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Wellwynd Churchyard Airdrie
Monumental Inscription Index
An A-Z Index of names inscribed on all surveyed stones
Wellwynd Churchyard is situated on Wellwynd, off Stirling Street (A89), Airdrie.
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Whether monuments or gravestones are very grand and ornate or are the humblest of stones tucked away in some forgotten corner of a
Churchyard, they represent part of our heritage and although “etched in stone”, their inscriptions are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Whilst some may still be standing, others have either toppled or have been laid flat, all eventually suffering from the elements,
becoming so weathered or eroded that their inscriptions have faded or at worst, disappeared completely. The care and attention once
given to tending that special place long gone – shrubs and weeds taking over, obscuring or even hiding a once prominent site. In
many old Churchyards, gravestones are removed or relocated to assist in the maintenance of the burial ground or because the land is
up for re-development and can end up as nothing more than a path.
Monumental Inscriptions or gravestones are far from being the permanent records our forefathers hoped would last forever
so I hope my efforts over the past years in photographing and transcribing some of the old and not so old Churchyards, Cemeteries
and Burial Grounds in Stirlingshire and a few surrounding areas may help to preserve this valuable information before much of it is
lost forever.
Photographs and complete Monumental Inscriptions available from
For details on prices, how to order etc., see Page 12
From the inscription one can see the parents and their children, also that at least one, even if their only daughter, was married.
Ages at death can assist in determining not only years of birth, but can indicate the time span over which children were born.
On this particular stone, by using only the information on the inscription, the first child’s birth (John) would have been in 1851,
the last child (Samuel) in 1867, so this couple’s family were born over at least a 15 year period.
This information provides enough detail to make internet searches both faster and more economical particularly as the
Marshall Family would appear on both the 1851 and 1861 Scottish Census Returns.
This stone shows the common practice of repeated use of two particular forenames i.e. John and James.
Erected by William Marshall
In memory of his children
JOHN died in 1853 aged 2 years
JOHN died in 1855 aged 2 years
JAMES died 20th August 1857 aged 2 years
JAMES died 8th July 1871 aged 21 months
And his son SAMUEL MARSHALL
Died 3rd August 1888 aged 21 years
And his son WILLIAM MARSHALL
Died 19th September 1898 aged 38 years
Also his daughter MARION MARSHALL
Wife of Alexander Rankin
Died 25th March 1901 aged 36 years
The above WILLIAM MARSHALL
Died 9th June 1901 aged 74 years
Also his wife JANET ROBERTSON
Died 8th December 1910 aged 84 years
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Wellwynd Churchyard Index
Where possible and legible, Maiden Names and Married Names have been listed as separate entries, e.g.
Smith, Jane (nee Jones) - Married Name being Smith, Maiden Name or nee, Jones
Jones, Jane (Smith) - Maiden Name being Jones, Married Name, Smith
On occasion where only a year has been entered on the following Index, this refers to a year inscribed on the stone. It may not necessarily be the date of death of one of the individuals concerned,
but could be the date of purchase of the lair, or the date on which the stone was erected.
Should only initials appear on inscriptions, these are usually the initials of husband and wife. Often there is more than one stone to the same family or couple and the ‘Initials’ can then be verified.
(Women very rarely being referred to by their Married Name)
Any name(s) appearing in bold italic letters refer to individuals found listed on stones in other locations and the inscriptions indicate that their Place of Burial was Wellwynd Churchyard.
(Details of these locations can be found at the end of the Index)
Appearing throughout each Index are the letters (DN). This refers to a Newspaper ‘Death Notice’ which indicates a person is interred in a specific location. If the text appearing in the Index is in bold italics, no ‘matching’ stone has been found.
