The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

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 Archives in Glenrothes 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'.

view all records, ordered by name

view all records, in original order (by lair row)

To search, use the box below.

There are 225 records.

Date	Name	Lair	Died at	Fees	[stone]
		A
5 Nov 1903	David Mitchell	A5	King St, Newport	12/6
10 Feb 1904	Thomas H Fraser	A20	Glasgow	17/6	[stone 3]
21 Jan 1908	William Fenton	A10	Fishers Cottage, Woodhaven	12/6	[stone 3]
16 Oct 1919	Margaret Fraser	A		12/6
5 Oct [1919]	Andrew Seath Fraser	A20	4 Nelson St, Edinburgh	17/6	[stone 8]
6 Apr [1923]	Hellen Fenton	A10	Tay Brae, Newport	12/6	[stone 3]
14 Feb 1946	Hellen Fenton	A10	Tay Brae, Newport
		B
9 Oct 1903	David Just	B18	High St, East Newport	12/6
8 Aug 1925	Agnes Baxter	B24	Inverleith Row, Edinburgh	17/-	[stone 15]
20 Feb [1937]	Ellen M Miller	B28	Newport		[stone 15]
19 Feb 1944	Jane Just	B10	Newport		[stone 19]
		C
7 Mar 1900	Margaret Just	C22	Gowan Bank, West Newport	10/-
5 Apr 1904	Charles Henry Ratcliffe	C6	Woodend, West Newport	12/6
16 Jan 1911	Mary Morrison	C7	Poplar Cottage, East Newport	12/6
15 Sep 1912	Joseph Dick	C5	Railway Cottages, Wormit	15/-
9 Jan 1915	James Mitchell	C5	Morton	5/-
9 May 1917	Charles Fyffe Anderson	C35	Comerton, Leuchars	12/6	[stone 23]
10 Mar 1921	Agnes Fyffe	C34	Comerton, Leuchars	12/6	[stone 23]
1925	David Brand	C42	Forgan Cottage	12/6
1926	Elizabeth Brand	C44	Forgan Cottage	12/6
10 Oct 1939	Mary Brand	C43
		D
20 Aug 1911	Alexander McFarland	D1	Woodhaven	7/6
27 Jul 1903	Thomas Brand Wilson	D8	Knockhill, Forgan	12/6	[stone 33]
10 Dec 1906	Ann Just	D20	River House, West Newport	12/6	[stone 31]
18 Apr 1909	Thomas Rodger	D35	Fordelhill	17/6
9 Nov 1910	Jane Rodger	D36	Fordelhill	17/6
6 Jan 1940	Elspeth Wilson	D8	Vicersford Cemetery Lodge [Vicarsford]		[stone 33]
		E
19 Feb 1901	Ann Wilson	E34	Seacraig, East Newport	10/-
23 Apr 1901	Ann Jackson	E29	Queen St, Newport	10/-
10 Jul 1901	Isabella Proctor	E1	Union St, Newport	7/6
3 Apr 1902	Suttie's child stillborn	E1	Frairton [Friarton]	7/6
18 Feb 1903	Helen McGregor	E32	James Square	12/6
14 Jun	Tullis child stillborn	E1	Friarton	7/6
9 Dec 1904	Edith Kesson	E2	Flass, Forgan	7/6
12 Jan 1905	Elizabeth Shepherd	E43	Balmullo	17/6
25 Mar 1907	David Campbell	E5	Newton Farm	12/6
29 Jun 1908	William Smith Fearn	E23	Dundee Infirmary	12/6
	stone for William Fearn
29 Aug 1912	Helen White	E
13 Oct 1922	Thomas Fearn	E24	The Smithy, St Fort	12/6	[stone 35]
1 Nov 1926	Thomas Fearn	E23	The Smithy, St Fort		[stone 35]
2 Apr 1932	Ann Fearn	E24	Rock House, Wormit		[stone 35]
		F
11 Oct 1901	Jane Harris	F37	Pickletillum	12/6
14 Nov 1906	Agnes Brand	F2	Robert St, East Newport	12/6

Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next

Return to Gravedigger Book Page Forgan Kirkyard page Home Page