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
184 Plan	[column] In memory of George Thoms, merchant, Dundee, died 5 October 1857 aged 56 years; his son George Duncan died 7 May 1863 aged 22 years; his son Patrick Hunter died at Rio de Janeiro 9 March 1870 aged 22 years; his son James Hendry died at San Francisco 25 November 1883 aged 41 years; his wife Elizabeth Watt Hendry died 16 November 1892 aged 73 years; David Scott Fergusson junior, grandson of the above George Thoms died 11 February 1868 aged 8 months.

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