Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I’ll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland.
Kilmorich Kirkyard, Cairndow, Argyll, Scotland
The gravestone closest to my heart is my 2xgreat grandmother’s memorial in the Kilmorich kirkyard. The simple inscription on the base of the stone calls to me: “My star of life is set, I await the morning sun”. We visit Isabella Morrison McCorkindale every time we’re at Loch Fyne in Scotland.
Another grave which caught my eye because of its link to Down Under was this one for Janet McArthur, erected by Alexander McArthur of New Zealand.
Kulangoor Cemetery, Queensland
Kulangoor cemetery is a lawn cemetery north of Nambour. Mr Cassmob’s parents and sister are interred there under a tree. The cemetery is especially pretty when the magnolia trees are flowering, and is always tranquil. It’s quite likely Kulangoor will be the final resting place for this Cassmob couple.
Family history across the seas 
Isabella’s inscription is most moving. I have not seen it before.
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Yes it is. I love it.
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There’s love in the air as you look down on Isabella’s grave. How fortunate we are to be able to visit distant ancestral graves.
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Yes, I feel very close to her for some reason.
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Lovely that you’ve been able to visit so many of your ancestral graves. I’m hoping to get to our Scottish graves one day.
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It is a privilege and I hope you get to experience the Scottish ones too.
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Nice jacket!!
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Old as the hills. Think I pinched it from daughter 2.
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How wonderful that you have been able to find and visit the graveyards of your ancestors across the world. The inscription on Isabella’s memorial is beautiful in its simplicity.
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It certainly is Sue.
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What a wonderful inscription she chose, or her family.
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I’m inclined to ask for this, or one that will be under L, for my own.
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That does appear to be a lovely, tranquil cemetery — and that inscription is wonderful. Too bad there are not more such inscriptions on today’s grave markers.
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We could create a “new” trend.
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Funny how sometimes we feel close to certain ancestors. So glad you’re able to visit her grave site
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