Dear blog reader
Welcome to the tenth part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1930.
In 1930 there were 117 people listed (a slight drop on 1925) with 32 address specified (a substantial increase on 1925) and 11 occupations (another increase on 1925) comprising 2 farmers, a Church minister, 1 smith, 4 shop keepers, 1 petrol pump attendant, 1 joiner and 1 weaver.
This compares with 120 people listed in 1925 with 25 addresses specified, and 7 occupations comprising 1 Church minister, 1 joiner, 4 shopkeepers and 1 smith, 135 people listed in 1920 with 14 occupations comprising 1 Church minister, 2 joiners, 1 market gardener, 1 slaughter house keeper, 6 shop keepers, 1 station master, 1 smith and 1 weaver, 131 people listed in 1915 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, 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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William Adie, Main Street
Alexander Allan, Nether Pitdinnie
Mrs Jeanie Allan
William Appleford
Thomas Arnott, Erskine Cottage
William Arnott
Reuben Arthur
David Bald
James Brown
Thomas Brown
Walter Colquhoun
Margaret Cook
David Cook
Peter Davidson
David Deas
Mrs Margaret Deas
James Donald
Jean Downie
John Drummond, Burnbrae
Agnes Drummond
Margaret Drysdale
James Duffin
John Erskine, farmer, Myrend
John Erskine, Nether Pitdinnie
William Erskine
Christina Erskine, farmer
Grace Erskine, Bankview
John Erskine, glebe
James Fairley, Nether Pitdinnie
Elizabeth Fairley
Margaret G Ferguson
Robert Finlayson, Main Street
Alexander Flint
Reverend William Forbes, manse
James Forrester
Thomas Fotheringham
William Fotheringham
Anne Fotheringham
James Fox
John Fraser
Norman Fraser
Ethel M Glover, Holm Cottage
David Halkett
William Hill
John Hodge
Peter Hogg
Katharine Howieson
James Hunter, smithy
William Hynd, shop
James Kennedy
David Kirk, Main Street
Michael Kirk
Charles Kirk
William Lauchlan, Nether Pitdinnie
Jean Lawson
William Lindsay
David Lloyd
Thomas Lowrie
Andrew Lumsden
Robert MacAlister, Bankview
John MacArthur, Burnside
Christopher MacConnell
James MacDonald
Alexander MacDonald
Mrs Agnes MacDonald
Mrs Mary A MacKenzie, Main Street
Mrs Christina MacNair, Main Street
William MacQuire
Mrs Margaret Marshall
John Matson
William Meikle
Mrs Mary Millar, shop
D Millar, petrol pump
John Milne
James Mitchell, Bellabank
David Morgan
John Morris
William D Oliphant
Mrs Helen T Paterson
Charlotte Paterson
Ernest Pattie
Archibald Penman, shop, Main Street
John Penrice
James Philip, West End
Mrs James Philp, hall
John W Philp, Main Street
William Philp, Calderwood
Alexander Philp, Main Street
George Reid
John Rennie
Sebastian Rennie
John Robertson, Burnside
John Robertson, Catherine Place
John Robertson, joiner
Isabella Robertson, shop
Charles Robertson
Robert Ross
William Russell
William Sellars
Donald Smart
Daniel Smith
Walter Stewart
William Templeman
John Thomson
David Thomson
Thomas Thomson
William Watson, loomshop
John Watt
Mrs Mary Watt
Charles White
Hugh Wildridge, Burnbrae
John Wilson
James Wishart
Edward Wright, Nether Pitdinnie
Alexander Wright
A Wright
Margaret Wright, Batavia Cottage
James Wright, Main Street
William Young