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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Renfrewshire => Topic started by: McTavish on Tuesday 06 April 04 21:48 BST (UK)
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Is there anyone who could tell me about Arkleston Cementry. I know it is/was used for military personnel. I have a copy of a certificate which says that Archibald Stewart is registered in the Books of Arkleston Cementry as Proprietor of the Exclusive and Perpetual right of burial in one lair therein, Number as above. Certificate No: 3768, Date: 24 April 1943. I don't know anything else and would appreciate more information. In advance, many thanks.
Kirsten McTavish ???
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I lived in Renfrew Scotland and have family interred in Arkleston Cemetery. It was at one time run by Renfrew Burgh Council. It is probably now run by Renfrew District Council based at Paisley. I hope this info helps. Good luck.
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Many thanks for your information. I was surprised that there was so little to find about Arkleston Cemetry on the net.
Kirsten McTavish
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i live in renfrew and arkleston cemetary sites in the middle of farm land and as we say there is an old bit and a new bit. is it the head stone that you would like to know whats on it if so i can go and have a look for you. if that is okay. but i would have to try and find out from someone where abouts the grave is first.i will ask tomorrow if that is okay with you. arkleston cemetery has always been run by the council and you can find them in cotton street in paisley .and it is under renfrewshire council 0141-842-5979 this is for the cemetery. there are some war graves there but they are not all together like a war cemetery i asked the council and they told me that it has been theres since it open up and they told me that bishopton would have been the war cemetery i hope this helps all of you
you could go on to the libraries web site it is www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/libraries
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Hi
the Arkleston cemetary was opened on 7 April 1902. The burial records are held by Renfrewshire council.
Tel no is 0141 830 3504 or 5979. is the Environmental Services Cemeteries Section. It is expensive option tho!
Thanks
Ann
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Hi Ann
Many thanks for the info. I have managed to solve my problem with the kind help from someone else on rootschat, but thanks for the thought.
Best
Kirsten
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was it not me did i not go up to the cemetery and get you the stuff and pictures for you
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Hi William
Of course it was you and once again I am very grateful for ALL the help, pictures and information you found for me. I am in the middle of another branch of the family and I think I need to unscramble my brain cells (what there is left of them :). I hope you are not mad at me. How are you doing?
Best
Kirsten
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i am okay and i am not mad at you at all. my mother died on the 26 september 06. my sister had cancer. my dad had a brain tuma and my step mum died on wedensday night 25/04/07. apart from all that i am doing okay
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William
What a sad time the last 7 months have been for you. Many condolences.
Regards.
Monica
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thank you so much but i just keep on smilling and laughing nothing else for it xxx
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I was looking for for info on Arkleston cemetery when I found this thread. I have an older brother buried there,he died in the 1920's when he was two. I haven't been back to Paisley since 1955 but will be returning with my husband,chlldren and grandchildren in August and I would like to visit his grave but I have no idea where it's located. Does anybody know if that information is available at the cemetery, or is there somewhere else I can go to find it.
Thanks for any help.
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if you go into the arkleston cementry. just inside the gate on the lefthand side you will see some huts if you go into them and ask the man in there he will help you he will even phone up and ask the main office for the place and row your family are on.. i hope this helps you i stay in renfrew and i did this before so good luck and i hope this helps you.
the hut has been moved now when you go through the main gates the hut is now on your right handside. there where hoping to make the graveyard bigger as it is nearly full up. but now the people who own the farm and land have asked if they can build a new cemetery and cremation place and have been given the go ahead. but dont know if they are going to do it now
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Hi rhgs
William's suggestion is best. If you approach council they will charge you £26 per half hour for priv of looking which you prob don;t need.
Hope you enjoy your visit
Ann
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Thank you Ann and William for the information. We moved to the US when I was 14 and I always felt like he was left behind.
Eleanor
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Hi rhgs
I'm sure he'd be very pleased you remember him. I Hope you enjoy your trip to Paisley very much - my old home town
Ann
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Hello All,
I have recently discovered my great grandparents, William James and Margaret Perry, nee Donaldson are buried at Arkleston Cemetery, Renfrew. William died 21 August 1943 at 1 Haining Road, Renfrew, the home of my late grandparents, Joseph and Mary Reid. Margaret died 20 December 1925.
I wondered if anyone would be kind enough, if visiting Arkleston Cemetery, to locate their grave and post any inscription there might be? I hope this request doesn't seem to cheeky!
Joe Reid Leach, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
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hi do you have the plot number and row that there grave is and if so i would do that for you as i stay in renfrew and it is only 2 mins from me
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Hello William 1. Many thanks for your kind offer of help, unfortunately I do not have a plot or row number. I remember, as a very young child, being at a cemetery with my grandparents. I mentioned this to my late mum who told me that it would Arkleston Cemetery where her gran and Pop where buried. Mum died in March.
Is the cemetery run by Renfrew council? perhaps I could contact them for the plot location! Once again many thanks for your kind offer.
Joe
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yes it is run by renfrewshire council it would be best to ask them it will be about £17 i think they charge.. but if i went to the hut at the cemetery they would not be able to help me unless i had the plot number at least and it would be no trouble for me to go up and get the information for you when you get the plot number and i would take pictures for you as well
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/ilwwcm/publishing.nsf/Content/InternetHomePage
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Hello William 1. Thank you for your kind offer of visiting my ancestor's grave. I have emailed Renfrewshire Council and will let you know when I get a reply.
