should be GARDNER TURNER.

[tazpants]

Wow and just wow. You are superb Lodger. I only started looking at this part of my tree last night and you have surpassed me. The Turners are my mothers maternal line so you have given me a great head start in searching.
Do you have any photos of the headstones, or in fact are there any ?
I will definately get myself over there soon to investigate the cemetery but can i just say many many thanks for this info.
I tip my hat to you.

[Lodger]

Hi Taz, much of the old churchyard has been cordoned off due to unsafe stones and the church ruins being a bit dangerous! however, the Turner /Paton stone, if it has survived, will be accessable. As a matter of fact, it is right next to the Dalziel/McFarlane (fallen) obelisk that I photographed last week. If I have the time and the weather is a bit better than it was today, I'll have a look for it.

Lodger

[Carawa]

Hi

I would be very grateful if someone was able to check whether my Brown family who were living in Cambusnethan in 1851 are buried in the local cemetery.

They are

Andrew Brown miner born abt 1799 died before 1851
Janet Brown nee Ross born abt 1803 died after 1851

Children
Margaret Brown b. abt. 1830, d. 1855 age 25.
Christian/Christina Brown b. West Calder abt. 1832 (alive 1851)
Ann Brown b. West Calder abt. 1838 (alive 1851)
Philip Brown b. Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire abt. 1840 d. 1855 age 15
Alexander Brown b. West Calder abt 1847 died 1905


Thank you

Carawa
New Zealand

[Lodger]

Hi Carawa,

No luck with this family I'm afraid, sorry. The 1905 records are missing as far as I know. They stop at 1901 and resume 1906. No written records before 1861 either. Nothing in the old churchyard monumental inscriptions. It may well be that there was a family plot in West Calder and that they are buried there.
The only thing I could find was 2 adult children of John Brown and Margaret Ross. Could it be that 2 brothers married 2 sisters? It wasn't unheard of.

Lodger

[Carawa]

Hello Lodger

Thanks very much for having a look for me. I think they are just determined  not to be found.

Carawa

[OldGrannyG]

I went to the Cambusnethan Cemetery a few years ago in search of my ancestor's stones but I couldn't find them:

John Lindsay d. about 1826 and Jean Robertson.

I know Lodger may have some information on these--perhaps in the old ruins and fenced off area?  I would also like Cayley to contact me as we share some Lindsay ancestors.

Thx, Granny G

[Lodger]

Hi Granny G,

I am on holiday until the 29th, I'll contact you with any information I have when I return.

Lodger

[Lodger]

Hi Granny G,

I think you are probably correct in the assumption that the stone(s) you are looking for are now behind the high fence but I'll try and have a look to make sure.
There was a very worn marker stone with the inscription "1826 John Lindsay and his wife (. . . . . ) Robertson". probably the one you are looking for but as far back as 1982 the wife's Christian name was illegible. I don't have a photograph of this stone.
The next stone to this one is also a "Lindsay" stone. Probably on the same plot but I will try and check this out as well. The inscription on that stone is -"Christina Cunningham died 30th November 1838 aged 63 years. Her husband John Lindsay died July 1842 aged 72 years. Their daughter Marion died 13th February 1877 aged 57 years. Their daughter Margaret died 25th December 1888 aged 83 years. Their son William died 29th January 1891 aged 80 years".
I don't have a photograph of this stone either.

Could the two John Lindsay's be father and son?

The plot book for the old churchyard only begins about 1880 so the burials recorded are all late 19th and early 20th century.

For the 1st plot with the small "1826" stone, the owners, in Victorian times are recorded as "John Lindsay & Jean Robertson". (So, that has helped fill in the missing Christian name). The interments are listed as - (all dates are of burial)
In the South lair -
MARGARET SHERIDAN, aged 23 years, 16th February 1910.
In the Centre lair -
GEORGE SHERDAN, aged 72 years, 28th September 1901.
THOMAS C. SHERIDAN, aged 8 months, 23rd January 1906.
MARGARET SHERIDAN, aged 76 years, 27th January 1923.
In the North lair -
WILLIAM SHERIDAN, aged 9 months, 13th September 1899.
ANNIE SHERIDAN, aged 3 months, 13th February 1905.

For the next stone, the owner, in Victorian times, is listed as John Lindsay. (This is the one with Christina Cunningham wife).
In the Centre lair -
WILLIAM LINDSAY, aged 80 years, 2nd February 1891.
CATHERINE LINDSAY, aged 83 years, 29th Decenber 1910.
MARGARET LINDSAY, aged - - -, 21st October 1933.
In the North lair -
MARGARET LINDSAY, aged 83 years, 28th December 1888.
WILLIAM LINDSAY, aged 41 years, 27th November 1907.

The next plot also has a Lindsay connection but there is no corresponding headstone. The owners are listed as Margaret Lindsay, William Bulloch and Jane Lindsay.
In the South lair -
MARGARET LINDSAY, aged 77 years, 21st October 1933.
In the Centre lair -
JESSIE BULLOCH, aged 67 years, 3rd November 1902.

Unfortunately there is very little information in the gravediggers day books for these graves, the old churchyard is not mentioned in the new cemetery day books until 1906 and the records I have end at 1916. I did find 2 entries, both for the Lindsay & Cunningham plot.

WILLIAM LINDSAY, bank clerk, Blantyre, unmarried, aged 41 years.
Parents - William Lindsay & Catherine Wingfield.
Interred in the old churchyard on 27th November 1907.

CATHERINE LINDSAY, Blantyre, aged 83 years, widow.
Parents - John Wingfield & Agnes Calderwood.
Interred in the old churchyard on 29th December 1910.

I hope you can link in to the Sheridans?

Lodger