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Turnstone Genealogy - Jane Barton
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Pro genealogist (PGDip, RQG), librarian, statistician, maths tutor
#OPS for #WestwardAndBoltons & #RutherglenCemetery
CWGC volunteer
Wildlife watcher, wanderer in wild places
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A municipal cemetery is maybe not the first place you'd go looking for a pair of sleepy mallard, but here they are!
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A pair of mallard ducks snoozing in the grass between the headstones of Rutherglen Cemetery, Lanarkshire
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Honoured to lead a tour of #WW1 war graves in Rutherglen Cemetery on Saturday morning and then give a talk about the work of #CWGC to 221 Sqn, 154 RLC in Cambuslang in the afternoon.
We will remember them.
CWGC headstone for Lance Corporal David White, tucked in amongst private grave monuments in Rutherglen Cemetery, Lanarkshire.
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Lots of war graves tours taking place over the next two weeks to mark #RemembranceDay, including a tour of #RutherglenCemetery at 11am on 8th Nov. Come along to find out about the work of the #CWGC and the stories of those they commemmorate. Free but booking is required.
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Cross of Sacrifice at Rutherglen Cemetery, photographed on a lovely sunny autumn day. Fingers crossed for similar weather for our next war graves tour at 11am on Saturday 8th November.
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Day 26: Figure
As the nights draw in, I like to walk up to the top of #RutherglenCemetery to watch the sun set. One figure stands out against the skies over Glasgow. I've photographed her many times. Here she is with crescent moon and Venus. Her name is Minnie.
Grave monument of Minnie Walker, beloved daughter of Mary and Peter Walker, who died on 15 April 1915, aged 10. A stone figure of a young girl holding out a flower in her right hand as if she is about to let it fall. Photographed against a darkening sky, with the hazy orange glow of sunset on the horizon, a crescent moon and Venus rising above.
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Day 18: Mistake (a day late - oops!)
Nobody really knows whether the spelling of Christina's surname is a mistake, because it seems that nobody ever knew how to spell her surname in the first place. I'm willing to bet that it wasn't BEUEATE though!
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Gravestone of Christina Gray Beueate, wife of George Berry, who died on 18 February 1923 and is buried in Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Black granite with gold lettering. Marriage record of George Berry and Christina BEWETT dated 29 April 1864. Christina made her mark rather than signing her name, suggesting that she may not have been able to write her own name. Entry in the parish register for the baptism of Christina Gray BEWEATE, dated 19 September 1842. The entry for her parents' marriage a few years earlier gives her father's surname as BEWITT. Marriage record of Christina's daughter Jessie Berry to Archibald Sharp, dated 23 June 1899, in which Christina's maiden surname is give as BUTE.
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Day 17: Relocated
Grave monument of General Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, who died in exile in England in 1877 and was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery. He was repatriated in 1989 and interred in the family vault at La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
Grave monument for General Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, who lived the latter part of his life in exile in England and died there on 14 March 1877. He was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery but was repatriated to Argentina in 1989. Family vault of the de Rosas family, La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina. General Juan Manuel de Rosas was repatriated from England and re-interred here on 30 September 1989.
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Day 16: Obelisk
Somehow I dont seem to have good photos of any of the obelisks in #RutherglenCemetery (except the one I shared on Day 2) so let's play a game of 'spot the obelisk' instead.
Photograph of a random grave monument with an obelisk in the background. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Photograph of a random gravestone with an obelisk in the background. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Photograph of a random gravestone with an obelisk in the background. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Photograph of two grave monuments - a celtic cross and an obelisk - at night with the lights of the city of Glasgow in the background and the green glow of the aurora borealis above. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
October 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Day 15: Damaged
Sadly, many of the gravestones in #RutherglenCemetery are damaged, mostly due to neglect. Some have been in bits for decades, but the Plunkett gravestone fell and cracked in two some time during 2023/4. Please take care in cemeteries, especially near larger stones.
