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John Wishart, feather merchant, Dundee died 8th December 1811, aged 41 years, and his wife Agnes Bain, died 4th February 1837, aged 45 years. Agnes Wishart their second daughter and wife of John Carrie, merchant, Dundee, died 30th April 1843, aged 20 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
90 John Wishart, Feather Merchant.

Register 8 1864-1938

Date Of Interment Register Number Name & Designation Age Residence & Misc Plot No
05/09/1868 67 Susan McLachlan Or Low 70 Years   90 A
30/09/1874 16 Christina Wishart 44 Years   90 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
09/06/1848 1678 Jean Wishart Daughter Of The Late John Wishart, Feather Merchant 05/06/1848 21 Years Dundee Consumption Overgate 90 C
28/06/1849 1109 John Wishart Feather Merchant 26/06/1849 23 Years Dundee Consumption Overgate 90 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
01/04/1846 595 Andrew Allan Wishart Machine Maker 28/03/1846 22 years Dundee Consumption High Street 90 A

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
26/02/1840 626 Amelia Finlay Wife Of John Wishart,Feather Merchant 21/02/1840 24 Years Leuchars Consumption 90 A
09/02/1837 959 Agnes Bain Wife of John Wishart, Feather merchant 04/01/1837 45 years Bainsford, Parish of Falkirk Consumption 90 B
04/05/1843 949 Agnes Wishart Wife of John Carrie, Manager of the Herald Newspaper of Dundee 30/04/1843 20 years Dundee Consumption 90 B
08/07/1839 1087 Allan Wishart Son of John Wishart, Feather Merchant 05/07/1839 11 months Dundee ChinCough 90 B
13/12/1841 198 John Wishart Feather Merchant 08/12/1841 41 years Glasgow Consumption 90 B
08/01/1840 343 John Wishart Son Of John Wishart,Feather Merchant 06/01/1840 3 Months Parish Of Mains Consumption 90 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
06/09/1848 2087 Catharine Rankine Wife Of James Morren, Labourer 05/09/1848 43 Years Aberdeen Brights Disease Of Kidney Nethergate, Died In Infirmary 899 A
05/09/1848 2080 Isobel Steel Wife Of Thomas Gill, Painter 04/09/1848 37 Years Aberdeen Child Birth Ramsays Pend, Scouringburn 899 A
05/09/1848 2078 Alexander McEwen Gardener 04/09/1848 82 Years Parish Of Moneidy, Perthshire Diarrhea Horse Water Wynd 899 A
05/03/1850 483 Barbara Mill Wife Of John Hood, Labourer 04/03/1850 26 Years Parish Of St Vigeans Phthisis Hawkhill, Died In Infirmary 899 A
05/03/1850 484 Isobella Smith Wife Of William McGregor, Flesher 03/03/1850 40 Years Dundee Consumption Murraygate 899 A
05/03/1850 481 Matthew Quillan Labourer 03/03/1850 50 Years County Of Cavan Typhus Fever Lyons Close, Hawkhill, Died In Infirmary 899 A
05/03/1850 482 Helen Cassidy Widow Of John Cox, Labourer 04/03/1850 90 Years County Of Fermanagh Old Age Lilly Bank 899 A
