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Register 7 1855-1860

Date of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
20/12/1856 202 James Stewart 45 Years 1308 A
15/12/1856 179 Rose Ann McCann 23 Years 1308 A
17/12/1856 195 John Campbell 46 Years 1308 A
17/12/1856 196 Peter Campbell 64 Years 1308 A
29/12/1856 243 Ann McBain 58 Years 1308 B
30/12/1856 246 George Paterson 37 Years 1308 B
30/12/1856 245 Helen Mitchell Or Milgrew 30 Years 1308 B
02/06/1857 893 David Ferguson 39 Years 1308 B
29/12/1856 238 Robert Waugh 51 Years 1308 B
01/01/1857 260 Margaret Ness Or Blair 53 Years 1308 C
01/01/1857 261 Margaret Stewart Or Marshall 69 Years 1308 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
04/09/1854 1749 Robert Keiller Son Of The Late Robert Keiller, Labourer 02/09/1854 6 Years Dundee Cholera Nethergate 1308 B
09/06/1854 1438 Alexander Lesslie Tinsmith 07/06/1854 57 Years Dundee Consumption Horse Water Wynd 1308 B
04/06/1854 1427 Robert Keiller Labourer 02/06/1854 31 Years Dundee Gravel Nethergate 1308 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
04/06/1846 843 Thomas Rea Sailor 02/06/1846 34 Years Monifieth Consumption Coutties Wynd 1308 B
04/06/1846 844 William Crichton Labourer 02/06/1846 51 Years Parish of Liff Apoplexy Dundee Lunatic Asylum 1308 B

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
22/06/1841 863 A Still Born Child Son of Peter Pattullo, Porter     Dundee Unknown 1308 A
23/06/1841 869 A Still Born Child Daughter of Thomas Davidson, Carter     Dundee Unknown 1308 A
17/03/1840 711 Alexander Hillox Weaver 15/03/1840 48 years Parish of Abbotshall Dysentry 1308 A
15/03/1840 699 Ann Young daughter of late Alexander Young, Weaver 13/03/1840 14 years County of Armagh, Ireland Consumption 1308 A
16/06/1841 853 George Rattray Son of John Murray Rattray, Wevaer 15/06/1841 10 years Forfar Serofula 1308 A
23/06/1841 868 Helen Burke Daughter of Michael Burke, Labourer 22/06/1841 2 years and 6 months Dundee Measles 1308 A
18/06/1841 860 Hugh Morrison Son of Alex Morrison, Labourer 16/06/1841 2 months Dundee Bowel Complaint 1308 A
23/06/1841 864 John Nicoll Son of Hugh Nicoll, Weaver 22/06/1841 1 year and 10 months Dundee Measles 1308 A
16/03/1840 707 John Rea Weaver 14/03/1840 72 years Glammis Old Age 1308 A
15/03/1840 706 John Sime Mason 12/03/1840 44 years Parish of Cargill Inflammation 1308 A
24/06/1841 871 A Still Born Child Daughter of John Hill, Heckler     Dundee Unknown 1308 B
26/06/1841 878 A Still Born Child Natural Daughter of Janet Haxton, Washerwoman     Dundee Unknown 1308 B
05/01/1840 323 Agnes Wilson Wife Of William Robertson,Tailor 01/01/1840 57 years Parish of Dunino, Fife Stomach Complaint 1308 B
15/01/1840 391 Ann Ogilvie Widow Of Paul Robertson,Gentlamans Servant 13/01/1840 62 Years Glen Isla Dropsy 1308 B
05/01/1840 324 Barbara Keiller Widow Of Peter Rattray,Weaver 04/01/1840 67 years Cupar Angus Old Age 1308 B
28/01/1840 480 Elizabeth Whyte Wife Of John Garland,Wright 24/01/1840 74 Years Parish Of Auchterderran Fever 1308 B
15/01/1840 398 James Christie Bleacher and Afterwards Beggar 12/01/1840 About 60 Perth Or Its Vicinity Supposed Destitution 1308 B
05/01/1840 317 James Mcintosh Old Soldier 03/01/1840 72 years Parish of Cromdale Old Age 1308 B
25/06/1841 875 James Soaves Son of Denis Soaves, Labourer 24/06/1841 1 year and 8 months King's County, Ireland Measles 1308 B
27/06/1841 880 James Tindal Son of Andrew Tindal, Wright 23/06/1841 1 year and 5 months Dundee Scarlet Fever 1308 B
15/01/1840 392 Margaret Armit Wife Of Alexander Russell,Weaver 13/01/1840 50 Years Parish Of Carnbee,Fife Inflammation 1308 B
27/01/1840 466 Margaret Cashley Daughter Of Charles Cashley,Weaver 24/01/1840 17 Years County Of Londonderry Decline 1308 B
27/01/1840 465 Maria Watson Pauper 24/01/1840 45 Years Blackness By Dundee Unknown Died Suddenly 1308 B
05/01/1840 316 William Luchie Flaxdresser 03/01/1840 49 years Parish Of Tannadice Asthma 1308 B
29/01/1840 487 William Reid Flaxdresser 26/01/1840 42 Years Dundee Consumption 1308 B
25/06/1841 876 William Stewart Son of Robert Stewart, Weaver 23/06/1841 7 months Dundee Chincough 1308 B
29/06/1841 883 An Unnamed Child Daughter of Thomas Davidson, Carter 28/06/1841 8 days Dundee Nervous Disease 1308 C
29/06/1841 885 James Doran Son of Francis Doran, Night Watchman 28/06/1841 1 year and 4 months Dundee Measles and Chincough 1308 C
01/07/1841 889 James Nicoll Son of Robert Nicoll, weaver 30/06/1841 9 months Dundee Consumption 1308 C
29/06/1841 884 Margaret Smith Robb Daughter of James Robb, Shoemaker 27/06/1841 3 weeks Dundee Debility 1308 C

