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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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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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