Graves

[duckman]

Trying to find where some of my ancestors are buried.

G. Grandparents - George Brown 1861 - 16/1/1929 died at Glasgow Cancer Hospital. Lived at Lower Carbarns, Wishaw.  His wife Margaret [Young] Brown 1864 - 3/10/1938 died at Shields Road, Motherwell.

G.G. Grandparents - Robert Moorcroft/Muircroft died 14/12/1915 at the Law.  His wife Margaret [Moffat] Moorcroft/Muircroft died 16/6/1901 also at the Law.

[Lodger]

Hi Duckman,

I have some but not all of the 19th century burial records for Cambusnethan churchyard and cemetery in Wishaw.
The following are all interred in public (or common) ground at Cambusnethan cemetery, all dates are of burial. They may or may not be related to you, all are Moorcrofts.

JANE MOORCROFT, housewife, Overtown, aged 45 years, married.
Parents - John McCulloch & Martha McCabe. 11th March 1865.

ALEXANDER MOORCROFT, Pather, aged 11 months.
Parents - Andrew Moorcroft & Mary Fagan. 19th March 1872.

ROBERT MOORCROFT, Wishaw, aged 2 years.
Parents - Robert Moorcroft & Jane Steele. 14th September 1874.

NEWBORN FEMALE MOORCROFT, Wishaw, aged 2 hours.
Parents - Charles Moorcroft & Jessie Cairns. 17th March 1875.

HELEN MOORCROFT, Wishaw, 4 hours.
Parents - Charles Moorcroft & Jessie Cairns. 7th January 1876.

JANE MOORCROFT, Wishaw, aged 2 years.
Parents - Andrew Moorcroft & Mary Neil. 31st January 1876.

ANN MOORCROFT, Overtown, aged 4 months.
Parents - Robert Moorcroft & Margaret Moffat. 15th November 1878.

ROBERT MOORCROFT, Overtown, aged 5 years.
Parents - Robert Moorcroft & Margaret Moffat. 23rd August 1880.

That's all I could find. If Robert & Margaret Moorcroft died at Law village they may be in Carluke cemetery, as Law was part of Carluke parish. However, they may be in Cambusnethan but they are not in the records I have.
There are no Moorcrofts in the 1925 Wishaw directory but there is a Robert Muircroft, a miner, living at 9 Glen Road in Wishaw.
Lower Carbarns is a farm (still there last time I looked)
In the same directory is listed "G. Brown, Low Carbarns" but he isn't in the 1893 Wishaw directory.

George & Margaret Brown may well be buried in Cambusnethan but they could be in Airbles in Motherwell. You should write to the Cemeteries Office of North Lanarkshire Council at Bellshill (address on the NLC website) giving the exact date of death if known and parents names if known.

Lodger

[duckman]

Thanks Lodger,  I have them all on my tree, now I know where they are.  I did find Jessie Cairns's family obelisk. Her husband Charles Muircroft was killed in 1900 and is buried in Oakfield cem, Ohio.
The Robert Muircroft in Glen rd was married to Jane Steele but they were apart when he was in Glen rd. He was the twin brother of Charles.  Their father Andrew who was married to Jane [McCulloch] Moorcroft then Mary Fagan is in the Globe cem but I couldn't find a headstone.

The Browns were at Bogside farm in 1911 and moved to Lower Carbarns before 1917.  When we travelled from Hamilton to Garrion bridge my Dad would point across the river to where his grandparents lived.

[Rodeo]

There are three Muircroft burials in Bent Cemetery, Hamilton:

MUIRCROFT, 10 August 1928, Still Born Child of Catherine Muircroft, Motherwell
MUIRCROFT, Aaron, age 7 mos, 19 October 1892, Windsor Street, Burnbank
MUIRCROFT, Margaret, age 56, 14 February 1938, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

Your Muircrofts perhaps?

Cheers,

Rodeo

[duckman]

Thanks Rodeo,  Didn't have the stillborn but think the parents might be Robert Muircroft & Catherine Fox.
Aaron's parents were Andrew Muircroft & Rebecca Leitch.

All the Moorcroft/Muircrofts I've found so far can be traced back to Robert Moorcroft & Jane Mills in Keady, Armagh.