st. ninians churchyard help

[diddymiller]

Anne, please could you check for Dun /Dunn in St ninians.
 
thanks in advance,  Diddy

[apanderson]

Only one wee solitary Dun(n) in the whole Churchyard......

It's described as:

Square stone

1850   JOHN DUNN    MARGARET FERGUSON

They'll have been husband and wife - the wife 99% of the time always listed by her maiden name.

Anne

[diddymiller]

thanks Ann. will check through my file. may be able to see which john dun by the Dun family site. in case other Rcs might find this helpful it is:

http://www.dun.org.uk/

Diddy

[Fergie38]

There was a coal merchant called 'Dun' who lived in the 'Auld Toon' of St Ninians in the 1940s

[diddymiller]

thanks fergie - my Duns are way back in the 1700's though. joined with the Erskines in early 1800.


Diddy

[Alberta exile]

Hi Fergie

Nice pictures! my Mum lives under the shadow of the Steeple and that Bonnie clock rarely works for any length of time, it has been a problem for ages

[weeknightingale]

Yes , great photos.
I am searching also for family burial here.
It started with helping my cousin search for his father's grave.
 Arthur John Robin ( 1915 - 1953).
 My cousin came across a family name here in St Ninian's old churchyard.
Catherine Robin (1871-1940ish) could possibily be our Great Grand Aunt.
We also have a several James.

Catherine Robin)
James     ...      ) no dates probably a very weathered head stone
Alexander Bald   ...      ) as noted on the memento-mori.co.uk site list

Great reading this site. Good luck to you all in your research!
Karola

[m19ichelle77]

Hello all with an interest in St Ninians - I am new to the site as of this morning and have posted on the Stirlingshire board.

I am searching my paternal family which as been extremely elusive, seems my grandmother took a lot to the grave with her, conveniently my dad and aunt don't remember an awful lot (I have a feeling I'm not just going to find one skeleton in our family closet) - well, nothing at all apparently.  I have been speaking with one of my dad's young brothers who has cast a lot of light in terms of aunts/uncles.

I have the following info:

Margaret Provan Penman (my grandmother) b1916
Jeanie Hunter Penman b1910
Mary Robertson Penman b1929

They are all listed as being born in St Ninians.  I have found my grandmothers birth record and ordered her birth certificate but won't be here for around 3 weeks and I'm keen to get going.

My grandmother had several children, my dad the eldest was born in Oxford during the war (Riskin College at Oxford University), then there is Jean who was born in Newington.  My grandmother then 'married' Edwin Waller in 1957 in Morningside, Edinburgh.  I do know that this was not legitimate as he was already married.  Their children are Edwin (Eddie) and Patrick also born in Newington.  There was then Alice Ruth, born in Falkirk and died at 4m of age.  Finally there is Ann Marie Grant Young Waller, born in St Andrew, Edinburgh.  Their youngest child, Kevin, was born in Bradford, Yorkshire.

I have looked at the 1901 census for St Ninians and can only find one listing for Penman as follows:

Isabella (40), James (39), Hugh (17), David (15), Mary (13),  Bell (Isabella?) (9) and James (6).  It appears to me that the parents on this census are too old to be my g-grandparents but possibly one of their children.

I also noticed a death lising for Bertie Penman in St Ninians who could also be a relative.  The only final piece of info I have is that my g-grandfather supposedly served in Black Watch at Edinburgh Castle.

Can anyone help with this?  Maybe if anyone is able to visit the parish church and look at birth records for me for either my grandmother or her sisters would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Michelle

[Fergie38]

Hello Michelle and welcome to the board.

I'm afraid I can't help with your enquiries although someone else might, but having read your posting in would seem that what you really nead is a visit to the General Records Office in Edinburgh.

Cheers.