Old Dalbeth M.I.

[gerryfarrell]

Are you sure there is a headstone? If not your walking the cemetery may be in vain, If you find the lair number the Cemetery staff will be able to take you right to the plot.
The Mitchell Library in Glasgow has a copy of the burial books for St Peter's Cemetery.
I can't remember how late the films cover but it's worth enquiring.
Also you could try contacting the Scottish Catholic Archives in Drummond Street, Edinburgh who are also very helpful.
archivists@scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk

Gerry

[kopkirsty]

thanks gerry, after much hard work ive got the lair number and section, its section 14, would that be the old or new section? planning on going this weekend now i know where im heading. 

[kopkirsty]

i have no way of gettin there during the week when its staffed so ill have to find the exact lair myself, i know there may not even be a headstone.  im looking for lair number 596 in section 14, i saw the map so know where section 14 is but how do you find the lair?  is there any clue or is it a matter of walking the rows?  thanks for advice

[BlantyreJoe]

Firstly, what a great thread - and what a positive, helpful bunch of people!

I'm looking for information about an 18yo ancestor who is buried in Dalbeth (not St Peters) after a mining accident in Blantyre in 1896 and just need a bit of advice on where to look first for burial / plot information?

 I saw some references to the Catholic Archivists and also to possible digitizing of info in Rome and of some 'hard to read' microfiche in the Mitchell Library.  I live in Oxford, so would be doing this remotely.  Any advice / pointers would be greatfuly received.

I was also wondering if perhaps one of his sisters was a nun here - and where best to start that line of enquiry?

[MonicaL]

Hi BlantyreJoe

Have you tried checking the Roman Catholic Burial registers online on the pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk His statutory death entry will also be there but will not normally include any burial info.

What was his name? Maybe people can add some info with this.

Monica 

[BlantyreJoe]

Thanks Monica! I already have his death record and the RCE from SP. It is the RCE that gives Dalbeth Cemetery as burial location. But doh! I hadn't looked in the Catholic registers (had been assuming he was Ulster Protestant  - and was scratching my head as to why Dalbeth, thinking that maybe his sister had converted! )

His name is Joseph Robison - and that is what is on his birth record and death record - although SP have it indexed as Robinson and the Scottish Mining website has his death recorded as Robertson. 
He was killed at Auchinraith No.2 Pit on 23rd March 1896, Blantyre.

I have now found his burial record, in Common Ground (10shillings and sixpence), at Dalbeth, under the name of Robertson (18, Mining accident). I am assuming that this will be the common ground shown in some of the Dalbeth photos in these threads and not in the Old Cemetery behind the walls?

I can find variations of Robison/Robinson for his parents and siblings and his sister married my GrGrGrandfather, J Pinnell.

Thanks so much for the pointer.   

Joseph

[Jengx3]

Gerry
I was delighted to find some info on the Dalbeth cemetery.  I have at least 3 ancestors buried at St. Peters Dalbeth cemetery, but I don't know if they are in the old part or the new.  One I know is in the old part, but I didn't see her in your list. 
Ann Lennon -75 yrs- 23 Oct 1901  Old Dalbeth
John Lennon -67 yrs- 16 Oct 1892  St Peter's Dalbeth
Mary Ann Miller -67yrs- 1 Dec 1924  St Peter's Dalbeth
The first 2 are husband and wife, the 3rd was their daughter.  I found the actual record on ScotlandsPeople.  I have been looking for photos of headstones.  I live in the US so I am not able to visit myself.  Can you help?
Thank you...........Jen

[deirdreblagbrough]

Hi Maureen,
Very excited to see your post re Old Dalbeth gravestones. I believe we share a common ancester. My g grandmother is Maryann McElhinney (nee Kelly ) on gravestone who died in 1890.
Would love to hear from you
Regards     Deirdre

[sarah]

Hi Deirdre,

Welcome to RootsChat

Just going to check that Maureens emails are still working as it has been 2011 since she was last online.

Regards

Sarah