Monument list for Greyfriars Private Cemetery

Monument list

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

476	Trotter	James Keith Trotter	1889	25	1914	id: 1090378 (2 images)	138460	410	1	26th August 1914
		James Keith Trotter			1940					30th September 1940
		Alice Trotter			1936					11th March 1936

477	Trotter	John Trotter			1641	id: 1090458 (2 images)	138489	322	1	Vault built in 1709 by John Trotter to protect the monument of his ancestors John Trotter and Janet McMath The work was begun by Robert Milne and completed by William Milne
		Janet McMath			1611

478	Trotter	Robert Trotter			1807	id: 1090148 (2 images)	138367	287	1	3rd July 1807
		Ann Trotter			1822					29th March 1822

479	Trotter	William Trotter	1774	59	1833	id: 11645 (4 images)	138673	255	1	16th August 1833
		Charles Trotter
		Thomas Trotter

480	Tucker	Samuel Tucker				id: 1090193	138384	1067	1
		Elizabeth Jane Baillie
		William Baillie Tucker			1898

481	Turnbull	John Turnbull	1760	43	1803	id: 11370	138547	165	1	28th July 1803
		James Turnbull
		John Turnbull
		Robert Turnbull	1783	41	1824					30th June 1824
		Margaret Steel	1759	65	1824					7th July 1824

482	Turnbull	John Turnbull	1775	63	1838	id: 1090239 (4 images)	138402	446	1	5th October 1838
		Agnes Turnbull			1886					10th January 1886
		Elizabeth Turnbull			1817					6th August 1817 7 months
		Euphemia Turnbull			1865					17th November 1865
		Williamina Turnbull			1862					1st June 1862
		John Turnbull			1865					10th November 1865
		Euphemia Turnbull	1782	82	1864					28th August 1864

483	Veitch	David Young Veitch	1920	56	1976	id: 1090356	138448	286	1	5th February 1976

484	Walker	George Walker			1794	id: 1090398	138470	826	1	December 1794
		Barbara Walker
		Christian Walker
		Lillias Walker			1842					1st February 1842
		Mary Walker
		Mary Walker
		May Walker
		George Walker			1821					October 1821
		Patrick Walker
		Patrick Walker
		William Walker			1816					November 1816
		John Ainslie								Lillias Walker was Lt Col John Ainslie's second wife. His first wife Sarah Geddies bore him ~8 children, including George Hewitt Ainslie who married Margaret Johnston of the famous Scottish map making family. There is also a burial record for Lt Col John Ainslie at St. Mary's Parish Church in Haddington in East Lothian.
		Mary Drummond			1833					25th November 1833

485	Walker	Robert Walker	1718			id: 1090040 (3 images)	138323	378	1
		Caroline Brown	1794	75	1869					2nd June 1869
		Isabella Brown	1802	14	1816					23rd March 1816
		James Brown	1804	14	1818					29th September 1818
		John Brown	1809	2	1811					21st February 1811
		Robert Brown	1798	12	1810					7th June 1810
		William Brown	1796	91	1887					20th January 1887
		William Brown	1757	53	1810					28th November 1810
		Williamina Jardine Brown	1800	6	1806					21st June 1806
		Ann Douglas	1801	85	1886					31st December 1886
		J R Tulloch
		Mary Bruce Tulloch	1792	58	1850					24th November 1850
		Hamilton Walker	1765	65	1830					21st November 1830
		Jean Walker	1762	52	1814					16th January 1814
		John Walker	1766	75	1841					25th December 1841
		James Walker	1732	28	1760					26th April 1760
		Robert Walker	1771	13	1784					5th September 1784
		Charlotte Jardine	1732	78	1810					10th January 1810

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

486	Wallace	Margaret Wallace	1809	75	1884	id: 11829 (3 images)	138748	661	1	30th January 1884
		Alexander Wallace	1803	39	1842					29th October 1842
		Archibald C Wallace	1806	24	1830					14th May 1830
		William Wallace	1804	60	1864					8th June 1864
		William Speid
		William Wallace	1769	74	1843					28th April 1843
		Thomas Galloway
		Janet Kerr	1775	49	1824					26th August 1824
		John Binny Speid	1851	22	1873					14th September 1878
		Anne Charlotte Wallace	1812	75	1887					12th March 1887
		Joanna Wallace	1814	40	1854					10th October 1854
		Mary Constable Wallace	1811	90	1901					14th January 1901

487	Wallace	Robert Wallace	1831	68	1899	id: 1090330	138433	208	1	6th June 1899

488	Ward	Phyllis Mary Ward	1923	70	1993	id: 11788	138730	261	1	15th May 1993
		Elizabeth Borrowman
		Patricia Borrowman
		Philip Borrowman
		John Borrowman

489	Watson	George Watson			1723	id: 1090393 (2 images)	138467	472	1	A modern bronze scroll erected by the governors of the George Watson trust and a short distance away a more recent plaque He was a wealthy merchant who vested funds in the Merchant Company of Edinburgh to found a hospital for the maintenance and education of the offspring of decayed merchants The school is now coeducational and is still in existence bearing his name

490	Watson	John Watson			1672	no image	no image	382		Founder of John Watson's School In 1975 the school was amalgamated with The Schools of the Edinburgh Merchant Company but the Georgian building survives as the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

491	Watt	Mark Watt	1763	80	1843	id: 1090179	138380	116	1	5th February 1843

492	Wauchope	John Wauchope	1751	77	1828	id: 1090209	138390	391	1	10th February 1828
		Ann Cockburn Halkett Craigie	1755	85	1840					24th October 1840

493	Weir	Frances Weir			1818	id: 1090108 (3 images)	138345	261	1	19th November 1818
		Helen Hall
		James Hall

494	Wemyss	William David Sinclair Wemyss			1852	id: 11389 (2 images)	138554	124	1	August 1852

495	White	John White	1744	69	1813	id: 11404	138560	177	1	6th October 1813
		John White Gray	1813	43	1856					John White Gray was born in Edinburgh Parish on the 2nd February 1813 to Robert Gray and Marion White. He was the third of their 9 children. John White Gray was 43 years old when he died on 6th August 1856. He died from Epilepsy, the result of disease of the brain. He was single when he died and the informant of his death was his younger brother William.
		Robert Gray	1781	59	1840					11th January 1840
		Marion White	1782	74	1856					1st November 1856

496	Wight	Claud Wight			1805	id: 11548	138623	240	1	17th December 1805
		Janet Learmonth			1823					24th April 1823

497	Wilkie	Daniel Wilkie	1781	57	1838	id: 1090375 (3 images)	138459	582	1	29th November 1838
		Anne MacQueen Wilkie	1812	29	1841					17th February 1841
		Mary Emilia Lockhart Wilkie	1826	50	1876					20th March 1876
		David Elliot Wilkie	1816	69	1885					3rd April 1885
		James Wilkie	1813	70	1883					18th October 1883
		William Darritt Marshall
		Jane Clarke	1788	78	1866					14th December 1866

498	Wilson	Catherine Wilson	1837	28	1865	id: 11867	138764	145	1	8th August 1865
		Francis Jeffrey
		George Jeffrey			1802					October 1802 6 weeks

499	Wilson	Francis Wilson	1779	52	1831	id: 1090501 (2 images)	138504	213	1	15th March 1831
		Thomas Johnstone
		Janet Johnstone Wilson			1836					23rd May 1836
		Janet Dove			1805					26th November 1805

500	Wilson	Jean Wilson				id: 11874	138766	131	1
		Isabella Wilson			1834

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The postcode for this private cemetery is EH12QQ - if you have a GPS this might be useful to locate this private cemetery!

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