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
13 Plan	[east] Erected by David Murdoch smith St Fort in memory of his sister Jean who died 6 January aged 26; his father William who died 8 February aged 61; and his son Andrew who died 14 September aged 17 months all in 1827. Jane Gibson the beloved wife of David Murdoch died 8 January 1871 aged 67 years; David Murdoch died 27 November 1886 in the 89th year of his age. [west] Mary wife of George Young Dundee died 21 February 1871 aged 36; John died 26 December 1871 aged 33; Henry S died 11 October 1872 aged 36; all children of David Murdoch. Agnes Jamie wife of the said John Murdoch died 19 March 1871.

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