Gravestone of James Plunkett, his wife Mary Barr and their family. An imposing dark grey granite stone with an arched top, standing on a plinth, about eight feet tall. Photographed 8 Oct 2021. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Gravestone of James Plunkett, his wife Mary Barr and their family. A dark grey granite stone fallen from its plinth, broken into two pieces and lying flat in the grass, inscription uppermost. Beneath it is another stone, lying face down. Photographed 7 Aug 2025. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. A tiered plinth carrying various inscriptions to Alexander Reid and family, beside which lies a stone cross with an angel figure, resting on another plinth which carries inscriptions to John Murray Tonks and family. It is unclear to which plinth the cross and angel belong. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Gravestone of Alexander Blackburn and family, which has fallen from its plinth and is lying on its side among a jumble of stones and vegetation. In the background, more gravestones in various stages of decay. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Day 12: Notable woman
From a visit to Llanaber Church, Barmouth, Wales in the summer, the grave of Fanny Talbot (1824-1917). A friend of John Ruskin and a generous philanthropist, she is noted for gifting the first property, Dinas Oleu, to the newly formed National Trust in 1895.
The grave monument of Fanny Talbot (1824-1917) - a Celtic style grey stone cross with white lettering on a green plinth, recently renovated - stands in the overgrown burial ground of Llanaber Church, Barmouth, Gwynedd. Wales, with the sea beyond. Black and white portrait photograph of Fanny Talbot nee Brown (1824-1917). Fanny was a landowner and philanthropist, and a friend and correspondent of John Ruskin. Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, from 1874 she lived in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. She is noted for gifting the first property, Dinas Oleu, to the newly formed National Trust in 1895.
October 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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As a student of Glasgow University, he is also listed on the memorial in the GU chapel and in their online Roll of Honour. www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/roll_of_hono...
Memorial to the staff and students of Glasgow University who died in WW1. Black panels with names listed alphabetically in gold lettering, set within stone arches in Glasgow University Chapel.
October 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Day 11: Military
There are 49 WW1 & 38 WW2 war graves in #RutherglenCemetery. Some are marked by familiar #CWGC headstones, others have family gravestones or monuments. There are also many memorials to war dead who are buried elsewhere or have no known grave.
The Cross of Sacrifice, signifying the presence of 40 or more war graves. There are 87 war graves here - 49 WW1 graves and 38 WW2 graves – scattered throughout the older parts of the cemetery. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone for Private James Watson. James grew up as part of a large family in slum housing close to the pit at Farme Cross, Rutherglen and would no doubt have followed his father into coal mining. He volunteered soon after the outbreak of war, joined the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots and arrived in France on 24th February 1915. He was injured in battle close to the Ypres Salient in early June, taking a gunshot wound to the head. He was shipped out to Bevan Military Hospital near Folkstone in Kent, but had developed a cerebral abscess and died on 28 June. He was just 20 years old. James was awarded the British, Victory and 15 Star for his service. Lieutenant James Pattison was originally from County Antrim in Ireland but moved with his family to Glasgow when he was a boy. He joined the Highland Light Infantry at the very beginning of WW1. He served mainly on the western front – his records detail how he moved between battalions and rose through the ranks as the war progressed. He was awarded the 15 Star as well as the British and Victory medals for his service. At the end of the war, James returned to his family and his work as a butcher in Rutherglen but, like many soldiers who served in the trenches, his lungs were weak and he died of pneumonia on 27the February 1919, soon after his return. His death certificate makes no mention of his military service and he is not listed on the Roll of Honour on Rutherglen War Memorial. Family gravestone commemorating Robert John Smith of the 4th Canadian Mounted RIfles, who was reported missing on 2nd June 1916 but was never found and has no known grave. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
October 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Day 10: Urn
Urns seem to have been a popular choice as grave monuments during the earlier phase of #RutherglenCemetery (late Victorian). They're vulnerable to the ravages of neglect and vandalism, but those that remain in place are very photogenic.
In the foreground, the Speirs family monument with draped urn. Behind it, the Stewart family monument with an amphora style urn with handles, and in the background many more gravestones laid out on the slope of the hill. Darkening sky, full moon rising behind the hill. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Another image of the grave monument of the Speirs family, a tapered pillar in polished granite with white lettering, with a draped urn still in situ on the top. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Day 9: Hand
The gravestone of Henry Alfred Muirhead (1862-1928) bears the crest of Clan Muirhead - two hands holding aloft a sword - and the motto Auxilio Dei (By the Help of God).
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And I'm caught up... just in time to go away again tomorrow!
