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Wellwynd Churchyard Airdrie

Monumental Inscription Index

An A-Z Index of names inscribed on all surveyed stones

Wellwynd Churchyard is situated on Wellwynd, off Stirling Street (A89), Airdrie.

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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

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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.

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 20th August 1857 aged 2 years

JAMES died 8th July 1871 aged 21 months

And his son SAMUEL MARSHALL

Died 3rd August 1888 aged 21 years

And his son WILLIAM MARSHALL

Died 19th September 1898 aged 38 years

Also his daughter MARION MARSHALL

Wife of Alexander Rankin

Died 25th March 1901 aged 36 years

The above WILLIAM MARSHALL

Died 9th June 1901 aged 74 years

Also his wife JANET ROBERTSON

Died 8th December 1910 aged 84 years

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Wellwynd 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 other locations and the inscriptions indicate that their Place of Burial was Wellwynd Churchyard.

(Details of these locations can be found at the end of the Index)

Appearing throughout each Index are the letters (DN). This refers to a Newspaper ‘Death Notice’ which indicates a person is interred in a specific location. If the text appearing in the Index is in bold italics, no ‘matching’ stone has been found.

Date of Age at

Name Death Death

1 ABERCROMBIE, James Mackenzie

2 ABERCROMBIE, Mary

3 AITCHESON, Margaret (nee Colts) 1865

4 AITCHESON, W.

5 AITKEN, Janet (Lees) 14.03.1849

6 ALLAN, As. (Loudon) 1832

7 ALLAN, Christina 28?.07.1838

8 ALLAN, Janet (nee Greirson) 08.???? 78?

9 ALLAN, John 10.05.1838? 88

10 ANDERSON, John 1850

11 ANDERSON, John 08.1854 21

12 ANGUS, James? 09.02.1867 58

13 ANGUS, Margaret (nee Young) 28.07.186? 36

14 G B

15 J B A L

16 W B

17 BALDERSTON, Helen (Gilmour) 1835

18 BELL, Margaret (Swanson) 24?.07.???? 61?

19 BIZZETT, Jane (Hall)

20 BLACK, Helen (nee Brown) 1901

21 BLACK, Jean (Gibson)

22 BLACK, Walter 19.04.1891 59

23 BOYD, James 1845

24 BOYD, Margaret (nee Graham) 1845

25 BRAID, Jane (Stirling) 01.04.1849? 40

26 BROWN, Helen (Black) 1901

27 BROWN, Janet (Donaldson)

28 BULLOCH, Janet (Davidson) 28.11.1881 66

29 BUNTING, Catherine (Davidson?)

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31 CAMPBELL. David Infancy

32 CAMPBELL. Helen

33 CAMPBELL. Rachel? (nee Trotter?)

34 CAMPBELL. William

35 CAMPBELL. William Infancy

36 CARLISLE, Agnes 11.11.1846? 1h

37 CARLISLE, James 02?.12.1838 2

38 CARLISLE, Marion 13?.07.1841 2

39 CARLISLE, Marion

40 CARLISLE, Thomas 12.07.1845 2w

41 CARLISLE, Thomas 20.11.184? 10d

42 CARLISLE, Thomas 27.09.1877 67

43 CARLISLE, Child 1842 Still-born

44 CARRICK, Andrew

45 CARRICK, John 24.03.1827 69

46 CARRICK, Marjory (nee Shaw) 22.06.1826 65

47 CHALMERS, Ann (Witherspoon) 06.04.1856 21

48 CHAPMAN, Cummin (Longmuir) 1837

49 CHEP?, Elisabeth (McGavin) 17?.02.1848?

50 CLARKSON, Elisabeth (nee Laird)

51 CLARKSON, Isabella 20.08.1841 12

