Cambusnethan Monumental Inscriptions
Brownlie/Brownlee monumental inscriptions, Cambusnethan Kirkyard, Wishaw Scotland.
1. No.8. David Brownlie died 6th November 1893 aged 72 years, his wife Jeanie Gourley died 4th July 1938 aged 82 years. Their son died 16th July 1899. (sic)
2. No.15. James Cunningham died 1895 aged 65 years, wife Grace Kennedy. Daughter Annie died January 1878 aged 12 years. Son James died 1901 aged 25 years. Grace Brownlie Cunningham died December 1909 …….. (rest of stone is worn)
3. No.26. William Watt and wife Marion McCarter. Son John died 186(2) aged 57 years (his wife Janet Lindsey died 17th February 1882 aged 74 years. Eldest son died March 1873 aged 34 years. Robert Watt died at New Zealand 18th February 1877 aged 26 years.) Reverse side of stone ------Thomas Brownlie died 18th September 1863 aged 75 years; his wife Margaret Watt died 16th June 1874 aged 90 years. Marion Watt died 6th June 1867.
4. No.39. 1859 Alexander Millar died 12th July 1875 aged 53 years, wife Jane Brownlie died 28th April 1895 aged 67 years. Son John died 3rd February 1868 aged 3 years. Son John Brownlie died 2nd August 1873 aged 4 years. Archibald Millar died 12th July 1855 aged 69 years (wife Janet Youl died 15th November 1867 aged 82 years.)
5. No. 51. James Brownlie died at Carluke 10th April 1880 aged 70 years, wife Isabella Young died 8th September 1869 aged 45 years.
6. No.64. Erected by Thomas Halliday and Marion Brownlie in memory of son Robert, died 16th April 1840 aged 1 year 6 months.
7. No.65. Robert Brownlie died 20th July 1854 aged 62 years, wife Marion Davidson died 3rd November 1843 aged 51 years. Son James died October 1839 aged 19 years, daughter Margaret died 1838 aged 10 years, daughter Agnes died 1846 aged 20 years.
8. No. 73. John Taylor died 30th May 1846 aged 27, his Mother Eliza Walker died 30t August 1833. John Brownlie died 14th April 1874 aged 73.
9. No. 89. (Table stone) Erected by James Brownlie in memory of his wife Janet Steel who died (1777?) aged 40 years. James Brownlie died 12th June 1815 aged 85 years. Alexander Brownlie died 23rd July 1840 aged 70 years. M. R.
10. No. 91. Erected by William Lyle and Mary Brownlie in memory of daughter Mary died 10th March 1815 aged 22 years.
11. No. 104. James Brownlie died 31st December 1890 aged 91 years, his wife Lillias Barrie died 1st January 188() aged 86 years. (stone very worn)
12. No. 135. Erected by Gavin Scott in memory of his Grandfather Robert Gray and spouse K. Brownlie of Springhill, died February 1810 aged 85 years. Wife Bethia Eglington February 1859 and their child. His daughter Helen Wallace Scott drowned 25th March 1859 aged 6 years.
13. No. 146. James Lockie V ( C) died 24th July 1897 aged 77 years. (Stone very worn and flaked) on reverse side reads ---- James Brownlie died 2nd February 1861 aged 82 his wife Grizel Russell died 1858, their daughter …………. 1812.
14. No. 147. Erected by Thomas Smith in memory of his Father who died at Crindledyke 2nd May 1841 aged 54 years. His Mother Jean Brownlie died at Bonkle 12th October 1874 aged 74 years. His brother John died at Greenock 14th November 1874 aged 40 years and his sister Margaret died in infancy.
15. No. 148. In memory of William Smith, died 30th January 1812 aged 57 years, his wife Janet Hamilton died 11th October 1828 aged 63 years. Property of John Smith and Jean Brownlie of Crindledyke. (Their daughter Margaret died 30th May 1838 aged 2 years)
16. No. 159. James Naismith died 1st December 1887 aged 85 years interred at Glasgow, his wife Janet Brownlie died 21st January 1846 aged 46 years. Son Ebenezer died 30th May 1846 aged 14 years, daughter Agnes died 19th August 1846 aged 16 years, daughter Margaret died 27th August 1894 aged 66 years. James Brownlie died at Melbourne Australia 3rd July 1894 aged 57 years.
17. No. 160. William Br(own)lie 1744. (stone very worn)
18. No. 189. 1829 intended burial place of Robert Douglas and Elizabeth Brownlie.
19. No. 214. George Skead, merchant, Wishaw died 18th August 1847 aged 42 years, his wife Marion Brownlie died 8th October 1889 aged 90 years. Son George died 15th November 1885 aged 53 years, son James died 3rd May 1905 aged 67, daughter Marion died 7th June 1906 aged 71 years, son John Brownlie died 17th July 1911 aged 75 years, son William Alexander died 18th May 1928 aged 85 years, interred at Jedburgh.
