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Dalmellington 1842
Roll
of Male Heads of Families in the Parish of Dalmellington, in full Communion with
the Church.
(This
is transcribed from the original document held in Ayrshire Archives. It has
probably never been transcribed before which makes this information unique and
very valuable to the genealogist researching his ancestors in Dalmellington.
No
|
Name
|
Occupation
|
Notes
|
|
1
|
John McWhirter
|
Elder
|
Of Downieston Elder
|
|
2
|
William Arthur, Son
|
Miller
|
Downieston Elder
|
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3
|
James Murdoch
|
Farmer
|
East Chalmerston Downieston Elder
|
|
4
|
John M Howetson
|
Parochial Schoolmaster
|
Downieston Elder
|
|
5
|
Alexander Paterson
|
Stone Dyker
|
Gateside
|
|
6
|
John Wright
|
Weaver
|
Knowhead, Dalmellington
|
|
7
|
William McLatchie
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
8
|
John Howall
|
Carter
|
Dalmellington
|
|
9
|
David Blain
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
10
|
James Smith
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
11
|
James Craig
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
12
|
James McCulloch
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
13
|
Hugh Murray
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
14
|
William Blain
|
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
15
|
Duncan McMurtrie
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
16
|
John Hounderwood
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
17
|
James Arthur
|
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
18
|
David Scott
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
19
|
John Welsh
|
Blacksmith
|
Dalmellington
|
|
20
|
William Murray
|
Tailor
|
Dalmellington
|
|
21
|
Thomas Russell
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
22
|
Barney Hamilton
|
Hedger
|
Dalmellington
|
|
23
|
William Arthur
|
?
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
24
|
David Wallace
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
25
|
James Reid
|
Surgeon
|
Dalmellington
|
|
26
|
John Edgar
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
27
|
Andrew Lennox
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
28
|
William Galbraith
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
29
|
Robert Ogg
|
Tailor
|
Dalmellington
|
|
30
|
William McMurtrie
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
31
|
John Smith
|
Stone Dyker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
32
|
John Finlay
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
33
|
James Hamilton
|
Shoemaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
34
|
William Wright
|
Manufacturer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
35
|
James Steven
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
36
|
James Dempster
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
37
|
Robert Gregg
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
38
|
Duncan Willot
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
39
|
James McMurtrie
|
Blacksmith
|
Dalmellington
|
|
40
|
John Gerroud
|
Innkeeper
|
Dalmellington
|
|
41
|
Thomas McCulloch
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
42
|
William Hewitson
|
Overseer in the Mill
|
Dalmellington
|
|
43
|
William Drynan
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
44
|
James McKay
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
45
|
Andrew Wallace
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
46
|
Quintin Wight
|
Innkeeper
|
Dalmellington
|
|
47
|
Thomas McCredie
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
48
|
Martin McGill
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
49
|
Thomas McGill
|
Shoemaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
50
|
James McMurtrie
|
Wright
|
Dalmellington
|
|
51
|
John Bone
|
Weaver
|
Mains Dalmellington
|
|
52
|
Alexander Gemmell
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
53
|
James Hemphill
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
54
|
John Kirk
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
55
|
John Guthrie
|
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
56
|
James Simpson
|
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
57
|
David Simpson
|
Tailor
|
Dalmellington
|
|
58
|
James McGill
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
59
|
Andrew Hannah
|
Taylor
|
Dalmellington
|
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60
|
John Brown
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
61
|
James Wight
|
Joiner
|
Dalmellington
|
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62
|
James Ritchie
|
Surgeon
|
Dalmellington
|
|
63
|
Hugh Gemmell
|
Coal Miner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
64
|
John McEwen
|
Tailor
|
Dalmellington
|
|
65
|
John McClymont
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
66
|
Robert Smith
|
Joiner
|
Dalmellington
|
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67
|
Duncan Wight
|
Innkeeper
|
Dalmellington
|
|
68
|
Andrew Kilpatrick
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
69
|
John Orr
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
70
|
Robert Yule
|
Lead Miner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
71
|
Hugh McWhirter
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
72
|
William McKearly
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
73
|
James Bone
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
74
|
David Donnan
|
Cooper
|
Dalmellington
|
|
75
|
Thomas Reid
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
76
|
James Haldane
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
77
|
James Paterson
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
78
|
William Stewart
|
Carrier
|
Dalmellington
|
|
79
|
William Summerville
|
Cattle Dealer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
80
|
George Brown
|
Merchant
|
Dalmellington
|
|
81
|
John McConnochie
|
Coal Miner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
82
|
Robert Guthrie
|
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
83
|
John Galbraith
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
84
|
Adam Aird
|
Coal Miner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
85
|
William McMillan
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
86
|
George Colville
|
Coal Miner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
87
|
William McKay
|
Shoemaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
88
|
James Wilson
|
Shoemaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
89
|
James Orr
|
Labourer
|
Clattymires
|
|
90
|
James Lomond
|
Labourer
|
Clattymires
|
|
91
|
John McWhirter
|
Baker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
92
|
Charles Orr
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
93
|
William Guthrie
|
Gamekeeper
|
Dalmellington
|
|
94
|
Quinten Clarke
|
Blacksmith
|
Dalmellington
|
|
95
|
William Stewart
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
96
|
Hugh McCulloch
|
Hostler
|
Dalmellington
|
|
97
|
David Stewart
|
Coal Miner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
98
|
David Crichton
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
