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Scottish burials
« on: Monday 20 September 21 17:15 BST (UK) »
Please excuse my ignorance but are wives buried under their maiden names?

I'm looking for the burials of the THOMSON family from Dunfermline and have found a transcription for Janet Sommerville (who married Robert Thomson in 1782)

Inscription            Janet Sommerville ... (Cathn) (Thomson) ... their son ... 1790 ...
Cemetery             Dunfermline Abbey Churchyard.

I found a website for this graveyard but can only access the Introduction page. Can anyone find out if there is a clearer inscription please.

many thanks

Jenny

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Re: Scottish burials
« Reply #1 on: Monday 20 September 21 18:39 BST (UK) »
Possibly the stone is weathered or damaged and what you have is all that's clear.

A woman in Scotland never "loses" her maiden name and is always called by it in records, especially older ones. If Jean Smith marries John Brown she is still referred to, in legal documents, as Jean Smith or Brown.

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Re: Scottish burials
« Reply #2 on: Monday 20 September 21 19:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Jenny1 on Monday 20 September 21 17:15 BST (UK)
Please excuse my ignorance but are wives buried under their maiden names?
Yes, very often.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Scottish burials
« Reply #3 on: Monday 20 September 21 22:14 BST (UK) »
Hi Jenny

I'll be in Dunfermline at the start of next week and am planning to visit the Abbey.  If I get there, I'll have a look, although as GR2 has said, the stone may be weathered or damaged.

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Re: Scottish burials
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 21 September 21 10:25 BST (UK) »
The death record on https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

JANET SOMMERVILLE other details THOMSON / RO THOMSON
age 65 - 6/11/1832 Dunfermline

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