Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject: Anderston, district of Blythswood.
My great grand-parents both lived and died in slum housing in Anderston, (district of Blythswood) in the 1920's and 30's. Does anyone know which cemetery they are most likely to be buried in?
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Hmm... thats a good but complicated question. Denomination may influence too. They may be in an unmarked grave if they couldnt afford a plot and headstone. _________________ Now coming at you with 95% more significance, 1% less salt and virtually fat free!
Hmm... thats a good but complicated question. Denomination may influence too. They may be in an unmarked grave if they couldnt afford a plot and headstone.
..Church of Scotland, and yes, very poor. Found this link on Google which is a big help
If you have details of when they died you could ask the Council's Bereavement Services to search their registers for up to three cemeteries free of charge.
Western Necropolis and Lambhill may be good options to consider. _________________ I had a dream today
If you have details of when they died you could ask the Council's Bereavement Services to search their registers for up to three cemeteries free of charge.
Western Necropolis and Lambhill may be good options to consider.
Thanks guys. I have consulted Bereavment Services already. £61 per search and could take a long time. Will keep this forum updated. Ive already found a few of my grand-parents graves. Its sad to see hundreds, probably thousands of gravestones derelict and unkept...either no one knows or no one cares who lies beneath. _________________ My flicker
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The Mitchell Library used to hold copies of cemetery records.
If you ask in the Glasgow room they will tell you what they still have & let you check them.
They are in chronological order so you would need to have some idea of the dates of death.
The records may also give you some indication of other relatives.
Don't discount newspapers for funeral notices, people tended to put a notice in the paper more then than is done now; even if the family did not have much of an income.
The place of residence is not always an indicator of place of burial. Often if a relative had ownership of a lair in a cemetery at the opposite side of the city it would be used if the family could not afford anything else, or a person may have requested a specific place before death.
The Mitchell Library used to hold copies of cemetery records.
If you ask in the Glasgow room they will tell you what they still have & let you check them.
They are in chronological order so you would need to have some idea of the dates of death.
The records may also give you some indication of other relatives.
Don't discount newspapers for funeral notices, people tended to put a notice in the paper more then than is done now; even if the family did not have much of an income.
Hi margaret, i doubt very much any of them owned or new anyone who owned a lair....this was the Glasgow slums during the depression. Next stop Mitchell Library and fingers X'd they were buried somewhere traceable.
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The place of residence is not always an indicator of place of burial. Often if a relative had ownership of a lair in a cemetery at the opposite side of the city it would be used if the family could not afford anything else, or a person may have requested a specific place before death.
You might be suprised, even among the very poor a proper burial was of the utmost of importance. People paid into insurance making sure that the installments were kept up.
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