Collessie Parish Church M.I.

[NorrieG]

i would be intrested if you have any more kirkcaldys in your vast collection

Hi Sarnia  yes I have over  20,000 headstone Photographs in my index
I have 20 stones where Kirkcaldy is mentioned
In various cemeteries in Fife

East Wemyss. Kennoway, Falkland, Markinch, Elie, Kirkcaldy,
Newburgh .

Who are you looking for ? give me 2 names and I can check
Eg. East Wemyss  2199  John   Kirkcaldy & Isabella Watters
No problem to check lets have the names dates & area would also help

Norrie

[dixons]

Hi Norrie,

Many, many thanks for photo. It's brill! You deserve a medal for your contribution to this site.

regards,

dixons

[scott26]

Dear Norrie, Pleased to have found your site  (now new member). I am interested in the Robert Clark grave (no:178) as he appears to be a candidate as the 8th generation forefather of my Clark (male line) ancestory. A family of Clarks (3 generations within) were living at Collessie 1740-80 I believe, burying a few infants in the cemetery, according to the records I have seen.
I would be very grateful for a picture of the grave if you could. Thanks,
                                                                                                                  Scott26

[NorrieG]

I am interested in the Robert Clark grave (no:178)

Hi Scott this is the inscription from Collessie Cemetery, including photo

178    1835 Erected by James Clark in memory of his Mother
Maggie Cairns/Gairns died 16.2.1833 age 67
Father Robert Clark gardener died in London 2.9.1817 age 72
Whose corps was interred in the family burial ground
Above James Clark of 51 Augustus Street Regents Park
London died at Giffordtown Villa 1.1.1870 age 63
On the west side of stone
Alexander Henderson mason died at Falkirk
13.11.1849 age 58 and was interred here

Norrie

[scott26]

Hello Norrie,
                    Thankyou for the inscription info and the photo.
Robert Clark who " . .  was interred here in the family burial ground" adds to the mystery a bit. Records that I've looked at suggest 6 more Clarks were buried in the cemetery between 1740 and 1770. Is there an older section to the cemetery or has the evidence  (gravestones and markers) been lost in time?
Would appreciate any feedback on this if your able to. Thanks again.

[NorrieG]

Hi Scott   you must remember that all that were buried were
not listed on a stone or they even had a stone,
the clarks in Collessie stone dates 1835 so any children who died
before that date even though buried there may not be listed.

 These are the Clarks in Collessie Cemetery
in Pre 1855 death Cd by FFHS

Ann Clark ( Gair )
Abode Collessie died 16.2.1833 age 67
Wife of Robert Clark Gardener
Rae Arnot MIs

Robert Clark
Abode Collessie Kinloch died 2.9.1847 age 72
Occupation Gardener
Husband of Ann Gairns
Died London father of James Clark died 1870
Rae Arnott MIs

Clark
Abode Collessie burial 20.5.1752 age not given
OPR Rae Arnott

Jean Clark
Abode Collessie Burial 6.2.1794 age not given
OPR Rae Arnott

There is no older cemetery at Collessie some stones are from
the late 1700s but most from the 1800s to presrent.

Norrie

[scott26]

Hello Norrie,
Thanks for your info. This is not the Robert Clark I was after,but seems to suggest a second family (brothers perhaps) sharing a common forefather or source.
Other Clark burials in the cemetery are William Clark and his son William a week apart on the 10th and 17th of February 1740. Two lots of morte cloth dues were paid.
Jean Clark who died and presumed buried there in 1794 is recorded as the mother of two infants who died 2/6 and19/6 1769, though the register shows the second as evidence in a money-accounting page rather an actual death. Sadly she was the only one in a long column that did not pay for the morte cloth.
My fore-father Robert Clark was born in 1792 up the road in the Newburgh Parish, and his father Robert
(a Tailor) was a Collessie boy according to his 1789 Newburgh marriage certificate.
It doesn't fit the 1775 birth of Robert Clark d. 1847 who lies beneath the only Clark gravestone in the cemetery, as he would only have been 14 when he got married -unlikely and foolish! Thanks again Norrie

[maryschacht]

Thank you very kindly. I'm doing a one-name study of my maiden name Powrie, and didn't have all their children, nor their burial place.

mary Powrie Schacht
portland, Oregon

[NorrieG]

I'm doing a one-name study of my maiden name Powrie, and didn't have all their children, nor their burial place.

Hi Mary no sure what you are after? are you asking if I have any Powries
in my index, or Powries in Collessie Cemetery

Norrie G