Monumental Inscription (Section C.)

Sacred to the memory of Alexander Kerr late farmer Hayston died 20th March 1849 aged 67 years. Helen Elizabeth Anderson or Kerr died 22nd August 1855 aged 66 years and of their children Anne died 10th *sic December 1863 aged 54 years, Charles James, engineer, died 30th March 1847 aged 34 years, James died 7th February 1878 aged 51 years. (Elizabeth died 1st February 1893, aged 82 years. Erected by George Kerr H.M. Customs Greenock and Charles Kerr, merchant, Glasgow.)

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

*Text in brackets, 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
1306 Alexander Kerr, Sometime Farmer.

Register 8 1864-1938

Date Of Interment Register Number Name & Designation Age Residence & Misc Plot No
12/02/1878 6 James Kerr 49 Years   1306 C
04/02/1893 5 Elizabeth Kerr, Daughter Of Alexander Kerr 82 Years 6 Graham Place 1306 C

Register 8 1860-1864

Date Of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
08/12/1863 173 Ann Kerr 54 Years 1306 C

Register 7 1855-1860

Date of Interment Register Number Name Age Plot Number
28/08/1855 940 Helen Elizabeth Anderson Or Kerr 70 Years 1306 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
26/03/1849 694 Alexander Kerr Sometime Farmer 20/03/1849 67 Years Parish Of Glammis Stomach Complaint Princes Street, Wallace Feus 1306 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
05/04/1847 1035 Charles James Kerr Machine Maker 30/3/1847 34 years Broughty Ferry Enlargement of Heart & Water in Chest Princes Street, Wallace Feus 1306 A

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
16/01/1840 399 Robert Smith Son Of Carter James Smith,Mason 15/01/1840 18 Years Parish Of Aboyne Scarlet Fever 1306 B

 

