Burials-Arbroath Abbey

[Tunbridge]

I'm looking for details regarding the burial of James Steven, buried in 1830 at the age of 72.  He is reported to have been interred in the Arbroath Abbey churchyard.  Elspet Mckay, his spouse, was also buried there in 1848, aged 73 years.  Any info greatly appreciated. 
Thank you
Pat

[luckychirpy]

I have had a look in a Memorial Inscription book put together in 1981. I looked at the Abbey Cemetery and also at St Vigeans churchyard. I was unable to find any entries for James Steven or Elspet McKay. This does not mean that they were not buried there but no headstone was found bearing those names.

[Tunbridge]

Many thanks for your trouble.
Pat

[luckychirpy]

I stand corrected ! We are suffering the tail end of Hurricane Bertha here, in Arbroath. I am not going to venture out so I had another look through my MI book for your request. In the Abbey there is a stone erected by a James Steven, however, that is all there is on the stone. There is no date mentioned or any other data. I will go down to have a look this week. If I can find it I will take a photo. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee it will still be there as our Council remove all fallen or broken stones AND have "tidied up" the graveyard i.e. moved the stones into neat rows. This means the grave marker does not necessarily indicate where the deceased are buried. Crazy or what. I was told by the Abbey custodian that bodies were buried from wall to wall within the Abbey boundaries. The Abbey has been around for quite a few centuries.

[Tunbridge]

Thank you for having a second look - I would really be grateful should you be able to make a trip to the cemetery (a photo would be great too , if at all possible).  It doesn't matter so much if the stone isn't where the remains are buried-just hoping for some kind of proof that he is in fact buried in that graveyard.  Sorry to hear about your bad weather; I guess I shouldn't be complaining about our 30 deg C temps we are suffering thru'. 
Kind regards, Pat

[luckychirpy]

I have a couple of photos but will have to re-size them to be able to post here

[Tunbridge]

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[luckychirpy]

I will do that in a few minutes.....