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Denny Old Parish Churchyard

Monumental Inscription

Index

An A-Z Index of names inscribed on all existing, legible stones

Denny Old Parish Churchyard is situated at the junction of Duke Street and Glasgow Road (A872), Denny.

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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

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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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Denny Old Parish 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 Denny (Old Parish) Churchyard. (Details of these locations can be found at the end of the Index)

Date of Age at

Name Death Death

1 M A W T 1718

2 ADAMS, William 04?.02.1830

3 ALLAN, Robert 31.03.1842 77

4 ANDERSON, Margaret (Thomson)

5 BARCLAY?, James 05.10.1875 6y 6m?

6 BENNY, Ann (nee Liddle) 07.01.1839

7 BURNS, Thomas

8 R C A M 1773

9 W C I C 1758

10 CAMPBELL, Janet (Ferguson)

11 CARNIE?, Elizabeth 10.04.???? 27

12 CARNIE?, Margaret 27. ??.???? 20?

13 CARNIE, Robert 17.07.1809 30

14 CARNIE, Thomas 17.07.1811 47

15 CHRISTIE, Matilda Marianne (McFarlan) 16.09.1890 71

16 CONSTABLE, Sarah

17 CUTHELL, Elizabeth

18 CUTHELL, Helen (nee Inglis) ??.10.1825 67

19 CUTHELL, Janet Infancy

20 CUTHELL, Jean Infancy

21 CUTHELL, Margaret (nee Inglis) 12.07183 77

22 CUTHELL, Robert 02.08.1835 35

23 CUTHELL, Wiliam 03.10.1868 76

24 CUTHELL, William 06.07.1819 73

25 CUTHELL, William 17.12.1839 23?

26 CUTHILL, Jane (Gray) 26.12.1870 71

27 DUNCAN, Andrew 27.08.1863 53

28 FALCONER, 22.06.1892 67

29 FALCONER, Arthur Kinnaird 21.12.1860 3

30 FALCONER, Charlotte (nee Reid) 17.05.1859 25

31 FERGUSON, Janet (nee Campbell)

32 FERGUSON, John 19.09.1821

33 FERGUSON, Three Children

34 I G M G 1782

35 R G 1766

36 GILCHRIST, Robert 14.09.1861 81

37 GILCHRIST, John? 04.01.1862

38 GILCHRIST, Agnes? 13.01.1868 Mem

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39 GILCHRIST?, ..? (nee Rennie?) ??.011878 95?

