Monument list for Canongate Kirk Church burial ground

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

Monument list

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101HardyThomas Hardy1748501798id: 10908901629155261Scottish Devine Professor Church History in the University; Chaplain to the King and Dean of the Chapel Royal; advocated unity between the two parties of the church; formed Society for the Benefit of the Sons of the Clergy
Agnes Hardy1782231805
Anne Hardy1781761857 November 1857
Janet Hardy1791561847
Sophia Hardy1793521845
Robina Forrester1797801877 10th July 1877
William Young
Agnes Young Hardy1825271852 30th December 1852
Henrietta Porteous Hardy1822881910 27th June 1910
Robina Forrester Hardy1835561891 12th August 1891
Charles Hardy1831
Henry Hardy1830781908 4th December 1908
Robert Forrester Hardy1827561883 19th April 1883
Thomas Hardy1824861910 1st September 1910
William Forrester Hardy1833651898 26th April 1898
Robert Forrester
Charles Hardy26
Henry Hardy1783241807
Hugh Blair Hardy179611797 aged 15mth
Thomas Hardy1794421836 4th March 1836
William Hardy1785391824
Robert Allan
Agnes Young1762501812 4th June 1812

102HayAlexander Hay1826id: 1090835162889510120th January 1826
Jane Hay1792721864
George Ritchie
Jane Hay19 28th August
Jessie Hogarth Balmer1809251834 24th November 1834
Anna Tuck Hay Clark1847751922 13th February 1922
Hay1834 25th November 1834
Alexander Hay1831761907 26th May 1907
David Nisbet Hay1851 died 3rd June 1851 aged 3mth
Isabella Hay1843291872 9th June 1872
John Home Hay1798831881 12th June 1881
Isabella Nisbet1808821890 25th June 1890
Alexander Hay1801431844 25th July 1844
James Hay1796251821 7th May 1821
Robert Hay1805671872 5th May 1872
William Hay1793351828 14th July 1828
Ann Tuck1758641822 18th March 1822

103HayThomas Hay1751651816id: 10713162937445111th April 1816
Anna Hay1750841834 29th April 1834
Barbara Augusta Hay1790511841 3rd September 1841
David Hay1745901835 9th January 1835
David Hay1792511843 22nd November 1843
Margaret Hay1732901822 2nd January 1822
Albina Leith181411815 died 5th July 1815 aged 15mth
George Leith
Samuel Sinclair Hay1778381816 1st October 1816
Jane Hay1754761830 20th July 1830
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104HeddleJames Heddleid: 109861630464501
Ellen Heddle
Emmeline Heddle
Emmeline Henrietta B F Moodie Heddle1871291900 27th January 1900
Robert Heddle
Henrietta Heddle/Moodie1883 July 1883
Eliza D Heddle/Traill
J G Moodie Meddle
John H Traill

105HendersonWilliam Henderson1691801771id: 108151629721611June 1771
James Gentll1726611787 May 1787

106HendrieMichael Hendrie1755771832id: 10840162984334126th November 1832
Agnes Hendrie183761843 12th June 1843
John Hendrie1791611852 18th January 1852
Alison Sinclair1757691826 28th February 1826

107HendryThomas Hendry1810731883id: 109075916285022518th February 1883
Catherine Drummond1841631904 16th February 1904
John Hendry1839751914 24th February 1914
Mary Wright1809741883 2nd October 1883

108HewatPeter Hewat1756721828id: 1090865162900234110th March 1828
George Hewat60
Mary Hewat
Peter Hewat
Margaret Greig1753631816 31st January 1816

109HillsJane Hills1787561843id: 10821162974273128th October 1843
Catherine Wilson Hills1813291842 6th November 1842
Bessie Brown Adamson1857171874 13th November 1874
John Wilson1788591847 28th March 1847
Walter Adamson1816741890 10th December 1890
Jane Wilson1822721894 30th May 1894
James Lewis

