New Rogart Cemetery Our code RO-A Note: this graveyard is still in use. The new cemetery at Rogart lies in the valley opposite the old Kirk of St Callan. It is a very pretty spot and a very well kept cemetery. These are the oldest stones there. Note – we have chosen not to show some stones which record deaths during the last 50 or so years. Some of these stones belong to families who still live in Rogart This is a work in progress and new inscriptions may be added later this year Christine Stokes photographed and transcribed this cemetery. She has a considerable amount of genealogical information on the people of Rogart. If you are researching people from Rogart please feel free to contact her Please note that with all our inscriptions all Mc and Mac names are shown as Mac. This facilitates easier indexing for us and easier searching for you 100 years ago 1905 * * * * ROGART - Some time ago several meetings of the ratepayers were held to consider the condition of the burying ground, and the urgent necessity for its extension or the procuring of new ground. After certain steps had been taken with regard to it, the matter was allowed to fall into abeyance owing, principally, to the impossibility of finding, in a convenient situation, suitable ground for the purpose. Now that a croft in close proximity to the present burying-ground, and suitable in every respect, has become vacant a short time ago, through the surviving tenant having given up her right thereto, the Parish Council has taken the matter seriously in hand and at their meeting on Monday Rev Mr Macdonald, after referring to the present burying-ground, which he characterised as inadequate for the requirements of the parish, as being in a highly unbecoming state, and as an extension was by no means feasible, moved that the requisite steps be taken for the procuring of a new burying-ground. Rev M Mackintosh having seconded, it was unanimously agreed to approach the Duke of Sutherland, proprietor of the croft, with the object of getting immediate possession of it, so that there would be no further delay in the matter, the urgent necessity of the case calling for prompt action. It was also stated that the present burying-ground would remain available for the burying of spouses and those related in the first degree to those interred in it. The following members of the Council were appointed a committee to carry out the arrangements: - Mr Alexander Murray, chairman of Council (convener); Rev Mr Macdonald, the Rev Mr Mackintosh and Messrs A S Innes and Mr Robert Matheson, with instructions to report to a special meeting tonight, after conferring with Mr D Maclean, factor for the landlord. RO-A1 Erected to the memory of Donald SUTHERLAND, Miltonbank, died 1918, aged 75 years. His wife, Johan MACDONALD, died 1910, aged 64 years. RO-A1A In memory of my parents John SUTHERLAND, Milton Bank, Rogart died 28th March 1944 aged 69 years and Williamina SUTHERLAND died 18th August 1957 aged 67 years. RO-A2 Lizzie MACKAY, died September 1909. RO-A3 In affectionate remembrance of Alexander GORDON, Rhilochan, Rogart, who departed this life on 16th September 1909, aged 74 years. Also his niece, Dolina GORDON who died at Drumbuie, Rogart, 8th November 1950, aged 84 years. Also her daughter Annie GORDON who died 20th June 1977, aged 89 years beloved wife of Hamish RAE. There is also a recent death shown on this stone. See also RO-A96. RO-A4 In memory of Margaret ROBERTSON who died 7th September 1938 beloved wife of Colin MACKENZIE, Torbreck, Rogart. Also the above Colin MACKENZIE who died 31st March 1940, aged 93 years. Also their eldest son, William MACKENZIE, who died 16th August 1908, aged 26 years and their eldest daughter, Annie MACKENZIE who died 12th April 1922. Also their daughter, Catherine Robertson MACKENZIE who died 11th November 1960. RO-A5 In loving memory of Robert SUTHERLAND, Achnaluachrach, Rogart, who died 28th October 1917 aged 85 years. Also his beloved wife, Margaret MURRAY who died 22nd May 1918 aged 75 years. Also their daughter, Barbara SUTHERLAND died 21st July 1913 aged 28 years. RO-A6 In memory of Elspet SUTHERLAND, died 13 April 1914, aged 29 years, beloved wife of Alexander ROSS, Knockarthur, Rogart. Also the above Alexander ROSS died 17th June 1930 aged 49 years. Also of Mary MACDONALD, mother of Alexander ROSS, died 7th February 1923, aged 77 years. Also his father James ROSS who died 5th June 1932, aged 90 years. Also of Barbara MACKAY, second wife of Alexander ROSS, died 29th August 1962, aged 82 years. RO-A7 Erected by Johan ROSS in memory of her husband Robert MACKAY who died January 1914 aged 70 years. Also of her brother Donald ROSS who died May 1914, aged 79 years. RO-A8 