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
05/11/1853 63 Margaret Connley Daughter Of Edward Connley 04/11/1853 2 Years Dundee Cholera Cowgate 1304 A
04/11/1853 45 Janet McCarty Daughter Of John McCarty, Shoemaker 02/11/1853 2 Years Dundee Consumption Guthries Close, Overgate 1304 A
03/11/1853 39 Ann McLean Mill Worker 02/11/1853 26 Years Aberdeen Cholera Quarry Pend, Cowgate, Died In Infirmary 1304 A
05/11/1853 59 Thomas McKenzie Son Of George McKenzie, Flesher 03/11/1853 3 Years Dundee Inflammation In Head Fish Street 1304 A
05/11/1853 58 William Duncan Son Of John Duncan, Ropemaker 04/11/1853 2 Years Dundee Cholera Scotts Close, Nethergate 1304 A
03/11/1853 37 Andrew Cameron Weaver 02/11/1853 62 Years Parish Of Kilmarnock, Inverness Shire Asthma Hawkhill 1304 A
05/11/1853 62 Ann Robertson Daughter Of Alexander Robertson, Carter 03/11/1853 12 Years Dundee Decline Dudhope Crescent 1304 A
05/11/1853 57 David Downie Natural Son Of Mary Robb, Mill Worker 05/11/1853 11 Months Montrose Cholera Overgate 1304 A
04/11/1853 48 John Campbell Son Of John Campbell, Labourer 03/11/1853 3 Years Auchtergaven Cholera Ramsays Pend, Session Street 1304 A
04/11/1853 47 William Taylor Son Of William Taylor, Sailor 03/11/1853 8 Months Dundee Measles Princes Street, Wallace Feus 1304 A
04/11/1853 44 Mary Strachan Daughter Of John Strachan, Mate Of A Vessel 02/11/1853 10 Years Dundee Intermitting Fever Blacks Croft 1304 A
19/09/1854 1820 Mary McIlroy Daughter Of Peter McIlroy, Weaver 18/09/1854 4 Months Dundee Bowel Complaint Hilltown 1304 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
21/05/1853 876 James Flinn Son Of Laurence Flinn, Farm Servant 19/05/1853 4 Years And 6 Months Parish Of Liff Bronchitis Hilltown 1304
23/05/1853 885 William Henderson Son Of William Henderson, Weaver 21/05/1853 9 Years Dundee Disease Of Heart Industrial School 1304 B
24/05/1853 890 A Still Born Child Daughter Of David Fraser, Tinsmith     Dundee Unknown Queen Street 1304 B
24/05/1853 893 William High Son Of Alexander High, Mechanic 23/05/1853 5 Months Dundee Consumption Temple Lane 1304 B
24/05/1853 892 Agnes Thoms Daughter Of David Thoms, Machine Maker 22/05/1853 3 Months Dundee Inflammation Of Bowels Temple Lane 1304 B
24/05/1853 891 Rachel Dalgety Daughter Of Edward Dalgety, Labourer 22/05/1853 1 Year And 1 Month Dundee Teething Princes Street 1304 B
24/05/1853 894 Peter Barrie Son Of John Barrie,Labourer 22/05/1853 1 Year And 3 Months Dundee Teething Session Street 1304 B
