Newmonthill (Angus) Cemetery, Forfar - FORD

[jkhansen]

How to find three members from one family buried at Newmonthill Cemetery in Forfar. Apparently, it is an enormous graveyard!

Eliza FORD, born in 1833 burial date- 18 Nov. 1908

Harriet FORD burial day: 5 Dec 1912

James Pullar FORD burial date 16 Mar 1915.

I have just recently found them via deceasedonline.com but where to find their exact spot, gravestone - is a paying matter. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
Ford/Crosby branch NZ

[atom12]

They are buried together in Plot area O, Row 93

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ford&GSfn=Eliza&GSiman=1&GScid=2277189&GRid=119010487&

[jkhansen]

Hi 'atom12' and thanks for your information regarding where these 3 members were buried - Plot 0; row 93.

Intriguing, the Christogram of 'IHS' on the gravestone. Just wondering when a family joined or became a member of the Free Church of Scotland and is this reason why, I can't find James FORD register of baptism?  He was born in 1848, Dunnichen.
Ford/Crosby NZ branch

[Forfarian]

Just wondering when a family joined or became a member of the Free Church of Scotland and is this reason why, I can't find James FORD register of baptism?  He was born in 1848, Dunnichen.

The Free Church of Scotland came into existence in 1843. It is very common for baptisms of children of Free Church members to be missing from the parish registers and therefore from Scotland's People and the IGI.

However there were other denominations whose baptisms are also missing from the Church of Scotland parish registers. These include the Episcopal Church, the Roman Catholic Church (though their registers are now also on Scotland's People) and a whole range of assorted minor churches, some of which were in existence well before 1843.

See http://website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/churchhistory.html

[jkhansen]

Thanks for your link to 'Scotland's churches after 1700. Very interesting diagram for example. 
Is there any proof that a family did joined the Free Church of Scotland or taken for granted that a normal farming family did joined?

My branch of the family were buried in Dunnichen churchyard, I am not sure if Dunnichen Church (closed 2 years ago) was Free Church of Scotland or just a normal Church of Scotland?
Thanks for your help.
Ford/Crosby branch NZ

[Forfarian]

If you were very lucky and did manage to find a Free Church or other non-C of S register with your people in it, that would be the closest you would ever get to proof.

Apart from the parish or other church registers, the only place you are likely to find an indication of what denomination they belonged to is by looking to see what type of marriage ceremony family members undertook after 1855, especially the daughters, as it was customary for a marriage ceremony to be held in the bride's home and conducted by the family minister. So if the majority of daughters of a particular family were married by (a) Free Church minister(s), it would be reasonable to suppose that the family belonged to the Free Church.

Dunnichen Parish Kirk was the Church of Scotland.  Free churches didn't necessarily have a separate graveyard. Being buried in a parish kirkyard does not mean they were members of the C of S.