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HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries(Part 1)
« on: Monday 20 December 10 15:56 GMT (UK) »
Over a number of years I have photographed most of the
Headstones in these Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
ABBOTSHALL, BENNOCHY,DYSART & PATHHEAD Feuars
Some of the stones are back to the mid 1800s

If you care to supply me only with the names of the
Husband & Wife eg.

   David  Dewar   Helen T Brown

I will check my index and if there is a stone I will supply you
With the Inscription and a photograph of the stone if required.

eg. 298   Helen T Brown died 8.6.1920
   Son David C Dewar Corp. 450 Canadians
   Killed in action in France 16.3.1916 age 27
   Also David Dewar husband of above
   Died 27.8.1929 age 65
   Daughter Elizabeth wife of William Borthwick          died 2.7.1934 age 50

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Re: HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
« Reply #1 on: Monday 20 December 10 16:51 GMT (UK) »
ooooooooooh   my Sutherland lot are from up there...  Grace Himsley Sutherland born in Kirkaldy and died in Dundee.. darn it so that means she wont be buried in Kirkaldy.  But maybe other members of her Himsley family...
yep Margaret Robertson Himsley died in 1882 Kirkaldy wife of William Himsley.  And his father William Himsley died in 1875 Kirkaldy

not sure about others... Thanks xin  :D :)

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Re: HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
« Reply #2 on: Monday 20 December 10 18:21 GMT (UK) »
Hi Xinia  sorry no Himsley in the index for any of my Cemeteries,

Lots of people could just not afford headstones, times were hard then.

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« Reply #3 on: Monday 20 December 10 18:29 GMT (UK) »
okay... thanks anyway... on reading about Margaret Robertson Himsleys life   she was far from well off.  Thanks for looking..
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Re: HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
« Reply #4 on: Monday 20 December 10 20:06 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for your generous offer:

I have two families who might come into this category

William Whitton & Betty Thornton - primarily in Prinlaws, Leslie, but also found in Pathhead a couple of times.

Alexander Cairns & Marion Smith thought to be Dysart

Grateful thanks
Pat
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Adamson, Kinnear, Stirling in Angus; Key, Ford, Paterson, Orkney in Coastal Angus & Dundee; Conway, Reilly, Brady in Ireland, Ayrshire & Dundee; Fisher in Ayrshire; Nic(h)olson in Speyside, Aberdeen & Dundee; Miller in Dundee; Dickson in Ireland & Dundee; Johnston in Sweden & Dundee; Kowalewski in Poland & Dundee

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Re: HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
« Reply #5 on: Monday 20 December 10 23:14 GMT (UK) »
Hi Pat  The offer was for Kirkcaldy Cemerties,
but  not busy I have these

Ben   408   David   Whitton   Jessie   Carrie
Dys   1150   David   Whitton   Wilhelmina Simpson

Dysart      541   Alexander   Cairns   Agnes   Heggie
EastWemyss   1355   Alexander   Cairns   Margaret   Hush
East Wemyss   1540   Alexander   Cairns   Agnes   Robertson

Are any of these yours?
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Re: HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 21 December 10 13:37 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for your generous offer.  Coud you have a look for the following for me?

William Reid died 11/10/1842 Abbotshall aged 62.  His wife Mary Reid (nee Heggie) died 3/9/1850 Abbotshall aged 76.

Thomas Douglas Reid died Dysart 11/10/1873 aged 65 (son of the above).  His wife Euphemia Reid (nee Robertson) died 27/11/1851 age 42 at Collinsburgh, so probably not buried in Kirkcaldy.

Margaret Graham (nee Reid, daughter of Thomas and Euphemia) died 23/9/1869 Kirkcaldy aged 35.  Her husband Charles Graham died 11/3/1870 Kirkcaldy aged 41.

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 21 December 10 21:26 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Norrie - I don't recognise any of these unfortunately. Thanks again for taking the time to look for me.
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Re: HEADSTONES in Kirkcaldy Cemeteries
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 21 December 10 23:54 GMT (UK) »
Hi Yvonne  sorry nothing on REIDs & GRAHAMS in Abbotshall or Pathhead

These are the Reids in Bennochy
Ben   792   Alexander   Reid   Christian   Ferguson
Ben   1134   John   Reid   Cecilia   Russell
Ben   282   Laurance   Reid   Jane   Suttie
Ben   223   Thomas   Reid   Janet   Kidd

Any use to you?

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