Falkirk Parish Churchyard Monumental Inscription Index An A-Z Index of names inscribed on all existing, legible stones Falkirk Parish Churchyard is situated between High Street and Upper Newmarket Street, Falkirk. www.memento-mori.co.uk 1
Whether monuments or gravestones are very grand and ornate or are the humblest of stones tucked away in some forgotten corner of a Churchyard, they represent part of our heritage and although etched in stone, their inscriptions are disappearing at an alarming rate. Whilst some may still be standing, others have either toppled or have been laid flat, all eventually suffering from the elements, becoming so weathered or eroded that their inscriptions have faded or at worst, disappeared completely. The care and attention once given to tending that special place long gone shrubs and weeds taking over, obscuring or even hiding a once prominent site. In many old Churchyards, gravestones are removed or relocated to assist in the maintenance of the burial ground or because the land is up for re-development and can end up as nothing more than a path. Monumental Inscriptions or gravestones are far from being the permanent records our forefathers hoped would last forever so I hope my efforts over the past years in photographing and transcribing some of the old and not so old Churchyards, Cemeteries and Burial Grounds in Stirlingshire and a few surrounding areas may help to preserve this valuable information before much of it is lost forever. Photographs and complete Monumental Inscriptions available from info@memento-mori.co.uk For details on prices, how to order etc., see Page 10 From the inscription one can see the parents and their children, also that at least one, even if their only daughter, was married. Ages at death can assist in determining not only years of birth, but can indicate the time span over which children were born. On this particular stone, by using only the information on the inscription, the first child s birth (John) would have been in 1851, the last child (Samuel) in 1867, so this couple s family were born over at least a 15 year period. This information provides enough detail to make internet searches both faster and more economical particularly as the Marshall Family would appear on both the 1851 and 1861 Scottish Census Returns. This stone shows the common practice of repeated use of two particular forenames i.e. John and James. 2 Erected by William Marshall In memory of his children JOHN died in 1853 aged 2 years JOHN died in 1855 aged 2 years JAMES died 20 th August 1857 aged 2 years JAMES died 8 th July 1871 aged 21 months And his son SAMUEL MARSHALL Died 3 rd August 1888 aged 21 years And his son WILLIAM MARSHALL Died 19 th September 1898 aged 38 years Also his daughter MARION MARSHALL Wife of Alexander Rankin Died 25 th March 1901 aged 36 years The above WILLIAM MARSHALL Died 9 th June 1901 aged 74 years Also his wife JANET ROBERTSON Died 8 th December 1910 aged 84 years
Falkirk Parish Churchyard Index Where possible and legible, Maiden Names and Married Names have been listed as separate entries, e.g. Smith, Jane (nee Jones) - Married Name being Smith, Maiden Name or nee, Jones Jones, Jane (Smith) - Maiden Name being Jones, Married Name, Smith On occasion where only a year has been entered on the following Index, this refers to a year inscribed on the stone. It may not necessarily be the date of death of one of the individuals concerned, but could be the date of purchase of the lair, or the date on which the stone was erected. Should only initials appear on inscriptions, these are usually the initials of husband and wife. Often there is more than one stone to the same family or couple and the Initials can then be verified. (Women very rarely being referred to by their Married Name) Any name(s) appearing in bold italic letters refer to individuals found listed on stones in various other locations the inscriptions indicating that their Place of Burial was Falkirk Parish Churchyard. There are very few existing stones in the Churchyard. 3 Date of Age at Name Death Death 1 AITKEN, Catherine 15.01.1838 1y 6m 2 AITKEN, Henry 19.02.1860 60 3 AITKEN, James 11.02.1818 50 4 AITKEN, James Walker 24 5 AITKEN, Janet 08.08.1841 6 AITKEN, Margaret (nee Russell) 15.12.1860 7 BALLOCH, Helen (nee Oswald) 14.10.1869 33 8 BORTHWICK, Christina Tytler (Walker) 30.11.1848 9 BOYD, John 23.08.1870 10 BOYD, Margaret (nee Hodge) 04.1850 11 BOYD, William 1834 12 BUCHANAN, Margaret (Muirhead) 09.04.1723 58 13 EDMONSTOUNE, William 17.01.1746 32 14 CALLANDER, Agnes 42 15 CALLANDER, John 05.18?? 16 CALLANDER, Mary 18? 17 COCHRANE, Jessie (Rennie) 1845 32 18 COWIE, Janet (nee Davie) 19 COWIE, Robert 20 COWIE, William 21 COWIE, Eight Children Young 22 CRAWFORD, Catherine (Ronald) 23 DALGLEISH, Mary 04.06.1866 13 24 DAVIE, Janet (Cowie) 25 DOLLAR, James 03.1898 49 26 DOLLAR, John Melville 09.1892 46 27 DOLLAR, Mary (nee Melville) 02.1853 38 28 DOLLAR, Robert 29 DOLLAR, William 12.1873 30 GALLOWAY, Jean (Horn) 27.06.1854 31 GLEN, Archibald 23.11.1842 40 32 GLEN, Elizabeth (Walker) 25.02.1882 75 33 GLEN, George 09.12.1885 34 GLEN, Jean (nee Gray) 07.11.1877 95 35 GLEN, Margaret 14.01.1827 18 36 GLEN, William 24.08.1808 64 37 GLEN, William 23.12.1827 22 38 GRAHAM, William 39 GRAM (GRAEME/GRAHAM), John 1298 40 GRAY, Jean (Glen) 07.11.1877 95