Date of Age at
Name Death Death
1 ABERCROMBIE, James Mackenzie
2 ABERCROMBIE, Mary
3 AITCHESON, Margaret (nee Colts) 1865
4 AITCHESON, W.
5 AITKEN, Janet (Lees) 14.03.1849
6 ALLAN, As. (Loudon) 1832
7 ALLAN, Christina 28?.07.1838
8 ALLAN, Janet (nee Greirson) 08.???? 78?
9 ALLAN, John 10.05.1838? 88
10 ANDERSON, John 1850
11 ANDERSON, John 08.1854 21
12 ANGUS, James? 09.02.1867 58
13 ANGUS, Margaret (nee Young) 28.07.186? 36
14 G B
15 J B A L
16 W B
17 BALDERSTON, Helen (Gilmour) 1835
18 BELL, Margaret (Swanson) 24?.07.???? 61?
19 BIZZETT, Jane (Hall)
20 BLACK, Helen (nee Brown) 1901
21 BLACK, Jean (Gibson)
22 BLACK, Walter 19.04.1891 59
23 BOYD, James 1845
24 BOYD, Margaret (nee Graham) 1845
25 BRAID, Jane (Stirling) 01.04.1849? 40
26 BROWN, Helen (Black) 1901
27 BROWN, Janet (Donaldson)
28 BULLOCH, Janet (Davidson) 28.11.1881 66
29 BUNTING, Catherine (Davidson?)
30 CALDER, Mary (Young) 02.1844 Mem
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31 CAMPBELL. David Infancy
32 CAMPBELL. Helen
33 CAMPBELL. Rachel? (nee Trotter?)
34 CAMPBELL. William
35 CAMPBELL. William Infancy
36 CARLISLE, Agnes 11.11.1846? 1h
37 CARLISLE, James 02?.12.1838 2
38 CARLISLE, Marion 13?.07.1841 2
39 CARLISLE, Marion
40 CARLISLE, Thomas 12.07.1845 2w
41 CARLISLE, Thomas 20.11.184? 10d
42 CARLISLE, Thomas 27.09.1877 67
43 CARLISLE, Child 1842 Still-born
44 CARRICK, Andrew
45 CARRICK, John 24.03.1827 69
46 CARRICK, Marjory (nee Shaw) 22.06.1826 65
47 CHALMERS, Ann (Witherspoon) 06.04.1856 21
48 CHAPMAN, Cummin (Longmuir) 1837
49 CHEP?, Elisabeth (McGavin) 17?.02.1848?
50 CLARKSON, Elisabeth (nee Laird)
51 CLARKSON, Isabella 20.08.1841 12
52 CLARKSON, Margaret (nee Twaddel)
53 CLARKSON, Peter
54 CLARKSON, Thomas
55 CLARKSON, 3 Children Infancy
56 COLTS, Ann 1849
57 COLTS, Isabella (Dobbie) 14.09.1868
58 COLTS, James 1836
59 COLTS, Margaret (Aitcheson) 1865
60 COLTS, Robert 1820
61 COOK, Charlotte (nee Scott) 1872
62 COOK, Christina
63 COOK, Janet
64 COOK, Mary (nee Glen)
65 COOK, William
66 COOK, William
67 COOK, William
68 COOPER, Jean (Johnstone)
69 CRAWFORD, Jean (Shaw) 1803
70 CULLEN, David 03.07.18?? ?m
71 CULLEN, James 22.01.18?4 4
72 CULLEN, Mary (nee Roddock) 07.11.1894 74
73 CULLEN, William 15.02.1895? 71
74 CULLEN, William 04.18?? 14?
75 DAVIDSON, Catherine 03.06.1863 29
76 DAVIDSON?, Catherine (nee Bunting)
77 DAVIDSON?, James
78 DAVIDSON, Jane Aitken 08.05.1848 11m
79 DAVIDSON, Janet 05.10.1835 7m
80 DAVIDSON, Janet 07.07.1840 2
81 DAVIDSON, Janet (nee Bulloch) 28.11.1881 66
82 DAVIDSON, John
83 DAVIDSON, Marion 17.08.1840 2w
84 DAVIDSON, Marion (Tennant)
85 DAVIDSON, Mary (Jenkins)
86 DAVIDSON, Robert 02.02.1860 50
87 DEANS, Janet 09.04.1865 80
88 DICK, David 1852
89 DOBBIE, Isabella (nee Colts) 14.09.1868 Mem
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90 DOBBIE, Lockhart
91 DOBBIE, Daughter Childhood
92 DOBBIE, 4 Sons Childhood
93 DODD, Jessie (Lawther) 16.06.1893 59
94 DONALDSON, Andrew 05.1874 6y 5m
95 DONALDSON, Elizabeth 05.1874 5
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97 DONALDSON, G. 16
98 DONALDSON, George 19.??1864
99 DONALDSON, James
100 DONALDSON, James 03.1878 Infancy
101 DONALDSON, Janet (nee Brown)
102 DONALDSON, Jessie 03.1881 6y 5m
103 DONALDSON, M. 1
104 DONALDSON, Margaret 06.1874 3y 2m
105 DONALDSON, Mary? 01.03.186?
106 EASTON, ..? (Watson?)
107 EWART, J. 1850
108 EWART, J.
109 EWING, ? (?)
110 FERGUSON, Isabella (nee Forrest)
111 FERGUSON, William 04.04.1842 37?
112 FORREST, Christina (nee Wotherspoon) 1840?
113 FORREST, Isabella (Ferguson)
114 FORREST, James
115 FORREST, James 1840?
116 FORREST, Janet (Millar) 17?.05.1862 70
117 FORSYTH, Marion (Walker) 21.08.1897 80
118 FOTHERINGHAM, Margaret (Walker)
119 GARTSHORE, Alexander 1829
120 GARTSHORE, Ann (?)
121 GARTSHORE, Jane (nee Rankin) 1829
122 GIBB, Alexander 05.01.1907 73
123 GIBB, Isaac 07.11.1848 8y 9m
124 GIBB, Isaac 18.01.1849 41
125 GIBB, James 01.03.1834 3y 10m
126 GIBB, James 26.11.1849 2y 7m
127 GIBB, Janet (nee Laird) 19.11.1888
128 GIBB, Margaret 22.02.1909 73
129 GIBB, Mary 21?.06.1837 1y 4m
130 GIBSON, Jean (nee Black)
131 GILMOUR, Helen (nee Balderston) 1835
132 GILMOUR, Matthew 1835
133 GLEN, Mary (Cook)
134 GORDON, Margaret (Hunter) 11.11.1874 66
135 GRAHAM, Margaret (Boyd) 1845
136 GRANGER, Andrew 19.12.1876 32
137 GRANGER, James Infancy
138 GRANGER, John 28.11.1870 53
139 GRANGER, Mary (nee Maxwell) 08.12.1885 74
140 GREIRSON, Janet (Allan) 08.???? 78?
141 HALE?, H?.
142 HALE?, T.
143 HALL, Jane? 1845
144 HALL, Jane (nee Bizzett)
145 HALL, John
146 HAMILTON, Agnes (nee Russell)
147 HAMILTON, David 04.03.1853
148 HAMILTON, Marion (Mason) Mem
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149 HENDRY, Agnes (Williams?) 1808?
