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Register of Lairs 1848-1902

Lair Purchaser Of Lair Or Plot
598 James Irons, Hairdresser.

Register 8 1864-1938

Date Of Interment Register Number Name & Designation Age Residence & Misc Plot No
25/10/1901 3 Jane Mitchell Irons, Unmarried Sister Of James Irons, Hairdresser 80 Years 12 King Street 598 B

Register 8 1860-1864

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
31/10/1860 1749 Mary Irons Or Broddie 60 Years 598 A
06/04/1861 875 Thomas Broddie 72 Years 598 B

Register 7 1855-1860

Date of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
02/08/1859 1152 Margaret Conner Or Wilson 88 Years 598 C

Register 6 1853-1855

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date Of Death Age Place Of Birth Cause Of Death Last Place Of Residence Plot Number
05/12/1854 77 William McHardie Son Of William McHardie, Sailor 02/12/1854 1 Year And 8 Months Dundee Teething Pullars Close, Murraygate 598 A
19/05/1854 1356 Thomas McHardie Son Of William McHardie, Sailor 17/05/1854 2 Years And 6 Months Dundee Dregs Of Measles Burnhead, Seagate 598 A

Register 5 1847-1853

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date Of Death Age Place Of Birth Cause Of Death Last Place Of Residence Plot Number
12/09/1848 2118 William McHardie Son Of William McHardie, Labourer 10/09/1848 2 Years Dundee Measles Rattrays Court, Seagate 598 A
16/10/1850 1385 Isabella McDougal Weaver 13/10/1850 62 Years Alyth Cancer Foundry Lane 598 C

Register 5 1843-1847

Date of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date of Death Age Place of Birth Cause of Death Last Place of Residence Plot Number
21/02/1846 440 Janet McHardy Daughter of William McHardy, Sailor 18/02/1846 18 Months Dundee Water in Head Mid Street, Chapelshade 598 C
17/11/1845 37 Helen Hughes Widow of Peter Irons, Hairdresser 14/11/1845 71 Years Newport, Wales Old Age Seagate 598 C

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
15/01/1839 262 Elspith Will Daughter of William Will, Lapper 12/01/1839 6 years Dundee Paralysis 598 A
20/03/1843 716 Helen Irons Wife of William Will, Lapper 17/03/1843 40 years Dundee Consumption 598 A
17/07/1836 1269 Henrietta Brown Wife of James Irons, hairdresser 14/07/1836 29 years Dundee Inflammation 598 B
19/07/1836 1278 Henrietta Irons Daughter of James Irons, hairdresser 18/07/1836 9 days Dundee Inflammation 598 B
01/11/1836 6 Margaret Brown Daughter of Thomas Brown, warper 29/10/1836 12 years Coupar, Fife Bowel complaint 598 C

Register 5 1847-1853

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date Of Death Age Place Of Birth Cause Of Death Last Place Of Residence Plot Number
18/02/1848 1063 Bridget Quin Daughter Of James Quin, Labourer 17/02/1848 17 Years Kings County Typhus Fever Seagate 586 A
19/02/1848 1069 John Dashwood Sailor 17/02/1848 25 Years Bridport Cold In Chest Hendersons Wynd, West Port 586 A
19/02/1848 1068 David Gillies Heckler 17/02/1848 39 Years Lesslie, Fife Typhus Fever North Tay Street, Died In Infirmary 586 A
18/02/1848 1064 Agnes Cruthers Daughter Of Charles Cruthers, Labourer 17/02/1848 14 Years County Of Londonderry Typhus Fever West Port 586 A
14/03/1848 1234 John Lynch Son Of Duncan Lynch, Weaver 13/03/1848 2 Years And 6 Months Dundee Dregs Of Fever Overgate 586 B
15/03/1848 1242 James Reith Son Of David Reith, Sailor 14/03/1848 4 Years And 6 Months Dundee Typhus Fever Scouringburn 586 B
14/03/1848 1235 John Simpson Son Of Joseph Simpson, Weaver 12/03/1848 2 Years And 9 Months Dundee Decline After Fever Hilltown 586 B
09/03/1848 1205 Jean Reid Daughter Of Robert Reid, Blacksmith 06/03/1848 5 Years Koenigsberg, Prussia Water In Head Fish Street 586 B
11/03/1848 1218 A Still Born Child Son Of Hugh Gray, Carpenter     Dundee Unknown Youngs Close, Murraygate 586 B
13/03/1848 1232 David Crichton Son Of Vannet Crichton, Heckler 11/03/1848 3 Years Arbroath Fever Lawsons Close, Overgate 586 B
14/03/1848 1233 George McLeod Son Of John McLeod, Coal Heaver 12/03/1848 4 Years Dundee Small Pox Guthries Close, Overgate 586 B
31/03/1848 1339 Agnes Owens Daughter Of William Owens, Weaver 30/03/1848 9 Months Dundee Influenza James Street, Maxwelltown 586 C
26/03/1848 1307 John Blakely Son Of James Blakely, Weaver 25/03/1848 2 Years And 3 Months Dundee Teething Bucklemaker Wynd 586 C
01/04/1848 1343 Peter Gorman Son Of Peter Gorman, Scavenger 31/03/1848 6 Months Dundee Typhus Fever Broad Close, Overgate 586 C
30/03/1848 1331 Alexander Ross Son Of David Ross, Tailor 29/03/1848 1 Year And 3 Months Dundee Fever Overgate 586 C
29/03/1848 1325 Ann Davidson Daughter Of John Davidson, Labourer 26/03/1848 1 Year And 5 Months Dundee Typhus Fever Hendersons Wynd, West Port 586 C
29/03/1848 1323 James Quisick Son Of James Quisick, Weaver 28/03/1848 2 Years And 6 Months Dundee Consumption Constable Street, Wallace Feus 586 C
29/03/1848 1324 John Butchart Son Of Alexander Butchart, Carter 26/03/1848 10 Months Dundee Teething Crescent Street, Wallace Feus 586 C

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
23/04/1838 744 Cicilia Watt Widow of James Isles, Weaver 20/04/1838 65 years Dundee Old age 586 C
22/04/1838 736 Janet Thain Widow of George Williamson, Weaver 19/04/1838 67 years Dundee Typhus Fever 586 C
22/04/1838 737 Jessie Jackson Daughter of James Jackson, Weaver 19/04/1838 18 years Dundee Typhus Fever 586 C

Monumental Inscription (Section B.)

Erected by John Chapman in memory of his spouse Ann Marshall who with an infant son died 21st April 1836 in the 45th year of her age also their three children James, Thomas and Marjory also son John who was drowned at sea 29th August 1841 aged 22years. The above John Chapman died 12th November 1856 aged 66 years.

Reproduced from "Register of gravestone inscriptions in Constitution Road, compiled ca 1960." with kind permission of Dundee City Archives.

Erected by John Chapman, weaver, Magdaleneyard Road, Dundee in memory of his spouse Ann Marshall who with an infant son died 21st April 1836 in the 45th year of her age. Also their three children, James died 11th December 1822, aged 1 year, Thomas died 1st July 1825, aged 10 years, and Marjory died 10th September 1832, aged 7 years. also son John who was drowned at sea 29th August 1841 aged 22years. The above John Chapman died 12th November 1856 aged 66 years.

Reproduced from a transcribed copy of Sidney Cramer's notebook, Old Bell Street, Dundee [TD73/8/1] with kind permission of the Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh.

Register of Lairs 1848-1902

Lair Purchaser Of Lair Or Plot
583 John Chapman, Weaver.

Register 7 1855-1860

Date of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
14/11/1856 44 John Chapman 66 Years 583 B

Register 5 1847-1853

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date Of Death Age Place Of Birth Cause Of Death Last Place Of Residence Plot Number
18/05/1847 1322 Alexander Wallace Mill Worker 14/05/1847 16 Years Dundee Typhus Fever Seagate, Died In Infirmary 583 A
18/05/1847 1332 Bridget Rooney Daughter Of The Late Patrick Rooney, Wright 13/05/1847 13 Years County Of Fermanagh Typhus Fever Scouringburn, Died In Infirmary 583 C

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
23/04/1836 921 Ann Marshall Wife of John Chapman, weaver 21/04/1836 45 years Perth Child birth 583

Register 5 1847-1853

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date Of Death Age Place Of Birth Cause Of Death Last Place Of Residence Plot Number
30/11/1852 132 Margaret Shepherd Widow Of John Steven, Shipmaster 28/11/1852 63 Years Arbroath Drowned, Found In Victoria Dock Overgate 58 A
30/11/1852 133 Mary Paterson Wife Of Daniel McKenzie, Labourer 27/11/1852 27 Years At Sea Consumption Castle Lane 58 A
30/11/1852 125 Peter Anderson Weaver 28/11/1852 71 Years Dundee Old Age Rattrays Court, Chapelshade 58 A
29/11/1852 123 John McKay Fireman At A Spinning Mill 28/11/1852 87 Years Inverness Dropsy Scouringburn 58 A
29/11/1852 122 Magdalene Miller Widow Of Thomas Archibald, Labourer 27/11/1852 55 Years Edinburgh Destitution Died In Police Office 58 A
30/11/1852 124 William Power Labourer 28/11/1852 25 Years Newcastle Consumption Nethergate 58 A
11/12/1852 184 Margaret Small Widow Of William Gee, Labourer 10/12/1852 77 Years County Of Longford Old Age Scouringburn 58 C
11/12/1852 185 William Johnston Son Of The Late George Johnston, Carpenter 10/12/1852 3 Years Dundee Scarlet Fever Nethergate 58 C
12/12/1852 189 James Tait Moulder 10/12/1852 44 Years Dundee Consumption Horse Water Wynd 58 C
12/12/1852 190 James Halyburton Weaver (Date Of Death Supposed Nov) 11/12/1852 62 Years On Estate Of Balgay Drowned, Found In Earl Grey Dock Dudhope Street 58 C
12/12/1852 191 Jean Mathewson Widow Of John Stewart, Labourer 10/12/1852 64 Years Dundee Paralysis Blacks Croft 58 C