52 CLARKSON, Margaret (nee Twaddel)

53 CLARKSON, Peter

54 CLARKSON, Thomas

55 CLARKSON, 3 Children Infancy

56 COLTS, Ann 1849

57 COLTS, Isabella (Dobbie) 14.09.1868

58 COLTS, James 1836

59 COLTS, Margaret (Aitcheson) 1865

60 COLTS, Robert 1820

61 COOK, Charlotte (nee Scott) 1872

62 COOK, Christina

63 COOK, Janet

64 COOK, Mary (nee Glen)

65 COOK, William

66 COOK, William

67 COOK, William

68 COOPER, Jean (Johnstone)

69 CRAWFORD, Jean (Shaw) 1803

70 CULLEN, David 03.07.18?? ?m

71 CULLEN, James 22.01.18?4 4

72 CULLEN, Mary (nee Roddock) 07.11.1894 74

73 CULLEN, William 15.02.1895? 71

74 CULLEN, William 04.18?? 14?

75 DAVIDSON, Catherine 03.06.1863 29

76 DAVIDSON?, Catherine (nee Bunting)

77 DAVIDSON?, James

78 DAVIDSON, Jane Aitken 08.05.1848 11m

79 DAVIDSON, Janet 05.10.1835 7m

80 DAVIDSON, Janet 07.07.1840 2

81 DAVIDSON, Janet (nee Bulloch) 28.11.1881 66

82 DAVIDSON, John

83 DAVIDSON, Marion 17.08.1840 2w

84 DAVIDSON, Marion (Tennant)

85 DAVIDSON, Mary (Jenkins)

86 DAVIDSON, Robert 02.02.1860 50

87 DEANS, Janet 09.04.1865 80

88 DICK, David 1852

89 DOBBIE, Isabella (nee Colts) 14.09.1868 Mem

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90 DOBBIE, Lockhart

91 DOBBIE, Daughter Childhood

92 DOBBIE, 4 Sons Childhood

93 DODD, Jessie (Lawther) 16.06.1893 59

94 DONALDSON, Andrew 05.1874 6y 5m

95 DONALDSON, Elizabeth 05.1874 5

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97 DONALDSON, G. 16

98 DONALDSON, George 19.??1864

99 DONALDSON, James

100 DONALDSON, James 03.1878 Infancy

101 DONALDSON, Janet (nee Brown)

102 DONALDSON, Jessie 03.1881 6y 5m

103 DONALDSON, M. 1

104 DONALDSON, Margaret 06.1874 3y 2m

105 DONALDSON, Mary? 01.03.186?

106 EASTON, ..? (Watson?)

107 EWART, J. 1850

108 EWART, J.

109 EWING, ? (?)

110 FERGUSON, Isabella (nee Forrest)

111 FERGUSON, William 04.04.1842 37?

112 FORREST, Christina (nee Wotherspoon) 1840?

113 FORREST, Isabella (Ferguson)

114 FORREST, James

115 FORREST, James 1840?

116 FORREST, Janet (Millar) 17?.05.1862 70

117 FORSYTH, Marion (Walker) 21.08.1897 80

118 FOTHERINGHAM, Margaret (Walker)

119 GARTSHORE, Alexander 1829

120 GARTSHORE, Ann (?)

121 GARTSHORE, Jane (nee Rankin) 1829

122 GIBB, Alexander 05.01.1907 73

123 GIBB, Isaac 07.11.1848 8y 9m

124 GIBB, Isaac 18.01.1849 41

125 GIBB, James 01.03.1834 3y 10m

126 GIBB, James 26.11.1849 2y 7m

127 GIBB, Janet (nee Laird) 19.11.1888

128 GIBB, Margaret 22.02.1909 73

129 GIBB, Mary 21?.06.1837 1y 4m

130 GIBSON, Jean (nee Black)

131 GILMOUR, Helen (nee Balderston) 1835

132 GILMOUR, Matthew 1835

133 GLEN, Mary (Cook)

134 GORDON, Margaret (Hunter) 11.11.1874 66

135 GRAHAM, Margaret (Boyd) 1845

136 GRANGER, Andrew 19.12.1876 32

137 GRANGER, James Infancy

138 GRANGER, John 28.11.1870 53

139 GRANGER, Mary (nee Maxwell) 08.12.1885 74

140 GREIRSON, Janet (Allan) 08.???? 78?

141 HALE?, H?.

142 HALE?, T.

143 HALL, Jane? 1845

144 HALL, Jane (nee Bizzett)

145 HALL, John

146 HAMILTON, Agnes (nee Russell)

147 HAMILTON, David 04.03.1853

148 HAMILTON, Marion (Mason) Mem

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149 HENDRY, Agnes (Williams?) 1808?

