This post comes somewhere between my usual rambling nonsense and my Falkirk FC Graves 'series', but first I shall digress -
I go on my strolls through the local cemeteries for more than just looking for dead Falkirk FC players. I go because they are peaceful [even pleasant] places [I sometimes put pictures of them on my tumblr], I go because I am interested in many aspects of the history of Falkirk [I recently posted on my other blog my thoughts on an aspect of WWI after coming across a relevant grave], and I go because what I find constantly surprises me. But then again since I 'became' unemployed I have plenty of time on my hands.
I could never be mechanical about it, could never just find out where a player was buried and go take a pic. I look at every grave in each of the sections of the cemetery. I takes time, but this way have found the graves of Alex Stark's family [sadly he is not in Falkirk having emigrated to New Zealand], have graves of players when I had no inkling of what happened after they stopped playing, have found graves of players who played for other clubs in the district. But I said I like surprises.
So I was pleasantly surprised when I came across across a headstone which mentioned three Falkirk players at once, but which was not quite a grave. The three were brothers, and I just did not expect this to be in the cemetery.
I did not expect it because of the three Turnbull brothers to play for the team, Alex Turnbull emigrated to Canada, I had already found Thomas Turnbull's grave about 50 metres away, and I believe James Turnbull remained in England after his long career down there.
But then again this is more of a family memorial than a grave, anyway, thank you Edith W McVey of Lasalle, Canada.