Very Many sincere thanks.
Joe
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Hello William 1,
Renfrewshire Cemeteries Department have sent me the grave plot information re my great grand parents grave at Arkleston Cemetery. William and Margaret Perry are buried in Section A compartment M Plot No 53. The lady has also given the names of those buried either side to help the search ie.52 Hamilton. 51 Howie. 50 Taylor. 54 Park. 55 Clark. 56 Lawrie.
Once again many many thanks for your help. my email address is (*)
Best Wishes
Joe
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well i am glad you got the plot number and row number as well and they did not charge you. well as you know i went up to the cemetery and asked the man in charge where the grave was and he took me to it and as it was from 1920 the headstone was one of them that was flat and it lies on the ground so because of the scottish weather it was covered in moss and you could hardly see the writting on the stone. but i got you the information and pictures of the stone. and you said when you come to scotland we can meet up sometime. again i dont mind helping people if it is near to where i live it is no trouble at all as long as it is not raining hehehe lol. so if you need help again just ask
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Hi William
I would like to take up your kind offer of looking up details of burial plot in Arkleston Cemetery. The details are Sect B-compartment J- lair no 52. Hope you can help/
Best wishes
Gerry
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hi do you have names as that would help as well
i will try and go up tomorrow if it is dry
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Hi William
Sorry, the names are Peter Scott and his wife Elizabeth Scott nee Cumming. If they have a stone it would be nice to find out what the inscription is.
Thanks again Gerry
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right i was there this morning and there is no headstone there at all i asked the groundsman and they went with me as well to look but all that was there was a small urn that you put flowers into. but there was nothing written on it at all. if you want you could phone the council and ask them who is each side of your plot and you would know for sure..
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Williams,
When you go back over to the cemetery, would you look for graves with the names:::
Ochiltree/Ocheltree/Uchiltre/Vchitre....Alexander Alan Ochiltree and Maryone Euing were the parents to my Alexander Ochiltree who was sent to US and died by an Indian attack..Michael and Matthew also were born in Renfrew. The date would be ca1700-1749 The three boys were sent to American and the parents stayed in Renfrew...
Thank you..
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dont you have a plot number or a row number or anything else as it is a very big cemetery and the dates you have said there might not be any headstone unless they where rich people.
as there is 12 bits of the cemetery starting with section
a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.j.k.l.m.
and in section b.. alone there are 733 graves so you are asking for me to find a needle in a haystack. it would take me months to look without knowing where to look. if you can ask the council i will look for you no problem at all
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Hi there - not sure if I can still be cheeky and ask here but my grandmother Margaret Montgomery (who I don't even have a photo of !) died 12 March 1946 and was buried in Arkleston on 16 March 1946. The council were very good at getting me this information.
Margaret Montgomery,
Died : 12 March 1946, 13 Dunlop Street, Renfrew
Internment : 16 March 1946, Age 51, Depth 8 ft
Compartment O, Lair No 521 ? [will try to add and image to this post]
If the kind chap that lived close to the cemetery - or anyone else for that matter could have a look see for a grave stone that would be great. I am not expecting a stone to be honest. Even a photo of the general area.
One day when I get up to the UK I will go and visit myself - but any help would be great.
Regards, Rob Cullen, Auckland, New Zealand.
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i went to the cemetery today for you and had a look but i could not find a gravestone at all for the person that you are looking for i took pictures of the cemetery for you round about where the grave should be in that area. i hope this helps you
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Thanks. I really appreciate this - it gives me an idea of what the cemetery looks like and the area my Grandmother is buried. I would have been surprised if a headstone existed as she died alone and would not have been the wealthiest.
Alot of relatives in New Zealand here have no headstone as well sadly...
If you need anything from Auckland or NZ looked up send me an email - but for now thank you very much. Really, really appreciate that. Rob Cullen.
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Hello William1,
My mum recently passed away, but prior to doing so she showed me some old Arkleston Cemetery certificates:
26 May 1944. Certificate No. 3875. One Lair at Sec.t: L Compartment: P No. 61 surname Rankin or McLean.
11 February 1967. Certificate No. 5405. One Lair at Sec.t: K Compartment: L No. 20 Surname Rankin.
If possible, on your next visit to the cemetery, would you be able to take a photo of any headstones that may be there so I can check who is buried in each lair. My mum’s mother died when she was about four years old and I think she may be buried in the Lair dated 1944. However, there may not be any headstones given the era and the fact that there were multiple deaths in the family around the same time.
Many thanks.
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i am sorry i just seen your request yesterday i will go up when it is dry and see what i can find dont you have any first names at all because you can find the area but you cant find out the number on the stone because of the weather over the years
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Thank you so much, much obliged.
I believe No. 3875 may be Annie Burgess Rankin nee McLean and No. 5405 William Miller Rankin.
Kind regards, Fiona
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lair sec L compartment 61 the headstone reads ( in loving memory of my dear husband angus MacLean died 22/may / 1944 aged 59 years.
the second sec k compartment L 20 had no headstone at all there was one to the right and one to the left and nothing for you.
i found death certificates in scotlandspeople
Annie burgess McLean married to WILLIAM john McLean she died 27/04/1945
WILLIAM miller Rankin death 09/02/1967 age 66 years born 25/11/1900 married to Margaret Dickson
WILLIAM Mullen Rankin parents are Robert Rankin mother Mary Mullen
angus McLean death 04/01/1944 married to Mary McDonald
i have these 3 certificates