Monument list for Canongate Kirk Church burial ground

Canongate Kirk's Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Monument list

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1AitchisonWilliam Aitchison1777581835id: 109079916287030053rd September 1835
William Ker Aitchison1807471854 26th February 1854
Mary Russel Ker1782691851 18th July 1851

2AitchisonWilliam Aitchison1826id: 109073816283745678th May 1826
Alexander Aitchison1825 21st October 1825
David Aitchison1898 25th November 1898
George Nairn Aitchison1814 8th January 1814
George Nairn Aitchison1891 7th June 1891
John Aitchison1845 3rd July 1845
Margaret Aitchison1872 13th March 1872
Mary Nairn Aitchison1875 7th August 1875
William Aitchison1823 29th March 1823
Elizabeth Aitchison1831 21st February 1831

3AitkinJames Aitkin1698831781id: 109070116281526648th June 1781
Mary Wallace1727571784 30th December 1784
Archibald Aitkin1732691801 25th October 1801
Margaret G Aitkin1762371799 6th September 1799
Robert Aitkin1827 15th September 1827
Walter Aitkin182411825 died 26th April 1825aged 16mth
Antoinette Langlande1782401822 27th April 1822
William Watson
Archibald Aitkin1776 6th July 1776

4AitkinJohn Aitkin1788721860id: 1097516303929317th March 1860
Caroline Aitkin
Elizabeth Anne Aitkin1792431835 June 1835
Mary Aitkin1819101829 18th May 1829
Mary Aitkin1795751870 February 1870
Robert Aitkin1746801826 August 1826
Peter Sellers Aitkin

5AllanJames Allanid: 10686162923370324th August
Agnes Allan1776811857 6th April 1857
Margaret Allan1840 11th January 1840
James Allan1853 17th February 1853
Nicol Allan1770621832 24th March 1832
Thomas Allan1795 3rd July 1795
Gifford Somerville 12th February

6AlstonCharles Alston1683771760id: 10705162932370Eminent Botanist Went to Leyden to study botany; returned to Edinburgh; appointed Kings Botanist at Holyrood House;the gardens of which he enriched by large collections made in Holland; appointed Professor of Botany at the College; published several works on botany and materia medica
Agnes Clerkhay1735881823 10th July 1823
Agnes Irving180921811 1811
Barbara Irving1821
John Irving

7AndersonFrancis Anderson1747761823id: 10809162970384127th April 1823
John Anderson1801101811 14th June 1811
Easton1762661828 3rd April 1828

8ArnotWilliam Arnot1810id: 1091016301630013th June 1810
Barbara Arnot1894 16th February 1894
Elizabeth Arnot1873 23rd March 1873
Johanna Arnot1897 5th April 1897
Jane Rutherfurd1844 14th August 1844

9ArnottJames Arnott1827id: 109081716287927228th August 1827
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10BalfourDavid Balfour1755581813id: 10832162980250125th May 1813
Marion Balfour1766771843 27th March 1843

11BallantyneJohn Ballantyne1774471821id: 108811630032233
James Ballantyne1772611833

12BannermanJohn Bannermanid: 1090871162903152November
Diana MacLeod1831 20h July 1831

13BarclayGeorge Robertson Barclayid: 109141630193991
William Robertson1794761870 2nd December 1870

14BeatsonDavid Beatson1821id: 109076716285525426th December 1821
Susan Beatson
Janet Steele

15BellGeorge Bell1777551832id: 109088716291362268th August 1832
Maryann Chichester Bell
Benjamin Bell1748941842 Surgeon and Anatomist Studied under Gregory; 29 years Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary; was considered to be the most successful operator of his day; published several medical works and essays on agriculture
Catherine Douglas Bell
David Craigie Bell181191820 6th August 1820
Dorothea Bell181371820 31st July 1820
Elizabeth Craigie Bell1812331845 29th December 1845
Jemima Gavin Hamilton Bell182131824 17th August 1824
John Craigie Bell1850 4th December 1850
Joseph Bell1787611848 22nd January 1848
Margaret Jane Cecilia Bell181961825 18th August 1825
William Bell1784651849 19th June 1849
Robert Craigie1784541838 9th August 1838
Eleanora Ross1785461831 13th September 1831
Andrew Ross Bell1809321841 July 1841

