Monumental Inscription Index

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1 Chapel Street Churchyard Airdrie Monumental Inscription Index An A-Z Index of names inscribed on all existing, legible stones from Chapel Street Churchyard, Relocated to New Monkland Cemetery, Glenmavis in 1953 New Monkland Cemetery is situated on Condorrat Road (B802), Glenmavis. Included also are names inscribed from gravestones in other locations. 1

2 Whether monuments or gravestones are very grand and ornate or are the humblest of stones tucked away in some forgotten corner of a Churchyard, they represent part of our heritage and although etched in stone, their inscriptions are disappearing at an alarming rate. Whilst some may still be standing, others have either toppled or have been laid flat, all eventually suffering from the elements, becoming so weathered or eroded that their inscriptions have faded or at worst, disappeared completely. The care and attention once given to tending that special place long gone shrubs and weeds taking over, obscuring or even hiding a once prominent site. In many old Churchyards, gravestones are removed or relocated to assist in the maintenance of the burial ground or because the land is up for re-development and can end up as nothing more than a path. Monumental Inscriptions or gravestones are far from being the permanent records our forefathers hoped would last forever so I hope my efforts over the past years in photographing and transcribing some of the old and not so old Churchyards, Cemeteries and Burial Grounds in Stirlingshire and a few surrounding areas may help to preserve this valuable information before much of it is lost forever. Photographs and complete Monumental Inscriptions available from info@memento-mori.co.uk For details on prices, how to order etc., see Page 7 From the inscription one can see the parents and their children, also that at least one, even if their only daughter, was married. Ages at death can assist in determining not only years of birth, but can indicate the time span over which children were born. On this particular stone, by using only the information on the inscription, the first child s birth (John) would have been in 1851, the last child (Samuel) in 1867, so this couple s family were born over at least a 15 year period. This information provides enough detail to make internet searches both faster and more economical particularly as the Marshall Family would appear on both the 1851 and 1861 Scottish Census Returns. This stone shows the common practice of repeated use of two particular forenames i.e. John and James. 2 Erected by William Marshall In memory of his children JOHN died in 1853 aged 2 years JOHN died in 1855 aged 2 years JAMES died 20 th August 1857 aged 2 years JAMES died 8 th July 1871 aged 21 months And his son SAMUEL MARSHALL Died 3 rd August 1888 aged 21 years And his son WILLIAM MARSHALL Died 19 th September 1898 aged 38 years Also his daughter MARION MARSHALL Wife of Alexander Rankin Died 25 th March 1901 aged 36 years The above WILLIAM MARSHALL Died 9 th June 1901 aged 74 years Also his wife JANET ROBERTSON Died 8 th December 1910 aged 84 years

3 Chapel Street Churchyard Index Where possible and legible, Maiden Names and Married Names have been listed as separate entries, e.g. Smith, Jane (nee Jones) - Married Name being Smith, Maiden Name or nee, Jones Jones, Jane (Smith) - Maiden Name being Jones, Married Name, Smith On occasion where only a year has been entered on the following Index, this refers to a year inscribed on the stone. It may not necessarily be the date of death of one of the individuals concerned, but could be the date of purchase of the lair, or the date on which the stone was erected. Should only initials appear on inscriptions, these are usually the initials of husband and wife. Often there is more than one stone to the same family or couple and the Initials can then be verified. (Women very rarely being referred to by their Married Name) Any name(s) appearing in bold italic letters refer to individuals found listed on stones in other locations, the inscriptions indicating that their Place of Burial was Chapel Street Churchyard. 3 Date of Age at Name Death Death 1 R A (Auld?) ? 2 AITKEN, Agnes y 9m 3 AITKEN, Andrew 4 AITKEN, Susan AITKEN, Susan McKinzie (nee Forbes) AITKIN, William AULD, James 8 AULD, James ? 9 BALDERSTON, Janet (Pettigrew) 10 BARR, James ? 11 BARR, William BLAIR, Bethea (nee Finlay) BLAIR, John BLAIR, Children BUCHANAN, Archibald 16 BUCHANAN, Jane (nee Crawford) BUCHANAN, Janet (nee Robertson) 18 BUCHANAN, Jessie ? 19 BUCHANAN, Mary BUCHANAN, Robert BUCHANAN, Robert CRAWFORD, Jane (Buchanan DAVIDSON, Andrew Hunter y 6m 24 DOWNS, Elizabeth (Forsyth) 25 EADIE, Bethia Young 26 EADIE, Christina Young 27 FINLAY, Bethea (Blair) FORBES, Susan McKinzie (Aitken) FORREST, George FORSYTH, Elizabeth FORSYTH, Elizabeth (nee Downs) 32 FORSYTH, James FORSYTH, Maggie FORSYTH, Matthew m 35 FORSYTH, Matthew J.A. 36 HENDERSON, William HILL, Alexander

4 38 HILL, Eisabeth HILL, Janet (nee Reid) HILL, William HUNTER, Jeanie HUNTER, William LOUDON, Margaret (nee Miller) LOUDON, Matthew 45 MILLER, Margaret (Loudon) MOFFAT, Three Children 47 McLINTOCK, John 48 McLINTOCK, Margret (nee Paterson) 49 McLINTOCK, Children 50 PATERSON, Margret (McLintock) 51 PETTIGREW, Janet (nee Balderston) 52 PETTIGREW, Robert 53 PETTIGREW, Children 54 A. R. H. H. 55 REID, Janet (Hill) ROBERTSON, Janet (Buchanan) 57 SNADDEN, Duncan SNADDEN, Susan SNADDEN, Chidlren STORRY, Patrick THOM, Matthew E, Elizabeth (nee..laws) 63 E, Janet y 8m 64 E, John 65 LAWS, Elizabeth ( E) Memorial in Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling DAVIDSON, Andrew Hunter y 6m Memorials in New Monkland Cemetery EADIE, Bethia EADIE, Christina FORREST, George GORDON, Family Members 4 Young Young HUNTER, Jeanie HUNTER, William MOFFAT, Three Children Infancy THOM, Matthew

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7 How to order Photographs & Monumental Inscriptions Please contact with your request Photographs (or set of photographs) will be sent by on receipt of payment through Prices Price per photograph (*or set of photographs) 5.50 GBP each (by ) *Depending on the legibility/amount of detail on each stone. In some cases a single photograph will show the entire stone and the inscription will be readable whilst in others, due to either the size of the stone/amount of information/multiple sections or panels/illegibility etc., a set of photographs have been required. Accompanying each photo or set of photos will be a transcription of the full Memorial Inscription. In some instances, a copy of the lair or grave layout plan may be available, indicating the position of the grave, also, if possible, verification of the section and lair/plot number. Please Note: No guarantee can be given as to the accuracy of information transcribed from Monumental Inscriptions /2013 7