Cambusnethan Cemetery Grave Search - Part 2

[Lodger]

Sorry Granny G. forgot to add this entry from the Day Book -

MARGARET SHERIDAN, domestic servant, Wishaw, aged 23 years, unmarried.
Parents - George Sheridan & Margaret Lawrie.
Buried in the old churchyard on 16th February 1910.

[OldGrannyG]

Thanks Lodger!  But funny how a little information makes everything so much more confusing!

So I am very sure that this stone of John Lindsay and ?Jean Robertson is the one that I am looking for.  As far as the John Lindsay == father and son........well, the elder did have a son named John, but not until 1782--which doesn't quite add up for the dates on the next stone.  And they may very well be related somehow.

John's son William Lindsay emigrated to Canada in 1821, but I don't know what happened to all the the other children:

Jean Lindsay  b. 1770
William Lindsay  b. 1773----emigrated to Canada
James Lindsay  b. 1776
Francis Lindsay  b. 1778
Alicia Lindsay   b. 1780
John Lindsay  b. 1782

Sorry, but I can't make any link to the Sheridan's at this time.

Gail

[Lodger]

Are you sure the whole family didn't go to Canada? Did William marry before he went?

Just in case you can fit him in sometime in the future, here's another Lindsay!

JOHN LINDSAY, joiner, Wishaw, aged 70 years, married.
Parents - John Lindsay & Christina Cunningham.
Interred in the Private walled burial ground at Cambusnethan on 25th November 1884.

[sage]

Had a peak on an ancestry tree with this Lindsay family...can't attest to it's accuracy but it may be helpful.  John Lindsay 1745 - 1798 was the son of John Lindsay and Margaret Millar (a birth cert is shown as proof).  Jean Robertson is shown with dates 1739 - 1826.

Children of John and Jean:
William b 1773 and died 1861 in Ramsay Township, Ontario
James b 1776 and died 1841...doesn't say where
Francis b 1778...no further info
Cecilia (Alicia) b 1780 and died abt 1863 in Almonte, Ontario
John 1782 - 1842 Cambusnethan

John Lindsay (son of above) b 16 Jun 1782 d 1842 Cambusnethan married Christina Cunningham 11 Jan 1805.  Three children are named for this couple:
Margaret b 1805 and died 25 Dec 1888 aged 83.
William b 1811 and died 1891 aged 80 in Cambusnethan (matches Lodger's records)
Marion b 1820 and died 13 Feb 1877 Glasgow.

Hope this is of some use to you...Sage.

Also William (son of John Lindsay & Christina Cunningham) married Catherine Wingfield 05 Sep 1847.
John & Christina's daug Marion Lindsay died a pauper, 13 Feb 1877 aged 57 and is buried at Cambusnethan

[OldGrannyG]

Are you sure the whole family didn't go to Canada? Did William marry before he went? 

William Lindsay and Ann Campbell were married in 1800 and had about 8 children in the Cambusnethan area and then emigrated to Canada.  But I'm not sure what happened to the rest of John Lindsay and Jean Robertson's offspring. 

Looks like Sage has some other input--let me check it out--it looks VERY promising.  The children of John Lindsay and Jean Robertson are generally correct, however they are missing Jean Lindsay, b. 1770.

Thanks Lodger & Sage!!!  Looks like you're both right, and I can link some of this family together!

Granny G

[sage]

Hi Granny G,

I was wondering today if you were able to access the death of Margt (daug of John Lindsay & Christina Cunningham) who died 25 Dec 1888 aged 83, might it prove a SHERIDAN link?

[Lodger]

Whoever gave you the nom de plume of SAGE was right on the mark Heather! You'll be getting Rootschat Member of the Month award. (A visit to Cam'nethan cemetery).

Back to business (I'm trying hard to win the award too - Monica has promised me something nice).

Lindsay & Robertson.

I found a way of photographing this stone but don't ask how I did it 

There is an inscription on the back of this stone but I just CANNOT make it out. I will post it and see what better eyes than mine can do. The actual inscription on the front does help as it reads -

"1826 Here lies the remains of John Lindsay and Jean Robertson his spouse". This implies (in my opinion) that this stone was erected shortly after the remaining one of the died. So it isn't a "marker stone" erected by John & Jean, as is so very often the case but, it has been erected as a memorial. I wonder where the tree on A.....y found out the date of death for Jean? 1826 is the very latest but she may have died years before.

here's the picture, this is the older of the inscriptions, the one on the reverse side is definately a later one.

[Lodger]

Here's one of the many taken of the reverse side.

[MonicaL]

Back to business (I'm trying hard to win the award too - Monica has promised me something nice).

Triple Gold Stars and chocolates, Lodger. With all your help to everyone and knowledge! 

Monica