Monumental Inscription Index

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1 Church of the Holy Rude Stirling Monumental Inscription Index An A-Z Index of names appearing on Stained Glass Windows & Memorials Holy Rude Church is situated off St. John Street, Stirling 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 Church of the Holy Rude 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 window or memorial, It may not necessarily be the date of death of one of the individuals concerned. Any name(s) appearing in bold italic letters refer to individuals found listed on stones or memorials in other locations. 3 Date of Age at Name Death Death 1 ALEXANDER, Edward ALEXANDER, George ALLAN, John 4 AMSLIE, Henry AUSTIN, Jane (Doig) BLACKADER, John BROWN, Alexander Hepburn BROWN, Jane (nee Munro) 9 BURN, John BURN, Mary (nee Higgins) CONNAL, Michael CONNAL, Patrick CONNAL, William 14 CONNAL, William 15 COWAN(E), John CUNNINGHAM, Alexander 17 DAVIDSON, Janet (nee Roger) DAVIDSON, Mary (Eliot, laterally Randall) DAVIDSON, Thomas 20 DAVIDSON, William 21 DICK, John DOIG, David DOIG, David ? DOIG, Jane (nee Austin) DOIG, Patrick DRUMMOND, William ELIOT, John 28 ELIOT, Thomas 29 ELIOT, Mary (nee Davidson, laterally Randall) GALBRAITH, Christian (nee Littlejohn) 31 GALBRAITH, George GALBRAITH, George T. 33 GALBRAITH, William 34 GILFILLAN, Janet 35 GILFILLAN, Thomas GLAS, Jean (nee Stirling) GLAS, Thomas GLAS, Five Children 39 GORDON, Abraham GORDON, Abraham Cyrus 41 GORDON, Anna (nee McDonnel) GORDON, Mary Jane 43 GRAHAM, Jane GRAHAM, Samuel

4 45 HIGGINS, John 46 HIGGINS, Mary (Burn) LITTLEJOHN, Christian (Galbraith) 48 MARTIN? Margaret (Risk) 49 MILLER, James MONTEATH, James MUNNOCH, Alexander MUNRO, Alexander MUNRO, Helen (nee MacKillop) MUNRO, Jane (Brown) 55 MUNRO, William MacKILLOP, Helen (Munro) McDONNEL, Anna (Gordon) McGIBBON, John RANDALL, Mary (nee Davidson, formerly Eliot) RANDALL, Thomas RANDOLPH, Charles RANDOLPH, Margaret 63 A. I. R. (Reid) 64 J. R. R. (Reid) 65 REID, James RISK, John 67 RISK, Margaret (nee Martin?) 68 ROGER, Janet (Davidson) SMALL, Alexander SMITH, Thomas Stuart SOMERVILLE, James SPITTAL, Robert 73 STIRLING, Jean (Glas) STUART, William Stevenson 75 SUTHERLAND, Lewis A THOMSON, John WADDELL, William Wardlaw WILSON, John WRIGHT, George Memorials in Holy Rude Churchyard 1a COWAN(E), John a WESCOTT, Amelia M a WESCOTT, George 4

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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 window/memorial. In some cases a single photograph will show the entire window/memorial and the inscription will be readable whilst in others, due to either the size/ 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. Please Note: No guarantee can be given as to the accuracy of information transcribed from Monumental Inscriptions /2013 7