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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) => Topic started by: katburnside on Friday 04 August 17 20:56 BST (UK)
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Could anyone tell me please how to find out where the grave of Bernard John Glancy (Glancey) might be in Linlithgow cemetery or even if there would be a marked grave? He died Sep 1908 in the poorhouse after being in there for 4 days and the record says Linlithgow cemetery.
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From the WLFHS CDs it looks as if he was buried in a common grave - number of unrelated people also buried there. He was buried in section G, lair 209. As this was likely to be a common grave it is unlikely there would be any marker. This a large section and you would need to contact West Lothian Council Cemeteries to establish where the grave is.
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Thanks very much for looking that up - very good of you. I wondered if that might have been the case.
Regards,
Kat
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Linlithgow Cemetery Map:
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Thanks very much for sending that, gives me an idea of where it is.
Regards,
Kat
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There are 3 CWGC graves in Section G - Lair 345 being the closest numerically.
Lair 345 - James Dodds, Private, Royal Scots
Lair 674 - W. McLean, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery
Lair 748 - John McNab, Private, Cameronians.
Section G, as already said, is quite big and has many stones, but if you can work out which way the lairs run, you should be able to almost pinpoint Lair 209.
Not every stone has a number, but if you look at the bases and if there's a number etched, it's usually on one of the sides.
Each Lair is 3 feet wide, so pacing it out when you find a numbered stone is quite a good way to get close to the spot.
Good luck!
Anne :-)
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Wow thank you Anne. When I asked the question I didn't really hold out much hope but now I should be able to actually find it! :D
Kat
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Not sure if they have started to number the stones. The ones at Paulville in Bathgate have had a number stuck onto the base.
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Ok will see what I can find
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Have had another look at the CDs and it looks like from around G150 to G249 were common graves.
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Is there any record of folk buried in the cholera epidemics of the 1840's in Linlithgow? & presumably a mass grave, but where?
Skoosh.
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I would think they would most likely to be buried in the Churchyard (St. Michael's) as the cemetery wouldn't have been established until around the 1890's if not later.
Anne :)
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Went to the cemetery today and looked in section G - no luck with 209. The gravestones visible are all round the edge and are all consecutive and numbered but unfortunately only graves 283 - 374 round one side and 659 - 773 round the other are there - there aren't any others. The space in the middle must be where the other numbers are is just covered in grass with no sign of anything.
For anyone else looking in Linlithgow all the gravestones have the section and number on.