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I'm having trouble making out some of the words.
The most intersesting parts for me would be her mothers maiden name, and "residence if out of the house where death occurred".  She died in Cults, Inch Parish, but 6 months previously she had given birth to my grand father in Auchnotteroch, Leswalt Parish, and we thought that was the last place the family lived before moving to England.
The other things I can't make out are the time of her death (? ho 0m AM), and the medical attendant by whom certified (___ by Hugh Cochrane ___ & ___ Stranraer (?))

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Friday 26 April 13 08:28 BST (UK)  »
Looby,
I'm like your husband, I enjoy looking round old cemeteries just for the sake of it, so don't feel I had a wasted journey.  I visited 12 altogether, in the parishes of Inch, Stranraer, and Leswalt.  The most interesting was Inch Old Parish Churchyard.  It's on private land, so I parked at the new churchyard, then walked through the gates towards Lochinch Castle.  You have to go through a hole in the fence to get into the churchyard.  If you go, try not to disturb the goose that is nesting in one of the ruined buildings!

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Thursday 25 April 13 09:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi Looby,
I was feeling guilty about forgetting to look out for your ggg grandparents, so I used a couple of spare credits I had for the Scotlands People website.
Thomas Dorman is listed as having died in Leswalt Parish, in 1864 - age not given.
Found two Annie Dormans who died in Wigtown County around that time, one age zero, died in 1899 at Penninghame, Wigtown, and the other aged 20, died at Stranraer (other surname given as Stevenson). The next nearest didn't die until 1913 (Annie, other surname Little, aged 54, in Stranraer), and 1916 (Annie Elizabeth, aged 47, in Stranraer).
Could your Annie have moved from the area after Thomas died?

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Thursday 25 April 13 09:03 BST (UK)  »
Looby.
I was in Stranraer on Tuesday, but forgot to keep an eye open for Thomas and Annie Dorman (sorry).  I suppose you know about some earlier Dormans listed here:
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ainsty/parishes/leswalt/death/a_d.html
As for my own Great Grandmother, I have decided that it's most likely that she's in Sheucan cemetery, which is in sight of Loch Ryan, and although in Stranraer is included in Leswalt Parish (she gave birth to my grandfather in Auchnotteroch, Leswalt six months befor she died in Inch Parish).  No stone there, but there are a lot of stones missing.

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Sunday 21 April 13 00:15 BST (UK)  »
Hi suzilad,
I don't know of any connection with the two Cunninghams you mention in Leswalt cemetery - something else to check on. Thanks for looking in the books

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Saturday 20 April 13 07:19 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the info suzilad,
I'm heading up that way next week, and will take a look at all of those.

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Friday 19 April 13 18:39 BST (UK)  »
Hi Looby,
That sounds possible.  I'm hoping to be able to visit the Family History Society at Dumfries that you told me about shortly, and maybe go on to look at some cemeteries.  I'll make another post if I find anything interesting.
Thanks again.

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Wigtownshire / Re: Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Friday 19 April 13 06:55 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Looby. I've confirmed that the family did live at Leswalt for the 1881 Census, but have now found her death entry on the Scotlands People website, and she died in Cults, in the parish of Inch, County Wigtown, in 1886, so maybe she isn't buried near Leswalt after all.

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Wigtownshire / Loch Ryan Cemetery
« on: Thursday 18 April 13 20:48 BST (UK)  »
Before she died, an aunt of mine wrote a simple family tree.  She said that her grandparents were living on a farm in Leswalt, and that her grandmother, Jane Cunningham (nee Murdoch), died between 1897 and 1901, and was buried in "... the cemetery beside Loch Ryan (Stranraer) ..."
Can't seem to find a cemetery near Leswalt AND Loch Ryan.  Any ideas?

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