Holmes Family

[kimmit]

Need help please, i am looking for William Holmes b 19  Nov 1862 d 10 Sep 1894 Agnes Smith Holmes nee Winning b 12 March 1876 d 11 Aug 1956 Robert Holmes b 1907 d 24 Jan 1960. All died Cambuslang, but they are not in Westburn or Rutherglen Cemeteries. I have contacted so many councils bereavement places and just getting the run around so i am in the hope some one here may be able to help locate their burial places many thanks for your time kind regards Kim

[Forfarian]

For information: previous queries about burials of members of this Holmes family:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=857646.0
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=857914.0
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=867503.0

If there is nothing online (Findagrave, Billiongraves, DeceasedOnline etc) there is no alternative to persevering with council burial departments because no-one else will have the information.

Which councils have you contacted and what did they actually tell you? What exactly do you mean by 'getting the run around'?

[CaroleW]

Your previous posts have been read by 550 RC members.  If anybody could have helped - be assured they would have done so

[kimmit]

I have tried North/South Ayrshire, Maryhill, Masonhill Glasgow city council most of them have told me to go to deceased on line which i have and as you know they are not there, Wallacetown Cem their information has come from the historical society for Jane/Janet Holmes nee Muir but no dates or information on burials is available. I am trying to find web sites of councils that have information to burial records and they say to contact them but when i do they just say try this or that link that send you know where or the places that i have already tried. I have also tried some of the local churchyards near where their last known address is some i am still waiting to hear back from, and others tell me to try again the links that i have already tried. I can not seem to find a place for the lair regester, and being in Australia i have very little knowledge of the area, any help in where or what to do next would be greatful again many thanks for your time Kim

[Forfarian]

There are 32 local authorities in Scotland, and one of them must have the records you are looking for, because most of the deaths you mention are relatively recent, that is, in the late 19th or 20th century.

Cambuslang is in South Lanarkshire council area https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/
Airdrie is in North Lanarkshire council area https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/
You didn't say where in Ayrshire your Holmes family were, but there is also East Ayrshire council https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/Home.aspx

There are maps here https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-authority-maps-of-scotland/ of all 32 local authority areas and this one https://electricscotland.com/council/index.htm shows where they all are in relation to one another.

Some crematoria are privately operated, but most are probably too recent to have dealt with your older Holmes family as the first one in Scotland only opened in 1895. A list is attached, though I know of at least two more that are not on that list. However they're much too recent to be of interest to you.

[kimmit]

Many thanks for your help it is so greatly appreciated. William Holmes 1867 John Street Quintox Ayrshire Janet Holes 1875 Roslyn Place Newton Ayrshire Robert Muir Holmes 1903 Kilmarnock with these 3 i have messages both North and South Ayrshire
Mary Holmes nee Bryan 1868 age 28 Scotlands People have her registered in Tradeston Glasgow but i am not a member so can get no further only have messages Glasgow council.

William Holmes 1894 54 Glasgow Road Cambuslang
Agnes Smith Holmes nee Winning 1956 age 80 117 Cairnswell Ave Cambuslang
Robert Holmes 27 Mansion Street Cambuslang age 52 reg Scotlands People Cathcart so have messaged Cathcart Cem
have also now messages Cambuslang old parish churchyard too

[Forfarian]

Mary Holmes nee Bryan 1868 age 28 Scotlands People have her registered in Tradeston Glasgow but i am not a member so can get no further

No-one is a member of Scotland's People. It's not a subscription or membership site. It's pay-per-view, and very modestly priced compared with some.

[CaroleW]

You need to register with Scotlands People which is free.  You then need to purchase sufficient credits to enable you to download the death cert for everybody whose address at death is not already known

[greeneyedgirl]

Kimmit, are you sure of 1894 date of death for William Holmes? Scotlandspeople has 2 William Holmes who died in that year- neither is 32 nor died in Cambuslang.