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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]
12 Oct 1908	Mrs Kinnison	F20	Friarton	12/6	[stone 46]
22 Aug 1911	Donald Kinnison	F19	Lochmalony	17/6	[stone 46]
24 Nov 1913	Mary Brand	F4	Forgan Cottages	12/6
25 Oct 1916	David Braid	F24	Auchterderran Rd, Lochgelly	12/6
11 Feb 1922	Jessie Knox Naper [Napier]	F6	Pickletillum	12/6
18 Jan 1928	William Brand	F2	Love Hall, Moniekie
14 Sep 1936	Annie Jackson	F29	Newport
25 Jan 1944	Jane Ann Braid	F	St Andrews		[stone 47]
25 Mar 1948	Elspeth Hay Naper [Napier]	F10	Gibson Hospital, St Andrews
		G
31 Jan 1900	Maggie Duncan	G1	Robert St, East Newport	5/-
16 Feb 1901	Helen Thomson Lowson	G31	Woodhaven	10/-	[stone 54]
17 Jun	Jessie Peebles	G19	Comerton	12/6
5 Nov 1903	(Lowson stone)	G31	Woodhaven	10/-	[stone 54]
19 Jul 1904	Janet Arthur	G4	Tayport	17/6
9 Mar 1906	George D Middleton	G1	Figtree Cottage, West Newport	7/6
1 Jun 1907	May Lawson	G32	Tayport Terrace	17/6	[stone 54]
28 Apr 1908	William A C Middleton	G2	Figtree Cottage, West Newport	12/6
15 Jun 1911	Jemima Bell	G15	Royal Infirmary; 4 Linden Ave, Newport	17/6
20 Feb 1919	Melville Murry [Murray]	G33	Newport	12/6	[stone 53]
7 Nov 1919	Janet Duff Lorimer or Baldy	G2	Lucklawhill	12/6
30 Apr 1920	John Peebles	G20	Comerton	12/6
15 Jun 1927	Jane Haig	G9	East Newport		[stone 59]
9 Apr 1928	Robina Cheape Lawson	G32	District Asylum, Cupar
19 Nov 1945	James Lorimer	G3	36 Ogilvie St, Tayport
		H
30 Aug 1899	Leslie stillborn child	H1	Newton	5/-
12 Nov 1900	James Elder	H3	Bridgend, Kinross	15/-	[stone 70]
10 Mar 1905	Janet Birrell	H16	Ninewells	12/6
3 Sep 1906	Jessie Malcolm	H27	Bernard St, Dundee	17/6
28 Aug 1909	Alexander Cunningham	H23	Kirktonbarns	12/6
24 May 1909	Elizabeth Syme Lawson	H38	Flass Cottages	12/6	[stone 64]
24 Apr 1913	Elizabeth Elder	H3	Kinross	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]
		I
9 Oct 1900	Margaret Beckett	I6	Ninewells Farm	10/-
14 Jan 1901	James Peebles [entry deleted]	I24	Bogearn, Forgan	10/-	[stone 90]
6 Jan 1902	Alexander B Smith	I12	Hayfield St, Glasgow	17/6	[stone 72]
4 Sep 1904	Isabella Hendry	I4	Blacks Bldgs, East Newport	7/6
22 Apr 1907	Ann Stewart	I9	Twinkletree Cottage	12/6	[stone 71]
	stone for Ann Stewart				[stone 71]
12 Mar 1910	Margaret Elder	I24	Ardvrich, Perth ….	12/6	[stone 73]
1913	John Stewart	I8	Twinkletree, Forgan	12/6	[stone 71]
23 Oct 1916	Jane Johnston	I26	Elim Cottage, East Newport	12/6	[stone 75]
22 May 1915	Hendry Smith	I11	West Newport	12/6	[stone 72]
16 Aug 1922	Henry Johnston	I26	Tay St, East Newport	12/6	[stone 75]
Mar 1924	MacLaren	I36	Tayfield
13 Jun 1946 [should be 1940]	William McLaren
23 Dec [1926]	Miss Christina Stewart	I9	Castle Huntly		[stone 71]

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