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Note: The Burials by Year and Burials by Lair information is from 1899 onwards and was obtained from Moray Council statutory records. However, the graveyard has been in use for much longer than that, as evidenced by the fact that the earliest gravestone is dated 1653. Efforts continue to try to locate pre-1899 records.

Note: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the data but sometimes the original handwritten documents were very difficult to decipher so if you find that some information doesn't seem to 'add up', please email me at dave.mcwilliam@towienet.co.uk and I'll recheck the originals. Note also that names and spellings have changed over the years and that some dwellings no longer exist. Again, if you want to track down a particular place, drop me an email.

Note: The Gordon-Duff burials are in a private part of the cemetery and are not recorded here.

Notes on Tables:

  1. The Date of Burial is the actual date of interment, which is usually two or three days after the date of death.
  2. The Name column lists the names of those buried in that year.
  3. The Age is the age at death. Where it is shown as 0 it indicates that the baby was stillborn or died shortly after birth.
  4. The Depth of Grave is the depth of the hole into which the coffin was placed.
  5. The Number of Grave gives the number of the Lair in which the burial took place.
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Annual Record of Interments

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1899) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Feb 2nd Mrs. W. Shearer, Bowlins, Keith 51 5 ft 610
Feb 2nd Margaret Edward or Gunn, Rothimay. 72 5 ft 469
Mar 6th John Bremner, Keith. 84 5 ft 461
Mar 21st Jane Garden or Carmichael, Westerton 69 5 ft 269
Apr 21st Mrs. Archibald or Garden, Fife-Keith. 88 5 ft 225
Jun 12th George Strachan, Kininvie. 71 5 ft 72
Jun 24th John Duncan, Edinglassie. 63 5 ft 366
Oct 9th John Sellar, Keith. 68 5 ft 669
Oct 18th Betty Smith or Edward, Bellyhack. 74 5 ft 436
Nov 15th Helen George or Burgess, Woodend Greens. Botriphnie. 41 5 ft 286
Dec 7th David Innes, Glasgow. 87 5 ft 579
Dec 16th Mary Kitson, Honeygrove, Cairnie. 15 mths 3 ft 471
Dec 18th Isabella Cameron, Kininvie. 43 5 ft 714

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1900) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Mar 12th Jessie Robertson, Keith. 21 2 ft 531
Apr 6th Janet Garrow, Keith. 92 5 ft 310
Jun 6th James Milne Green, Newburgh, Botriphnie. 20 5 ft 712
Jun 15th Lauchlan Lemon, Upper Towie, Botriphnie. 72 5 ft 124
Aug 13th Elizabeth Milne or Thornton, Breezybrae. 79 4 ft 6 ins 327
Aug 15th George Shearer (A), Keith. 40 5 ft 616
Aug 20th James Garden, Elgin. 58 5 ft 226
Aug 28th William Gordon Bell, Cabbachs, Botriphnie. 3 mths 3 ft 57
Nov 3rd (Baby) Barclay, Stripeside, Botriphnie. 8 days 3 ft 283
Nov 14th Alexander Strathdee, Blackmuir, Botriphnie. 9 4 ft 6 ins 243
Nov 27th Elizabeth Gunn or McIntosh, Glack. 73 5 ft 468
Nov 27th Jane Allan or Loggie, Bodenfinnoch 96 5 ft 44

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1901) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 29th Archibald Sutherland, Rosebank. 4 yrs 6 mths 3 ft 6 ins 353
Feb 1st Christina Dey, Mosside Botriphnie. 72 5 ft 351
Mar 7th Gordon Duncan, Bellyhack. 10 wks 3 ft 500
Mar 19th William Burgess, Parkfoot, Botriphnie. 75 5 ft 595
Apr 2nd Thomas Duncan, Glenmarkie, Glass. 92 5 ft 497
May 17th Mary Reid or Finnie, Fife-Keith. 67 5 ft 293
Jul 24th Catherine Bell, Cabbachs, Botriphnie. 5 wks 3 ft 57
Aug 3rd George Newlands, Dufftown. 79 5 ft 309
Aug 12th Elizabeth Stephen, Boharm. 87 4 ft 6 ins 463
Oct 22nd John George, Broomhill. 88 5 ft 379
Oct 26th Alexander Alexander, Sauchenward. 78 5 ft 377
Nov 6th Ellen Hay or Lemon, Upper Towie. 79 5 ft 125
Nov 29th Janet Barclay (junior), Easter Corrie. 36 5 ft 373
Dec 11th George Shearer (A) (junior), Keith. 14 mths 3 ft 6 ins 616
Dec 21st Annie Sellar or Mitchell, Glack. 70 5 ft 177

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1902) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 7th Alexander Beresford Duff, Drummuir Castle. 5 mths 4 ft Northwest corner
Jan 10th John Burgess, late of Cachanhead. 69 5 ft 580
Feb 5th Charles Cheyne, Burnside Cottage. 83 5 ft 345
Feb 5th William McIntosh, Kininvie. 82 5 ft 112
Mar 22nd Thomas Shearer, Keith. 66 5 ft 618
Apr 5th George Simpson (junior), Newburgh, Botriphnie. 9 yrs 10 mths 5 ft 357
Apr 17th William McIntosh, Paul's Croft. 10dys 3 ft 360
Apr 29th Adam John George, Keith. 9 4 ft 6 ins 651
May 26th Mrs. Beatrice Cattanach, Aberdeen. 60 5 ft 108
Jun 4th Margaret McIntosh or Milne, Boharm. 72 4 ft 466
Jun 13th Elizabeth Tough, Fife-Keith. 53 5 ft 232
Jun 14th Jean Hay or Moggach, Towiebeg. 83 5 ft 103
Jun 21st Patie Paton, Drummuir Cottages. 4 4 ft 210
Aug 4th Helen Wilson Tough, Pateen, Boharm. 73 5 ft 231
Aug 15th John Gunn, Glackmuick, Botriphnie. 73 5 ft 437
Oct 17th George Milne, Broomhill, Botriphnie. 71 5 ft 709
Dec 10th Isabella Wilson, Largie, Inch. 19 5 ft 470
Dec 11th Robert Hatchwell, Craighall, Cairnie. 58 5 ft 434
Dec 29th Peter Strachan, Midtown Cottage, Newmill. 76 6 ft 302

