Newmilns cemetery's

[AmyUK]

I am wondering if anyone knows the names of the cemetery's in Newmilns. My family are meant to have a lair (is that the right word?) dating from before 1915 but I do not know the location and as they lived in Newmilns I presume it must be a cemetery there. I would love to find it and find out who is buried there.

[loobylooayr]

Hi AmyUK,

Newmilns has one cemetery. There is also a small graveyard at the main (and now only original church) Loudoun Parish Church. 
Nearby there is a small graveyard at Loudoun Kirk with burials http://www.loudounkirk.org.uk/.
If the burials you are looking for are early 20th century they will most probably be in the Newmilns Cemetery.

Looby

[IanB]

I have a publication of the pre-1855 gravestone/monumental inscriptions for Kilmarnock & Loudon District, which includes both Newmilns Church yard and Newmilns Cemetery, although the latter has very few inscriptions. Of course, these are gravestones and not lairs. However, if you advise the names you are interested in, I will take a look.

IanB

[AmyUK]

I have a publication of the pre-1855 gravestone/monumental inscriptions for Kilmarnock & Loudon District, which includes both Newmilns Church yard and Newmilns Cemetery, although the latter has very few inscriptions. Of course, these are gravestones and not lairs. However, if you advise the names you are interested in, I will take a look.

IanB

I am looking for the surname Young, I have quite a few in my tree so I don't know who was in the lair and who just had a grave.

[loobylooayr]

Hi AmyUK,

There will be a lot of Youngs buried in the main Newmilns Cemetery. Without forenames and dates of death it would be impossible to know which ones are your Youngs.
East Ayrshire Council does offer a service to locate graves within a cemetery from their records. i.e. check the paperwork and give you the lair/grave number and a map of the cemetery so you can pinpoint it. But naturally they require names and dates. There is a charge for this service. I don't know how much
http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/BirthMarriageAndDeath/Death-GravesAndMemorials/BurialAndGraveDetails/Cemeterylocationsanddetails.aspx


Looby

[goldie61]

I have a publication of the pre-1855 gravestone/monumental inscriptions for Kilmarnock & Loudon District, which includes both Newmilns Church yard and Newmilns Cemetery

Hi loobyloo
I would be very grateful if you could look for the following names for me - trying to track down my Cochran/e family who lived Darvel/Loudoun/Newmilns area.

Alexander Cochran "died 22nd Sept 1804 aged 57 or 58" - this is from an old family bible - I can't find a record of it on SP. (born 1751)
Michael Cochran/e died 3rd Oct 1850, buried 5th March Loudoun "one of the Rev Dr Brace's Elders in Neumilns". (He was about 75 years old)

Before this the trail gets hazy! Alexander's father was probably John Cochran, whose father was probably Alexander............

Agnes  Cochran/Mair  4 august 1828 Loudoun
John Mair 6 Nov 1823

Mary Cochran/Smith 4 May 1818

Many thanks 

[loobylooayr]

Hi Goldie61,

It's not me who has the MI book for Newmilns - it's IanB 
But hopefully he'll see your post and oblige.

Good luck
Looby 

[loobylooayr]

Hi again Goldie
Michael Cochran age 65 Hand Loom Weaver Cotton is on the 1841 Census at Darvel.
Looby

[goldie61]

Oops! Sorry Loobyloo.
Thanks for looking at the Census. I have them all pretty much documented from then on.
It's just the trail going back into the murky past I'm still trying to find - if ever.

Cheers