Search of Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow

[Rena]

No problem daval

I hadn't realised time had flown so fast  either until I was surfing for Govan today and somehow landed on your other cemetery thread.  You've done yourself proud with those photos - they're brimers.   Fingers and toes are crossed that you find something for this thread.

Cheers,
Rena

[daval57]

Thanks for that compliment Rena.  Much appreciated.
All the more incentive for me to go out and take some more.
Dave

PS I'd have said brammers.  But hey, it's a local thing.   

[Janice M]

Hi Dave,

I was just wondering if you knew where I could write to, in order to find out if my grandfather was buried in Sighthill.

Janice

[KirstyG]

Hi Janice

Some of the headstones in Sighthill are listed on here:

http://www.memento-mori.co.uk/57.pdf

Kirsty

[daval57]

momento-mori is a great site but Sighthill is massive and difficult to search for a specific grave without details of the lair.

You could try contacting :
Cemeteries & Crematoria  Registrar
20 Trongate
Glasgow
G1 5ES

Phone:0141 287 3961
E-mail: les(at)glasgow.gov.uk

(replace (at) with @


*Modified 18 Nov 2009
Murray actually gives link to this in reply #16

[Janice M]

Thank you both for your help. It is much appreciated.

Janice

[Billy Anderson]

Hi Rena,
I realise yours is an old post but are you still interested?
I posted about Sighthill yesterday.
Dave
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,263026.msg1483956.html#msg1483956

Hi Dave,
Yes, I'm definitely still interested and I'm thanking my lucky stars the letter about my father's paternal line caught your eye.  I've repeated the names below from my original email.

Section 8 No 103 &104 F

Burial Date, 4 Oct 1871, Sect 103 F
Agnes Crum, Burial No. 90000490, Aged 79

Burial Date, 1 Oct 1887, Sect 104 F
John Crum, Stationer, Burial No. 90000489, Aged 70

Burial Date, 14 Feb 1922, Sect 104 F
Lillias Crum, dau, Burial No. 90000492, Aged 67
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I haven't managed to find where tomb owner's wife, or 3 of his spinster daughters or his bachelor brother is:

Mrs John Crum (ms Jane MacKenzie) 1824-1866/70
Thomas Crum  1818 - September 1871
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Where did they bury 'influential' people?  This is John's cousin, she was sister-in-law of Robt Dalglish, Glasgow MP:-

Lillias Crum (Mrs Andrew Stephenson Dalglish) 1794-1867
Andrew Stephenson Dalglish, industrialist, 1793-1858
both died at Hillhead Hse, don't know where they're buried.
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It goes without saying that I'd rather you not walk passed any other Crum headstone without photographing it 

Thanks a million

Cheers,
Rena

Hi Rena,
I just spotted the name Crum on this thread.
The Crum family had a paper mill at Thornliebank which is Renfrewshire on the outskirts of Glasgow.
Thornliebank Library was donated by the family.
regards,Billy.

[Glamis]

Janice M and anyone else looking for Sighthill burials or any in Glasgow. I don't know how far you've got since posting but if you haven't found what you're looking for I too as KirstyG said would recommend you ask momento-mori. He went the whole extra mile in searching for the last resting place of my Great great great Grandfather buried there 1848. ALso look in the Mitchells Library but his experience is invaluable and he really is so reasonable for the amount of work he puts in.

[daval57]

Just nit-picking, but 'he' at momento.mori.co.uk is actually a 'she'.
 

Dave