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1903) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 21st John Cruickshank, Dufftown. 59 4 ft 574
Jan 21st George Cruickshank, Glasgow. 52 4 ft 577
Jan 23rd Mrs Elizabeth Morrison, Cairnie. 76 5 ft 106
Feb 17th Mrs. Milne, Broomhill, Botriphnie. 20 5 ft 507
Mar 4th Adam George, Keith. 77 5 ft 649
Mar 5th Mrs. Ann A.D. Hunter, Aberdeen. 52 5 ft 274
Mar 18th William McDonald Ross, Dufftown. 8 mths 3 ft 6 ins 121
Jun 10th Isabella Forsyth or Milne, Broadrashes. 71 5 ft 159
Sep 14th John Mitchell, Sauchenward. 88 5 ft 250
Oct 20th Mrs. Christie or Burgess, Keith. 84 5 ft 277
Dec 1st William Garden, Dufftown. 37 4 ft 222
Dec 2nd Helen Garden or McWilliam, Limeworks, Botriphnie. 34 5 ft 213

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1904) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 5th James Thomson, Cairnie. 78 5 ft 623
Feb 17th Isabella George, Keith. 23 5 ft 648
Mar 17th Margaret M. Mearns, Dufftown. 6 wks 3 ft 6 ins 122
Apr 14th James Mair, Aultmore. 33 5 ft 549
May 25th Margaret Shiels, Delrodie Cottage. 20 5 ft 416
May 30th Janet Milne, Breezybrae. 76 5 ft 707
Aug 26th George Alexander Green, Newburgh. 8 4 ft 6 ins 711
Aug 27th James Blackie, Sauchanward. 6 wks 3 ft 6 ins 267
Oct 5th Alexander Cochrane, 54 N.S. Bishopmill. 59 5 ft 738
Nov 21st Mrs. Annie Riach, Tanzie, Boharm. 79 5 ft 264
Dec 1st George Touch, Fife-Keith. 37 5 ft 238
Dec 17th Mrs. Grant or Duncan, Mains of Bellyhack. 92 4 ft 6 ins 493

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1905) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 7th Jessie Milne, Aberlour. 74 3 ft 6 ins 707
Feb 24th Mrs. Milne, Rosarie, Botriphnie. 72 5 ft 89
Mar 3rd George Strathdee, Cachanhead. 5 4 ft 6 ins 244
Mar 13th Elizabeth Gordon, Broadrashes. 16 5 ft 153
Mar 18th William Alexander, Greenbog, Grange. 82 5 ft 376
Mar 29th Mary J. Strathdee, Cachanhead. 11 mths 4 ft 245
Apr 1st David Bell, Cabbachs, Botriphnie. 20 5 ft 58
Jun 21st William Moggach, Fife-Keith. 73 5 ft 77
Sep 1st Mrs. Isabella Thomson, Corrie. 71 5 ft 624
Dec 18th John Riach, Bogallie. 6 mths 3 ft 111
Dec 20th Mrs. Ann Duncan, Tenantown. 50 5 ft 546

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1906) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 16th Mrs. Mitchell, Glack. 89 5 ft 178
Apr 5th Eliza Burgess, Braehead. 46 5 ft 626
Apr 9th Mrs. Jane Robertson, Keith. 69 5 ft 530
Apr 23rd Mrs. Isabella McPherson, Dufftown. 50 5 ft 118
Jun 1st Mrs. Petrie or McWillie, Ardgaithney Cottage. 99 5 ft 164
Jun 14th Alexander Cruickshank, Perth. 65 5 ft 564
Jun 19th Elsie Jane Leslie, Mossend. 1 4 ft 92
Jun 19th Jessie Gardener McDonald, Dufftown. 4 mths 3 ft 6 ins 122
Nov 6th James Sim, Bauds. 80 5 ft 279
Nov 21st Jane Carmichael or Walker, Keith. 50 5 ft 268

 

Date of Burial Name (Interments during 1907) Age Depth
of Grave		 Number
of Grave
Jan 1st Ian Grant, United Free Manse. 20 5 ft 247
Feb 12th Jessie Burgess, Braehead. 39 5 ft 628
Feb 23rd Isabella Burgess or Milne, Newburgh. 75 3 ft 6 ins 709
Mar 20th John Stewart, Roadside. 23 5 ft 569
Mar 29th Alexander Thomson, Newmill, Keith. 65 5 ft 319
Apr 12th John Moggach, Greens. 54 5 ft 76
Apr 12th Catherine Lemon, Keith. 4 yrs 6 mths 4 ft 6 ins 126
Apr 13th John Grant, Broomhill. 9 mths 3 ft 9 ins 253
Apr 17th William Riach, Broomhill. 35 5 ft 239
Apr 24th Charles Petrie, East Lodge. 44 5 ft 256
Apr 29th Charles Shearer, Tarnash, Keith. 8 days 3 ft 618
Jul 4th David Davidson, Keith. 54 5 ft 312
Jul 6th Helen Morrison, Keith. 24 5 ft 136
Sep 21st Mary Jane Garden, Dufftown. 11 3 ft 222
Sep 28th Alexander Milne, Broadrashes. 83 5 ft 158
Dec 20th James Tough, Fife-Keith.