Cambusnethan Cemetery Grave Search - Part 1

[vossen]

Is there any death or burial information on the following family other than Margaret and Peter? Thank you for all of your help....


1881 Census shows Margaret Nicol and Peter Smellie (Smilllie)  living at 24 Wilson’s Row
Peter       32    M       24 Wilson’s Row Cambusnethan Lanark, Scotland
Margaret    28   F 
b 1871 Thomas Smellie 10
b1872 James Smellie     9
b 1874 Jane Smellie    7
b 1876 William Smellie 5
b 1878 Peter Smellie    3
b. 1880 Alexander Smellie 1

Born after 1881 Census
b.    Margaret Smellie ?
B. 1885 Isabella Smellie

[Lodger]

Vossen,

You don't ask for much!

I'll answer in 2 messages. This one deals with the old churchyard of Cambusnethan at Greenhead Road. The "new" cemetery adjoins the churchyard and will be dealt with in my next reply.

But, first of all.  In the 1851 census, Jean Nicol aged 21 years is born in Dalserf, not Dalziel.

There is a gravestone inscription in the old churchyard that reads -
"William Nicol died 7th June 1869 aged 66 years. His wife Isabella Little died 1st January 1857 aged 57 years. Their son Hugh died 16th September 1855 aged 24 years. Their son William died in infancy. Their son John died 16th February 1892 aged 64 years. (His wife Margaret Moffat died 22nd January 1899 aged 66 years)."

There are some burial records for the churchyard but they only begin in the mid-1870s. Here's what there is for the above plot. (All dates are of internment)
Owner is named as William Nicol.
In the south lair -
JANE NICOL, aged 2 years. 9th June 1885.
WILLIAM NICOL, aged 4 weeks. 19th December 1905.
In the centre lair -
JOHN NICOL, aged 65 years. 18th February 1892.
MARGARET NICOL, aged 65 years. 25th January 1899.

There is another Nicol family plot in the old churchyard, unfortunately no headstone has survived. Here are the records for that plot.

Owners are James Nicol and Jane Frame.
In the south lair -
UNKNOWN NICOL, no age given. 17th November 1883.
JAMES NICOL, aged 21 years. 25th July 1884.
UNKNOWN SMELLIE, no age. 26th December 1888.
ISABELLA STARK, no age. 20th October 1931.
in the centre lair -
JAMES NICOL, aged 54 years. 17th June 1879.
JANE NICOL, aged 76 years. 14th November 1904.
In the north lair -
MARGARET SMELLIE, aged 47 years. 16th March 1900.
PETER SMELLIE, aged 51 years. 8th October 1901.

The "unknowns" may well be still births or infants. It would be worthwhile checking out the 1855 death, there will be extra information on it.

[Lodger]

Vossen - continued.

There is also an old walled part of the cemetery that pre-dates the municipal cemetery. It is situated next to the churchyard and the first burials were I think, about 1860 or so.
There are 2 burials there for your family (there may be others, the records are not complete). Again, all dates are of internment.

HANNAH BURT. Newmains, aged 3 years.
Parents - Andrew Burt and Isabella Nicol.
Plot 438. 2nd September 1881. (There are others in this grave, all by the name of McNeil).

ANN SMELLIE. Housewife, Overtown, aged 63 years. Widow.
Parents - John Lynch and Helen  - - - - -
Plot 174. 20th May 1872.


The next list is taken from the paupers burials. In all of the cases here, they will have been buried in their family plots at the expense of the parochial board. This particular record suppliments the records for the old churchyards. If the people below were not paupers you may not have been able to find their burials.

MARY LAURIE, Wishaw, aged 7 months.
Parents - William Laurie and Elizabeth Porter.
Old churchyard, 28th March 1864.

JAMES K LAURIE, Wishaw, aged 2 years.
Parents - William J Laurie and Agnes Kennedy.
Old churchyard, 6th June 1876.

GEORGE NICOL, locomotive fireman, Newmains, aged 24 years, married.
Parents - William Nicol and Isabella Little.
Old churchyard, 8th September 1866.

WILLIAM NICOL, coalminer, Waterloo, aged 66 years, widower.
Parents - William Nicol and unknown.
Old churchyard, 9th June 1869.

MARY NICOL, Cambusnethan, aged 12 months.
Parents John Nicol and Margaret Moffat.
Old churchyard, 23rd February 1870.

HUGH NICOL, drawer, (in coal mine) Cambusnethan, aged 13 years.
Parents as above.
Old churchyard, 11th June 1873.

MARGARET NICOL, Cambusnethan, aged 11 months.
Parents as above.
Old churchyard, 5th March 1874.

HANNAH NICOL, Cambusnethan, aged 19 months.
Parents as above.
Old churchyard, 26th October 1876.

JOHN NICOL, Cambusnethan, aged 6 years.
Parents as above.
Old churchyard, 31st October 1877.

JANE NICOL, Cambusnethan, aged 9 years.
Parents - James Nicol and Jane Frame.
Old churchyard, 18th March 1874.

