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STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT, MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS.

Taken from Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions of Kirkcudbright, edited by Alison Mitchell, published by the Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, extracted by Barbara Horbury and contributed to this site

Explanation of abbreviations

imo = In memory of

TS = table stone

FS = flat stone

Fa = father

mo = mother

ss = sons

da /dau = daughter

gs = grandson , same with other "grands"

inf=infant

mert=merchant

wid=widow

yst, yt=youngest

The bracketing system: any entry immediately following "(" means those people whose names occur after that and before ")" are the family of the person preceding the "(." These brackets are also used when figures in dates are unclear, and indicate the alternatives.

Deaths in the West Indies, noted on stones in Kirkcudbrightshire.

BOOK 3

OLD GIRTHON

Plot 110

Wm BLACK farmer Goatend 25.11.1849, w Jane HANNING 12.8.1831, chn. Eliz d /.7.1824, Wm d 1805 inf, Robert /.7.1808, Wm d Jamaica 1827, Adam d Canada /.8.1852, Alex d Australia /.7.1856, Jane d Barlay /.3.1892, John d Barlay /.6.1892. (North side) Wm BLACK & Janet CAMPBELL chn Jessie 7.8.1851 & Mary 16.1.1852.

Plot 134

James KIRKPATRICK, joiner Gatehouse 4.5.1825 72, w Janet GORDON 3.1.1823 69, chn Eliz 7.9.1784 2y, Mary 15.6.1805 8y, Wm 10.10.1807 19, Thos d Port Maria Jamaica 23.8.1828 48.

(west side) Jas KIRKPATRICK mert Gatehouse 2.9.1846 61, w Mary BOWERBANK 18.3.42, yst s Robert a youth of great promise d 15.8.1834 15, 3s Jas Rae d Castle Douglas 7.10.1848 31, 1da Mary d Gatehouse 26.1.1849 36, yst da Eliza d 14, South Apsley Place, Glasgow 2.2.1854 24 (h Malcolm C THOMSON mert Glasgow). The erectors gs Thos KIRKPATRICK draper 22.11.1885 72 (w Isaballa BAIN 11.5.1869 42, 3da Eliza d 29.7.1874 17).

Plot 159

Jas DOUGLAS late Provost of Gatehouse 30.10.1808 70, w Marion LOCKART 20.4.1810 73, s John d Jamaica 12.2.1813 50, gs. Wm d in Manchester 20.6.1811 15, gs James (3s to Wm SLOAN, bricklayer) d Jamaica 21.1.1807 20, gda Marion SLOAN d 20.2.1814 16, s Wm John 12.1.1796 3y. Also John D SLOAN d on passage from Jamaica to London (4).8.1825 32, Also the said Wm SLOAN 9.4.1829 (79 or 70), wid Anne DOUGLAS d Gatehouse 22.11.1830 75.

DUNDRENNAN

Plot 91

John McMYN d Shawhill 29.12.1806 69 imo Euphemia McCARTNEY d Auchnalbony 4.6.1779 42, 2s Robert d Kingston Jamaica 1790 24, w Isabel DOUGLAS d 5.11.1801 46, s Robert d Detroit Upper Canada 24.8.1832 37. John MacMYN MD CM d Kirkcudbright 13.5.1848 85, a beloved physician, w. Minnie Summers MacMYN d Kirkcudbright 2.5.1957 81.

KELTON

Plot 67

John DOUGLAS junior, Castle Douglas d 25.9.1855 81 imo w Mary SERGENT 4.10.1814 37, da Helen 19.7.1836 12, Mary Ann 4.3.1837 27, s. Robt d in Jamaica 13.2.1851 47, 2w Janet McCLYMONT d 11.6.1856 69, da Margt d Castle Douglas 21.6.1881 63. Isabella DOUGLAS 26.10.1899 80.

Plot 176

Samuel GEDDES imo chn Robt 1.12.1813 6y, Samuel 4.8.1815 3y, Wm 26.4.1826 16, John d Jamaica 7.7.1830 25, Samuel d Jamaica 10.7.1837 21, w. Jean WHITE d Rhonehouse 1.10.1840 57.