41 GUNN, Christina 15.03.1833 4 42 GUNN, Jane Mason 07.04.1879 43 GUNN, Jean (nee Stark) 31.04.1867 63 44 GUNN, Thomas 15.12.1865 79 45 GUNN, Thomas 31.12.1872 46 GUNN, William 02.05.1835 2 47 HENDERSON, James 17.01.???? 67 48 HENDERSON, Katherine (nee Wyse) 23.??.???? 69 49 HENDERSON, Peter 18.04.1829 31 50 HENDERSON, William 69 51 HODGE, Margaret (Boyd) 04.1850 52 HORN, James 05.03.1847 76 53 HORN, Jean (nee Galloway) 27.06.1854 54 HOSIE, Emma 20.05.1876 55 HOSIE, James 13.10.1862 56 JOHNSTON, James 12.10.1869 7y 8m 57 JOHNSTON, Jane 15.11.1869 4y 6m 58 KERR, Christina 07.04.1870 59 KERR, Jane 05.11.1853 60 KERR, Jane 27.04.1858 61 KERR, John 23.05.1867 62 LAMB, Margaret (Morris) 12.03.1877 63 MAXWELL, Elizabeth 01.1866 56 64 MELVILLE, Mary (Dollar) 02.1853 38 65 MORRIS, Catherine Infancy 66 MORRIS, Eliza Infancy 67 MORRIS, James 07.07.1851 68 MORRIS, James 09.07.1871 69 MORRIS, John 29.03.1864 70 MORRIS, Margaret 17.01.1858 71 MORRIS, Margaret (nee Lamb) 12.03.1877 72 MUIRHEAD, James 73 MUIRHEAD, John 1841? 74 MUIRHEAD, Margaret (nee Buchanan) 09.04.1723 58 75 MUIRHEAD, Patrick 12.03.1723 70 76 MUNRO, Duncan 59 77 MUNRO, Mary Seymour 78 MUNRO, Robert 17.01.1946 62 79 OSWALD, Helen (Balloch) 14.10.1869 33 80 PRESTON, George 81 RENNIE, Jessie 184? Infancy 82 RENNIE, Jessie (nee Cochrane) 1845 32 83 RENNIE, John 26.12.1877 68 84 RENNIE, Margaret (Watt) 85 RITCHIE, Six Girls 86 RONALD, Alexander 87 RONALD, Catherine (nee Crawford) 88 RUSSELL, Jane Early Youth 89 RUSSELL, John Early Youth 90 RUSSELL, Margaret (Aitken) 15.12.1860 91 SALVESEN, Johan Frederick Eckholm 15.12.1851 24 92 SCHAW, James 26.02.1842 93 SCHAWS, William 8m 94 STARK, Jean (Gunn) 31.04.1867 63 95 STEWART, John 1298 96 UNKNOWN 1865 97 WALKER, Elizabeth (nee Glen) 25.02.1882 75 98 WALKER, Christina Tytler (nee Borthwick) 30.11.1848 99 WALKER, Gavin 4
100 WALKER, James 09.06.1823 101 WALKER, Robert 19.09.1825 102 WATT, Adam 103 WATT, Margaret (nee Rennie) 104 WILSON, Elizabeth 105 WILSON, James 08.06.1829 106 WYSE, Katherine (Henderson) 23.??.???? 69 Memorials in Camelon Cemetery BALLOCH, Helen (nee Oswald) 14.10.1869 33 BOYD, John 23.08.1870 BOYD, Margaret (nee Hodge) 04.1850 BOYD, William 1834 COWIE, Eight Children 5 Young DALGLEISH, Mary 04.06.1866 13 GALLOWAY, Jean (Horn) 27.06.1854 HODGE, Margaret (Boyd) 04.1850 HORN, James 05.03.1847 76 HORN, Jean (nee Galloway) 27.06.1854 JOHNSTON, James 12.10.1869 7y 8m JOHNSTON, Jane 15.11.1869 4y 6m KERR, Christina 07.04.1870 KERR, Jane 05.11.1853 KERR, Jane 27.04.1858 KERR, John 23.05.1867 LAMB, Margaret (Morris) 12.03.1877 MAXWELL, Elizabeth 01.1866 56 MORRIS, Catherine MORRIS, Eliza MORRIS, James 09.07.1871 MORRIS, James 07.07.1851 MORRIS, John 29.03.1864 MORRIS, Margaret 17.01.1858 MORRIS, Margaret (nee Lamb) 12.03.1877 Infancy Infancy OSWALD, Helen (Balloch) 14.10.1869 33 RENNIE, Margaret (Watt) RITCHIE, Six Girls RUSSELL, Jane RUSSELL, John WATT, Adam WATT, Margaret (nee Rennie) Early Youth Early Youth
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How to order Photographs & Monumental Inscriptions Please contact info@memento-mori.co.uk with your request Photographs (or set of photographs) will be sent by e-mail on receipt of payment through Prices Price per photograph (*or set of photographs) 5.50 GBP each (by e-mail) *Depending on the legibility/amount of detail on each stone. In some cases a single photograph will show the entire stone and the inscription will be readable whilst in others, due to either the size of the stone/amount of information/multiple sections or panels/illegibility etc., a set of photographs have been required. Accompanying each photo or set of photos will be a transcription of the full Memorial Inscription. In some instances, a copy of the lair or grave layout plan may be available, indicating the position of the grave, also, if possible, verification of the section and lair/plot number. Please Note: No guarantee can be given as to the accuracy of information transcribed from Monumental Inscriptions. http://memento-mori-scotland.blogspot.co.uk/ 10