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Church of the Holy Rude Stirling

Monumental Inscription

Index

An A-Z Index of names appearing on Stained Glass Windows & Memorials

Holy Rude Church is situated off St. John Street, Stirling

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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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For details on prices, how to order etc., see Page 7

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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Church of the Holy Rude

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 window or memorial, It may not necessarily be the date of death of one of the individuals concerned.

Any name(s) appearing in bold italic letters refer to individuals found listed on stones or memorials in other locations.

Date of Age at

Name Death Death

1 ALEXANDER, Edward 1835 68

2 ALEXANDER, George 24.08.1880 55

3 ALLAN, John

4 AMSLIE, Henry 25.08.1877

5 AUSTIN, Jane (Doig) 14.03.1849

6 BLACKADER, John 8.172 65

7 BROWN, Alexander Hepburn 21.08.1855

8 BROWN, Jane (nee Munro)

9 BURN, John 22.06.1814 69

10 BURN, Mary (nee Higgins) 10.01.1804 44

11 CONNAL, Michael 15.11.1812

12 CONNAL, Patrick 09.02.1854

13 CONNAL, William

14 CONNAL, William

15 COWAN(E), John 1633

16 CUNNINGHAM, Alexander

17 DAVIDSON, Janet (nee Roger) 20.03.1775 94

18 DAVIDSON, Mary (Eliot, laterally Randall) 22.03.1776

19 DAVIDSON, Thomas

20 DAVIDSON, William

21 DICK, John 22.04.1865

22 DOIG, David 19.04.1818 6

23 DOIG, David 17.04.1800? 82

24 DOIG, Jane (nee Austin) 14.03.1849

25 DOIG, Patrick 03.05.1833 70

26 DRUMMOND, William 25.11.1868

27 ELIOT, John

28 ELIOT, Thomas

29 ELIOT, Mary (nee Davidson, laterally Randall) 22.03.1776

30 GALBRAITH, Christian (nee Littlejohn)

31 GALBRAITH, George 02.09.1847

32 GALBRAITH, George T.

33 GALBRAITH, William

34 GILFILLAN, Janet

35 GILFILLAN, Thomas 22.09.1807 75

36 GLAS, Jean (nee Stirling) 27.11.1785 68

37 GLAS, Thomas 14.11.1791 85

38 GLAS, Five Children

39 GORDON, Abraham 21.01.1808 85

40 GORDON, Abraham Cyrus

41 GORDON, Anna (nee McDonnel) 31.10.1818 84

42 GORDON, Mary Jane

43 GRAHAM, Jane 17.09.1846 78

44 GRAHAM, Samuel 26.01.1831 74 Mem

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45 HIGGINS, John

46 HIGGINS, Mary (Burn) 10.01.1804 44

47 LITTLEJOHN, Christian (Galbraith)

48 MARTIN? Margaret (Risk)

49 MILLER, James 28.11.1947

50 MONTEATH, James 06.07.1867

51 MUNNOCH, Alexander 14.11.1879

52 MUNRO, Alexander 31.10.1814 54

53 MUNRO, Helen (nee MacKillop) 01.08.1826 70

54 MUNRO, Jane (Brown)

55 MUNRO, William 06.06.1819 31

56 MacKILLOP, Helen (Munro) 01.08.1826 70

57 McDONNEL, Anna (Gordon) 31.10.1818 84

58 McGIBBON, John 10.01.1820 71

59 RANDALL, Mary (nee Davidson, formerly Eliot) 22.03.1776

60 RANDALL, Thomas 1780 69

61 RANDOLPH, Charles 11.11.1878 69

62 RANDOLPH, Margaret

63 A. I. R. (Reid)

64 J. R. R. (Reid)

65 REID, James 19.05.1879

66 RISK, John

67 RISK, Margaret (nee Martin?)

68 ROGER, Janet (Davidson) 20.03.1775 94

69 SMALL, Alexander 05.01.1825 43

70 SMITH, Thomas Stuart 31.12.1869

71 SOMERVILLE, James 23.01.1817 68

72 SPITTAL, Robert

73 STIRLING, Jean (Glas) 27.11.1785 68

74 STUART, William Stevenson

75 SUTHERLAND, Lewis A. 14.07.1954

76 THOMSON, John 15.03.1854 76

77 WADDELL, William Wardlaw 22.03.1903

78 WILSON, John 08.11.1852 64

79 WRIGHT, George 17.10.1826

Memorials in Holy Rude Churchyard

1a COWAN(E), John 1633 63

2a WESCOTT, Amelia M. 05.01.1848 29

3a WESCOTT, George

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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 window/memorial.

In some cases a single photograph will show the entire window/memorial and the inscription will be readable

whilst in others, due to either the size/ 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.

Please Note:

No guarantee can be given as to the accuracy of information

transcribed from Monumental Inscriptions.

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How to order Photographs & Monumental Inscriptions

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