The gravestone of Henry Alfred Muirhead (1862-1928) is a large pale granite slab, with inscriptions for Henry, his wife Mary Crawford McLean, his son Andrew and his daughter-in-law Marjorie Lymburn Cowan. At the top of the stone is the crest of Clan Muirhead in a green-tinged metal. Henry was originally from Cathcart, Renfrewshire. He established a business as a tanner and leather merchant - his son Andrew continued the business after Henry's death. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The crest of Clan Muirhead - two hands holding aloft a sword - above the motto Auxilio Dei (By the Help of God), made of a greenish metal and mounted at the top of a pale grey granite gravestone marking the grave of Henry Alfred Muirhead and his family. Clan Muirhead is believed to originate in Lanarkshire, with lands at Muirhead (Cadder parish) and at Louncope (Bothwell parish). Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
October 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Day 8: Glass
Another one from Southampton Old Cemetery - the grave of Ethel Maude Newman (1875-1940), Lady Visitor for the Titanic Relief Fund. I'm not sure I like the garish blue glass chips but the story of her work with victims' families is a fascinating bit of social history.
Grave of the Newman family, including Ethel Maude Newman (1875-1940), Lady Visitor for the Titanic Relief Fund, located in Southampton Old Cemetery. A white stone cross set in a square of bright blue glass chips with a white stone border, surrounded by trees. Grave of the Newman family, including Ethel Maude Newman (1875-1940), Lady Visitor for the Titanic Relief Fund, located in Southampton Old Cemetery. A white stone cross set in a square of bright blue glass chips with a white stone border, surrounded by trees. Monumental inscription for Ethel Maude Newman, second daughter of the Newman family, who died on 6 March 1940, together with an modern information panel about her life and work as Lady Visitor of the Titanic Relief Fund. "Life's work well done"
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Day 7: Angel
An unmissable opportunity to share the stunningly beautiful angel who watches over the grave of suffragette Henria Helen Leech Williams in #CathcartCemetery. A place of pilgrimage, adorned with the purple, green & white ribbons of the #WSPU. May she rest in peace.
A stone angel, seated atop the grave monument of the Williams family, in the beautiful woodland surrounds of the overgrown Cathcart Cemetery on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. A wider view of the imposing grave monument of the Williams family - three large inscribed stone panels with plinths and pediments, above which is a seated angel perhaps three metres tall, the whole structure being perhaps six metres or more in height - surrounded by the lush vegetation of the overgrown Cathcart Cemetery on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. A daughter of the family, Henria Helen Leech WIlliams, was a suffragette and an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union. She died on 2 January 1911, two months after the 'Black Friday' demonstration. The grave is adorned with purple, green and white ribbons, the colours of WSPU, and remains a place of pilgrimage and inspiration. At the foot of the grave monument of suffragette Henria Helen Leech WIlliams, a sign bearing a quotation: "She knowingly and willingly shortened her days in rendering services to the womanhood of the nation." There are also ribbons in purple, green and white, the colours of the Women's Social & Politial Union (WSPU).
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Day 6: Gender
In Scotland, a monumental inscription relating to a married woman typically gives her full maiden name alongside the name of her husband. This doesn't mean she wasn't married! Some examples from #RutherglenCemetery #OPS.
On the left the gravestone of Mary Jess, wife of William Graham, and on the right the gravestone of Lilla Ethel Cable, wife of Harry Nixon. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Gravestone of Nellie Gray, wife of Hugh Stewart, surrounded by autumn leaves. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Gravestone of Susan Semple, wife of William Riddell. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Gravestone of Ellen Simpson, wife of John Lister. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Day 5: Bird
My local municipal cemetery is home to foxes, squirrels, bats & many species of bird, including a mob of noisy jackdaws & a family of mistle thrushes, but I didn't expect to find a pair of mallard among the gravestones! Also, a lovely stone dove.
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A pair of mallard ducks looking very much at home among the gravestones in Rutherglen Cemetery, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. The nearest open water is maybe half a mile away. A stone dove perches atop an urn on the grave monument of the Knox family of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. Striking black granite with white lettering against a blue sky.
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Day 4: Languages
Another selection from Southampton Old Cemetery. War graves for Belgian soldiers, inscribed in French & Flemish/Dutch(?), Latin inscriptions on the Belgian war memorial, and a CWGC headstone in the Jewish section, in English but surrounded by MIs in Hebrew.
