Wishaw Relief Church Records

[Lodger]

Here's another stone that may be of interest, it's tucked into the edge of the Gold plot.
The inscription reads -

"William Morton died 7th July 1864 aged 57 years. His wife Elizabeth Gold died 10th April 1886 aged 69 years. 6 children died in infancy. Daughter Rebecca died 8th November 1859 aged 10 years. Daughter Isabella died 9th November 1859 aged 4 years. Son John died 30th August 1879 aged 20 years".

(The 1859 deaths would have been due to the terrible outbreak of cholera in the district at the time).

 

[Lodger]

The surviving burial records for the Morton plot -

Owners were William Morton & Elizabeth Gold.

In the South -
ELIZABETH MORTON, aged 69 years. 13th April 1886.
In the Centre -
JOHN MORTON, aged 20 years. 2nd September 1879.
ELIZABETH MORTON, aged 2 months. 22nd September 1881.
JOHN MORTON, aged 7 years. 8th April 1885.
E.M. MORTON, aged 7 weeks. 23rd February 1886.

and from the Day Book records-

WILLIAM MORTON, mason, Cambusnethan, aged 57 years. Married.
Parents - John Morton & Isabella Pate. Interred in the old churchyard, 11th July 1864.

JOHN MORTON, watchmaker, Wishaw, aged 20 years. Unmarried.
Parents - William Morton & Elizabeth Gold. Interred in the old churchyard, 2nd September 1879.

ELIZABETH MORTON, Wishaw, aged 2 months.
Parents - George G. Morton & Susan Moffat. Interred in the old churchyard, 22nd September 1881.

[Lodger]

This man is mentioned on the 3rd of the Gold stones.

JOHN MILLAR, roadsman, Glenbuck, aged 36 years. Married.
Parents - Archibald Millar. (No mother's name given). Interred in the old churchyard 1st November 1879.

Husband of Rebecca Kilpatrick Muir.

[goldnplomp]

Wow Lodger!!  You have gone above and beyond!  Thank you.

It is unfortunate that CH3 1219/2 Deaths only covers the period 1835 - 1846 as Mary's death would have been much later than this. I was able to locate death records for her husband George GOLD b.1814 d.1858 (death just a few years after Mary) and all of George GOLD's siblings (Andrew GOLD b.1812 d.1844, Elizabeth GOLD b1816 d.1886 and Rebecca GOLD b.1818 d.1892) but records for Mary HALLIDAY seem to have disappeared into a vortex.  It makes one think that some records must have been destroyed or misplaced.

Thanks again for all your insights.

Art

[chrissiecruiser]

Ledger,
You are incredible!!!

I read through rootschat queries and answers each day in case my lot come up. (I'm in Australia)

You have just given life to a whole family!

 
Cheers,
Chris

[Rosinish]

Firstly, I'll apologise if this has been shown already...

The unknown death in reply #6  "- - - - -  GOLD, no age given. 4th August 1900." by Lodger looks to be...

GOLD ANDREW 58
HALLIDAY (mms)
1900 - 628/ 70 Cambusnethan

Annie

[Lodger]

Well done Rosinish, this Andrew was married to Alice Queen and she is listed as "head of house" on the 1901 census (Ancestry version) along with her children Benjamin, Sarah and Agnes. They correspond with the list of his children from various Poor Relief applications made by Andrew in the 1890's.
The Cambusnethan cemetery Day Books for 1899 - 1904 have not survived, so I wasn't able to cross-check that Gold plot interment to find who the parents were.
I'll now go and look for any further burials for Andrew's children.

[Lodger]

There is also a Poor Relief application from Robert Gold, brother of the above Andrew. They both give their parents as George Gold, mason and Mary Halliday (both dead by the time of their applications). Robert is married to Maggie Allan and they have (in 1880) 2 dependant children.
Robert spent 6 months in America according to this claim and, he also lived, prior to his marriage, with his step-mother at Waterloo. (A village in Cambusnethan parish).

[Lodger]

All I could find was this one death for a child of Andrew's.

JOHN GOLD, Wishaw. Aged 3 years.
Parents - Andrew Gold and Alice Queen.
Interred in the new cemetery, plot D99 on 13th October 1888.

So, this John wasn't interred in the old churchyard with his ancestors and I couldn't find records for other interments in D99 but, there are gaps in the records, especially 1900 - 1906 and the records I have finish around 1917. No sign of Alice Queen's death on SP, wonder if she went back to Ireland?