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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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There are 225 records.

Date	Name	Lair	Died at	Fees	[stone]
		O
2 Nov 1903	Robert Steele	O31	Kirtonbarns, Forgan	7/6
14 (Nov?) 1919	Jessie Black	O21	New St, Tayport	17/6
13 Nov	Ann Steel	O32	Kirtonbarns, Forgan	12/6
Aug	Isabella Young	O3	Kilmany	17/6
		P
8 Jan 1900	Marion H Rogers	P28	Edinburgh	15/-
1 Dec 1900	Charles Tosh	P7	Westgreen, Liff	15/-	[stone 199]
25 Feb 1904	Cecilia Beat	P29	Primrose Bank, West Newport	12/6	[stone 129]
26 Sep 1906	Jessie Ronald	P24	Ravenscraig, East Newport	12/6
12 Oct 1907	Jane Nicol Ronald	P26	Ravenscraig, East Newport	12/6
25 Feb 1911	Jane Stewart Ramsay	P31	Primrose Bank, West Newport	12/6	[stone 129]
8 Dec 1921	Margaret Donaldson Morrison	P1	Queen St, East Newport	12/6
		Q
15 Dec 1899	David Gillespie	Mountquhannie Enclosure		15/-	[stone 203]
15 Oct 1901	Duncan Cameron	Q2	Forgan Cottages	12/6
6 Sep 1902	James Brunton	Q5	Inverdovat	12/6
19 Dec 1906	Margaret G Berry	Q	Abercraig, West Newport	12/6	[stone 81]
9 Dec 1908	Susan Gillespie	Q	Mountquhanie		[stone 208]
17 Apr 1911	David Gillespie	Q	Clarendon Cresc.		[stone 203]
Mar 1920	Jane Ferguson	Q	James Sq, East Newport	12/6	[stone 131]
	Mrs Gillespie	Q Mountquhanie Enclosure
		R
9 Mar 1903	Jane Bruce Christie	R10	Kirtonbarns, Forgan	12/6	[stone 137]
30 Jul 1914	James MacGavin Melville	R18	Royal Infirmary	12/6
10 Nov 1916	John Christie	R18	Kirtonbarns, Forgan	12/6	[stone 137]
		S
4 Apr 1900	Devina Watt Paton	S19	Pluck the Craw, West Newport	10/-
16 Sep 1902	Elizabeth S N Kinsman	S14	Rose St, Ferryport on Craig	17/6
29 Jan 1904	George Watt Paton	S21	Pluck the Craw	12/6
27 Feb 1908	Elizabeth Kinlay	S30	The Newton, Wormit	12/6
24 Oct 1909	Mary Kidd	S36	Springfield	17/6
19 Mar 1913	George Watt Paton	S20	Gauldry or West Newport	12/6
6 Apr 1913	Alexander Kay	S31	Flass Farm, Forgan	12/6	[stone 144]
18 Nov 1924	Elizabeth Kinlay	S30	The Newton	12/6
20 Apr 1932	John Kinlay	S30	Bogearm, St Fort
		T
2 Apr 1902	John Noakes	T23	St Jans, Woodhaven	12/6	[stone 162]
21 May 1904	Peter McArthur	T21	Gauldry, Balmerino	17/6	[stone 163]
9 Jun 1908	Margaret Gibson Gibb	T19	Union St, East Newport	12/6	[stone 164]
31 Jul 1913	Elizabeth Cisely Noakes	T22	Woodend, West Newport	12/6	[stone 162]
4 Jan 1933	Kathrine McArthur	T20	Gauldry		[stone 162]
		U
29 Mar 1900	David Baynes	U25	Seggie Den, Forgan	10/-
7 Aug 1903	James H Bisset	U3	14 Comely Bank St, Edinburgh	17/6	[stone 172]
30 Dec 1914	Agnes Bell	U24	230 Bredrigeburn	17/6
		V
24 Dec 1928	David Arkay [Arklay]	V7 [?]	Newport		[stone 175]
		W
8 Jan 1901	Agnes Philip	W23	Egypt Muir	15/-

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