12/10/1848 2281 Janet Ritchie Daughter Of James Ritchie, Labourer 09/10/1848 21 Years Dundee Childbirth Church Street, Wallace Feus 899 B
20/09/1848 2168 Peter Henry Ship Scrapper 19/09/1848 40 Years County Of Tyrone Compression Of Brain Cowgate, Died In Infirmary 899 B
23/09/1848 2183 Alexander Webster Carter 21/09/1848 35 Years Dundee Typhus Fever Castle Lane, Died In Infirmary 899 B
14/09/1848 2132 John Romannes Sailor 12/09/1848 83 Years Dalkeith Old Age Blinshall Street, Died In The Prison 899 B
08/09/1848 2095 Jean Edward Daughter Of The Late John Edward - Wright 07/09/1848 54 Years Dundee Consumption West Port 899 B
10/10/1848 2273 Elizabeth Watt Widow Of James Butchart, Weaver 07/10/1848 72 Years Parish Of Mains Old Age Session Street 899 C
09/10/1848 2265 James Bruce Weaver 07/10/1848 63 Years Parish Of Airlie Paralysis Princes Street, Wallace Feus 899 C
19/03/1850 537 Bernard Carr Weaver 17/03/1850 50 Years County Of Cavan Consumption Session Street 899 C
23/03/1850 552 Jane Hutton Wife Of James McGarrity, Weaver 22/03/1850 60 Years County Of Armagh Typhus Fever Scouringburn, Died In Infirmary 899 C
23/03/1850 554 Margaret Nisbet Daughter Of Charles Nisbet, Flaxdresser 22/03/1850 7 Years Dundee Rubeola Industrial School, Died In Infirmary 899 C
26/03/1850 561 Barbara Walker Widow Of George Laws, Labourer 23/03/1850 59 Years Panbride Old Age Horse Water Wynd 899 C
26/03/1850 562 Ann Mill Yarn Winder 22/03/1850 80 Years Dundee Old Age Horse Water Wynd 899 C
10/10/1848 2274 Margaret Taylor Widow Of Arthur Thom, Weaver 08/10/1848 84 Years Kirriemuir Old Age Long Wynd 899 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
27/03/1845 568 Esther Riley Daughter of William Riley, Weaver 26/03/1845 4 Years Dundee Measles Hilltown 899 A
27/03/1845 567 Martha McCrackan Daughter of William McCrackan, Weaver 25/03/1845 4 Years Dundee Measles Bellfield Lane, Hawkhill 899 A
25/03/1845 559 An Unnamed Child Son of James Stewart, Sailor 23/03/1845 2 Days Dundee Supposed Hurt of Mother Temple Lane 899 A
25/03/1845 558 George Paterson Son of Charles Paterson, Shoe Maker 23/03/1845 2 years Dundee Measles Scotts Close, Nethergate 899 A
19/03/1845 528 Jessie Taylor Daughter of Daniel Taylor, Iron Moulder 17/03/1845 22 Months Arbroath Measles Middle Street, Wallace Feus 899 B
18/03/1845 523 Helen Chalmers Daughter of Robert Chalmers, Weaver 16/03/1845 18 Months Dundee Measles Argyll Close, Overgate 899 B
20/03/1845 533 James Wood Son of John Wood, Weaver 18/03/1845 5 Years Dundee Scarlet Fever Scouringburn 899 B
26/03/1845 564 Agnes Tasker Yarn Winder 24/03/1845 75 Years Dundee Killed by a Cart Overgate 899 B
20/03/1845 535 Elizabeth Honeyman Daughter of George Honeyman, Weaver 18/03/1845 6 Years Dundee Measles Gellatly Square, Nethergate 899 B