In loving memory of John CAMPBELL, died Blairmore, Rogart, 29th January 1929, aged 78 years. Also of his wife Catherine SUTHERLAND, died 2nd July 1939, aged 89 years. Also their daughter Catherine CAMPBELL, died 27th October 1912, aged 20 years and their sons, Robert CAMPBELL, died 10th August 1901, aged 7 years and James CAMPBELL, died infant. RO-A9 In loving memory of William MACKAY Inchcape, Rogart, who died 12th July 1911 aged 76 years. Also of his wife, Lexy MURRAY who died 1st December 1917 aged 82 years. Also of their sons, William MACKAY, died 7th August 1943; Peter MACKAY, died Morness, Rogart, 16th July 1945 and Robert MACKAY, died Golspie, 31st January 1952. RO-A10 Erected in affectionate remembrance of John DOUGLAS, died Achork, Rogart, 3rd May 1911, aged 83 years and also of his wife Annie MACLACHLAN, who died 30th September 1916, aged 73 years. Also of their daughters Isabella Elizabeth DOUGLAS, died 2nd September 1924; Jessie DOUGLAS, died 6th June 1952, aged 77 years and their sons, Alexander DOUGLAS died 8th June 1953, aged 82 years; John DOUGLAS, died 6th June 1964, aged 86 years and Peter Macleod DOUGLAS, died 19 July 1970. RO-A11 In loving memory of Gabriel MACKAY, Tordarroch, died 17th December 1930, aged 82 years. Also of his wife Mary Joan MACKAY who died 21st August 1933 aged 80 years. Also of Donald Campbell JACK, died 26th June 1954 aged 76 years beloved husband of Mary MACKAY, daughter of Gabriel MACKAY. RO-A12 In loving memory of Georgina MACKAY, East Langwell, Rogart, died 17th July 1914, aged 60 years, beloved wife of Duncan MACDONALD. Also the above Duncan MACDONALD who died 10th February 1941 aged 86 years. Also their son, John MACDONALD, died 23 April 1954, aged 64 years and his wife Mary ROSS who died 27th July 1960, aged 65 years. RO-A13 In loving memory of John MACKAY, Torvally, Rogart, died 19th June 1920, aged 84years. Also his wife, Johan MACKAY, died 28th September 1926 aged 74 years. Also their sons, Paul MACKAY, died 10th May 1911 aged 35 years, Lance Corporal Angus MACKAY, 5th Canadian Infantry, killed in action 26th September 1915 aged 29 years. Also of George MACKAY, died 27th November 1964, aged 67 years. RO-A14 Elspeth SUTHERLAND, died Torboll, Lairg, 13th March 1915, aged 65; her husband the late Duncan MURRAY, Manager, Easter Fearn; Hugh SUTHERLAND, died Pittentrail, Rogart, 9th September 1921, aged 75 years; Johan SUTHERLAND, died 20th January 1934, aged 81 years. RO-A15 Robert SUTHERLAND, Craigton, Free Church elder, died West Pittentrail, Rogart, 23rd March 1932, aged 84; his wife Catherine, died 12th January 1956, age 96; their sons, Neil SUTHERLAND, died Hardin, Montana, USA, 10th July 1937; Donald SUTHERLAND, died Silverton, Oregon, USA, 1963 (born 1888); John William SUTHERLAND, born 1870 died 1970; Alexander SUTHERLAND, born 1894 died 1973; daughters, Catherine SUTHERLAND, born 1879 died 1970; Christina SUTHERLAND, born 1895 died 1977. RO-A16 Erected in loving memory of James BARNETT, died Blarich, Rogart, 2nd February 1914, aged 63 years and also of his wife, Elsie MITCHELL, died 2nd November 1942 aged 87 years. RO-A17 MURRAY, in memory of Donald MURRAY, born 1834 died 1925; his wife Jessie MACKAY, born 1850 died 1919; their daughter Johan MURRAY, born 1881 died 1955; their son, William MURRAY, born 1888 died 1977; Margaret Daisy RAE, wife of William Murray, born 1902 died 1984. CULDRAIN. RO-A18 Murdoch MATHESON, Druiman Airgeid, died 21st November 1921, aged 68 years also Kenneth MATHESON, died 11th July 1951 aged 91 years and his wife Annie CHAMBERS who died 7th January 1949 aged 72 years. RO-A19 In loving memory of John MACKAY, blacksmith at Pittentrail, Rogart, who died 29th April 1920 aged 78 years. Also of his wife Mary MURRAY, died Evelix Farm, Dornoch, 21st March 1931 aged 86 years. Also of their youngest son, Alexander MACKAY, Evelix, Justice of the Peace, Honourable Sheriff Substitute and Convenor of the County of Sutherland, died in Aberdeen, 14th May 1945, aged 57 years. See also RN19A. RO-A19A To the memory of Angus Murray MACKAY who died at North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada on 23rd August 1919 aged 38 years and of his wife Jane MATHESON who died at Torbreck, Rogart on 15th January 1923 aged 33 years and their daughter, Sister Mary Margaret Murray MACKAY of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial military Nursing Service who died at Haifa, Palestine on 12th August 1944 aged 31 years. RO-A20 MURRAY. In memory of Jessie MURRAY, Old Town, Knockarthur, Rogart, died 5th September 1912, aged 65 years. Also of Robert MURRAY, died 21st July 1922, aged 82 years. Also of Isabella MURRAY, died Phoness, Dornoch, 30th April 1929, aged 78 years.