East Chapel Graveyard location?

[samalexander]

Following up this thread as I just noticed the other replies. Regarding Mary Mularkey or Marley’s connection to the East Chapel Graveyard - I believe the connection was purely by location. The family lived at Rawyards after emigrating from Ireland. She and her children seem to have emigrated together, the first record of them on a Scottish Census is in 1851 at Buttrey’s Row in Rawyards.

Chapel Street is not too far from Rawyards so I can only imagine that this was the connection to the graveyard there. Given that at the time of her death there were no Catholic Burial Grounds in Airdrie (correct me if I’m wrong) that she would’ve been buried in the East Chapel Graveyard due to living nearby. Later generations of her family lived around Chapel Street and the Streets nearby.

[Lodger]

St Joseph's Catholic cemetery in Airdrie opened in 1860 (North Lanarkshire Council hold records from that date) perhaps some of Mary's family are there?
Being a Catholic would not have excluded her from being interred in the East Chapel burial ground as it belonged to the parish, the same as the churchyards at Glenmavis and Clarkson did.
She would however, have been refused burial in Wellwynd or Broomknoll churchyards as they weren't "Established Church" burial grounds.

[samalexander]

Ah thank you Lodger, I had no idea that Catholic’s were permitted burial in those churchyards after St. Joseph’s opened!

From what I know once St Joseph’s opened up the family and future generations were pretty much all buried there.

[erin petrie]

Hello Lodger. I was just starting research for a visit next Sept. My GGGrandfather, David Smith, B. 1778 d.1856 is shown in family records as buried in East Chapel Burying Ground. Do you know if his name if found in the records?

[barbarag15]

My rellie, Elizabeth Whilles/Douglas/Boyd died at Greenend in February 1855 aged 61.  The death register shows her as Elizabeth Whilles (her maiden surname) so I am not sure what name she would have been buried under, even though both her husbands are shown on the register.  I understand bodies from East Chapel Graveyard were moved and was wondering if there is any mention of Elizabeth in any records.
Thanks.

[Lodger]

My rellie, Elizabeth Whilles/Douglas/Boyd died at Greenend in February 1855 aged 61.  The death register shows her as Elizabeth Whilles (her maiden surname) so I am not sure what name she would have been buried under, even though both her husbands are shown on the register.  I understand bodies from East Chapel Graveyard were moved and was wondering if there is any mention of Elizabeth in any records.
Thanks.

No sign of her under any of these names in the records I have, sorry.
In the Wellwynd inscriptions there is a Mary Lisle Willis who died 3rd March 1898 aged 66 years, wife of Matthew Peters.  That's the closest to "Whilles" I can find.

[barbarag15]

Thanks again Lodger.  It's been a while 

[mosstrooper]

Probably nothing to do with your search but Sam Marley was in my class at St Davids School Whiterigg, in the 1940s / 50s. not far from Rawyards, Airdrie and all Mining Communities, we both lived in Plains at the time.

James Kerr.