Cholera in Stevenston

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Cholera in Stevenston

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If you are missing people from your family tree in Stevenston there is a chance they were victims of the Cholera outbreaks there in the 1800s. There is a monument in the New Street (Coorouden) Cemetery in memory of those who died through the outbreaks of the disease. It takes the form of an obelisk and is situated at the top of the main drive in the cemetery. The inscription reads:

In this Plot Rest Six Hundred and Six of the Inhabitants of Stevenston
Who died between 5th Aug. 1845 and April 1871
To Their Memory
The Workers of Ardeer Ironworks Dedicate this Monument

Further details by James Clements

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