Offer: Headstones In Largo & Kilconquhar Cemeteries

[beansgram]

Hi norrie  do you have hugh mcpherson/en  with catherine campbell  catherine birrell or margaret bell as his wife.   thanks beans

[NorrieG]

do you have hugh mcpherson/en  with catherine campbell  catherine birrell or margaret bell as his wife

Hi  beans Sorry nothing on index for Hugh Mcpherson
This is the only McPherson in that area

Kilconquhar Cemetery

35   Alexander McPHERSON husband of Margaret NORMAND
   died at Kingarth Cottage Colinsburgh 11.5.1928 age 71

Norrie

[NorrieG]

540   In Memory of  Effie LAWIE wife of David D GILCHRIST  who died 17.3.1959
This is a strange one.
The previous death you found

469   In Memory of Archibald Alexander LAWRIE died 10.12.1943 age 43 wife Mary ROBERTSON died 26.12.1965 age 65

He had a sister Euphemia Isabella Lawrie who married a Robert Dick Gilchrist in 1923, Lundin Links but she died 17th March, 1952, Largo.
Robert died 1961, Largo.
I cannot find anything on SP on Effie Lawrie & David D Gilchrist.
Very strange.
Are they the same people?

Hi Buckhind  sorry my problem the inscription should have been

540   In Memory of  Effie LAWIE wife of Robert D GILCHRIST
   who died 17.3.1952
not a very clear photo, or maybe it was the wine that caused my fingers
to type the wrong words and date.
thanks for the correction Norrie

[buckhyne]

Hi Norrie,

Thanks for that.

Wi' me its the rum!

buckhind

[marypryde]

Norrie - One more idea:

Perhaps Isabella is buried with the others there but arrangements were not made to have her name put on the headstone?

I suppose I'm really reaching now, but is there a cemetery office to ask?  Fife Council didn't have anything.

Hi, Norrie -

I thought you would be interested to know that I asked Fife Council to please look one more time in their records and today the Cupar office has confirmed that Isabella Pryde is buried in the lair you located for me.

 I have asked if they have any contact information for the current owner of lair 1196 at Largo Cemetery so that I can attempt to have Isabella's name added to the stone.  The brick wall is beginning to crumble.

Did you have a chance to see if there are any records on her at the Methilhaven home?

Best regards, Mary

[NorrieG]

Hi Mary  good to hear from you again,
If William was  the only one in Scotland and both him and his wife
are dead who could you ask do you know if they had any children?


Re William Pryde I take it you do not know what hapened to him?
after he registered the death.

this is his marriage Certificate and Headstone inscription

Marriage Certificate
16.April 1915 at Milton Manse Milton of Balgonie
after banns according to the Church of Scotland

William Pryde age 28 Bachelor Coalminer
Residing at 50 Pottery St. Gallatown
Parent listed as Isabella Pryde  Crofter,

Margaret Millar age 21 Spinster  Paper Mill Worker
Residing at Coaltown of Balgonie
Parents Alexander Millar Coalminer & Margaret Kidd
Minister James Clark minister Milton of Balgonie
Witness Robert Forret & Janet Millar

Headstone Inscription St Dronstans Markinch

465   William PRYDE died 5.9.1963 age 77
   wife Margaret Millar died 25.3.1967 age 73

his death certificate gives his age as 76

Let me know.

Norrie

[diddyaddy]

So glad that I discovered you on this website!  I have a few lookups in Kilconquahar:
  William Methven b. 1796; wife Jean Wallace Methven 1792-1858
  Andrew Wallace b. 1761; wife Jane Brown Wallace b. 1765
  Isabella Wallace b. 1798
  Alexander Wallace b. 1787

Provide photos too if you have them please!

Thanks,
Heather F.

[NorrieG]

William Methven b. 1796; wife Jean Wallace Methven 1792-1858
  Andrew Wallace b. 1761; wife Jane Brown Wallace b. 1765
  Isabella Wallace b. 1798
  Alexander Wallace b. 1787

Hi Heather nothing on the above. Only 5 Methven Stones in Kilconquhar
only one old

409   David METHVEN joiner Largoward husband of
   Catherine METHVEN died 27.5.1906 age 81
   Above Catherine PATON died at Largoward
   12.4.1920 age 81

 only 1 Wallace  stone
Andrew Wallace died June 1959

Do you know who the children married?

Norrie

[diddyaddy]

James Inglis Methven b. 1820; lived in Kilconquahar in 1851; married to Mary McCulloch
Elizabeth Methven b. 1824; lived in Kilconquahar; not married in 1851
Jane Methven b. 1827; married James Seabrook, but probably died in England
Margaret, b. 1831; married James Thomson Niven in 1855

Is there another cemetery near Kilconquahar?  Can't imagine all of them living there and not being buried there.

Thanks.