JAMES NICOL, miner, Wishaw, aged 54 years, married.
Parents - William Nicol and Isabella Little.
Old churchyard, 17th June 1879.

The post is getting too large, I'll continue.....

[Lodger]

The next list is from the Day Book for the new cemetery, in no particular order, just as I managed to find them.

ISABELLA BURT, housewife, Newmains, aged 59 years. (no marital status given).
Parents -William Nicol and Isabella Little.
Section D 413. 30th May 1892.

ARCHIBALD NICOL, coal miner, Morningside, aged 58 years, married.
Parents as above.
Section E 487. 13th August 1895.

ANDREW BURT, miner, Newmains, aged 22 years, single.
Parents - Andrew Burt and Isabella Nicol.
Section D 414. 6th June 1891.

HENRY MARSHALL, miner, Morningside, aged 12 years.
Parents - Robert Marshall and Isabella Burt.
Section D 414. 11th May 1892.

ALEXANDER MURDOCH, West Calder, aged 3 years and 10 months.
Parents - Alexander Murdoch and Mary Burt.
Section D 414. 15th January 1895.

THOMASINA M BURT, Newmains, aged 16 months.
Parent - Elizabeth Burt.
Section D 414. 18th November 1897.

NELLIE NICOL, schoolgirl, died Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, usual residence - Shotts. Aged 10 years.
Parents - Alexander Nicol and Marion Sommerville.
Section E 486. 5th May 1908.

ALEXANDER NICOL, coalpit roadsman, Overtown, aged 69 years, married.
Parents - William Nicol and Isabella Little.
Section E 1953. 25th August 1908.
Plot owned by Isabella Easton or Nicol, Hamilton's Land, Overtown.

ISABELLA NICOL, Hartwood Asylum, aged 75 years, widow.
Parents - William Easton and Isabella Stevenson.
Section E 1953. 11th May 1916.

ISABELLA MARSHALL, Newmains, aged 57 years, widow.
Parents - Andrew Burt and Isabella Nicol.
Section E 284. 17th January 1914.

JAMES SMELLIE, coal miner, 43 Park Street Wishaw, aged 44 years, married.
Parents - Peter Smellie and Margaret Nicol.
Section E 717. 25th November 1916.

ELIZABETH GRAHAM, housewife, Wishaw, aged 42 years, married.
Parents - William Laurie and Elizabeth Porter.
Section D 449. 5th April 1899.

MARGARET GRAHAM, Wishaw, aged 4 years.
Parents - Robert Graham and Elizabeth Laurie.
Section D 449. 5th November 1892.

JOHN GRAHAM, Wishaw, aged 6 weeks.
Parents - as above.
Section D 449. 29th April 1899.

THOMAS GRAHAM, miner, Wishaw, aged 18 years, single.
Parents as above.
Section D 449. 21st October 1899.

Plots 486 and 487 must have belonged to the same family, same for 413 and 414.

This has taken me hours to do, I hope it leads you somewhere!

Lodger.

[MoragC]

Hi Lodger,

Thanks for the clarification re Cambusnethan (rather than Airbles). If the area concerned is fenced off, then a general photo from the nearest vantage point should do the trick.

Time to set aside a day or half day in my diary to tour various partd of Lanarkshire!

MoragC

[Rosinish]

Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone has any info. on Cullen & Kean, Kain, Kaine, Kane, Cain or Caine from Cambusnethan.

Peter Cullen b c1811 - Last on 1871 census & no death record found.
Children:
(1) James Cullen b c1836 - Last on 1861 census.
(2) Mary Jane Cullen, b c1838 married William (Kean - several spellings above)
Children: (All born Cambusnethan)
Rose Ann Kean b Abt. 1854
John Kean, b 21 Sep 1855
Sarah Kain b 24 Dec 1856
William Kaine, b 20 Mar 1859 - Last on 1861 census
Mary Jane Kaine, b 19 Mar 1861
James Kean, b 23 Jul 1863
Ellen Kaine b 15 Jul 1866
Peter Kaine b 25 Oct 1868
Agnes Caine b 11 Mar 1871 (Traced to Wales)
(3) Peter Cullen b c1840 - Last on 1851 census
(4) Patrick Cullen (Traced)
(5) Rose Ann Cullen b c1844 married John McCluskey
Children: (Born Cambusnethan)
Rose Ann Cullen b 1864 married Angus MacKinnon - d 22 Oct 1918 in Dalziel. (Have traced widow Rose Ann & most of children to Canada).
John McClusky Cullen b 1867 - Last on 1881 census - no death record found.

Many thanks for any help,

Anne.

[vossen]

Lodger: YOu have far surpassed any of my expectations! I only put in requests as family groups thinking someone might more easily recognize whether they had the right naming patterns for the family. And now you have led us into some new names and given us some infant death information I would otherwise not have found! Thanks so much for helping me with continuing on several former "dead ends". I am sure other members of the family  will also benefit from this being online. Joseph Laurie and Isabella Smellie had fifteen children that all link into this line! Now to dig back into the Irish connection!!!!