16BerwickMargaret Berwick1796501846id: 108611629963081st March 1846
George Berwick

17BerwickWilliam Berwick1786461832id: 10862162997400117th October 183
Alexander Berwick1822831905 23rd May 1905
William Berwick182431827 18th April 1827
Marion Scott1769581827 20th April 1827

18BlairJames Blair1718721790id: 1084516298619124th November 1790

19BlythJames Blyth1790391829id: 109078316286231816th June 1829
Agnes Blyth182611827 died 12th June 1827 17mth
Marion Kerr1791801871 18th March 1871

20BonarAlexander Bonar1750701820id: 10932163025396422nd April 1820
Anne Bonar180051805 29th March 1805
Christian Bonar1788801868 26th May 1868
Eliza Bonar58
Elizabeth Bonar
Sarah Bonar65 14th September
Archibald Bonar180711808 19th February 1808
Christian Bonar1800621862 8th August 1862
Eliza Bonar1812441856 6th June 1856
John Bonar aged 2wk
Marjory Bonar1798241822 29th September 1822
Mary Graham Bonar1813 died 19th Decemebr 1813 aged 6mth
Alexander Bonar180031803 15th March 1803
Alexander Bonar
John Bonar1793431836 26th November 1836
Sarah McCall1765701835 27th July 1835
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21BonarHoratio Bonar1808611869id: 109321630273181died 31st July 1889 (in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995)
Christian Cornelia Bonar186271869 17th July 1869
Eliza Maitland Bonar
Lucy Jane Bonar185441858 20th August 1858
Marjory Emily Jane Bonar1849101859 29th June 1859
Henry Robert Bonar186541869 26th March 1869
Horatius Ninian Bonar18601001960 16th May 1930
James Bonar184701847 9th May 1847
Jane Catherine Cundie1821631884 Jane Catherine Lundie 3rd December 1884

22BonarJames Bonar1758631821id: 109321630261283225th March 1821
Marjory Pyott Maitland1738621800 31st July 1800
James Bonar1801661867 11th July 1867
Marjory Pyott Maitland1753811834 29th August 1834

23BonarWilliam Bonar1831id: 10908451628939392Born 22.3.1775 - son of Andrew Bonar and Patience Redman. Brother of James Bonar. Died 31st March 1831.
Andrew Redman Bonar1818491867 Son of James Bonar and Ann(e) Lawrie (Laurie). Born 29.5.1818. Married Jane Bell Weir in 1856. He died 25th February 1867.
James Bonar1771721843 Born 15.5.1771 - son of Andrew Bonar and Patience Redman. Brother of William Bonar. Husband of Ann Lawrie. Father of Mary Ann Bonar, Jamima Lawrie Bonar (b.1813, d.1814), Jamima Lawrie Bonar (b.1815, d.1816) and Andrew Redman Bonar. James Bonar died 11th September 1843.
Jamima Lawrie Bonar1814 Daughter of James Bonar and Ann(e) Lawrie (Laurie). Born 1.10.1813 : name on birth entry Jemima Lawrie Bonar. Died 7th June 1814 aged 9 months.
Jamima Lawrie Bonar181511816 Daughter of James Bonar and Ann(e) Lawrie (Laurie). Born 7.9.1815 : name on birth entry Jemima Laurie Bonar. Died 2nd September 1816 aged 13 months.
Mary Ann Bonar1811861897 Daughter of James Bonar and Ann(e) Lawrie (Laurie). Born 16.1.1811 : name on birth entry Mary Anne Bonar. Died 17th June 1897.
Ann Lawrie1781721853 Wife of James Bonar. Name on some entries also given as Anne Laurie. Died 30th September 1853.
Jane Bell Weir1862 Wife of Rev. Andrew Redman Bonar. They married in 1856. She died 5th November 1862.

24BoogRobert Boog1715511766id: 108081629691671May 1766

25BrandBarbara Brand1823id: 109083416288817525th July 1823

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