150 HOTSON, Jean (Russell)
151 HUNTER, Alexander
152 HUNTER, Alexander 9m
153 HUNTER, Janet 09.03.1886
154 HUNTER, John
155 HUNTER, Margaret (nee Gordon) 11.11.1874 66
156 HUNTER, Mary
157 HUNTER, Mary 4?
158 J J I T S ? 1807
159 JACK, Margaret (Wilson)
160 JENKINS, Alexander 27.03.1881
161 JENKINS, Mary (nee Davidson)
162 JOHNSTONE, James 07.03.1870 55?
163 JOHNSTONE, Jean (nee Cooper)
164 LAIRD, Elisabeth (Clarkson)
165 LAIRD, Janet (Gibb) 19.11.1888
166 LAWSON, Elisabeth (nee Livingstone) 1841
167 LAWSON, James 1841
168 LAWTHER?, Betty Anderson 1927 68?
169 LAWTHER, George 05.10.1874 2w
170 LAWTHER, Helen McAra 1907 49
171 LAWTHER, James 19.11.1888 30
172 LAWTHER, Jessie (nee Dodd) 16.06.1893 59
173 LAWTHER, John 1923 57
174 LAWTHER, Marianne 20.06.1875 2y 1m
175 LAWTHER, Robert Dodd 1914 46
176 LAWTHER, Robina Dodd 1923 62
177 LAWTHER, William (DN) 06.08.1902 75?
178 LAWTHER, William 05.05.1864 8m
179 LAWTHER, William 03.02.1897 32
180 LEES, Janet (nee Aitken) 14.03.1849
181 LEES, Robert 14.02.1885
182 LINDSAY, Christina (Shaw)
183 LIVINGSTONE, Elisabeth (Lawson) 1841
184 LOGAN, Agnes Young
185 LOGAN, Archibald 17.10.1842 24
186 LOGAN, John Young
187 LOGAN, Margaret Young
188 LONGMUIR, Cummin (nee Chapman) 1837
189 LONGMUIR, James 1837
190 LOUDON, As. (nee Allan) 1832
191 LOUDON, James 1832
192 W M? M M 1804
193 MAIN, James 15.04.1865 59
194 MAIN, James Infancy
195 MAIN, John Infancy
196 MAIN, Peter 04.03.1884 34
197 MAIN, Rachel (nee Thomson) 06.03.1884
198 MAIN, William Infancy
199 MASON, John
200 MASON, Marion (nee Hamilton)
201 MAXWELL, Mary (Granger) 08.12.1885 74
202 MILLAR, Euphemia 20.11.1843 13
203 MILLAR, Janet (nee Forrest) 17?.05.1862 70
204 MILLAR, John 06.06.1865 84?
205 MILLAR, Mary 01?.01.1837 2
206 MILLAR, …? 22.10.1850 20?
207 MILLAR, …? 23.11.1850 28 Mem
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208 MILLER?, Agnes? (Thomson)
