tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post3286633616533184028..comments2020-05-08T15:56:07.392+01:00Comments on West Linton Graveyard: Archibald WilsonFrieda Oxenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625739920655517987noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post-65571053101171354752013-06-06T06:21:27.464+01:002013-06-06T06:21:27.464+01:00Sorry to post a follow up so quickly, but I've...Sorry to post a follow up so quickly, but I've just read that crossed bones on a gravestone can be a depiction of a master mason!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084716289360873976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post-51225869851674790772013-06-06T06:05:47.078+01:002013-06-06T06:05:47.078+01:00Hi Frienda
I was interested to find this post as ...Hi Frienda<br /><br />I was interested to find this post as I was looking for information on my GGGG grandparents Archibald and Margaret Wilson in Ayrshire but I'm not at the 1600s yet with my research and have only got to 1769.<br /><br />My Wilson line tend have grand gravestones, but not because they were well do to (although who knows, perhaps they were) but the main reason is that the males were stonemasons and, interestingly freemasons. <br /><br />It strikes me that this gravestone you show here, could even share that reason for it's grandness - in fact, it could also be depicting the ceremonial robes of a freemason? That's just my speculation of course, but just another angle to think about.<br /><br />Wilson is a common name in Ayrshire, so it's not that likely that this headstone is my ancestor,and even if it was, I think I'm going to struggle to trace back that far (searching from Australia) but it's lovely to think it could be a relations somehow. ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084716289360873976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post-35564313976888132332013-06-06T05:58:02.869+01:002013-06-06T05:58:02.869+01:00Hi Frieda
I found your post because I was am doin...Hi Frieda<br /><br />I found your post because I was am doing family history research and looking for Archibald Wilson and trying to trace my Wilson line in Ayrshire. There are a lot of Archibald Wilson's in my tree, (the name Archibald stays in the wilsons until 1889), but I haven't made it back to the 1600s with my search yet. <br /><br />I was very interested to find this post, because although members of my family weren't necessarily well to do, the Wilson's did have marvelous gravestones because they were stonemasons (as well as freemasons). So it could be that this monument even depicts the stately robes of a proud freemason? This is just speculation of course. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084716289360873976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post-86859869857153023782012-08-23T15:58:21.515+01:002012-08-23T15:58:21.515+01:00 Look forward to seeing more - thank you so much Look forward to seeing more - thank you so much Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post-50733472302855964642012-06-23T18:32:53.557+01:002012-06-23T18:32:53.557+01:00I haven't yet, Catherine. I have been concentr...I haven't yet, Catherine. I have been concentrating on the older gravestones but I'll keep an eye out for her!Frieda Oxenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625739920655517987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567576538510728406.post-81181675150069757962012-06-22T21:42:02.739+01:002012-06-22T21:42:02.739+01:00Hello! Wow, your website is amazing! I cannot imag...Hello! Wow, your website is amazing! I cannot imagine how much work this has taken! I am looking for a great-grandmother of mine who I think has been buried in this cemetery, and I was wondering if you had seen her gravestone. Her name is Helen Taylor and her date of birth should be about 1906 and date of death about 1997. Thank you! Again, good work on the website!<br /><br />CatherineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com