Looking for Grave of Beatrice E.C. Borrett in Glasgow

[ayrgenes]

first of the photos..showing the ravages of time

[ayrgenes]

more general view of area..

[ayrgenes]

also a link to a short video of 360 degrees, on Flickr, of the area. Short pause at 23 seconds on the headstone. (only had my phone with me that day.)

https://flic.kr/p/C2pZku

[josey]

Thank you for those ayrgenes; very kind of you.

[CharonMoon]

Point to note with this photo.....I' ve just been in Sandymount to get a photo. In my opinion there is no way the original was taken there. I think it was taken possibly in the masons yard before being erected in situ. Worth remembering in future searches.

Davie

Ah, I think you are correct. I was wondering why the stone behind it had engraving that was facing Beatrice's stone. Even if it looks a bit worse for wear, I'm glad you found it! Looking at photos on Google and billion graves, I saw many stones have fallen face down and are therefore unidentifiable. I was worried hers might be like that. Though it looks to have fallen, I'm glad someone stood it back up. Thank you so much for doing all of that research and photography! My mother says thank you too. She is happy to finally know where her grandmother rests.

[ayrgenes]

Only too glad to help, and to have found the stone. I know how grateful I was when someone in Canada did the same for me, but that's what RootsChatters do. If I can help in other ways just let me know through the PM button.

davie

[ayrgenes]

Just checked the 1927 Post Office Directory and lo and behold...page 496...Monteith, James, confectioner, 47 Queen Mary St, Bridgeton.

https://archive.org/stream/postofficean192728glas#page/496/mode/2up

davie

still there '28/29

[Skoosh]

The stone looks to be leaning on its base. Originally mounted & joined with steel pins & cement it's a weak point.
 Following a kid killed by a falling stone this year in another Glasgow cemetery there is a case for heavy stones to be laid flat. 

Skoosh.

[ayrgenes]

Agree totally, it is extremely heavy. I tried to shift to look for the details on the base.