Rose Street Glasgow

[Louisa_ann]

Hi All,

Anyone know what cemetery served Rose Street Glasgow in early 1900. ?
I am looking for a McKeown grave.

Any help would be great.
LA

[RJ_Paton]

A lot would depend on their faith ...

The one that springs immediately to mind is the Western Necropolis, however it is never as easy as Person A lived at Place B and is therefore buried at Place C. Many other factors need to be considered e.g.

1) Faith - unfortunately the religion one followed in life affected the resting place in death

2) Family Connections - although a person may have lived in a certain area the family may have connections to another

3) Who arranged the funeral - if perhaps the person died in poverty the Council or Poor Board may have arranged the funeral

[Louisa_ann]

Thank you very much for your help. As she was christened into Church of England and married in same I expect her  to  remained in this faith . She died in hospital and is registered by her son.
I will consider your topics in my continued search.

[RJ_Paton]

The Western Necropolis remains a fair contender for the North and west side of the City around that time.

As far as I'm aware there are no Episcopalian only cemeteries and by 1900 most, if not all of the City Churches that had burial grounds no longer operated them. The problem is that the family at the time (if they arranged the funeral) would have faced the option of a non denominational cemetery such as the Western or possibly an RC only cemetery. The nearest of these would have been St Kentigern next to the Western Necropolis.

[Louisa_ann]

Thank you once again . As the family were living in a house shared by five other families ,I am now wondering if there was help with the funeral expenses when the husband /father died in 1900. LA

[Lodger]

Which Rose Street was it? There was one on the South Side (Gorbals - Hutchesontown) and the closest to there was the Southern Necropolis on Caledonia Road, just a few streets away.
When you say "5 other families" perhaps you don't realise that each tenement had one house number, no matter how many houses there were in each one.

[Louisa_ann]

Thank you for your post.I had realised these were Tenements when I looked in  1901 Census.
The address in 1901 census gives address as 174 Rose Street Hutchestown .The Parish is recordered as St. Bernard's. I didn't realise there was another Rose Street.
LA

[Lodger]

This is the "South Side" Rose St and the nearest burial ground would have been the Southern Necropolis. It later had it's name changed to Florence St and Scotland's first-ever world champion boxer, the great Benny Lynch, was born at number 17.
Another great was born at number 71 Rose St - wee Maggie Sinclair, my granny. She was mostly famous for her Scotch broth and going down to the Bookie's in her carpet slippers!
So your ancestor is in good company.

[Louisa_ann]

Thank you . Good to know they had great neighbours .