Falkirk, Denny and Dennyloanhead

[John Russell]

Saw that Denny Cemetery, near Falkirk, could be in print soon,
Would be most interested to look through this.
I have relatives in Denny and Dennyloanhead
cemeteries. (Russell / Brock)

My father was born in Melville St. Falkirk.
Parents  Russell / Callander
My grandfather was born on Dalderse Farm in NE Falkirk.
( Russell / Henderson / Callander / Bain )

Dennyloanhead cemetery is as far back as I can
currently trace my Russell line  (Russell / Cleland)

Visited from New Zealand in 1994, 2006 and 2009.
Family wedding in the area in July 2011.

Regards,
John Russell

[leighton]

Hello John

Transcriptions of the Denny and Dennyloanhead Cemeteries are available from The Scottish Genealogy Society. The following transcription may be one of yours, it is from Dennyloanhead:

6 tall
Wm Russell 4.12.1834 age 73, wife Eliz Cleland 19.8.1831 age 58 by sons J & J R.
John Russell d Seamores 14.7.1889 age 84, wife Agnes Hay 29.11.1875 age 72.

Photographs of the memorial stones may also be available at this site:

http://www.memento-mori.co.uk/

leighton

[John Russell]

Hello Leighton.

Thanks for replying.  Appreciated.
Yes, the transcription for the 6ft stone is the
important link for me.
Shall follow up your suggestion on transcripts
for Denny and Dennyloanhead.

The 'memento-mori' site is spot-on too and
contains a photo of the tall stone.

On our 2006 visit, we found on the opposite side
of the yard that James Russell's stone to his little
son William had been incorporated into a fenced-
off back yard and that the covered urn on top has
now gone.

Through this website, I learned that the headstones
were moved to the boundaries some years ago.
Hoping a lair plan might still exist.

In 1994, at Denny Cemetery, we found a Russell/Brock
headstone on the western fenceline, by the exit driveway
and this referred us to Dennyloanhead

Regards,
John.