Infant Deaths in Falkirk early 1900s

[mark_shanks]

Hi

My grandather James Shanks had a brother and sister who died in their early months in 18 Kerse Lane, Falkirk.

I may sound silly in asking so please forgive me but would the children have been interred in lairs as the adults would have been or was there a different place for children?

The info I have on the brother and sister:

George Shanks
Born: 4 May 1904, 18 Kerse Lane, Falkirk
Died: 23 Nov 1904, 18 Kerse Lane, Falkirk

Georgina Shanks
Born: 18 Oct 1905, 18 Kerse Lane, Falkirk
Died: 18 OCt 1905, 18 Kerse Lane, Falkirk


Parents:
George Shanks
Agnes Shanks (m.s. Waugh)



Does anyone have any info in which particular graveyard in Falkirk they may be interred in? I've tried unsuccessfully to find where they are interred. It's possible that, lke their mother and father interred in Denny Cemetery, there are no headstones or markers.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

[apanderson]

Hi Mark,

The office at Camelon holds all the records so they'd be your best bet. They're not always the quickest at getting back to you, but if you popped in and explained who you're looking for, the girls there would probably be able to point you in the right direction.

Regarding your question on infant deaths - yes, the children would be buried in the same lair providing there was space (either in an existing lair or a new one). It's a bit morbid - but what they did was to bury the wee souls across the way in order to get more in. If the family couldn't afford to buy a lair, the usual process was for the burials to be in common ground. All cemeteries have one on more of these sections which normally just appear to be grassy areas - they're like this as no stones are permitted. Lairs may be 3/4/5 deep and the only people who actually have any records of who's in which grave are the records offices.

Anne

[mark_shanks]

Thanks for the info Anne. 

I'll pop in at the Camelon office next week and see what I can come up with.

Mark