Group of Belgian war graves in Southampton Old Cemetery, inscribed in French and Flemish/Dutch(?), and bearing the Belgian flag Memorial inscription for Belgian soldiers A.J. Panchau and F.P.J. Levert, who died in WW1 and are buried in Southampton Old Cemetery Latin inscription on the Belgian war memorial in Southampton Old Cemetery: In memoriam militam Belgicorum qui mortempro patria oppetierunt MDCCCCXIV-VII Requiescant in pace CWGC headstone for Lieutenant P.L. Moss of the Intelligence Corps, who died on 20 March 1946 and is buried in the Jewish section of Southampton Old Cemetery.
October 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Day 3: Tomb. There are no grave monuments grand enough to be described as tombs in #RutherglenCemetery, but I have been playing away this weekend, visiting the firstborn in Southampton & exploring Southampton Old Cemetery between rain showers. So many tombs!
Mausoleum of the Allen family, built in the classical style, stone with wooden door, in Southampton Old Cemetery Tomb style grave monuments of various designs in Southampton Old Cemetery Tomb style grave monument in pale stone, bearing the inscription: Sacred to the memory of Anne Eliza the beloved wife of Lt Genl Doherty CB and daughter of Sir Henry Onslow Bart died Feby 7th 1876. Southampton Old Cemetery.
October 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Nautical. Monument erected by Thomas Morton in memory of his wife Mary Ann Tame Flening and their daughters Ella and Cissy, who were lost presumed drowned when the SS Drummond Castle went down off Ushant, Brittany on 16 June 1896.
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Memorial inscription for Mary Ann Tame Flening and her daughters Ella and Cissy, who were all drowned when the SS Drummond Castle sank off Ushant, Brittany on 16 June 1896 Imppsing monument to several members of the Flening family, Rutherglen Cemetery
October 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Flower. A stone posy of flowers lies in the grass beside the monument to Archibald Park Campbell (died 1916) and his wife Janet McMaster (died 1917).
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Stone posy of flowers lying on its side in the grass, part in sun and part in shade Monumrnt to Archibald Park Campbell and his wife Janet McMaster, Rutherglen Cemetery, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The stone posy of flowers which used to sit on top of the monument has fallen and is lying in the grass to the left of the base.
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Lazy Sunday afternoon at Lochwinnoch. Today's highlights - kingfisher fishing for shiny silver fish, noisy but elusive water rail, dragonflies sunning themselves along the boardwalk. Autumnal bliss.
View across the water at Lochwinnoch, telescope set up in anticipation of kingfisher Common darter (I think) basking in the autumn sunshine on a wooden fence
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Today's find - a pdf facsimile of a history of the Incorporation of Tailors of Rutherglen, which includes lists of Deacons from 1753 and Members from 1892, with - rather fabulously - their full addresses! #OnePlaceStudies gold!
Published online by the Trades House of Glasgow in 2019.
September 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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It's conker season! We gathered a few on our visit to Baron's Haugh yesterday morning and the sight of them on my desk this afternoon prompted me to run a quick search in the newspapers. Reading the last line, I confess I almost choked on my coffee!
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Article from Cumberland & Westmorland Herald 1 September 1917 titled "Chestnuts to save food" School authorities and teachers are again reminded of the utility of harvesting the horse chestnut crop by organising the efforts of the children. For every ton collected half a ton of grain can be saved for human consumption, states the Board of Education. School committees are suggested, one of their duties being to see that the chestnuts are collected. When the collection is complete the committee should inform the Director of Propellant Supplies, Whitehall, S.W., stating the estimated quantity, and the Ministry of Munitions will arrange to remove the nuts. Shiny brown horse chestnuts (conkers) in a crocheted bowl
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Following a fabulous talk by Nicky Reynolds at @sogorg.bsky.social's Ag Labs day on Saturday, I've been looking at Ancestry's #WomensLandArmy index cards. Using keyword brings up records with the place name in home address rather than place of work - nice! Meet Peggy Bartle 1/4
Women's Land Army index card for Margaret Bartle, giving her date of birth, home address, date and place of employment, occupation, date of transfer to another county and date of resignation.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM