Meg Greenwood wrote: > > My GGfather was William HALCROW. He was born in Orphir in 1856. His > headstone says : > > In Loving Memory of my Dear Husband, WILLIAM HALCROW who died 10th May, > 1911. Aged 54 years. Interred in Sightbill Cemetery. 111 Petershill > Road. Isabel Halcrow. > > I am asking if this refers to the possible fact he is not buried at the > same location as this headstone. I do not know the location of the > headstone,in fact, I am not even sure this is really what the real > marker says - this is a copy of what looks like a 3" x 4" card with > decorative scripts included in the research done by an Orkney researcher > in 1985. The above words are listed on it, the 'back' reveals a > touching poem about a light being gone and a vacancy left in the home > because of his passing. > > Was this a Funeral Card ? Our family always thought that this 3" x 4" > black and white copy with a small one-eighth inch black border was the > image of the headstone or grave marker. Isabel HALCROW was his wife, > maiden surname WILSON from Stromness. Is Sightbill Cemetery near Orphir > ? Family rumor says it was in Glasgow. We never knew he traveled > there, but it is possible. > > Suggestions welcomed - Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma < finn@ionet.net > Hello Meg, There is a Sighthill Cemetery in Edinburgh in the district of Sighthill at the extreme west end of town and also one at Piershill which is on the way to Portobello. Perhaps they changed the name of the street. They often did this when there was a duplication of street names. This happened in the district where I was brought up, in Edinburgh. Bonaly Road was changed to Harrison Gardens because there was another Bonaly Road at Colinton. Some of the Gunns moved to Edinburgh as there was lots of work for Stonemasons etc. I guess thats why I was born in Auld Reekie. Elizabeth