209 MUIRHEAD, Catherine (Paterson) 28?.08.1898 76?
210 McGAVIN, Elisabeth (nee Chep?) 17?.02.1848?
211 McGAVIN, Matthew
212 McLUCKIE, John 17.11.1839
213 McMEEKIN, Elisabeth (nee Shaw) 1845
214 McMEEKIN, Thomas 1845
215 NEIL, Thomas 1807
216 NEILSON, John 1839
217 NICOL, Mary (?) 25.12.1832 45
218 NICOL, William 04?.06.????
219 D N ? O 1807
220 PATERSON, Catherine (nee Muirhead) 28?.08.1898 76?
221 PATERSON, Edward 2.04.1869? 14
222 PATERSON, Elizabeth
223 PATERSON, Elizabeth 01.03.1868? 12
224 PATERSON, Elizabeth (nee Smith) 01.1914 81
225 PATERSON, George H. 29.02.1860 2
226 PATERSON, Janet
227 PATERSON, John 11.1892 60
228 PATERSON, John
229 PATERSON, John (DN) 06.09.1907
230 PATERSON, Marion
231 PATERSON, Thomas
232 PATERSON, William 08?.1879?
233 PAUL?, Janet (Watson)
234 PETERS, Helen Eadie 17.07.1884 27
235 PETERS, Mary Lisle (nee Willis) 03.03.1893 66?
236 PETERS, Matthew
237 PETERS, William Willis 14.10.1866 6m
238 H R J R 1860
239 J R J G 1866
240 RANKIN, Jane (Gartshore) 1829
241 REID, James 17.01.1896 77
242 REID, Jeannie (nee Russell) 20.08.1887 64
243 REID, John
244 ROBERTSON?, James 01.???? 19
245 ROBERTSON?, Janet 14.12.????
246 ROBERTSON?, ..? 25.??.????
247 RODDOCK, Mary (Cullen) 07.11.1894 74
248 RUSSELL, A. (nee Thomson) 1831
249 RUSSELL, Agnes (Hamilton)
250 RUSSELL, James? 1831
251 RUSSELL, Jane? (Walker) 10.1872
252 RUSSELL, Jean (nee Hotson)
253 RUSSELL, Jeannie (Reid) 20.08.1887 64
254 RUSSELL, John
255 SCOLLICK, Agness (Thomson) 1840
256 SCOTT, Charlotte (Cook) 1872
257 SHAW, Christina 01.05.1860 15y 9m
258 SHAW, Christina (nee Lindsay)
259 SHAW, James
260 SHAW, Jean (nee Crawford) 1803
261 SHAW, John 1803
262 SHAW, Marjory (Carrick) 22.06.1826 65
263 SMITH, Elizabeth (Paterson) 01.1914 81
264 SNEDDON, Alexander Neilson 14.04.1889 8m
265 SNEDDON, John 25.04.1883 10
266 SNEDDON, Margaret (nee Swanson) 27.06.1877 29 Mem
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267 SNEDDON, Robert Infancy
268 SNEDDON, Robert 18.08.1908 68
269 STEWART, Lilias (Wotherspoon) 1848
270 STIRLING, Elizabeth
271 STIRLING, Elizabeth
272 STIRLING, James
273 STIRLING, Jane (nee Braid) 01.04.1849? 40
274 STIRLING, Marrion? 184?
275 STIRLING, Mary 08.????
276 STURGEON, John 22.11.1877 23
277 SWANSON, Margaret (nee Bell) 24?.07.???? 61?
278 SWANSON, Margaret (Sneddon) 27.06.1877 29
279 SWANSON, Thomas
280 TENNANT, John
281 TENNANT, Marion (nee Davidson)
282 THOMSON, A. (Shaw) 1831
283 THOMSON, Agnes? (nee Miller?)
284 THOMSON, Agness (nee Scollick) 1840
285 THOMSON, Andrew
286 THOMSON, James 1809
287 THOMSON, John 1877? 64
288 THOMSON, Rachel (Main) 06.03.1884
289 THOMSON, Thomas 1840
290 TROTTER?. Rachel? (Campbell)
291 TWADDEL, Margaret (Clarkson)
292 J W [John Waddell]
293 WADDELL, John 1800
294 WALKER, Agnes 05.11.1841 7
295 WALKER, Alexander
296 WALKER, Andrew 13.01.1899 59
297 WALKER, Andrew Duncanson 10.03.1894 79
298 WALKER, Fanny Allan 10?.06.1883 10y 9m?
299 WALKER, Janet (nee Russell) 10.1872
300 WALKER, Jessie 09.12.1878 3y 7m
