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Wishawtown Relief/Thornlie Church Deaths
« on: Tuesday 08 November 22 12:07 GMT (UK) »
I have finished transcribing about 270 names from death records held at the National Records of Scotland belonging to Wishawtown 1st Relief Church. This church was founded about 1822 and was later to become known as Thornlie Parish Church, Wishaw. The NRS ref: is CH3/1219/2
The list begins at 1833 and ends at 1846 but I did find another 25 entries among the roll of Communicants (who were marked as deceased) and some of these go as far as 1853.

The entries range from simply a name, sometime just "child of so-and-so" but others give names, age, occupation, cause of death and abode. You may be lucky!
I was surprised to find church members from some distance away, quite a few from Dalziel parish and Shotts (including Cleland).

I'll happy to do look-ups for anyone.
Paterson, Torrance, Gilchrist - Hamilton Lanarkshire. 
McCallum - Oban, McKechnie - Ross of Mull Argyll.
Scrim - Perthshire. 
Liddell - Polmont,
Binnie - Muiravonside Stirlingshire.
Curran, McCafferty, Stevenson, McCue - Co Donegal
Gibbons, Weldon - Co Mayo.
Devlin - Co Tyrone.
Leonard - County Donegal & Glasgow.