25/05/1853 899 James Stewart Son Of Robert Stewart, Labourer 23/05/1853 1 Year And 3 Months Dundee Teething Fish Street 1304 B
25/05/1853 900 Janet Wilkie Daughter Of John Wilkie, Carter 23/05/1853 1 Year And 5 Months Dundee Teething Seagate 1304 B
16/05/1853 861 Catharine Baird Wife Of Henry White, Weaver 13/05/1853 24 Years Glammis Child Birth Bell Street Lane 1304 B
23/05/1853 884 John McLeod Son Of Late John McLeod, Labourer 22/05/1853 4 Years Parish Of Falkirk Consumption Horse Water Wynd 1304 B
26/05/1853 902 A Still Born Child Son Of John Binny, Hacklemaker     Dundee Unknown Dallfield Walk 1304 B
26/05/1853 903 A Still Born Child Son Of William Calder, Tailor     Dundee Unknown Grays Close, High Street 1304 B
11/04/1853 732 William Mitchell Son Of John Mitchell, Weaver 09/04/1853 8 Weeks Dundee Croup West Port 1304 C
11/04/1853 731 David Butchart Son Of John Butchart, Weaver 08/04/1853 4 Months Dundee Teething Ramsays Pend, Scouringburn 1304 C
11/04/1853 730 William Porter Natural Son Of Ann Ouchterloney, Mill Worker 10/04/1853 10 Months Dundee Consumption Meadow Entry 1304 C
05/04/1853 709 Philip Callaghan Labourer 04/04/1853 70 Years County Of Fermanagh Old Age Hilltown 1304 C
05/04/1853 708 Luke Hailly Labourer 04/04/1853 46 Years County Of Sligo Dysentry Overgate 1304 C
14/04/1853 751 Robert Sappet Son Of George Sappet, Plasterer 12/04/1853 11 Months Arbroath Chincough And Teething Arthur Street 1304 C
05/04/1853 706 Elizabeth Ellis Yarn Winder 02/04/1853 74 Years Kirriemuir Old Age Barrons Court, West Port 1304 C
15/04/1853 754 Robert Peter Son Of Robert Peter, Blacksmith 13/04/1853 8 Weeks Dundee Nervous Disease Hilltown 1304 C
08/04/1853 719 A Still Born Child Daughter Of William Yeoman, Shoemaker     Dundee Unknown Overgate 1304 C
12/04/1853 736 Ann Winter Daughter Of John Winter, Weaver 11/04/1853 11 Months Dundee Chin Cough Dons Road 1304 C
13/04/1853 746 Mary Reilly Daughter Of Peter Reilly, Labourer 11/04/1853 1 Year And 2 Months Dundee Nervous Disease Overgate 1304 C
12/04/1853 745 A Still Born Child Son Of William Martin, Ropemaker     Dundee Unknown James Street, Maxwelltown 1304 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
09/06/1846 863 Marion Wallace Widow of Thomas Lumsden, Ploughman 07/06/1846 81 Years Parish of Preston Kirk, East Lothian Old Age Smalls Wynd 1304 B
09/06/1846 861 Thomas Edwards Street Porter 07/06/1846 36 Years Kirriemuir Inflammation of Lungs Infirmary from King Street 1304 B
09/06/1846 860 James Grubb Heckler 07/06/1846 35 Years Dundee Brain Fever Hendersons Wynd, Scouringburn 1304 B

