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Re: Polmont burials
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 18 February 06 23:23 GMT (UK) »
TO DANO,
I anm directly descended from George Donaldson the son of Matthew Donaldson and Catherine Main. George was my great great grandfather.
I think that Mathew Donaldson is buried in Polmont ,he died in 1840

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Re: Polmont burials
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 19 February 06 00:19 GMT (UK) »
The only one of the children I have a marriage & death for is Helen b 1820 in Carriden.  Helen married
1) William Mckenzie 1840 in Polmont and then
2) Colin McLuckie 1871 Falkirk.

Do you already have the names and births of the 11 children of Matthew & Catherine?

I have matthew b 1791 Carriden to John Donaldson & Helen Thomson.
I have Catherine b 1794 Carriden to George Main & Margaret Marshall

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Re: Polmont burials
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 19 February 06 00:39 GMT (UK) »
I have the names,as follows but not the marriages
John 18/12/1810
john 14/12/1812
Margaret 28/01/1814
GEORGE 13/07/1817 married Christina Gillespie 17/08/1838 in Polmont 
Helen 10/01/1820
Matthew20/03/1822
Alexander05/03/1825
Magdalen 10/08/1827
Agnes grieve 20/08/1829
William 28/05/1832
Robert 27/09/1834 
I was in contact with one of Robert's descendants. Apparently Robert and his family went to America, but she hasn't been in contact for some time.
Thanks for the info.
If I find any more I'll let you know.
Cheers, Chris

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Re: Polmont burials
« Reply #12 on: Monday 20 February 06 21:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi Chris,

Just found another 'Brice' in the pre-1855 MI's.  This one is as follows:

C B    J R
Cornelius Brice 26.2.1777 53, s Corn? 13m, da Margt 12

Translated:
(Probably) Cornelius Brice and his wife J R
Cornelius Brice died 26th February 1777 aged 53, son Cornelius (the question mark meaning the stone was hard to read) died aged 13 months, daughter Margaret died aged 12.

Translation of the ones Dano sent you:

No: 86
Grey Granite Stone with the name BRYCE either at the top or on the base
Allan Bryce in Blackston died 13.5.1852
Wife Margaret Calder died 23.4.1884
Children, Elizabeth died 7.2.1840
Margaret died 15.6.1847
Margaret died 23.02.1879
Cornelius died 22.05.1890
Andrew died 23.12.1895

No: 87
Stone restored in 1877 by William Bryce, Engine Driver N.B. Railway (This must be the inscription across the top of the stone)

(On the east side)
1732
Father William Bryce died 2.2.1878
Mother Margaret bell died 23.1.1880 aged 77
J  -   A B

(On the west side)
G B   M  B

There are a good few stones in this churchyard which have just one or two sets of initials like the C B  J R above but I doubt if there's any way of finding out who these people were. I'm afraid Polmont churchyard is like this also.

Some of the 'initials' stones have dates which might or might not tie in with dates you have already, it would depend on tying together the two names and if the date had a significant meaning. Sometimes the date on these refers to when the lair was purchased rather than the date of someone's death.

Here are the ones containing a 'B' as a surname with a date (in Muiravonside)

D (I or J) + J B 1782

J D  + B B    J D + E M 1846

Just in case you were't sure of the transcription (in Polmont) Dano sent, here's a translation:

No: 276
The description of the stone tells us that it's obviously a tall stone topped with an urn of some sorts.

Richard Ballantyne born 3.4.1834 died 13.8.1881
Wife Marion Dick died 17.9.1885 aged 51
Son Andrew died 12.8.1877 aged 7 years 4 months
Eldest son John died 4.3.1899 aged 35
Janet Bryce (widow of eldest son John) died 16.7.1921 aged 60
2nd Son Alexander died 5.10.1912 aged 45
3rd Son James died 29.1.1922 aged 53
Mary Brown (wife of 3rd son James) died 16.12.1951 aged 79

I'll attach two photos of a Polmont stone (front and top) so you know 'what I'm on about' when I'm taking about 'initial' stones. This one contains a 'B' - so you never know!!

Anne





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Re: Polmont burials
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 26 February 06 23:51 GMT (UK) »
Ann, Could I ask a huge favour, could you possibly photograph the grave of William Bryce And Margaret Bell for me and upload it to this site, or would you prefer my e-mail address. As I mentioned this is the grave of my great great grandparents., my great grandparents and grandmother are in the new muiravonside cemetery and I have a photo of their grave taken by a remote connection on that side. My other great grandparents are also in the new cemetery, they are John Donaldson and Ann Thomson, any relatives out there?
Christine

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« Reply #14 on: Monday 27 February 06 19:13 GMT (UK) »
Hi Christine,

I would prefer you personal e-mail so I can send through a larger image.

I don't have a photo of this stone yet but if you are willing to wait till the better weather comes, I'll certainly go and try to find it.

Send me your address by PM - if you post it here, one of the moderators will probably remove it.

Anne


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« Reply #15 on: Monday 27 February 06 19:39 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, don't know what you mean by PM.Can you explain please? Christine

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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 28 February 06 22:33 GMT (UK) »
Sorry Chris,

If you click on my name it will bring up my profile. At the bottom of the box you'll see the option "Send this Rootchatter a Private Message" Click on this and another window will come up and just type away and click send.

When I receive it, right up at the top of the page it will say "Welcome back, apanderson, you have XX messages, 1 is new and this will be your message. I'll also ghet notification in my e-mail inbox as I chose this option too.

I'll send you a PM, so check the top of the page and you should have at least 1!!

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« Reply #17 on: Monday 02 October 06 10:16 BST (UK) »
Hi Chris,

I finally managed to fit in a trip to Muiravonside Churchyard!

I've sent you a PM with some info.

Anne