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
03/05/1843 938 Elizabeth Shellman Wife of James Kenachin, Weaver 01/05/1843 24 years Kings County, Ireland Typhus Fever 899 A
05/06/1842 1007 Heneage Mudie Daughter of James Mudie, Yarn Winder 31/05/1842 18 years Dundee Influenza 899 A
05/06/1842 1005 John Nicoll Warper 02/06/1842 47 years Parish of Dunnichen Drowned 899 A
08/06/1842 1013 William Hunter Labourer 06/06/1842 58 years Parish of Aberlemno Consumption 899 A
11/11/1839 28 Agnes Farnes Wife of Andrew Thomson, Labourer 10/11/1839 58 years County of Monaghan Brain Fever 899 B
18/11/1839 60 Ann Donnely Wife of John O'Neil 15/11/1839 48 years County of Tyrone Decline 899 B
13/11/1839 38 Catharine Brown Daughter of James Brown, Weaver 11/11/1839 20 years Dundee Typhus Fever 899 B
12/11/1839 30 Jean Grant Wife of David Robertson, Mason 10/11/1839 38 years Drumfork Dropsy 899 B
18/11/1839 59 William Burns Flaxdresser 16/11/1839 25 years Dundee Apoplexy 899 B
28/05/1842 981 James Dow Sometime farmer, Caithness 26/05/1842 80 years Parish of Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Broken thigh bone 899 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
20/07/1849 1266   Wife Of John Hall, Shoemaker 18/07/1849 38 Years County Of Waterford Cholera Session Street, Died In Infirmary 895 A
20/07/1849 1267 Ann Gow Wife Of John Robertson, Weaver 19/07/1849 45 Years Dundee Cholera Millers Wynd, Hawkhill 895 A
26/07/1849 1326 Christina Amphrey Wife Of Robert Low, Shoemaker 26/07/1849 62 Years Brechin Cholera Dudhope Crescent 895 B
26/07/1849 1328 Mary Cameron Widow Of John Geddes, Shoemaker 25/07/1849 38 Years Aberdeen Cholera Temple Lane 895 B
26/07/1849 1329 Elizabeth Galloway Washerwoman 25/07/1849 45 Years Dundee Cholera Baltic Street 895 B
31/07/1849 1417 Janet McInnes Wife Of William Watt, Wright 30/07/1849 29 Years Stornoway Iland [Island Of] Lewis Consumption Cowgate 895 C
01/08/1849 1429 James Reid Tailor 31/07/1849 34 Years Dundee Cholera Butters Close, Hawkhill 895 C
01/08/1849 1438 Mary Anderson Widow Of Peter Crabb, Labourer 01/08/1849 72 Years Parish Of Fordoun Cholera Dudhope Crescent 895 C
01/08/1849 1441 Elizabeth Short Daughter Of Late John Short, Labourer 01/08/1849 26 Years County Litrim [Leitrim] Cholera Horsewater Wynd, Scouringburn 895 C
01/08/1849 1442 Margaret Kidd Winder 30/07/1849 20 Years Newburgh, Fife Consumption Church Street, Wallace Fens 895 C
01/08/1849 1435 James Grieve Sawyer 31/07/1849 49 Years Parish Of Errol Cholera Dudhope Crescent 895 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
10/05/1844 783 Charlotte Brunton Daughter of David Brunton, Joiner 10/05/1844 6 Hours Dundee Hurt in the Birth Rose Bank 895 A
19/05/1844 804 Matthew Anderson Son of Thomas Anderson, Heckler 18/05/1844 6 Months Dundee Inflammation in Head Temple Lane 895 A
16/05/1844 798 Jemima Randal Daughter of the Late James Randal, Mason 13/05/1844 9 Months Dundee Teething Princes Street, Wallace Feus 895 A
13/05/1844 792 A Still Born Child Daughter of William McGregor, Tinsmith     Dundee Unknown, Premature Birth Fish Street 895 A
13/05/1844 791 A Still Born Child Son of Andrew Dyer, Baker     Dundee Supposed Hurt of Mother Hawkhill 895 A
10/05/1844 784 Elizabeth Matters Daughter of John Matter, Heckler 08/05/1844 2 years Dundee Consumption Hawkhill 895 A
02/05/1844 756 Euphemia Cautious Daughter of Andrew Cautious, Mill Foreman 30/04/1844 2 years Dundee Water in Head Dallfield Walk 895 C
05/05/1844 764 Catharine Lyall Daughter of Thomas Lyall, Wright 03/05/1844 11 years Dundee Water in Head Murraygate 895 C
07/05/1844 773 A Still Born Child Daughter of Robert Mudie, Sawyer     Dundee Unknown Seagate 895 C
09/05/1844 781 Rossia O'Hara Daughter of William O'Hara, Labourer 08/05/1844 18 Days Dundee Bowel Hive Gowden Knows, Blackness Road 895 C
02/05/1844 754 Elizabeth McBain Daughter of the Late John McBain, Weaver 30/04/1844 9 years Dundee Burnt by Clothes Catching Fire Idvies Street, Joint Stock Buildings 895 C

