Dalserf churchyard

[kris47]

Hi Sancti,   it would be much appreciated if you could send me photographs for  Browning & Scott.

thank you

Kris.

[lindaannesmith]

Hi,
I am interested in the Weir Family who came from Dalserf, so any info or phtos would be most gratefully received.
Thanks! Linda

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[Lodger]

Hi Linda, welcome to Rootschat.

It would be a great help if you could narrow the search down by supplying maiden surnames within the Weir family. There are a few Weir headstones in Dalserf churchyard and it would save a lot of transcribing if you could narrow it down by names and, if possible, time periods.

Lodger.

[lindaannesmith]

sure thing - I am out this evening, but will get back to you very soon.  Thanks for your help.
Linda

[lindaannesmith]

Hi again,
The key people I am looking for info on are as follows:
Alexander Weir, born about 1787, died before 1850 (this is as far back as I have got, so any info on Alexander's parents and/ or siblings would be extremely useful!)
His Wife Janet Weir (nee Currie), born about 1787, died 1860
Their child, Alexander Weir, Born 1812, died before 1855
Alexander's wife Marion Weir (nee Eglinton), born 1811, died before 1855.
Their other Children, William born 1808, Janet born 1810 and James born 1814, died 1882

Thanks for all your help in this - it is very much appreciated.
Linda

[Lodger]

There are no Weir gravestones with any of those other surnames, sorry. Are you 100% sure that they are buried in Dalserf churchyard? The 1860 death certificate for Janet Currie should confirm her place of burial.

Do you have any place names within the parish? Where died Janet die? Was it a farm? There are quite a few Curries buried in Dalserf, do you know who her parents were?

Sancti may know more as he has photographs of the gravestones.

[lindaannesmith]

Hi again,
My family of Weirs lived in Rosebank, Dalserf - and the few death certificates that I have say that they died there too.  Do you know if Rosebank was a farm???  Their occupations were blacksmiths and gardners.  Janet Currie's parents were William Currie and Janet paterson.   
Can you tell me some of the details of the Weirs that you know of in Dalserf, as surely they must be relatives???
Thanks for all your help.
Linda

[Lodger]

Hi Linda,

No luck in the monumental inscriptions with a Currie/Paterson combination, sorry!
Rosebank is a small hamlet on the south bank of the river Clyde. It is tiny now but, 200 years ago it was a very busy river crossing and could boast five pubs. 100 years ago there would have been coal mining around the area and lots of fruit farms, so plenty of "incomers" to the village.
It was situated in the civil parish of Dalserf and Dalserf church and churchyard are just a stones-throw away on the banks of the Clyde.

There are a couple of headstones at Dalserf that you may possibly link into -

"Erected by Robert Weir in memory of his father John Weir who died 11th November 1847".
The problem there is, no wife's name to corroborate the family.

Another one is -
"Erected by Robert Weir in memory of his mother Marion Norris who died 18th December 1846 aged 62 years. (Wife of William Weir). Also his brother John who died 25th May 1850 aged 28 years".
It goes on to mention his own children but you get the idea!

Another one -
"William Weir 14th January 1841 - 15th December 1920. His wife Margaret Gilfillan 31st October 1846 - 7th April 1890".

This next one is the oldest and the most interesting but, this family were probably farmers, not blacksmiths.
"1775 The burial place of John Weir, Overtoun of Dalserf and his family". On the other side of the stone the inscription reads - "William Bow, heir to this stone. His wife Jane Bryson died 24th May 1857 aged 46 years. Their daughter Jane died October 1859 aged 6 years".

Overtoun Farm still exists but this doesn't mean to say that the above John Weir was the owner or tenant of the farm. He may have been a farm hand or, back in 1775 there may have been a small community living there and all that has survived into the 21st century is the farm itself.
If you could find a link into the Bow family that would be helpful. If William Bow was "heir to this stone" it implies a family connection, he may have been a grandson.

Hope this helps,

Lodger

[lindaannesmith]

Fabulous - I will do a bit more digging and see what I come up with.  I actually now live in SW France, but I am going back to Scotland to see family this Saturday, and if I can, I will take a trip down to Dalserf and see for myself.  Thank you so much for all your help and info.....
Linda Anne Smith (nee Weir)