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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Dunbartonshire => Topic started by: Lodger on Monday 27 July 20 18:34 BST (UK)
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Some ancestors of mine were in Dumbarton town from about 1890 onwards. I have a few dates of death and would like to find burial places for them. Does anyone know how easy it is to get results from the local council on this subject? Any idea of the charges?
Thank you in advance.
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Have you tried Findagrave & Billiongraves. They are not complete but you may get lucky.
What was the name?
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I live in Helensburgh not far from Dumbarton our Library has a book of burial records I am sure Dumbarton Library has also ..The problem being they are still closed the Cardross Crematorium also have burial records not sure if it includes Dumbarton you could maybe e-mail them and enquire
Rosie
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Many thanks for the speedy replies. Sites like Findagrave etc are not what I am looking for, they would only give monumental inscriptions whereas I would like to know exactly how many people are in one particular grave. The stone, if there is one, may not be a true record of the lair.
The name I am researching at the moment is McCafferty, the family of my grandfather's mother.
James McCafferty died in Dumbarton in 1947, his mother Sarah Kerr/Carr died in Dumbarton in 1908. Other names are James' siblings, Sarah who also died in 1947, she was married to Hugh Docherty.
Mary, died 1952, married to James Docherty (brother of Hugh) and Roseann who died in 1950, married to Charles McKinley. The all died in Dumbarton, I think one of the Docherty brothers was a bookie!
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Out of those I can only find James McCafferty in Dumbarton
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148153260/james-mccafferty
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Yes, that's the one I was looking for, thank you so much.
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Lodger, for future reference they have the burial books onsite going back to when it opened in 1854. If you call the cemetery office you will find they are a very helpful bunch even to those living in Motherwell.
Don
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Thanks Don, pity I live in Wishaw ;D ;D ;D But I may take a drive down there anyway - when the weather slows to a constant deluge!
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Hi lodger was this family Roman Catholics ? There is a death for a Sarah McCafferty other name Keir S P age 68 Dumbarton ..Catholic Registers death and burial records have a Sarah MCCafferty
Age 68 years burial date 10/3/1908 Glasgow St Peter's Dalbeth Cemetery lair number 735
Section 13 ( debility) relation to owner wife do these dates match ?
Rosie
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Hi Rosie,
Yes, that is my Sarah McCafferty who died Christmas Day 1908 at Dumbarton, so it isn't the same one who is buried in Dalbeth. She had been a widow for 13 years by that time.
Thanks for looking just the same.
Lodger
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Hopefully when the library opens in Dumbarton they might be able to help there was talk of them opening 3 August ?
Rosie
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Thanks Rosie,
I may take Don's advice and go directly to the cemetery but I'll let you know if I do find her grave. There is some discrepancy with her parents on her death certificate so, if I can find her either buried with, or by one of her known children, it would just tidy things up for me.
Lodger
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Good luck hope they are able to help you :)
Rosie