The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Forgan Kirkyard - The Gravestones

These inscriptions were recorded between 1992 and 1997. Some of the photos were taken at that time but most have been taken within the past 10 years. Since I did the original surveys, weather and time have taken their toll - some of the inscriptions are no longer visible and some stones have fallen face down.

Quite a few photos have still to be taken.

Other pages: Notes on Kirkyard Plan of the kirkyard Gravedigger's Book from 1899 Mortcloth records 1695 - 1835 Vicarsford Cemetery Which Cemetery?

The Gravestones:

The stone numbers only refer to this website. They are not used anywhere else.

Indistinct characters have been inserted in (round brackets); missing characters are shown by a single dot; longer gaps by a series of 3 dots; editorial additions are inserted in [square brackets]. Most of the inscriptions are on the east side of the stones. Where there are inscriptions on more than 1 side, this is indicated.

All stones are listed below, or you can search them for any word or part of a word:

No.	Inscription	Photos
106 Plan	[now fallen; inscription from Mitchell] William Turnbull millwright Newport died 7 October 1862 aged 70; his wife Margaret Kininmonth died 18 November 1857 aged 64 years; his daughter Ann died 22 July 1831 aged 5 weeks; his son David died 17 January 1852 aged 22 years; his son William died 29 March 1852 aged 31 years; his son James died 4 September 1852 aged 26 years; his daughter Agnes died 20 July 1854 aged 26 years; his son Alexander died 4 February 1867 aged 30 years; his daughter Jessie died 14 March 1878 aged 61 years; his son Peter died 18 February 1891 aged 67 years; his daughter Eliza died 30 September 1900 aged 81 years; his daughter Margaret died 20 February 1906 aged 83 years.

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