Dear blog reader, for the benefit especially of those researching ancestors from Cairneyhill, here is the 1841 census for Cairneyhill. (Note this is very much a work in progress and I will be adding names here regularly).
Cairneyhill, south side of the street
| Inhabited or uninhabited | Name | Age | Occupation | If born in Fife | If born outwith Fife |
| Inhabited | John May | 35 | Cooper | Yes | |
| Martha May | 45 | Yes | |||
| Janet May | 40 | Yes | |||
| Separate household | Ann Clark | 40 | Yes | ||
| Andrew Clark | 14 | Linen hand loom weaver apprentice | Yes | ||
| Ann Clark | 13 | Yes | |||
| Robert Clark | 10 | Yes | |||
| John Clark | 7 | Yes | |||
| Helen Clark | 8 | Yes | |||
| James Clark | 2 | Yes | |||
| Inhabited building | George Young | 79 | Labourer | Yes | |
Cairneyhill People and History 