Category Archives: Falkirk

Mary Wilson Dennistoun (nee McIntyre) lies in Camelon Cemetery, Falkirk. The headstone was erected by her daughter. Mary succumbed to complications from influenza on the 3rd of November 1918 aged 33. Her death occurred during the second and most lethal wave of Spanish flu. She died at Laurel Bank in the nearby town of Bonnybridge.Continue reading “Remembering Mary Wilson and Janet Marshall Dennistoun – Camelon”

Today I paid another visit to Camelon Cemetery, Falkirk. Dating from the 1870s, the oldest parts of the cemetery contain and impressive variety of headstones, typical of the late Victorian and early 20th Century. It was during today’s visit I learned of brothers Alexander and David Buchanan. Influenza is recorded on both their death registrations.Continue reading “Remembering Alexander and David Buchanan – Camelon”

Margaret (Peggy), Elizabeth, and Mary Campbell rest in Camelon Cemetery outside Falkirk. All succumbed to complications caused by Spanish influenza within the space of a fortnight, aged twenty-six, sixteen, and twenty-one consecutively. Their father William was employed as the keeper of ‘Lock 6’ (likely of the Forth and Clyde Canal). As holder of this position,Continue reading “Remembering the Campbell Sisters – Camelon”