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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: jotuljones on Monday 18 June 18 21:20 BST (UK)
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Hi: my great grandfather is buried in Invermoriston cemetary (in the Great Glen, 7 miles north-east of Fort Augustus). He was Alexander Grant, 1826-1908, and died in Altnacealgach, Sutherlandshire, in a family-owned hotel. His wife was Ann Cameron, 1834- 1898, who died at Faichem, Invergarry: I am sure about the details for both, with birth/death certificates, and a memorial plaque which hung in the family home, as corroboration apart from the headstone details - and later family members are in the same lair.
However, I do not know why he, or perhaps his father, bought this lair: ( family anecdote says the family originally came from Glenmoriston - I cannot trace them) and cannot find a way to establish the purchase. Can anyone help? Is there likely to be a record of this somewhere?
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Have you tried ringing or contacting the office?
I believe Invermoriston cemetery comes under the Inverness office.
INVERNESS Cemeteries in Highland Council Area
Inverness Crematorium & Cemetery Office,
Kilvean Road,
Inverness IV3 8JN
Fax: (01463) 717850 Tel: (01463) 717849
A list of cemeteries here
https://www.ancestry.ca/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=658&p=localities.britisles.scotland.inv.general
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Hi- thanks - yes, I have phoned the office in Inverness, but they only know what is in the records they inherited in 1975 when local government re-organisation took place: they have a record of the current owner of the lair, my father, but that's no help. And because this graveyard is not directly linked to a church - as far as I know- there seems to be no easy way to check other records. So, no further forward.
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Certainly Grant territory, who is in the lairs either side?
Skoosh.
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Hi!
I have just seen your post about Alexander Grant. I am researching the Altnacealgach Hotel in Altnacealgach Sutherlandshire and was wondering if this is the Hotel you referred to in your post?
Thanks
Sue