Unknown names in grave

[taggg]

Hi

In my research of the Taggart family of Bellshill/ Cambusnethan i have come across details of some burials with names that at the moment have no connection to my tree.
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Any help appreciated

Regards

William

[taggg]

ps

 i have no knowledge of the names Bowman and Monaghan.

[AJ100]

Just a suggestion - the 3 Taggarts died young, Bowman & Monahan are adult. Could either Bowman or Monahan be the names of the remarried parent? And possibly a brother or sister?

[Lodger]

Married women were usually listed under their married names in burial registers of this period, could Elizabeth monaghan have Taggart as a maiden surname?
Could the Bowman have had a Taggart wife?

[Pat in Dundee]

Is this a lair (grave) record - ie ONE grave? If it is, I would expect to eventually find some relationship. But I've had experience of a widow who sold her lair to another family - totally unconnected - before she left Scotland for South Africa!

For what its worth, the death record for Eliz Monaghen states she is married to Samuel Monaghen, coal miner; and her maiden surname is Wilson.

HTH
Pat

[Roger The Hat]

I don't know if it's relevant, but my grandmother "shares" a grave in Cambridge with five other unrelated occupants. The information is from a card index, held locally.
I'm led to believe this was common for people who couldn't afford an exclusive plot.
In my case, it appears the the other bodies came from the University - possibly donated for research.

'Hat. 

[Elise_CL]

It's possible it could be a 'Common Ground' grave or 'Paupers Grave' where it's shared with people they're not related too. Can't be certain though as have only just found out about them for myself today. 

[weste]

I 've got relatives buried with unrelated people. From what i can see there's about 6 people in the grave.

[apanderson]

You'll notice that the 1st 2 children were buried at 7 feet, the next 2 at 6 feet then 2 adults, one at 5 feet and the last at 4 feet.

It would be strange if there was no relationship between the Bowmans and the Taggarts and I doubt very much if this would have been common ground/a paupers grave. Too much of a co-incidence as these burials were basically just wherever there happened to be 'space'.

Obviously adults were buried 'longways' in the lair, which was usually 3 feet x 7 feet, but children (if young/small enough) were buried 'across the way'.

A bit morbid, I know, but when you see stones with a long list of children, this burial 'method' goes some way in explaining how they were all 'fitted-in'.

Anne