40 GILLESPIE, John 08.02.1874 12

41 GILLIES, Isabella (nee Learmonth) 28.05.1900

42 GILLIES, John 1815

43 GILLIES, Margaret (nee McFarlane) 1815

44 GILLIES, William 10.05.1844

45 GORDON, Edward (DC) [No stone] 07.11.1856 8d

46 GRAHAM, Helen 11.01.18??

47 GRAHAM, James 29.??.18??

48 GRAHAM, James Richardson 09?.09.18?? 70

49 GRAHAM, Janet 16.??.????

50 GRAHAM, Janet (nee McNaught) 25.08.1860?

51 GRAHAM, Jeanie 20.06.1872 22

52 GRAY, Charles 29.12.1847 55

53 GRAY, Elizabeth (nee Stewart) 25.07.1874

54 GRAY, Jane (nee Cuthill) 26.12.1870 71

55 GRAY, Janet (nee Ure) 14.10.1850

56 GRAY, John 01.08.1850 84?

57 GRAY, John 03.06.1906 77

58 GRAY, Thomas 02.05.1879? 61

59 HANNAH, Isabella 28.02.1841 1y 9m

60 HANNAH, John 01.05.1843 1y 1m

61 HAY, Elizabeth (nee Nicol) 29.06.1880

62 HAY, Jane (nee Taggart) 01.03.1833 69

63 HAY, William 09.09.1842

64 HAY, William 19.05.1826 72

65 HAY? 20?.10.1862

66 T I M M 1771

67 INGLIS, Helen (Cuthell) ??.10.1825 67

68 INGLIS Margaret 12.07.1830 77

69 JOHNSTON, Thomas 183?

70 W L I G 1800

71 LAING?, Thomas

72 LEARMONTH, Isabella (Gillies) 28.05.1900

73 LIDDLE, Ann (Benny) 07.01.1839

74 LIDDLE, David 10.01.1834

75 LIDDLE?, Elizabeth (nee Renny)

76 LIDDLE, William

77 A M RC 1773

78 MARSHALL, Mary (Russell) 11.08.1857 72

79 MATHIE?, James Barclay 05.10.1875 6y 6m?

80 McFARLAN/MOREHEAD Enclosure

81 McFARLAN, James 20.02.1871 71

82 McFARLAN, Matilda Marianne 16.09.1890 71

83 McFARLAN, Matilda Marianne (nee Christie) 16.09.1890 71

84 McFARLANE, Margaret (Gillies) 1815

85 McFARLANE, Margaret (Russell)

86 McNAUGHT, Janet (Graham) 25.08.1860?

87 MOREHEAD, John

88 MOREHEAD/McFARLAN Enclosure

89 MOREHEAD, William

90 MOREHEAD, William

91 MOREHEAD, William 01.03.1872 74

92 MUIRHEAD, Christina Ingram 03.11.1855 6

93 MUIRHEAD, Christina Ingram 27.04.1861 2

94 MUIRHEAD, Elizabeth 26.03.1861 6

95 MUIRHEAD, Jessie 22.08.1863 10

96 NAPIER, Archibald

97 NAPIER, Sarah (nee Constable) Mem

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98 NAPIER, Thomas

99 NICOL, Elizabeth (Hay) 29.06.1880

100 REID, Charlotte (Falconer) 17.05.1859 25

101 RENNIE, Marion (Thomson) 1845

102 RENNIE? ....? 01.1878? 95?

103 RENNY, Elizabeth (Liddle)

104 RITCHIE, David ??.04.18?? 24?

105 RITCHIE, David 21.07.1867 64

106 RITCHIE, Mary (nee Shanks) ??.10.18??

107 RITCHIE, Thomas 12?.1849?

108 RUSSELL, Margaret (nee McFarlane)

109 RUSSELL, Mary (nee Marshall) 11.08.1857 72

110 RUSSELL, Robert 04.06.1833 21

111 RUSSELL, Robert 14.03.1817 41

112 RUSSELL, William 1845

113 RUSSELL, Family

114 SHANKS, Mary (Ritchie) ??.10.18??

115 STEWART, Elizabeth (Gray) 25.07.1874

116 W T M A 1718

117 TAGGART, Jane (Hay) 01.03.1833 69

118 TAYLOR, ...ine? M....? (Daughter of William)

119 THOMSON, James 1844

120 THOMSON, James

121 THOMSON, Margaret (nee Anderson) 1844

122 THOMSON? Marion (nee Rennie) 1845

123 URE, Janet (Gray) 14.10.1850

124 WATSON, Thomas (behind visible stones?)

125 WILSON, John 1834?

126 WEIR? 34

127 WEIR?, John 12.????

Stone in Bothkennar Churchyard

HANNAH, Isabella 28.02.1841 1y 9m

HANNAH, John 01.05.1843 1y 1m

Stones in Denny Cemetery

BARCLAY?, James 05.10.1875 6y 6m?

GILLESPIE, John 08.02.1874 12

GRAY, Janet (nee Ure) 14.10.1850

MATHIE?, James Barclay 05.10.1875 6y 6m?

MUIRHEAD, Christina Ingram 03.11.1855 6

MUIRHEAD, Christina Ingram 27.04.1861 2

MUIRHEAD, Elizabeth 26.03.1861 6

MUIRHEAD, Jessie 22.08.1863 10

RUSSELL, Family

URE, Janet (Gray) 14.10.1850

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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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