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Forgan Kirkyard - Gravedigger's Book

This is a transcript of the gravedigger's book Record of Interments in Forgan Kirkyard from Whitsunday 1899 to . This book gives date of burial, name, lair number, place of death and fees paid.

Where I have been able to match interments with gravestones, I have added the reference number of the stone and inscription in a column at the end. I was able to draw up a tentative lair plan based on this information which showed that the lairs were numbered as follows: standing at the gate facing south, each row of lairs is lettered from A (at the west wall) to Z (in the east). Each lettered row is then numbered from 1 (at the north wall) increasing towards the south. I have added these 1885 lair letters at the bottom of the plan of the kirkyard. When I examined the gravedigger's book, it was held by Fife Council Archives in Markinch but now it is no longer listed in the Fife Archives online catalogue.

The writing in the gravedigger's book is sometimes unclear, dates are sometimes missing or incomplete, one date gave the wrong year (let's put this down to poor interpretation of bad handwriting), the spelling is interesting. I have made some editorial additions, other entries are 'as found'.

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Date	Name	Lair	Died at	Fees	[stone]
10 Apr 1905	John Allardice	M34	Seacraig, East Newport	12/6	[stone 115]
9 May 1917	Charles Fyffe Anderson	C35	Comerton, Leuchars	12/6	[stone 23]
24 Dec 1928	David Arkay [Arklay]	V7 [?]	Newport		[stone 175]
19 Jul 1904	Janet Arthur	G4	Tayport	17/6
8 Aug 1925	Agnes Baxter	B24	Inverleith Row, Edinburgh	17/-	[stone 15]
29 Mar 1900	David Baynes	U25	Seggie Den, Forgan	10/-
25 Feb 1904	Cecilia Beat	P29	Primrose Bank, West Newport	12/6	[stone 129]
9 Oct 1900	Margaret Beckett	I6	Ninewells Farm	10/-
30 Dec 1914	Agnes Bell	U24	230 Bredrigeburn	17/6
15 Jun 1911	Jemima Bell	G15	Royal Infirmary; 4 Linden Ave, Newport	17/6
1939	Isabella Berry	J south side			[stone 85]
9 Feb 1939	Isabella Berry	J Incloser Tayfield south side			[stone 85]
19 Dec 1906	Margaret G Berry	Q	Abercraig, West Newport	12/6	[stone 81]
11 Aug [1915]	Margaret Higgins Berry	J Tayfield Inclosure		12/6	[stone 86]
28 Aug 1907	Wilhelmina Berry	J Tayfield Inclosure		12/6	[stone 87]
10 Mar 1905	Janet Birrell	H16	Ninewells	12/6
7 Aug 1903	James H Bisset	U3	14 Comely Bank St, Edinburgh	17/6	[stone 172]
14 (Nov?) 1919	Jessie Black	O21	New St, Tayport	17/6
25 Oct 1916	David Braid	F24	Auchterderran Rd, Lochgelly	12/6
25 Jan 1944	Jane Ann Braid	F	St Andrews		[stone 47]
14 Nov 1906	Agnes Brand	F2	Robert St, East Newport	12/6
1925	David Brand	C42	Forgan Cottage	12/6
1926	Elizabeth Brand	C44	Forgan Cottage	12/6
10 Oct 1939	Mary Brand	C43
24 Nov 1913	Mary Brand	F4	Forgan Cottages	12/6
18 Jan 1928	William Brand	F2	Love Hall, Moniekie
6 Sep 1902	James Brunton	Q5	Inverdovat	12/6
23 Aug 1902	Buist stillborn child	L4	Woodhaven	7/6
15 Oct 1901	Duncan Cameron	Q2	Forgan Cottages	12/6
25 Mar 1907	David Campbell	E5	Newton Farm	12/6
3 Feb 1912	Agnis H Christie	N14	3 Hope St, St Andrews	17/6	[stone 109]
9 Mar 1903	Jane Bruce Christie	R10	Kirtonbarns, Forgan	12/6	[stone 137]
10 Nov 1916	John Christie	R18	Kirtonbarns, Forgan	12/6	[stone 137]
28 Aug 1909	Alexander Cunningham	H23	Kirktonbarns	12/6
20 Jul 1917	Elizabeth Cunningham	H8	41 Tay St, Tayport	17/6	[stone 69]
2 Oct 1927	Kenneth Cunningham	H8	41 Tay St, Tayport		[stone 69]
15 Sep 1912	Joseph Dick	C5	Railway Cottages, Wormit	15/-
12 Nov 1910	Ander Dudgen	N5	Montrose Royal Asylum	17/6	[stone 211]
12 Apr 1912	Elizabeth Duncan	L24	Victoria Hospital, Dundee	17/6
31 Jan 1900	Maggie Duncan	G1	Robert St, East Newport	5/-
18 Mar 1904	Jane Eddie	L7	Gas Lane, East Newport	12/6
13 Jul 1904	Robert Eddie	L8	Gas Lane, East Newport	12/6
13 Apr 1921	Agne Edington	K3	Fife & Kinross	12/6
July [1936]	Jemima Edington, Nurse Edington	K3	Newport
20 Sep 1900	Williamina Edington	K3	Waterston Crook, West Newport	10/-
24 Apr 1913	Elizabeth Elder	H3	Kinross	12/6
12 Nov 1900	James Elder	H3	Bridgend, Kinross	15/-	[stone 70]
12 Mar 1910	Margaret Elder	I24	Ardvrich, Perth ….	12/6	[stone 73]
19 Sep 1916	Patrick Fay	J5	Longcraig Cottage, Wormit	12/6
2 Apr 1932	Ann Fearn	E24	Rock House, Wormit		[stone 35]

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