Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery

[maggbill]

Most kind of you Davie!!  Thank you!   Hoping that you can find something!  Cheers
Maggs

[ayrgenes]

Hi, found the headstone today, will PM you later on. Have some photos too.

Davie

[ayrgenes]

two photos:

[maggbill]

Hi Davie,

Thank you so much for finding this information for me, and for sending these great photos to us.  We did have one small photo, but yours are much better!!  I also got your pm.

Can I ask, how you actually found the Anderson grave?  Did you look for the specific Lair number I gave in the last post?  (lair 149 section 14W)...  Are the graves "numbered" in some way?   Or was it just "pot luck" and lots of searching around for the name?    I really want to be able to verify one way or another whether the "Anderson" grave with headstone and "Lair 149, section 14W" are one and the same grave.  It will "lay to rest" and clarify a family confusion about who my grandmother Elizabeth Carrigan was buried with.  I know for sure from the SP burial records that she was buried in lair 149 section 14W with her parents in law, whereas officials had told one of our family that she had been buried with the "Andersons" - her sister inlaw and husband in the grave with the headstone. 

I may have to contact the archdiocesan records people if I can't find out what the lair number is for the Andersons grave...   But may I thank you again for the effort you have gone to.  Truly appreciated.     Cheers !
Maggs

[ayrgenes]

Hi maggs

sorry I forgot to add the lair number. Yes it is Sec 14W lair 149. Sections in Dalbeth, or St Peter's, to give it it's proper name are all numbered and usually signposted. On most of the headstones are the lair number, engraved into the stone. So I found the correct section, 14W and working along the lines of stones came to 149 Anderson. On this particular stone the number is engraved on the bottom left of the main plinth which gives the name Anderson. Dalbeth is really quite a large cemetery so 'pot-luck' really would be 'pot-luck'. Out of all my relies they occupy about 4-5 lairs, all in different locations in the grounds.

I know from seeing the records, and talking to staff at the Archdioces? that not all burials were actually named in the books. At least 3 of mine are just dates of burials, and from that I worked out whose who. Don't forget SP records only go up to about 1955, but I still think there are probably the others you mentioned in that lair, just not named on the stone.

I will PM you again.

Davie

[sacredspirit]

hi

my Nan's dads grave is here ( i think) i know he died 16-04-1957 aged 55 at 47 Delburn Street Parkhead and was buried in dalbeth cemetery lair 844 section 17 Daniel Mcilwham
along with
Annie Crossan (sister in law) date of internment 11-10-32 age 25
Elizabeth Crossan Mcilwham (wife) date of internment 13-07-40 age 38
Edward Mcilwham (son) date of internment 01-09-47 age 18
Elizabeth Mcilwham (daughter) date of internment 01-07-52 age 3 months

Has anyone any information or photos please many thanks
Joanne
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[ayrgenes]

Hi Joanne

Hoping to get down to St Peter's (Dalbeth) in the next few days to do a look-up for a cousin in Canada, will see if I can find anything for you.

Davie

[sacredspirit]

Hi Davie

That would be great thank you very much i hope the weather holds out for you
thanks again
joanne

[ayrgenes]

Joanne

grabbed a quick visit to St Peter's. Found the lair and a stone for Edward, none of the others mentioned. It's a CWGC stone, here is a link to their site for some more info on Edward. I have some photos which I'll send later this evening.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx?cpage=13&sort=name&order=asc

once on the page, click on Edward's name for more info/certificate, also noticed they have the name as McIlwhan, perhaps a misprint in your typing?

Davie