Esther
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Could someone please tell me which cemeteries a person living in the St Anne's Shankill area would be buried in? The burials would be dated in the early 1800s.
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Esther
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DixieDee
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Hi Esther.
Check out the website below.
www.glenravel.com
It has the burial registers for Clifton St., Cemetery online.
The Shankill Graveyard on the Shankill Rd., is another possible, but I don't know if there are burial records for it. If you contact the Cemeteries Office, Belfast City Council, they may have some info. Email address,
parksinfo@belfastcity.gov.uk
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Antrim. Campbell, Carson,Dickson, Gilmore, Creaney
Down. Dickson, Fairley, Irvine, McCune, Carlisle,
Wilson
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Esther- I have Gravestone Inscriptions (Belfast, vol. 1 ) which includes Shankill Graveyard. Let me know what names you are looking for and I can chek to see if there's a headstone listed.
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Esther
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Hi,
Thanks for the replies. I had a quick look at the Clifton St Cemetery Online site which I will search properly later.
The names I am looking for are:
GORDON Thomas and Jane
GORDON Adam
GORDON David
According to a marriage record I have, David Gordon died before 1865.
Esther
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Esther- none of those names appear in the book. If they are buried there perhaps there's no headstone.
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DixieDee
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Hi Esther.
The site below lists a lot of Gordons resident in Belfast in mid 1800's.
www.failteromhat.com/
Select the Griffiths Valuations from the index, then search Antrim.
Down has quite a few as well. I never tried any other counties.
If the family originated outside Belfast, it's possible the burial took place in the area the family originally came from.
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Dixie
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Antrim. Campbell, Carson,Dickson, Gilmore, Creaney
Down. Dickson, Fairley, Irvine, McCune, Carlisle,
Wilson
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Thanks for all the help with the Gordon cemetery search, it is much appreciated.
Esther
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I don't know how well people know the Shankill Road area but if not a little info on the graveyard. It is very very old - I mean 700 years old, perhaps older. (Shankill means Old Church, and the original old church was on this site. When I was young it was completely overgrown. In the 70s, I think, the council cleared most of the gravesones and made it into a little park - just for walking in - leaving some of the gravesones in place. However, most of them have gone. The Graveyards Inscriptions volume is very useful but I am not sure it is complete. My g grandmother was buried and had a distinctive headstone, there but is not in the book. I tried the Cemeteries office a while ago for the records but they said there had been a fire some time ago which had destroyed them. Might be worth trying again though. You might get a different story.
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Esther
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Thanks r1b1c7, for the background info on the cemetery at Shankill Rd. I have become used to the limited information to be found in Ireland but I remain hopeful of tracking down these elusive Gordons. I must admit it is nice to hear that the cemetery has been turned into a park as most cemeteries I come across seem to make way for motorways.
Many thanks once again,
Esther
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Hello Esther,
I obtained a copy of the Register of the Parish of Shankill, Belfast, 1745-1761 this afternoon when I was in the city. There are two versions of the surname you are researching in the Register ... Gorden and Gordon.
Christopher
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Welcome to Rootschat Gabby. I'm the one who had Gravestone Inscriptions vol.1. Two Copelands listed but may not be very helpful.
"Erected by Edward Copeland in memory of his daughter Maria who died 15 Dec. 1866 aged 4 years." one one stone and "Erected by Richard Copeland." on another.
Will extract for Richard Copeland (d.1864) has some interesting details. See www.proni.gov.uk
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Welcome to Rootschat Gabby. I'm the one who had Gravestone Inscriptions vol.1. Two Copelands listed but may not be very helpful. "Erected by Edward Copeland in memory of his daughter Maria who died 15 Dec. 1866 aged 4 years." one one stone and "Erected by Richard Copeland." on another. Will extract for Richard Copeland (d.1864) has some interesting details. See www.proni.gov.ukWelcome to Rootschat Gabby. I'm the one who had Gravestone Inscriptions vol.1. Two Copelands listed but may not be very helpful. "Erected by Edward Copeland in memory of his daughter Maria who died 15 Dec. 1866 aged 4 years." one one stone and "Erected by Richard Copeland." on another. Will extract for Richard Copeland (d.1864) has some interesting details. See www.proni.gov.ukWelcome to Rootschat Gabby. I'm the one who had Gravestone Inscriptions vol.1. Two Copelands listed but may not be very helpful. "Erected by Edward Copeland in memory of his daughter Maria who died 15 Dec. 1866 aged 4 years." one one stone and "Erected by Richard Copeland." on another. Will extract for Richard Copeland (d.1864) has some interesting details. See www.proni.gov.uk |
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Thank you Aghadowey. A great surprise to get a reply from my first message. I do have a copy of the Will and it was very helpful in my research. Can't get back before then though and would love to make the connection with Richard Copeland of Armagh circa 1798. Still trying! If I can be of any help from the Dublin end I would be happy reciprocate.Gabby
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