Cambusnethan Cemetery Grave Search - Part 2

[27Ster13]

Lodger thank you for all the information you found for me!

Am inclined to think that Robert is William's Sunday name.....certainly that thread has carried through all of my family even the Welsh side lol

Wow how interesting, Would love to see this description of charges for erecting headstones

So now I'm wondering if there's a map of Cambusnethan church/churchyard and where would one go to get one? I would be very interested to see one plus can't wait to come and visit in person lol
😆Ster

[Lodger]

There is no map I'm afraid but I can usually find the stones if necessary. Or, where they once were before the vandals and the council began moving them!
If you ever plan a visit let me know, I would be happy to meet you there.

[27Ster13]

Shame really and thank you for the offer! I will certainly get in the touch with you when I'm there...😄

[27Ster13]

Lodger did you by any chance photograph this "John Downie" marker?
I don't know if this is the right Moffat in my family tree?!

[Lodger]

I don't have a photograph, sorry. All it says is "John Dounie 1782". No other inscription. I think the combination of Downie & Moffat must make it the same tree, just keep on digging!
If the weather picks up and I have the time, I'll take my camera and look for this stone.

[27Ster13]

Thanks Lodger! A silly question if I was looking at google maps at Cambusnethan church is the cemetery on Greenhead Road or Coronation Street? Cos it's not very far from where my g-g-grandfather lived

[Lodger]

The old ruined church and churchyard is at the corner of Kirk Road and Greenhead Road. The newer cemetery is very large and the entrance is at the little mini-roundabout at the top of Kirk Road, opposite Thrashbush Road, at the side of Cambusnethan North Church.

[27Ster13]

Brilliant thank you! You're an absolute star

[27Ster13]

In the old churchyard of Cambusnethan, in a plot owned (in the early 19th century) by Robert Moffat and Margaret Downie.
In the north lair -
ISABELLA MOFFAT, aged 78 years. Interred on 27th July 1887.
The register for the old churchyard only begins in the mid-1870s, so there is no way of knowing who else is in that grave (unless you find a death registered between 1855 and 1859 where it is stated on the death certificate).

Just to be a pain  but do you have any information with Isabella Moffat like who was her parents? I just need confirmation really found 3 births all with different mothers lol
Ever so grateful
Ster