Hi listers, > Thanks again to Debbie who looked up ROCHEAD M.I.'s for me in > Kirkintilloch Auld Aisle cemetery, and to everyone who helped to > decipher them. > To give you an idea of what they mean (possibly), and to list some > ROCHEAD names, here they are. At the end there is an explanation of > named communities from Kirkintilloch historian and resident, Alex > Gartshore. > > Erected by Robert ROCHEAD in memory of his 1st daughter, Mary d. _8/1792 > at 19 yrs old, and youngest daughter Clemy d. 1788. > > Erected by Andrew ROCHEAD of Dunniblae (should be Duntiblae) in memory > of his 2nd son Robert at Condorat (should be Condorrat) who died 18th of > Feb. 1824 at 7 years old. > > Erected by Angus McCacheran and wife Jean ROCHEAD in memory of son > Archibald who died on 8th of June, 1841. 6 years old. > > Erected by John ROCHEAD in memory of his wife Jean Alkin who died 12th > of Feb, 1838. > > I hope to be able to connect one or more of these people to my own gggg > Grandmother, Margaret "Marion" ROCHEAD Fergus who lived at Kirkintilloch > (possibly born there, but at least during the 1790' s with husband > William Fergus when all of their children were born there) > > Duntiblae is a small hamlet across the river from the town of > Waterside. During the early 1800's most residents were weavers or farm > laborers. > Condorrat was a small village in it's own right, east of Kirkintilloch, > until becoming a part of Cumbernauld about 1960. In 1824 most residents > were weavers or coal miners. > > ROCHEAD is now on the GenForum name list. Leave your ROCHEAD family > query at http://genforum.genealogy.com/rochead/ > > Keep in touch, > Patrick