Register 5 1843-1847

Date of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date of Death Age Place of Birth Cause of Death Last Place of Residence Plot Number
22/10/1846 1433 An Unnamed Child Son of William Hume, Weaver 21/10/1846 4 hours Dundee Unknown Elizabeth Street. Maxwelltown 58 B

Register 5 1843-1847

Date of Interment Register Number Name Designation Date of Death Age Place of Birth Cause of Death Last Place of Residence Plot Number
12/12/1843 171 Edith Finlay Widow of Peter Robertson, Labourer 09/12/1843 70 years Edinburgh Consumption High Street 58 A
13/12/1843 176 George Budd Sailor 11/12/1843 41 years Dundee Paralysis Rosebank 58 A
11/12/1843 165 James Kiddie Coachman 10/12/1843 34 years Cupar, Fife Suicide by Hanging Craigie, by Dundee 58 A
20/12/1843 205 Catharine Smith Widow of Alexander Low, Lapper 17/12/1843 78 years Montrose Old Age Nethergate 58 A
19/10/1846 1413 Letitia Kindelan Daughter of Joseph Kindelan, Shoemaker 18/10/1846 2 months Dundee Bowel Complaint Gall's Square, Overgate 58 A
11/12/1843 164 Bridget Carraway Mill Worker 09/12/1843 21 years Sligo, Ireland Consumption West Port 58 A
20/10/1846 1420 A Still Born Child Natural Daughter of Janet Ross, Weaver     Dundee Unknown Middle Street, Wallace Feus 58 A
19/10/1846 1416 Mary Soutar Daughter of William Soutar, Tailor 18/10/1846 2 years 2 months Dundee Consumption Miller's Pend, Scouringburn 58 A
20/10/1846 1419 Helen Sheeran Daughter of Colin Sherran, Weaver 19/10/1846 5 weeks Dundee Chincough Hilltown 58 A
20/10/1846 1418 Helen Dickson Natural Daughter of Jane Robertson, Mill worker 18/10/1846 2 years Dundee Consumption Middle Street, Wallace Feus 58 A
23/10/1846 1438 Peter Quin Son of James Quin, Labourer 21/10/1846 2 months Dundee Debility Scouringburn 58 B
22/10/1846 1437 Jean Lyell Daughter of Charles Tyrell, Sailor 19/10/1846 2 years 10 months Dundee Croup Quarry Entry, Cowgate 58 B
22/10/1846 1432 Daniel McCarol Son of Bernard McCarol, Scavenger 20/10/1846 5 months Dundee Chincough Hilltown 58 B
22/10/1846 1434 Daniel Beaton Natural son of Fanny Gellatly, widow of John Sime, Sailor 20/10/1846 1 year 7 months Dundee Effect of getting his face burnt by an iron Seagate 58 B
23/10/1846 1439 Hugh McNeil Son of John McNeil, Heckler 21/10/1846 4 months Dundee Bowel Hive King Street 58 B
27/11/1843 92 Robert Lennox Lapper 24/11/1843 27 years Glasgow Diabetes Queen Street 58 C
28/11/1843 106 Alexander Forbes Heckler 26/11/1843 58 years Dundee Spotted Fever Lower Pleasance 58 C
27/11/1843 97 Helen Halley Wife of John Gentry, Ship Carpenter 25/11/1843 42 years Parish of Kinnoul, Perthshire Typhus Fever Seagate 58 C
27/11/1843 93 William Kean Shoe Binder 25/11/1843 72 years Parish of Cavan, Ireland Old Age Scouringburn 58 C

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
25/08/1840 1282 Charles McNaughton Son of James McNaughton, Baker 23/08/1840 6 months Dundee Water in Head 58 B
18/09/1839 1405 David Bruce Mason 16/09/1839 65 years Dundee Apoplexy 58 B
19/09/1839 1407 Edward Hughes Tailor 17/09/1839 65 years County of Tyrone Chronic Bronchitis 58 B
19/09/1839 1408 Helen Davidson Widow of James Smith, Shoemaker 17/09/1839 45 years Arbroath Typhus Fever 58 B
24/08/1840 1280 Mary Cooley Daughter of John Cooley, Labourer 22/08/1840 8 months Dundee Teething 58 B
25/08/1840 1283 William Minis Son of Samuel Minis, Weaver 24/08/1840 1 year and 1 month Dundee Decline 58 B

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