20. No.215. John Ferguson died April 1900 aged 60 years, his wife Mary Lochead died 1924aged 77 years. Their son Alexander Lochead died 29th November 1873 aged 2 years, daughter Janet Brownlie died 10th July 1886 aged 7 years. Janet Brownlie died 2nd November 1891 aged 84 years. (rest of stone is broken)
21. No. 240A. Erected by William Brown & Mary Brownlie in memory of their children John Y. died 15th May 1865 aged 8 years, Mary M. died 21st April 1867 aged 6 years, John died 25th September 1869 aged 1 year, Robert died 19th October 1869 aged 11 years.
22. No. 264. John Brownlie died 20th October 1901 aged 81 years, wife Isabella Moffatt died 26th May 1910 aged 84 years, daughter Elizabeth born 3rd August 1854 died 17th September 1873. William Moffatt born 8th November 1862 died 12th March 1878. James died 24th January 1921 aged 72 years.
23. No. 325. William Brownlie died 23rd August 1824 aged 92 years, wife Margaret Forrest died 18th June 1810 aged 72 years. 3 children, William, Betsey and Margaret. Alexander Brownlie died 20th May 1843 aged 84 years (his wife Margaret Russell died 25th March 1849 aged 72 years, grand-daughter Agnes T Russell 3 years. 3rd son Alexander died at Bonkle 30th June 1883 aged 79 years) William Brownlie died 10th February 1851 aged 54 (his wife Agnes Thomson died 17th October 1834 aged 25 years, daughter Margaret died 22nd December 1850 aged 16 years) Robert Brownlie died 22nd August 1863. Margaret Brownlie died 28th July 1865. Jane Brownlie died 28th May 1867. W. Brownlie died 6th January 1873 aged 4 years 6 months. Alexander John brownlie MD died 10th August 1899 aged 27 years. Thomas Brownlie died 10th June 1914 aged 87 years (his wife Agnes Thomson died 14th October 1911 aged 79 years.) Elizabeth Russell Brownlie widow of William Gladstone died 20th June 1929 aged 69 years (and is interred in Bo’ness cemetery.) Also Alex, Agnes and William Brownlie.
24. No. 327. Erected by Thomas Brownlie 1790. Mark Brownlie…………. Janet Brownlie died 21st December 1890 aged 20 years. George Brownlie died 28th August 1896 aged 61 years.
25. No. 343. Erected by H. Henry in memory of wife Janet Brounlie who died 13th July 1823 aged 65 years and is his intended burial place.
26. No. 349. Adam Reid died 6th October 1862 aged 77 years, wife Christina Brownlie died 21st August 1858 aged 67 years. Son James accidentally killed 5th June 1886 aged 64 years. Son William died 1st January 1893 aged 64 years.
27. No. 356. (double lair) Erected by James Brounlie and Mary Gardener in memory of their children James, Jane and Margaret, all died October 1811. Daughter Betty died 11th November 1821 aged 16 years. Daughter Margaret died 15th May 1822 aged 4 years.
28. No. 357. James Brounlie died 26th March 1843 aged 73 years, wife Mary Gardener died 10th February 1828 aged 47 years, son James died 26th September 1822 aged 8 years, daughter Grizel died 1st April 1824 aged 3 years, daughter Janet died 6th December 1829 aged 17 years. Alexander Brounlie died 1st February 1835 aged 16 months. Alexander Brounlie died 19th July 1842 aged 3 years.
29. No. 365. John Brownlie died 28th November 1823 aged 55 years, wife Marion Henderson died 1st October 1856 aged 72 years, son William died 6th March 1801 in infancy, 2nd son William, surgeon at Shotts iron Works, died 17th April 1852 aged 44 years. Daughter Betsy born 2nd May 1817 died 2nd March 1889.
30. No. 391. John Taylor died 12th August 1909 aged 79 years, wife Jane Brownlie died 8th December 1901 aged 69 years. 2 children died in infancy. Son John died 6th October 1877 aged 12 years.
31. No. 443. Robert Inglis died 28th October 1853 aged 58 years. 1st wife Janet Marshall died 13th march 1828 aged 24 years. 2nd wife Margaret Brownlie died 20th September 1854 aged 52 years. Daughter Margaret died 1st May 1833 aged 2 months. 2 children died in infancy. Walter Inglis died 27th January 1829 aged 31 years.
32. No. 492. John Brownlie died 12th April 1875 aged 76 years; wife Susan Muir died 29th April 1860 aged 63 years, son James died 1849 aged 19 years. Son Thomas (son John died 15th March 1865 aged 7 years, daughter Susan died 23rd March 1865 aged 3 years, daughter Jane died 27th March 1865 aged 1 year.)
33. No. 523. James Morton died 19th May 18(57) aged 35 years, husband of Isabella Brownlie. Son John died 16th May 1848 aged 9 months, son John died 27th October 1850 aged 17 months.
34. No. 554. Erected by Alexander McLachlan in memory of 1st wife Annie Naismith, died July 1852 aged 26 years, daughter Janet died February 1851 aged 11 months, son William died July 1852 aged 10 months, son Alexander died 10th September 1885 aged 30 years. 2nd wife Janet Brownlie died 15th September 1887 aged 67 years, son Stewart died 1888 aged 24 years.
35. End of Brownlie Monumental Inscriptions from Cambusnethan Churchyard, Greenhead Road, Wishaw, Scotland. James C. Leonard.