Hi Simone88, here are the (not very clear) pictures. If the weather permits, I will go and take a few more, hopefully they will be easier to read.
To help, here are transcripts of both stones, taken from Sheila A. Scott's "Upper Ward of Lanarkshire Monumental Inscriptions".
"William Carrick, farmer Westfield, died 26th May 1874 aged 58. His wife Janet Ballantyne died 24th March 1897 aged 86 years. Their son David died 21st June 1898 aged 46 years (His wife Beatrice Ramsay Russell died 25th June 1928 aged 72 years). Their daughter Isabella died 28th October 1898 aged 50 years. Their daughter Marion died 4th March 1900 aged 53 years. Their daughter Janet died 13th November 1923 aged 81 years".
(The next plot to this has James Henderson, farmer Cornhill, born 27th June 1837 died 1st March 1908. His wife Margaret Carrick born 29th September 1839 died 7th December 1914 ... + several children, including William Carrick Henderson, which points to Margaret's father being William Carrick).
2nd stone -
"George Carrick died at Culter 9th April 1858 aged 79 years. His wife Janet Hunter died at Culter 11th August 1859 aged 84 years. Their son James died at Culter 13th March 1849 aged 39 years. Their son John died at Culter 25th January 1872 aged 69 years. (His wife Jane Anderson died at Glasgow 29th March 1885 aged 64 years and their children, Margaret died 25th November 1859 aged 7 months and Janet died 22nd November 1859 aged 2 years & 6 months)".
The stone before this has David Carrick died at Culter 23rd July 1844 aged 37 years, his wife Agnes Frier died 8th March 1888 aged 84 years. ...... This couple also have 2 sons who died died in infancy both named David, also another son named George who died at Lamington in 1909 aged 78.
Also, the stone after the George Carrick & Janet Hunter one has Mungo Carrick, died 14th March 1855 aged 66 years. His wife Catherine Dick died at Walston 26th February 1848 aged 55 years.
It just so happens that I downloaded this Mungo's 1855 death certificate a few years ago. A relation of mine has Carrick in his ancestry and the family are buried in Culter churchyard, he also has a Mungo in his ancestry who was the son of William Sinclair (died 1827 aged 80 years and his wife Jane Carrick who died 1823 aged 88 years). I'm guessing that all these Carrick's are related in some way, with "Mungo" as a family name. The 1855 death certificate states that Mungo was born in the parish of Kirkurd which is over the county border in Peeblesshire but really just a few miles from Coulter (or Culter as it used to be known). Mungo's parents are given as John Carrick, farmer and Euphemia Barclay. There is also a list of his children, both living and deceased at the time of his death. If you want a copy I can send it to you.
Finally, the pictures!