110HodsonMargaret Hodson1738651803id: 108941630081901January 1803
Eliza Hodson
George Hodson

111HunterJames Hunter1801id: 1090753162845121128th August 1801
Mary Muir1821 14th November 1821

112HunterRobina Frances Hunter1828401868id: 10855162992214118th February 1868
Robina Frances Muir
Charles D Muir
William Charles Muir1864 died 2nd February 1864 aged 4mth

113HurdRobert Hurd1905581963id: 107061629332201
Ronald Selby Wright1908871995

114IrvineSarah Irvine1779381817id: 1090733162835100119th June 1817
Charles Irvine

115IrvingJohn Irving1770801850id: 107041629313231Writer to the Signet Intimate friend of Sir Walter Scott; attended High School with him and nursed him during his illness Irving is the chosen friend mentioned by Scott in his general preface to the Waverley Novels
George Irving
Walter Scott
Archibald Stirling Irving1816361852
George Irving1805371842

116JeffreyAnnie Arnot Jeffreyid: 10907751628581831
Charles Jeffrey183971846
Henry Jeffrey
Thomas Jeffrey183881846
Thomas Jeffrey1818381856 24th April 1856
Thomas Jeffrey1789271816 March 1816
Martha McMillan1815321847 March 1847
Elizabeth Jeffrey1840221862 26th April 1862
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117KeithRobert Keith1681761757id: 10906961628132661Historian and Bishop of Fife Tutor of Lord Keith afterwards tenth Earl Marischal; published several theological works including a Catalogue of Scottish Bishops
Stewartina Catharina Carmichael1793 20th April 1793
William Douglas1814 11th July 1814
Edinburgh

118KennedyJohn Kennedy1750861836id: 10960163034261123rd March 1836
Elizabeth Kennedy1799 19th August 1799
Margaret Kennedy1802 16th December 1802
Sarah Kennedy1836 12th August 1836
Archibald Kennedy1790 7th October 1790
Archibald Kennedy1843
James Kennedy1852
John Kennedy1862 3rd March 1862
Robert Kennedy1805 25th February 1805
Samuel Kennedy1790 24th April 1790
Sarah Clegg1811 17th November 1811

119KennedyJohn Kennedy1785771862id: 1096116303524113rd March 1862
Elizabeth Kennedy1821381859
Jamesina Kennedy1815601875
Marion Kennedy1818461864
Sarah Killick1820601880
Niel William Snodgrass Kennedy1824581882 11th July 1882
Margaret Snodgrass1825 1st May 1825

120KirkwoodJames Kirkwood1746811827id: 1090706162817464119th January 1827
Helen Pew1782571839 9th March 1839
Agnes Kirkwood1819831902 15th May 1902
Bathia Kirkwood1823
Helen Kirkwood1816771893 31st October 1893
Mary Kirkwood1790741864 22nd April 1864
James Kirkwood1779461825 16th June 1825
Robert Kirkwood1774441818 14th November 1818
William Brown Kirkwood1787501837 28th March 1837
Christian Anderson1742721814 2nd December 1814

121LamondPeter Lamondid: 108601629954521
Alexander Lamond

122LangDerek Boileau Lang1913882001id: 1085616299321017th April 2001
Maartje McQueen

123LawsonPeter Lawson1792id: 108821630041691
Peter Lawson
E J Lawson1820
James Lawson1864
Margaret Lawson1879
Patricia Lawson
Peter Lawson1821
Peter Lawson1857

124LazzaroniAnthony Lazzaroni1815511866id: 109072116282818913rd February 1866
Magdalen Lazzaroni1848121860 4th January 1860
Isabella Mitchell1891

125LeeGeorge Leeid: 108991630112551George Lee married Janet Farquarson who died in 1813. Then he married Margaret Blake. He died in 1834 aged 70.
Margaret Lee
George Lee
Robert Lee 7th December
Margaret Blake Margaret Blake married George Lee in 1820 and died in 1885.

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