99
|
James McDonald
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
100
|
William Comrie
|
Teacher
|
Dalmellington
|
|
101
|
William Sloss
|
Innkeeker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
102
|
John Jamieson
|
Surgeon
|
Dalmellington
|
|
103
|
William Dempster
|
Flesher
|
Dalmellington
|
|
104
|
John Gray
|
Carter
|
Dalmellington
|
|
105
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Andrew McDowall
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|
Dalmellington
|
|
106
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Thomas McGill
|
Shoemaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
107
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Andrew Kerr
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Coalminer
|
Dalmellington
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|
108
|
Alexander Baird
|
Mason
|
Dalmellington
|
|
109
|
Hugh Baird
|
Spinner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
110
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John McClymont
|
Shoemaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
111
|
Thomas Templeton
|
Watchmaker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
112
|
David Howall
|
Spinner
|
Dalmellington
|
|
113
|
William King Snr
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
114
|
Andrew King
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
115
|
John Sloss
|
Farm Servant
|
Dalmellington
|
|
116
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David Stevenson
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
117
|
Thomas Lander
|
Labourer
|
Dalmellington
|
|
118
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William Gemmell
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
|
119
|
Robert Dempster
|
|
Dalmellington
|
|
120
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Samuel McKnight
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Dalmellington
|
|
121
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William Smith
|
Spinner
|
Dalmellington
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|
122
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William Thomson
|
Farm Servant
|
Dalmellington
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|
123
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John Bone
|
Weaver
|
Dalmellington
|
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124
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James Smith
|
Stone Dyker
|
Dalmellington
|
|
125
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John Thom
|
Farmer
|
Dalharco
|
|
126
|
Herbert Buchanan
|
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Downieston
|
|
127
|
William Stewart
|
Farmer
|
Downieston Mill
|
|
128
|
Andrew Gerraud
|
Innkeeper
|
Patna Bridge End
|
|
129
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David Gerraud
|
Road Repairer
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Yellieston
|
|
130
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William Mitchell
|
Carter
|
Yellieston
|
|
131
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John Cuthbert
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Burnfoot
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On Constable’s Lands
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|
132
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John Hose
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Farm Servant
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Burnfoot
|
|
133
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John Walker
|
Farmer
|
Drumgrange
|
|
134
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William McMurray
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Herd
|
Waterside
|
|
135
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Robert Kirk
|
Herd
|
Danaskan
|
|
136
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Thomas Rowan
|
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Danaskan
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|
137
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David Chalmers
|
Farm Servant
|
Danaskan
|
|
138
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David Stevenson
|
Bower
|
Cutlar
|
|
139
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Andrew Galloway
|
Farm Servant
|
Leight
|
|
140
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Hugh McQuistan
|
Bower
|
Leight
|
|
141
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James Sloss
|
Overseer
|
Leight
|
|
142
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Robert Sloss
|
Farmer
|
Winnivey
|
|
143
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Thomas Dempster
|
Shepherd
|
Burnhead
|
|
144
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William Clarke
|
Farmer
|
Sillyhole
|
|
145
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John McLeod
|
Farmer
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Burnlow
|
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146
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George Robertson
|
Toll Keeper
|
Burnside
|
|
147
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Angus Cochrane
|
Coal Miner
|
Collier Row
|
|
148
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John Steven
|
Coal Miner
|
Collier Row
|
|
149
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Charles Baird
|
Undertaker of
|
The Gile works
|
|
150
|
John Vallance
|
Overseer of
|
Camlarg Coalworks
|
|
151
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David Kennedy
|
Farmer
|
Upper Camlarg
|
|
152
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Robert Cooper
|
Farm Servant
|
High Pennyverrie
|
|
153
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James McAdam
|
Farmer
|
Claffin
?
|
|
154
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Adam Clarke
|
Butler residing
|
At Milton
|
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155
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James Vallance
|
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Kein
Toll Bar ?
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156
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John McMillan
|
Farmer
|
Mossdals
|
|
157
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David McMillan
|
Farm Servant
|
Mossdals
|
|
158
|
Robert Hewitson
|
Shepherd
|
?miff
|
|
159
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William White
|
Gamekeeper
|
Kennels
|
|
160
|
Francis Farquharson
|
Gardiner
|
Dalfarson
|
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161
|
Thomas McMurtrie
|
Butler
|
Dalfarson
|
|
162
|
Robert McClymont
|
Wright
|
Dalfarson
|
|
163
|
Robert
McJanneb ?
|
Baker
|
Dalfarson
|
|
164
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John Guthrie
|
Labourer
|
Dalfarson
|
|
165
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John Bowie
|
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166
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James Lawrie
|
Shepherd
|
Pennyarthur
|
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167
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William Walker
|
Farmer
|
Bellsbank
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