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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'.

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Date	Name	Lair	Died at	Fees	[stone]
4 May 1901	Jane Younger	W3	West Wynd, Dundee	15/-
3 Jul 1901	Jessie Kidd	W29	Poplar Cottage, East Newport	12/6
6 Feb 1906	Thomas Younger	W4	Union St, Dundee	17/6
Jun 1910	Thomas Kidd Stroock [Sturrock]	W26	Kirton Road		[stone 178]
22 Oct 1911	Henry Stewart Rhind	W32	24 St Georges Sq, Sunderland	17/6	[stone 179a]
24 Oct 1911	Margaret Hampton	W20	King St, East Newport	12/6
19 May 1913	Thomas Storrock [Sturrock]	W26	Boldovan	5/-	[stone 178]
29 Oct 1915	Catherine Storrock [Sturrock]	W25	Victoria Cottage, Newport	12/6	[stone 178]
28 Feb 1917	Alfred Hampton	W20	Mill Place, Tayport	12/6
24 Nov 1921	Elizabeth Rhind	W31	24 St George Sq, Sunderland	17/6	[stone 179a]
23 Dec 1940	Elizabeth Sturrock	W25	Victarea Cottage, Newport
		X
12 Aug 1899	Jane Kidd	X15	Cupar	15/-	[stone 189]
29 Dec 1903	Margaret Christie Kidd	X14	Union St, Newport	7/6
19 Apr 1909	William Wilson	X18	Newport	12/6
7 Jul 1924	David Kid	X14	24 Mains Loan, Dundee	12/6
		Y
29 Apr 1912	Robert Watson	Y10	Pickletillum, Luchars	17/6
		Z
	-
1908	Mr Fearn - stone erected			10/-
1908	Stewart - stone erected			10/-
1908	Mr Rodger - stone erected			10/-
1908	Charles Fyffe - stone erected			10/-
1908	Johnston - stone erected			10/-

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