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
17/01/1841 294 Agnes Higgins Daughter of Late Felix Higgins, Weaver 15/01/1841 31 years County of Londonderry Ireland Consumption 1304 A
16/01/1841 293 Margaret Ramsay Widow of Thomas Miller, Labourer 13/01/1841 78 years Auchterhouse Old Age 1304 A
17/01/1841 295 Margaret Smart Widow of James Watson, Weaver 16/01/1841 75 years Dundee Old Age 1304 A
17/01/1841 300 William Worvel Flaxdresser 15/01/1841 55 years Dundee Asthma 1304 A
24/10/1839 1564 George Hill Son of George Hill, Flaxdresser 22/10/1839 1 year and 8 months Dundee Measles 1304 B
14/11/1838 17 Helen McEwen Wife of Patrick Murray, Weaver 12/11/1838 44 years County of Sligo, Ireland Asthma 1304 B
10/09/1839 1377 Isabella Petrie Daughter of James Petrie, Heckler 07/09/1839 2 years Dundee Measles 1304 B
08/11/1838 6 James Amess Son of James Amess, Saw Miller 07/11/1838 8 years Parish of Abernyte Typhus Fever 1304 B
19/11/1838 32 John McDonald Son of John McDonald, Farm servant 17/11/1838 12 years Aberdeen Accident at a spinning mill 1304 B
10/09/1839 1378 Margaret Sweeny Daughter of Late John Sweeny, Labourer 07/09/1839 13 years Glasgow Typhus Fever 1304 B
24/10/1839 1565 Matilda Daer Daughter of George Daer, Heckler 22/10/1839 3 years Dundee Chincough 1304 B
16/11/1838 23 Sophia Black Wife of James McQuag, Weaver 15/11/1838 43 years Dublin Consumption 1304 B
19/11/1838 30 Thomas Roger Mason 17/11/1838 44 years Dundee Killed by the falling of an arch 1304 B
15/01/1842 341 Agnes Dick Daughter of David Dick , Labourer 13/01/1842 3 Years Dundee Measles 1304 C
01/05/1842 882 An Unnamed Child Son of Alexander Finlayson, printer 30/04/1842 1 day Dundee Bowel Hive 1304 C
23/01/1842 389 Elizabeth Isles Daughter of John Isles ,Mill Overseer 19/01/1842 3 Years Dundee Nervous Fever 1304 C
15/01/1842 344 James Keenan Son of Patrick Keenan , Weaver 13/01/1842 2 Years and 6 Months Dundee Worm Fever 1304 C
24/01/1842 395 James McRae Son of Barnaby McRae , Weaver 22/01/1842 1 Year and 6 Months Dundee Chin cough 1304 C
06/02/1842 480 Janet Anderson Daughter of Thomas Anderson, Heckler 05/02/1842 6 Months Dundee Scarlet Fever 1304 C
28/01/1842 415 Jean Ogilvie Daughter of William Ogilvie, Carter 26/01/1842 4 Years and 6 Months Dundee Small Pox 1304 C
23/01/1842 391 Jean Robertson Daughter of Andrew Robertson ,Heckler 19/01/1842 1 Year and 3 Months Dundee Measles 1304 C
09/01/1842 316 Jean Wilson Daughter of the late Thomas Wilson, Painter 07/01/1842 1 Year and 6 Months Dundee Measles 1304 C
07/02/1842 485 Joseph Tait Son of Alex. Tait , Weaver 04/02/1842 6 Years Dundee Small Pox, Scarlet Pox 1304 C
16/01/1842 349 Mary Kirkwood Daughter of Robert Kirkwood ,Heckler 14/01/1842 1 Year and 8 Months Dundee Teething 1304 C
07/02/1842 484 Thomas Clark Son of Joseph Clark , Weaver 04/02/1842 2 Years Dundee Croup 1304 C
09/01/1842 324 William Hepburn Son of Nathaniel Hepburn, Heckler 5/01/1842 1 Year and 10 Months Dundee Water in Head 1304 C

Monumental Inscription (Section C.)

Erected by the Rev. D.K. Shoebotham, Dundee, in memory of his children Charles Russell who died 23rd April 1836 aged 2 years and Jane Maria who died 9th February 1839 aged 4 years, Arthur Kirkby died 23rd April 1841 aged 10 years. (Edmund William died 29th June 1842, aged 10 years and an infant daughter.)

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

*Text in brackets, 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
1302 Trustees Of Lindsay Street Chapel.

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
20/05/1842 957 A Still Born Child Daughter of the Rev D K Shoebotham     Dundee Unknown 1302 A
26/04/1841 699 Arthur Shoebotham Son of the Reverend Daniel Kirkby Shoebotham 23/04/1841 9 years Leamington Rupture of a Blood Vessel 1302 A
04/07/1842 1096 Edmund Sholbolham Son of the Rev D.K. Sholbolham 29/09/1842 9 years Perth Consumption 1302 B
13/02/1839 401 Jane Shoebothom Daughter of Robert D.K. Shoebothom 09/02/1839 4 years Perth Hooping Cough 1302 B
27/04/1838 760 Charles Russell Shoebotham Son of Rev.d Daniel Kirkby Shoebotham 23/04/1838 2 years Dundee Consumption 1302 C

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