150 HOTSON, Jean (Russell)

151 HUNTER, Alexander

152 HUNTER, Alexander 9m

153 HUNTER, Janet 09.03.1886

154 HUNTER, John

155 HUNTER, Margaret (nee Gordon) 11.11.1874 66

156 HUNTER, Mary

157 HUNTER, Mary 4?

158 J J I T S ? 1807

159 JACK, Margaret (Wilson)

160 JENKINS, Alexander 27.03.1881

161 JENKINS, Mary (nee Davidson)

162 JOHNSTONE, James 07.03.1870 55?

163 JOHNSTONE, Jean (nee Cooper)

164 LAIRD, Elisabeth (Clarkson)

165 LAIRD, Janet (Gibb) 19.11.1888

166 LAWSON, Elisabeth (nee Livingstone) 1841

167 LAWSON, James 1841

168 LAWTHER?, Betty Anderson 1927 68?

169 LAWTHER, George 05.10.1874 2w

170 LAWTHER, Helen McAra 1907 49

171 LAWTHER, James 19.11.1888 30

172 LAWTHER, Jessie (nee Dodd) 16.06.1893 59

173 LAWTHER, John 1923 57

174 LAWTHER, Marianne 20.06.1875 2y 1m

175 LAWTHER, Robert Dodd 1914 46

176 LAWTHER, Robina Dodd 1923 62

177 LAWTHER, William (DN) 06.08.1902 75?

178 LAWTHER, William 05.05.1864 8m

179 LAWTHER, William 03.02.1897 32

180 LEES, Janet (nee Aitken) 14.03.1849

181 LEES, Robert 14.02.1885

182 LINDSAY, Christina (Shaw)

183 LIVINGSTONE, Elisabeth (Lawson) 1841

184 LOGAN, Agnes Young

185 LOGAN, Archibald 17.10.1842 24

186 LOGAN, John Young

187 LOGAN, Margaret Young

188 LONGMUIR, Cummin (nee Chapman) 1837

189 LONGMUIR, James 1837

190 LOUDON, As. (nee Allan) 1832

191 LOUDON, James 1832

192 W M? M M 1804

193 MAIN, James 15.04.1865 59

194 MAIN, James Infancy

195 MAIN, John Infancy

196 MAIN, Peter 04.03.1884 34

197 MAIN, Rachel (nee Thomson) 06.03.1884

198 MAIN, William Infancy

199 MASON, John

200 MASON, Marion (nee Hamilton)

201 MAXWELL, Mary (Granger) 08.12.1885 74

202 MILLAR, Euphemia 20.11.1843 13

203 MILLAR, Janet (nee Forrest) 17?.05.1862 70

204 MILLAR, John 06.06.1865 84?

205 MILLAR, Mary 01?.01.1837 2

206 MILLAR, …? 22.10.1850 20?

207 MILLAR, …? 23.11.1850 28 Mem

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208 MILLER?, Agnes? (Thomson)