Plot 333

John GIFFORD d 18.8.1832 69, w Ann CAMPBELL 12.12.1828 50, chn: Wm d Falmouth Jamaica 31.12.1820 20, Jas 13.9.1827 18, Ann Campbell d 15.6.1829 21, Robert GIFFORD, Glasgow, s John d Castle Douglas 30.6.1828 11m. Minia GIFFORD d Glasgow /.12.1834. Robt s of the said John GIFFORD d Castle Douglas 18.1.1838 23. Jane GIFFORD d Plymouth 11.2.1855 49.

Plot 582

John GRIERSON, farmer, Torrs, d 26.5.2.1858 95 imo s James d Belmont Jamaica 15.7.1838 29, w Agnes BRIDGES d Castle Douglas 6.1.1853 73. Wm GRIERSON d Castle Douglas 1.11.1898 84, (da Agnes d Torrs 20.10.1866 8y, s William d Torrs 6.6.1876 13, da Mary Mitchell 24.4.1880 23, w Eliz BLACK 31.10.1908 78, s John cotton merchant in New York and Liverpool d Ardsley, Fulwood Park, Liverpool, 31.3.1920 60th.y int Allerton Cem Liverpool (w Edith J CAIRNS)).

GELSTON

Plot 7

John HALLIDAY of Kirkland d 9.7.1828 81, wid Jane DONALDSON d Dumfries 25.12.1829 61, 1s James d Kirkland 10.4.1798 5y, 3s John d Jamaica 25.7.1825 25, 4s Thomas d Jamaica 25.9.1816 26, 5s James d Kirkland 13.8.1831 28, dau Jane d Dalbeattie 19.8.1872 74, da Margt d Edmonton Middlesex 9.5.1881 72, s Revd Ebenezer HALLIDAY d California 3.4. 1884 77.

KIRKCORMACK

Plot 4

Er by Alexander KENNEDY of Jamaica d Falmouth Jamaica 21.1.1832 37 imo Isabella SHENNAN d Millhouse at Kelton 8.11.1811 75, also Robert GRIERSON d Rhonehouse 27.7.1818 7(4) & Grizel KNOX d Rhonehouse 28.12.1835 72.

KELLS

Plot 45

by Mrs Isabella HOPE (who) had a sudden but peaceful call from Time to Eternity at her house in St John’s, Dalry 19.3.1851 73, imo h Alex KENNEDY esq formerly of Jamaica (2s of Robt KENNEDY esq, Knocknalling) d Kenbank 20.1.1839 71. (no known connection with the other Alexander Kennedy in Kirkcormack so far as I can discover, B.Horbury)

Plot 176d

John MURRAY, New Galloway d 11.8.1812 90, w Isabell AITCHISON d 17.7.1807 74 (her sis Eliz AITCHISON d New Galloway 1825 98), s James 29.7.1821 51 eulogy, 1s John esq of Troquain d 13.3.1830 64, (w Isabella DOUGLAS 24.5.1799 33, s John d Jamaica 1817 22, 2w Agnes MANSON 24.12.1821 37, s Wm d inf, 3s Adam d New York State /.10.1838 30, 1s Peter d Armagh 1.12.1849 55).

Plot 309

By Robt JOHNSTON, Stranfesket d Edinburgh 4.8.1834 64, imo chn: Jessie d 10.3.1808 13m., Jas d in Jamaica 14.11.1816 24, Margt d in Otley Yorkshire 13.6.181929, Jessie 3.8.1824 15, Robt d Otley 15.9.1841 30, w Jane BROWN d Stranfesket 2.4.1850 80, da Jane d Bardennoch 1.2.1875 79, s Henry d Balmaclellan 31.1.1891 80.

BOOK 4

KIRKCUDBRIGHT

Plot 7

Here lies the body of John THOMSON late Baillie of Kirkcudbright 30.10.1711 48, & w Hellen CAIRNS 18.4.1732 68, da Margt /.9.1744 41, (h Wm COUPER d Kirkchrist 19.10.1789 95, da Jean d /.8.1784 60, & (Wm COUPER’S) w Isabell McCAUL 8.5.1785 84, his sis Mary COUPER 8.10.1795 64, da Janet COUPER /1.1813 77, (h late Robt LAMONT, Jamaica, his son in law Andrew MURRAY writer Kirkcudbright d 8.1.1857), Jess LAMONT (h the above Andrew MURRAY) d /.9.1863 82.

