Dear blog reader.
Welcome to the seventh part in a series, a list of the people, with occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1915.
In 1915 there were 131 people listed, with 8 addresses specified, the first time in the Cairneyhill valuation rolls, and with 20 occupations comprising 10 shopkeepers, 2 publicans, 1 farmer, 1 Church minister, 1 smith, 2 slaughter house keepers, 1 market gardener, 1 joiner and 1 weaver.
This compares with 110 people listed in 1905 with 10 occupations comprising 4 weavers, 1 publican, 1 esquire, 2 Church ministers, 1 smith and 1 shop owner, 106 people listed in 1895 with 9 occupations comprising 5 weavers, 1 Church minister, 1 blacksmith and 2 joiners, 98 people listed in 1885 with 17 occupations comprising 10 weavers, 2 Church ministers, 2 blacksmiths, 2 joiners and one farmer, with 75 people listed in 1875 with 22 occupations comprising 14 weavers, 2 Church ministers, 2 wrights, 3 farmers and one joiner, with 65 people listed in 1865 with 27 occupations comprising 22 weavers, one blacksmith, one joiner, 2 wrights and one Church minister and with 66 people listed in 1855 with 4 occupations comprising 3 weavers and one blacksmith.
Hopefully those of you with ancestors from Cairneyhill will find this list useful.
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David Y Abbey
Frank Adam
William Addie
David Alexander, Bankview
Alexander Allan
William Arnott
Thomas Arnott
Charles Arnott
Miss Angelina Bain, Erskine Cottage
Mrs Mary Bald
Andrew W Bell
Charles H Beveridge
David Blackwell
Mrs Elizabeth Boyd
James Brown, shop
Miss Ann Bruce
John Calderhead, Burnside
John Chapman
Mrs Margaret Christie
George Cook
David Cook, shop
David Cook, public house
James Cook, public house
Mrs Margaret B Cowie
Miss Christina Crombie
Peter Davidson
Alexander Deas
William Deas
Mrs Helen Dick, widow
Mrs Janet Donald
Thomas Downie
Mrs John Downie, widow
David Drummond
John Drummond, Bellabank
Miss Margaret Drysdale
William Drysdale
James Duffin
Mrs Hannah Duncanson
Miss Christina Erskine, farm and advertising stance
George Erskine
John Erskine
James Fairley
David Falconer
Robert Finlayson
Alexander Flint
Reverend William Forbes, manse
Thomas Fotheringham
William Fotheringham
Miss Ann Fotheringham
James Fox
John Fraser
George Fyfe
James R Gallie, Main Street
Alexander Gilmour
David Gilmour
Robert Gray
William Harley, Burnside
James Henderson
Miss Matilda Hodge
Mrs Jane Hodge or Turnbull
Peter Hogg
David Howie
Katharine Howieson
James Hunter, smithy
Mrs James Hynd, shop
William Hynd, shop
Michael Kirk
Henry Lamont, shop
John Lamont
Mary Lawson, widow
Christina Leighton, widow
William Lindsay
Miss Isabella Lindsay
John Lockhart
Andrew Lumsden, slaughter house
John Lyle
John MacArthur
William MacDonald
James MacDonald
Duncan MacKenzie
Andrew MacLaren, shop
Mary MacLeod, widow
David MacNab
William MacNair
William MacQuire
John Marshall
James Marshall
John Milne
James Mitchell
Mrs Charles Morrison, widow
William Paterson
Miss Charlotte Paterson
Archibald Penman, shop, Main Street
James Philp
William Philp
Andrew Ramsay
Catherine Reid
Mrs Agnes Reid or Downie
Sebastian Rennie
Charles Robertson, market garden and joiners shop
John Robertson
David S Robertson, shop
Isabella Robertson, shop
Miss Elizabeth Robertson
James Robertson
Moir Robertson
William Russell
Oliver Scott
William Sellars
James Smith
Daniel Smith
Robert D Stobie
William Templeman
John Thomson
Mrs Jane Thomson or Rennie
James Tinline
William Torrance
Edward Turnbull
Thomas Turnbull
Mrs Christian Walker
William Watson, loomshop
Alexander Watt
James White, shop
Mrs Mary Whyte, slaughter house
Thomas Wilson
George R Wilson, Bankview
James Wright
John Wright
Alexander Wright
Mrs Margaret Young
William Young