209 MUIRHEAD, Catherine (Paterson) 28?.08.1898 76?

210 McGAVIN, Elisabeth (nee Chep?) 17?.02.1848?

211 McGAVIN, Matthew

212 McLUCKIE, John 17.11.1839

213 McMEEKIN, Elisabeth (nee Shaw) 1845

214 McMEEKIN, Thomas 1845

215 NEIL, Thomas 1807

216 NEILSON, John 1839

217 NICOL, Mary (?) 25.12.1832 45

218 NICOL, William 04?.06.????

219 D N ? O 1807

220 PATERSON, Catherine (nee Muirhead) 28?.08.1898 76?

221 PATERSON, Edward 2.04.1869? 14

222 PATERSON, Elizabeth

223 PATERSON, Elizabeth 01.03.1868? 12

224 PATERSON, Elizabeth (nee Smith) 01.1914 81

225 PATERSON, George H. 29.02.1860 2

226 PATERSON, Janet

227 PATERSON, John 11.1892 60

228 PATERSON, John

229 PATERSON, John (DN) 06.09.1907

230 PATERSON, Marion

231 PATERSON, Thomas

232 PATERSON, William 08?.1879?

233 PAUL?, Janet (Watson)

234 PETERS, Helen Eadie 17.07.1884 27

235 PETERS, Mary Lisle (nee Willis) 03.03.1893 66?

236 PETERS, Matthew

237 PETERS, William Willis 14.10.1866 6m

238 H R J R 1860

239 J R J G 1866

240 RANKIN, Jane (Gartshore) 1829

241 REID, James 17.01.1896 77

242 REID, Jeannie (nee Russell) 20.08.1887 64

243 REID, John

244 ROBERTSON?, James 01.???? 19

245 ROBERTSON?, Janet 14.12.????

246 ROBERTSON?, ..? 25.??.????

247 RODDOCK, Mary (Cullen) 07.11.1894 74

248 RUSSELL, A. (nee Thomson) 1831

249 RUSSELL, Agnes (Hamilton)

250 RUSSELL, James? 1831

251 RUSSELL, Jane? (Walker) 10.1872

252 RUSSELL, Jean (nee Hotson)

253 RUSSELL, Jeannie (Reid) 20.08.1887 64

254 RUSSELL, John

255 SCOLLICK, Agness (Thomson) 1840

256 SCOTT, Charlotte (Cook) 1872

257 SHAW, Christina 01.05.1860 15y 9m

258 SHAW, Christina (nee Lindsay)

259 SHAW, James

260 SHAW, Jean (nee Crawford) 1803

261 SHAW, John 1803

262 SHAW, Marjory (Carrick) 22.06.1826 65

263 SMITH, Elizabeth (Paterson) 01.1914 81

264 SNEDDON, Alexander Neilson 14.04.1889 8m

265 SNEDDON, John 25.04.1883 10

266 SNEDDON, Margaret (nee Swanson) 27.06.1877 29 Mem

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267 SNEDDON, Robert Infancy

268 SNEDDON, Robert 18.08.1908 68

269 STEWART, Lilias (Wotherspoon) 1848

270 STIRLING, Elizabeth

271 STIRLING, Elizabeth

272 STIRLING, James

273 STIRLING, Jane (nee Braid) 01.04.1849? 40

274 STIRLING, Marrion? 184?

275 STIRLING, Mary 08.????

276 STURGEON, John 22.11.1877 23

277 SWANSON, Margaret (nee Bell) 24?.07.???? 61?

278 SWANSON, Margaret (Sneddon) 27.06.1877 29

279 SWANSON, Thomas

280 TENNANT, John

281 TENNANT, Marion (nee Davidson)

282 THOMSON, A. (Shaw) 1831

283 THOMSON, Agnes? (nee Miller?)

284 THOMSON, Agness (nee Scollick) 1840

285 THOMSON, Andrew

286 THOMSON, James 1809

287 THOMSON, John 1877? 64

288 THOMSON, Rachel (Main) 06.03.1884

289 THOMSON, Thomas 1840

290 TROTTER?. Rachel? (Campbell)

291 TWADDEL, Margaret (Clarkson)

292 J W [John Waddell]

293 WADDELL, John 1800

294 WALKER, Agnes 05.11.1841 7

295 WALKER, Alexander

296 WALKER, Andrew 13.01.1899 59

297 WALKER, Andrew Duncanson 10.03.1894 79

298 WALKER, Fanny Allan 10?.06.1883 10y 9m?

299 WALKER, Janet (nee Russell) 10.1872

300 WALKER, Jessie 09.12.1878 3y 7m

301 WALKER, Margaret (nee Fotheringham)

302 WALKER, Marion (nee Forsyth) 21.08.1897 80

303 WALKER, Mary 22.12.1871 5m

304 WALKER, Robert 05?.08.1892 55

305 WALKER, Robert 25.12.1849 6y 6m

306 WALKER, Son Infancy

307 WATSON, David Infancy

308 WATSON, Elisabeth Infancy

309 WATSON, Euphemia 13.04.1862 21

310 WATSON, Jane 01.03.1858 14

311 WATSON, Janet (nee Paul?)

312 WATSON, John

313 WATSON, Robert 25.07.1853?

314 WATSON, Thomas 02.01.????

315 WATSON, William Infancy

316 WATSON, ..? (nee Easton?)

317 WILLIAMS?, Agnes (nee Hendry) 1808?

318 WILLIAMS?, Alexander 1808?

319 WILLIS, Mary Lisle (Peters) 03.03.1893 66?

320 WILSON, Alexander 04.04.1838 19

321 WILSON, James

322 WILSON, Margaret (nee Jack)

323 WITHERSPOON, Ann (nee Chalmers) 06.04.1856 21

324 WITHERSPOON, James

325 WITHERSPOON, Child Infancy Mem

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326 WOTHERSPOON, Christina (Forrest) 1840?

327 WOTHERSPOON, Lilias (nee Stewart) 1848

328 WOTHERSPOON, Robert 03.09.1846 51

329 WOTHERSPOON, Thomas 25.02.1866 39

330 YEATS, W? 1860

331 YOUNG, John

332 YOUNG, John

333 YOUNG, Margaret (Angus) 28.07.186? 36

334 YOUNG, Mary (nee Calder) 02.1844

335 YOUNG, Robert

The following individuals are listed in family groups but surnames are unknown

UNKNOWN, Ann (nee Gartshore)

UNKNOWN, David

UNKNOWN, James 25.08.????

UNKNOWN, Janet 14.12.????

UNKNOWN, John

UNKNOWN, John

UNKNOWN, John

UNKNOWN, John

UNKNOWN, Margaret

UNKNOWN, Margaret

UNKNOWN,Grace 12m

UNKNOWN, James

UNKNOWN, Jessie 4y 10m

UNKNOWN, William 09.01.1854

UNKNOWN, ? (nee Ewing)

UNKNOWN (2 stones - Rear Churchyard)

Memorials in Old Monkland Cemetery

ANDERSON, John 08.1854 21

WOTHERSPOON, Thomas 24.02.1866 39

Memorials in New Monkland Cemetery

BLACK, Jean (Gibson)

DONALDSON, Andrew 05.1874 6y 5m

DONALDSON, Elizabeth 05.1874 5

DONALDSON, James 03.1878 Infancy

DONALDSON, Jessie 03.1881 6y 5m

DONALDSON, Margaret 06.1874 3y 2m

GIBSON, Jean (nee Black)

LOGAN, Agnes Young

LOGAN, John Young

LOGAN, Margaret Young

STURGEON, John 22.11.1877 23

(DN) – Newspaper Death Notice (bold text, no stone found)

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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.

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