Margaret McNair Ancestry Glasgow

This evening, I am posting an image of a (recumbent) memorial stone found in Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland.

This is very unusual in that the description of the deceased reads " Margaret McNair or Craig" who died Jan 7th 1905. Her husband was William Scott.

Ellen Dunlop Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This afternoon, I am posting an image of a MacDougall family memorial from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

The list of deceased includes Ellen Dunlop, mother of John MacDougall, who died May 17th 1925.

The quality of the inscriptions is not good. However, Ellen Dunlop can be seen at the foot of the stone.

James MacDougall Ancestry Tour Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a MacDougall family grave marker from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This records the death of James MacDougall, father of John MacDougall, on Feb 9th 1942.

Helen Inch Lees Genealogy Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave market from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

The list of names includes Helen Inch Lees who died Nov 24th 1950. No age or date of birth is provided. She appears to have the wife of John MacDougall who died Nov 22nd 1947.

John Macdougall Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am presenting an image of a MacDougall family tombstone from Glasgow's Old Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow. This records the death of John MacDougall on Nov 22nd 1947. No date of birth or age at death is given.

Florence McIntosh Ancestry, Glasgow, Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a memorial stone from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

This records the death of Florence McIntosh on June 14th 1977 (born April 29th 1899). She was the wife of Connell Dietrichsen ( d July 5th 1949).

Margaret Blackburn Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting some information on Margaret Blackburn who features on a family tree in Greenbank House near Newton Mearns although neither this lady nor her family had any connection with the property.

Margaret Blackburn married James Wilson (1750-1830) in 1782. James Wilson was a cooper based in Pollockshaws, Glasgow. No other dates for MB are available. See yesterday's blog posting for information on James Wilson.

James Wilson Ancestry Pollockshaws Glasgow

This afternoon, I am departing from my 'normal' tombstone based records. Earlier today I visited Greenbank House, Newton Mearns, Glasgow which is a stately home and in the care of the National Trust. On the wall of the dining room is a Wilson family tree dating back to 1750. This family, being based in Lochwinnoch, has nothing to do with Greenbank House; the family tree was left to the National Trust who thought Greenbank an appropriate place to display the information.

James Wilson ( 1750-1830) was the youngest of nine children of John Wilson, a farmer of Barnaigh Farm near Lochwinnoch. James was a cooper based in Pollockshaws, Glasgow. He was married to Margaret Blackburn in 1782.

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Connell Dietrichsen Ancestry Glasgow

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave stone from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This records the death of Connell Dietrichsen, husband of Florence McIntosh ( probably also son of Algernon Dietrichsen) who was born Feb 10th 1884 and died July 5th 1949.

Algernon Christian Dietrichsen Family History Glasgow

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave marker form Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

This records the death of Algernon Christian Dietrichsen on Jan 14th 1883. He was born on August 18th 1851.

This is somewhat of an unusual name for Glasgow-Norwegian origin?

Susan Halliday Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a Halliday family tombstone from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland. This records the death of Susan Halliday, daughter of Alexander Halliday and Ann Daly, who died Feb 16th 1912 age 62 years.

Ann Daly Family History Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave marker from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This records the death on Ann Daly on Oct 31st 1867. She appears to have been the wife of Alexander Halliday.

Alexander Halliday Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave stone found at Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This records the death of Alexander Halliday on Dec 16th, 18?? age 51. He was married to Ann Daly.

Regrettably year of death is obscured due to erosion of the inscription. I would guess year would be about 1870.

Elizabeth Naismith Ancestry Tour Glasgow

This evening, I am posting an image of a (recumbent) headstone from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This stone is old and the inscription faded. However, I was able to make out that it records the death of Elizabeth Naismith in 1855 but age at death was not clear. This woman was the wife/relation of John Armour.

Sunshine and autumn leaves combine to make an interesting image.

John Armour Ancestry Tour Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am presenting an image from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery which contains some very old memorial stones dating back at least to the early 1800s.

This fallen (recumbent) headstone records the death of John Armour on Dec 31st 1825 age 60 years. His wife was Elizabeth Naismith.

Due to passage of time, the inscriptions are faded and difficult to read.

The Lady Matilda Harriet Maxwell Ancestry Glasgow

This afternoon, I am posting an image of a memorial plaque to The Lady Matilda Harriet Maxwell found on what appears to be the family mausoleum in Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

Lady Maxwell was born Sept 23rd 1802 and died August 21st 1857. She was the daughter of Thomas, Earl of Elgin & Kincardine and wife of Sir John Maxwell Bart.

As will be evident from information contained in this link, the family have connections with the famous Elgin marbles.

From my experience it is unusual to find aristocracy buried in Glasgow cemeteries, so this was a nice bonus

William Walker Ancestry Eastwood Glasgow

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave marker located in Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland.

This records four deceased persons including William Walker who died on Feb 24th 1958.

Janet Reid McFarlane Ancestry Tour Glasgow

This evening, I am posting an image of a gravestone from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

This records the death of Janet Reid McFarlane on Sep 21st 1954.

Agnes Faulds Brownlie Family History Glasgow

This evening, I am presenting an image of a family memorial from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This records the death of Agnes Faulds Brownlie on March 6th 1906. This lady would appear to have been the wife of William McFarlane.

William McFarlane Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am presenting an image of a grave stone from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.


The list of deceased includes William McFarlane, who died March 31st 1908

Marion McDougall Family History Glasgow Scotland

This evening I am posting an image of a gravestone from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery. Apologies for quality of picture, I will replace it when opportunity permits.

This records the death of Marion McDougall who died on May 11th 1950. She was the wife of John H Robertson


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John H Robertson Ancestry Glasgow

This evening, I am presenting an image of a grave-marker from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery. Sadly, this is not a good image and I will replace when possible. In the meantime I can advise that it records the death of John H Robertson on March 26th 1911. He was the husband of Marion McDougall.

James Ramsay Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am presnting an image of a grave marker from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

This records the death of James Ramsay on May 17th 1910 age 62 years. This man was the husband of Mary Filshie who died Jan 12th 1921.

Mary Filshie Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting information on Mary Filshie whose tombstone can be found at Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

Mary Filshie, wife of James Ramsay, died Jan 12th 1921 age 73 years.

Tracing Glasgow Emigrants

This evening, I am presenting some information on data sources to assist with tracing emigrants from Scotland, viz:

• Port of New York at Ellis Island: www.ellisisland.org
• A record of 6,900 extant shipping registers: www.immigrantships.net
• The ships list website which contains passenger lists, etc: www.theshipslist.com
• The London based National Archive website which contains links to on line sources and archives in North America, Australia and New Zealand: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
• A list of Scots who emigrated and travelled abroad with substantial Canadian content: www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/scotsabroad
• Hudson's Bay company www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/index

Hope the foregoing will help with what could prove a daunting task.

Elizabeth Moffat Ancestry Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a grave-marker recording the death of Elizabeth Moffat, wife of William Ballantyne, who died May 18th 1915 age 59 yrs.

This memorial can be found at Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

William Ballantyne Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a memorial stone from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This records the death of William Ballantyne of Wester Farm, Busby on Nov 30th 1919 age 68 years.

Alexander MacQuisten Ancestry Glasgow

This afternoon I am posting an image of a grave marker from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This names The Rev. Alexander MacQuisten, Minister of Inverkip, who died Oct 3rd 1906 age 74 years.

Jessie Steel Ancestry Glasgow Scotland

This evening, I am posting an image of a memorial stone from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery.

It records the death of Jessie Steel, wife of Alexander MacQuisten on March 26th 1899. Jessie died at Inverkip.

Macdonald Ancestry Scotland

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