Author Topic: The Rev Doctor William Taylor b.1748 d. 1825 St Enoch Church Glasgow  (Read 3991 times)

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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 23 November 16 22:47 GMT (UK) »
Again, another source for research for him here www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH27253&type=P

Monica  :)

Added: Also this extensive biographical sketch www.rootschat.com/links/01iwc/  but nothing on his burial details!
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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 23 November 16 22:50 GMT (UK) »
Had a look at that.   Thank you.

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Re: The Rev Doctor William Taylor b.1748 d. 1825 St Enoch Church Glasgow
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 23 November 16 22:52 GMT (UK) »
Similar thread http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=759983.0

Moderator - suggest amalgamating these threads as they are effectively the same question.


Threads merged.
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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 23 November 16 23:10 GMT (UK) »
I have a copy of a little publication by Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS from 1986 entitled Burial Grounds in Glasgow - A Brief Guide for Genealogists. There is no mention of St Enoch's Church or any churchyard/burial ground attached to it.
Presuming that the said church was somewhere in the vicinity of the current St Enoch Square, the nearest burial grounds were -

Blackfriars Churchyard (or College Churchyard) High Street, this was an ancient burial ground, demolished 1875. Registers for 1776 - 1854 should be at the Mitchell Library. Mitchell may also have some MIs.

The town hospital in Dunlop Street, closed before 1831, demolished before 1858. So theoretically it could still have been open for interments in 1825. No known burial register for that period and no monumental inscriptions list.

Ramshorn, St David's - you have already searched.

High Church/Cathedral/Old Barony Church, Cathedral Square. an ancient burial ground, new burial ground opened 1801, crypt in Old Barony Church opened about 1805 closed 1835. Mitchell Library should have burial records and some MIs.

Anderston Old Churchyard at Heddle Place and St Mark's Anderston at Cheapside Street were both, as far as I know, secessionist churches. So if Dr Taylor is listed in the Fasti he wouldn't have been buried in either of these.

There was another burial ground in North Street, presumably Church of Scotland, first burial there was 1821. Burial records only begin at 1830, there may be a few MIs but I think they will still be in unpublished manuscript form at the National Archives in Edinburgh. (Or whatever they are calling it nowadays).

Glasgow Necropolis didn't open until 1832.
Sighthill Cemetery opened 1840.
Southern Necropolis (Gorbals) opened 1840.

Good luck with your search.


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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 23 November 16 23:46 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks.

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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 23 November 16 23:49 GMT (UK) »
He may also have been returned to his home town of Crieff if the family had a lair there

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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #25 on: Thursday 24 November 16 08:59 GMT (UK) »
The Scots Magazine dated 1 Apr 1825

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE REV DR WILLIAM TAYLOR, MINISTER OF ST ENOCHS GLASGOW AND ONE OF HIS MAJESTY"S CHAPLAINS FOR SCOTLAND.

Above article is 9 pages long, detailing this man's life.
Born 28 Feb 1748 in Crieff
A quck scan does not seem mention him being laid to rest

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Re: What would have been the nearest cemetery to St Enoch Church glasgow in 1825
« Reply #26 on: Thursday 24 November 16 09:49 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, thank you, thank you - his family in New Zealand will be ecstatic over this.  I don't know the people concerned but they had emailed us at Callander Heritage Society for help.