Plot 53

imo Anthony McKENZIE late mert in Kirkcudbright d 21.4.1809 46, also Susan, Mary, Margt his chn all d inf, s Robt d Trinity Estate in Jamaica /.8.1817 15, s Christopher d Dumfries 17.3.1818 18. imo John Kissock, innkeeper Kirkcudbright d 24.8.1829 76. imo Wm McKENZIE d Jamaica /.8.1832 34, & Margt Kissock d London 25.2.1836 22nd y, (h Charles McKINNEL wine mert London). By Margt ARMSTRONG 10.1.1840 71, h Anthony McKENZIE senior, s Anthony McKENZIE 20.1.1840 34. Ann PAGE 29.5.1842 42, h Duncan McKENZIE 27.12.1842 46.

Plot 54

John SOMERVILLE late surveyor of the Customs of the Port of Kirkcudbright d 14.11.1843 82 imo w Eliz HERON 28.2.1831 62, chn Barbara d inf, Hugh d Jamaica 1820 22, Wm 16.4.1833 29, Agnes 6.10 1835 32, Thos late mert Liverpool 7.12.1836 30, da Mary 7.3.1836 30 (h Wm DAVIDSON 6.12.1839 43).

Plot 125

John KIRKPATRICK d Wheney Legat aged 75, w Henrietta TAIT d Bridge of Dee aged 82. John KIRKPATRICK in. Bridge of Dee, w Hellen McGOWAN 20.1.1825 39, s Jas late from Jamaica d Bridge of Dee 29.10.1847 21, gs David CUNNINGHAM b 3.7.1832 d Whinnie Liggate 14.2.1895 63 (w Jane CLEMENT b 20.9.1838 d Whinnie Liggate 30.3.1910 72)

(west side) Wm CUNNINGHAM d Whinnie Liggate 18.12.1944 70, sis Mary Agnes CUNNINGHAM d Atkinson Place Kirkcudbright 17.10.1845 69.

Plot 132 (next 133)

John McCLEAVE, Kirkcudbright d 6.1.1829 77th yr, imo two chn Agnes & Mary both d inf 1802, s John d Whitehaven 2.10.1811 15y 5m, s David 28.4.1818 18y 1m, s Edmund d Jamaica 13.3.1820 18, w Janet CAIG 24.4.1828 62, s Alex late mfr d Glasgow 26.5.1843 38, s Thos d Liverpool 23.3.1857 55.

Plot 133 (next 132)

Jas McCLEAVE 11.1.1869 71,w Mary ERSKINE 7.1.1889 83, chn: Janet 17.4.1835 3y 4m, Anne Ellen 19.7.1839 13m, Mary 27.11.1849 14, John d Antigua 21.1.1864 31, by s David C. Ellen Erskine McCLEAVE d Edinburgh 21.3.1932 86.

Plot 192

John GORDON 9.12.1849 31, w Margt McNAUGHT 29.2.1888 72, s Samuel d aged 10 m, da Agnes d Portwood Stockport 12.10.1875 34 int Brunswick chapel Portwood (h Joseph SMITH).

Plot 319

Jas JOHNSTON mert d New Orleans 3.7.1818 44, da Isabella lies here d inf, bro Thos d Jamaica 10.12.1830 59 (w Margt d Jamaica 31.10.1844 66) bro John d Dumfries 19.5.1836 70, s Geo d New Orleans /.6.839 29.

Plot 786

by Jas BROWN esq Savannah La Mar, Jamaica, imo mother Catherine RUSSEL 11.3.1796 69, fa John BROWN glover 26.3.1811 90, aunt Janet BROWN 11.11.1806 77 (h David ANGUS) bros: John Geo & Peter all d abroad, sisters Cath, Ann & Agnes who d inf, also Janet 12.5.1834 73 (h Gundry TUCK d 8.7.1828 71).

KIRKGUNZEON

Plot 143

Wm HERRIES tenant Conniven d 20.2.1763 63, w Janet MILLIGAN d 4.2.1800 90, da Helen 7.10.1767 22, gda Janet AFFLECK d 4.2.1800 14. John HERRIES & Margt CAVEN in Conniven, chn: John /.5.1785 14m, Janet 1.12.1(801) 21, John /.9.1805 19, Wm d Jamaica 17.11.1805 27.


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