301 WALKER, Margaret (nee Fotheringham)
302 WALKER, Marion (nee Forsyth) 21.08.1897 80
303 WALKER, Mary 22.12.1871 5m
304 WALKER, Robert 05?.08.1892 55
305 WALKER, Robert 25.12.1849 6y 6m
306 WALKER, Son Infancy
307 WATSON, David Infancy
308 WATSON, Elisabeth Infancy
309 WATSON, Euphemia 13.04.1862 21
310 WATSON, Jane 01.03.1858 14
311 WATSON, Janet (nee Paul?)
312 WATSON, John
313 WATSON, Robert 25.07.1853?
314 WATSON, Thomas 02.01.????
315 WATSON, William Infancy
316 WATSON, ..? (nee Easton?)
317 WILLIAMS?, Agnes (nee Hendry) 1808?
318 WILLIAMS?, Alexander 1808?
319 WILLIS, Mary Lisle (Peters) 03.03.1893 66?
320 WILSON, Alexander 04.04.1838 19
321 WILSON, James
322 WILSON, Margaret (nee Jack)
323 WITHERSPOON, Ann (nee Chalmers) 06.04.1856 21
324 WITHERSPOON, James
325 WITHERSPOON, Child Infancy Mem
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326 WOTHERSPOON, Christina (Forrest) 1840?
327 WOTHERSPOON, Lilias (nee Stewart) 1848
328 WOTHERSPOON, Robert 03.09.1846 51
329 WOTHERSPOON, Thomas 25.02.1866 39
330 YEATS, W? 1860
331 YOUNG, John
332 YOUNG, John
333 YOUNG, Margaret (Angus) 28.07.186? 36
334 YOUNG, Mary (nee Calder) 02.1844
335 YOUNG, Robert
The following individuals are listed in family groups but surnames are unknown
UNKNOWN, Ann (nee Gartshore)
UNKNOWN, David
UNKNOWN, James 25.08.????
UNKNOWN, Janet 14.12.????
UNKNOWN, John
UNKNOWN, John
UNKNOWN, John
UNKNOWN, John
UNKNOWN, Margaret
UNKNOWN, Margaret
UNKNOWN,Grace 12m
UNKNOWN, James
UNKNOWN, Jessie 4y 10m
UNKNOWN, William 09.01.1854
UNKNOWN, ? (nee Ewing)
UNKNOWN (2 stones - Rear Churchyard)
Memorials in Old Monkland Cemetery
ANDERSON, John 08.1854 21
WOTHERSPOON, Thomas 24.02.1866 39
Memorials in New Monkland Cemetery
BLACK, Jean (Gibson)
DONALDSON, Andrew 05.1874 6y 5m
DONALDSON, Elizabeth 05.1874 5
DONALDSON, James 03.1878 Infancy
DONALDSON, Jessie 03.1881 6y 5m
DONALDSON, Margaret 06.1874 3y 2m
GIBSON, Jean (nee Black)
LOGAN, Agnes Young
LOGAN, John Young
LOGAN, Margaret Young
STURGEON, John 22.11.1877 23
(DN) – Newspaper Death Notice (bold text, no stone found)
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Prices
Price per photograph (*or set of photographs) 5.50 GBP each (by e-mail)
*Depending on the legibility/amount of detail on each stone.
In some cases a single photograph will show the entire stone and the inscription will be readable whilst in others, due to either the size of the stone/amount of information/multiple sections or panels/illegibility
etc., a set of photographs have been required.
Accompanying each photo or set of photos will be a transcription of the full Memorial Inscription.
In some instances, a copy of the lair or grave layout plan may be available, indicating the position of the grave, also, if possible, verification of the section and lair/plot number.
Please Note:
No guarantee can be given as to the accuracy of information
transcribed from Monumental Inscriptions.
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