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
03/02/1842 451 John Ferrier Sometime Ships master 31/01/1842 62 Years Monfieth Dysentery 895 A
04/02/1842 462 Margaret Scoullan Widow of -- Campbell , Labourer 03/02/1842 70 Years County of Tipperary, Ireland Asthma 895 A
03/02/1842 450 Margaret Stirling Weaver 01/02/1842 60 Years Forfar Asthma 895 A
04/02/1842 461 Martha Paterson Daughter of the late Alex Paterson, Barber 02/02/1842 14 Years Glasgow Scarlet Fever 895 A
09/03/1840 676 A Still Born Child daughter of Morison Strath, Mill Overseer     Dundee Unknown 895 B
09/03/1840 675 A Still Born Child daughter of William Stibbles, Carpenter     Dundee Unknown 895 B
17/03/1840 710 A Still Born Child son of John Ross, Tailor     Dundee Unknown 895 B
18/03/1840 713 A Still Born Child daughter of William Walker, Heckler     Dundee Unknown 895 B
09/03/1840 674 An Unnamed Child daughter of Peter Colgins 07/03/1840 4 days Dundee Unknown 895 B
21/12/1838 147 Catherine Smith Yarn Winder 20/12/1838 35 years Dundee Decline 895 B
11/03/1840 685 James Mulholland son of Samuel Mulholland, Weaver 10/03/1840 2 years County of Sligo Small Pox 895 B
18/03/1840 715 John Park son of David Park. Weaver 16/03/1840 2 years Glasgow Small Pox 895 B
21/12/1838 149 Margaret McKay Widow of Peter Graham, Weaver 19/12/1838 78 years County of Monaghan, Ireland Old age 895 B
21/12/1838 150 William Keeney Labourer 20/12/1838 60 years King's County, Ireland Inflammation 895 B
06/02/1842 477 Elizabeth Kerr Widow of Andrew Smith , Carter 02/02/1842 56 years Meigle Parish, Perthshire Typhus Fever 895 C
06/02/1842 476 Jane Dunlope (Dunlop) Widow of James Tool , Labourer 04/02/1842 40 Years Laswade Typhus Fever 895 C
29/01/1842 423 Janet Ritchie Widow of James Wann , Shoemaker 26/01/1842 69 Years Monikie Parish, Angus Old Age 895 C
30/01/1842 424 Margaret Hogg Wife of James McLeod , Weaver 28/01/1842 48 Years Kirriemuir Inflammation in Side 895 C
30/01/1842 425 Mary Kenny Wife of John Robertson ,Heckler 28/01/1842 25 Years Dundee Consumption 895 C
06/02/1842 469 Peter Tilter Ship Carpenter 02/02/1842 34 Years Arbroath Inflammation of the Lungs 895 C
06/02/1842 468 Robert Cameron Son of the late John Cameron , Labourer 03/02/1842 16 years Montrose Inflammation of the Lungs 895 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
15/08/1843 1355 A Still Born Child Son of James Comerford, Weaver     Dundee Unknown Blackness Road 891 A
15/08/1843 1354 A Still Born Child Daughter of Peter Cleary, Labourer     Dundee Unknown Spence's Close, Overgate 891 A
15/08/1843 1353 Mary Ann Lesslie Daughter of Alex Lesslie, Shoemaker 12/08/1843 1 year and 5 months Dundee Chincough Barrack Street 891 A
14/08/1843 1352 Mary Mulholland Daughter of Henry Mulhulland, Weaver 12/08/1843 6 years and 9 months Dundee Chincough Overgate 891 A
09/08/1843 1334 Elizabeth Charleton Daughter of the Late James Charleton, Clerk 07/08/1843 11 years Glasgow Consumption Cotton Road 891 B
13/08/1843 1348 Helen Johnson Daughter of Andrew Johnson, Weaver 11/08/1843 12 years County of Monaghan Dropsy Maxwelltown 891 B
12/08/1843 1343 A Still Born Child Son of Alexander Main, Weaver 10/08/1843   Dundee Unknown Small's Wynd 891 B
10/08/1843 1336 Helen Moire Daughter of David Moire, Heckler 08/08/1843 1 year Dundee Teething West Port 891 B
11/08/1843 1342 A Still Born Child Son of David Crabb, Heckler     Dundee Unknown Bonnet's Lane, Seagate 891 B
08/08/1843 1326 James O'Connel Son of Thomas O'Connel, Heckler 06/08/1843 2 years Dundee Chincough Scouringburn 891 C
07/08/1843 1323 A Still Born Child Daughter of John Aird, Tailor     Dundee Unknown Blinshall Street 891 C
07/08/1843 1321 Jess Neil Daughter of James Neil, Hatter 06/08/1843 10 months Perth Teething Fish Street 891 C
06/08/1843 1319 David McNeilage Strathern Son of Peter Strathern, Wright 04/08/1843 4 years and 3 months Dundee Killed by a Railway Waggon going over him Hendersons Wynd, West Port 891 C
06/08/1843 1317 Margaret Hunter Daughter of Peter Hunter, Weaver 03/08/1843 5 years Dundee Typhus Fever Hilltown 891 C
06/08/1843 1316 Isabella McLaren Daughter of Joseph McLaren, Shoemaker 03/08/1843 6 years and 8 months South Leith Typhus Fever King Street 891 C

Register 4 1836-1843

Interment date Register No Name Designation Date of death Age Place of Birth Cause of death Plot No
03/11/1841 5 David Low Son of Robert Low, Shoemaker 01/11/1841 17 years Dundee Inflammation in Side 891 A
05/11/1841 13 John Coupar Weaver 02/11/1841 38 years County of Tyrone, Ireland Typhus Fever 891 A
05/11/1841 10 Margaret Thomson Wife of Robert Stewart, Shoemaker 03/11/1841 45 years Parish of Airlie Heart Cramp 891 A
20/10/1841 1306 A Man Found Dead at Magdalane Yard 16/10/1841 About 50 Unknown Supposed Drowned 891 C
20/10/1841 1305 John McLagan Painter 17/10/1841 44 years Perth Apoplexy 891 C
18/10/1841 1294 Michael Connor Labourer 16/10/1841 50 years County of Louth, Ireland Disease of the Lungs 891 C

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