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Lanarkshire / Re: Old Dalbeth M.I.
« on: Tuesday 31 October 23 23:22 GMT (UK)  »
I will post the photo tomorrow when back on my PC

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Lanarkshire / Re: Old Dalbeth M.I.
« on: Tuesday 31 October 23 23:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

This lair is in Old Dalbeth and part of the stone remains. The photo was in my non readable folder as I couldn’t make out any of the inscription. I will revisit my notes and see if I can find the rough map I made at the time. Sadly the cemetery is in a very poor state and has become very overgrown since I done my research on it, but East side is the side to the right if looking in from the main road.

Gerry

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Lanarkshire / Re: Old Dalbeth M.I.
« on: Friday 11 August 23 00:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi, Another great thread I have just discovered thanks to all the contributors.

I am trying to find the headstone of my 3xGGF Denis Bryce buried at the Old Dalbeth Cemetery 28th Jan 1856. He died in a mining accident and I am trying to confirm who his spouse was. I have a Mary Ward but it would be good to confirm. Cheers Steve

Hi Steve,

There is no surviving headstone in Old Dalbeth section with the name Bryce on it sorry. - Gerry

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Lanarkshire / Re: Old Dalbeth M.I.
« on: Wednesday 25 May 22 16:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi Janice,

Only one stone with the name Docherty in the Old Dalbeth part -

Erected by William Docherty in memory of his wife Sarah Kelly who departed this life 15th? April 1903 aged 56 years. And Margaret his daughter also buried here. The above William Docherty Died 27th June 1893 aged ?3 years. Inscribed by his second wife.

If you want the phoo let me know.

Gerry

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Lanarkshire / Re: Dalbeth Cemetery
« on: Friday 06 August 21 22:31 BST (UK)  »
Hiya,  I've looked through the records I have of the surviving headstones for Old Dalbeth and sadly there doesn't appear to be a headstone for any surname Waters. Looking at the burial register entry the lair s indeed 541 West Side. (The 474 refers to the entry No. of the register of lair owners).

West side is the right hand side looking from London Road) Lair 541 will be near the middle of the cemetery. Hope this helps.

I haven't been down for a long time, so don't know what the current state of the cemetery is.

Gerry

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Lanarkshire / Re: Old Dalbeth Cemetery, Tollcross , Glasgow
« on: Friday 24 November 17 21:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Barry,
Good to hear from you, hope all is well?
If you can send a reply here I’ll private message you my email address and we can pass info on to you. (You need more than one post on here to PM)

Gerry

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Lanarkshire / Re: Old Dalbeth M.I.
« on: Tuesday 03 March 15 17:46 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Kim,
The Mitchell Library has the burial and lair books for Old Dalbeth on microfilm, they have also been digitised by the Catholic archives in Edinburgh.
The burial records only give limited information Name, age, cause of death, lair no and cost of burial. The very early books have even less information.
Sadly there is no plan for Dalbeth to show its layout, however I have a rough self made one from tracing the lair numbers of the surviving headstone that I transcribed. The common ground was the area at the front nearest the main road.
Remember that after 1855 all deaths required to be registered and a certificate issued regardless of religion.
If you need anymore detailed info or photos of any headstones send me a pm.

Gerry


Hi Gerry, I have a couple of  questions for you concerning the Old Dalbeth cemetery in which you have done a tremendous amount of work. I have been to the Archdiocese of Glasgow but, the poor lady that works there has so much stuff to do I don't wish to keep pestering her and ScotlandsPeople Catholic records give very little info outside of name and date. What I'm wondering is two fold; Is there anywhere where you can find a layout of the Old Dalbeth cemetery and who is buried in it and where(those whose headstones no longer exist and those who may have never had them), including if there is a common ground area? Also, is there any place where you can get more information about people buried in Old Dalbeth,like you would get on a regular death cert that would identify them more? I have several people that are buried in the Old Dalbeth whom I know are mine but, a few I'm not sure about and the Catholic listing only doesn't help and as they are in the Catholic listing they do not appear to have been required to have a regular death cert. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Kim

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Lanarkshire / Re: Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery
« on: Sunday 08 December 13 14:15 GMT (UK)  »
PM me your email address Celticireland and I'll contact you regards your suggestion.

Gerry

Here's a map of the original layout of Old Dalbeth.
West and East sections are either side of the main pathway which leads to and circles the large monument at the middle bottom in the name of Byers, which still stands today. 

I have some lair numbers and sections of the stones that still exist and with Gerry's help i reckon we can draw up a lair map of Old Dalbeth.



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Lanarkshire / Re: Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery
« on: Tuesday 12 November 13 22:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Peter,
The burial record for Neil "Mechan" doesn't list any reference to the area or ground in which he is buried. I should have realised that from the date as the burial books only started listing them from the late 1860's. It's more than likely that he was buried there as he was a Roman Catholic and the graveyard belonged to the RC Church as it does till this day. It maybe worth a look at the poor law in the Mitchell Library to see if there was an application for assistance to bury him.
If you PM me your email address I'll send you a copy of the burial book page.

Gerry

Hi Gerry, thank you. No, I just have the reference from his death registration. Next time I'm in Glasgow I'll go to the Mitchell, I note all the earlier comments about the difficulties with the microfiche. I'm not massively bothered about finding the exact piece of grass, it's probably good enough for me to have seen the burial ground and the setting. I'm more interested to try and find out further why he was buried there, in what was a very small cemetery at the time, when he died in Port Dundas, although I haven't yet located his usual home address. They were all navvies / boatmen so maybe he just died at work, although it was lung disease rather than an accident. Thanks for all the work you've done on this!

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