Thank you  a hundred times over!!!

[Lodger]

Hello Anne,

Welcome to Rootschat. Regarding Cambusnethan burials, here's what I managed to "dig-up" for you.

First of all, there were 2 burials in common Ground, that is - paupers burials. They are -

AGNES CAIN. Wishaw, aged 10 months.
Parents - William Cain and Mary Jane Cullen.
Interred in public ground 24th January 1872.

PATRICK CAIN. Wishaw, aged 23 months.
Parents as above.
Interred in public ground 19th September 1874.

You omitted to mention the wife of Peter Cullen who was born circa 1811, so I am guessing she could be Rose Flannigan.  I am also going to guess that Peter Cullen born about 1840 may have married Mary Dale.
Did you know that the names Peter and Patrick are synonymous in Irish Gaelic? The name is Padraig. My guess is that both Peters were Padraigs and the Registrar used his own discretion in the translations.  There is a good chance that neither of these men had any schooling, so they wouldn't be aware of the spelling.
Going on this assumption, I have included a Patrick.

I can now put the rest of the information into three, as I found three separate lairs or plots, each with Cains, Cullens or McCluskeys in them. They are all in the municipal cemetery at Cambusnethan, so there may well be internments after the dates listed here, the records I have finish at 1916 more or less.

Section C. lair 447.
WILLIAM CAIN. Coalminer, Wishaw, aged 61 years, married.
Parents - John Cain and Sarah McLaughlan.
Interred 1st September 1884.

ROSE ANN McCLUSKEY. Housewife, Wishaw, aged 30 years, married.
Parents - William Cain and Mary Jane Cullen.
Interred 9th December 1884.

ROSINA McALLISTER. Shotts, aged 2 years & 10 months.
Parents - Patrick McAllister and Mary Jane Cain.
Interred 7th January 1893.

MARY JANE CAIN. Wishaw, aged 74 years.
Parents - Peter Culman and Rose Lanyon.
Interred 29th November 1910.

Next lair is Section E. 128.
PATRICK CULLEN. Coalminer, Wishaw, aged 57 years, married.
Parents - Peter Cullen and Rose Flannigan.
Interred 3rd March 1899.

JOHN CULLEN. Coalminer, Wishaw, aged 19 years, single.
Parents - Patrick Cullen and Mary Dale.
Interred 26th January 1901.

JOHN DALE. Coalminer, Wishaw, aged 65 years, married.
Parents - James Dale and Margaret Golden.
Interred 8th March 1915.

Next and last lair is Section E. 1798.

ROSE ANN McCLUSKEY. Omoa poorhouse, aged 26 years, single.
Parents - John McCluskey and Rose Ann Cain.
Interred 2nd September 1908.

JOHN McCLUSKEY. Insurance Agent, Wishaw, aged 60 years, widower.
Parents - Edward McCluskey and Bridget McManus.
Interred 23rd May 1908.
Owner of this lair (1798 section E) was William McCluskey, garden labourer, 75 1/2 Young Street, Wishaw.

(The address was seventy-five and a half!)

I would read "Peter Culman and Rose Lanyon" as Peter Cullen and Rose Flannigan.
There may be a Poor Relief record for Rose Ann McCluskey who died in Omoa poorhouse. The records are now with North Lanarkshire Council at Lenziemill archives in Cumbernauld.
Omoa was the combination poorhouse for Cambusnethan, Shotts and Bothwell parishes, here is a good link with pictures.
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Cambusnethan/Cambusnethan.shtml

Hope this help you in some way.

Good luck with your research.

Lodger.

[Cayley]

Lindsay
I am looking for my ggg grandparents. Believe the family maybe buried in Cambusnethan

William Lindsay DOB: Jun. 1, 1773
married Ann Campbell DOB: Aug. 8, 1778 in Glasgow. William & Ann married Apr. 25, 1800-Cambusnathan
Children:
    John Lindsay DOB: Dec. 6, 1800  Died: Jun 3, 1893
    James Lindsay DOB: Aug. 15, 1802
            married Ellen Goodwin DOB: 1805(Kilsyth, Sterlingshire)-James emigrated to Canada, Ellen died in Scotland
    Alexander Lindsay DOB: Aug. 13, 1804
    William Lindsay DOB: May 2, 1810
    Susan Lindsay DOB: Mar. 26, 1812
            married George Pollock DOB: Jun 27, 1808
    Jane Lindsay DOB: Dec. 5, 1816
    Gavin Lindsay DOB: Nov. 13, 1817

William Lindsay (Jun 1, 1773) parents were;
   John Lindsay DOB: Jul. 2, 1747
             married Jean Robertson
       Children:
             Jean Lindsay DOB: Dec. 1770
             William Lindsay DOB: Jun 1, 1773
              John Lindsay DOB: Jun. 13, 1782
              Alicia Lindsay DOB: Oct. 8, 1783

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am planning to visit Scotland in a couple of months and would be so happy to visit the graveyard and see the stones of any or all of the relatives.

Thank you
Cayley