Census The Murray family were the sole occupiers of High Carston through all the available census returns Valuation Rolls The Marquis of Bute was the owner of High Carston until James Kirk became the owner/occupier between 1920 and 1925. The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love p312 Carston (High) Believed to have been Murrays in Carston since around 1500. 90 acres in 1861 and 1881. 1774 Ochiltree Estate - Hugh Murray 1791-1797 Ochiltree Estate - James Murray -1809 Ochiltree Estate - James Murray (1755-1838) 1809-1838 Dumfries House Estate - James Murray (1755-1838) Dumfries House Estate - James Murray (father of below) 1841-1903 Dumfries House Estate - John Murray (1804-1903) 1903-1914 Dumfries House Estate - John Murray (1834-1914) 1914 Dumfries House Estate - Annie Smith Murray (1877-19 ) 1925-1940 James Kirk -1971 Jacob S. Murray (1884-1971)  |
| Annie Murray at Carston 1900s |
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| Lease of Carston 1879 for 16 years from Bute estate. |
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| Carston 1960s |
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| Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald - Friday 24 July 1903 - John Murray Farmer Carston obit |
Carston on ca. 1900 map
see also Low Carston
see also Low Carston
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| John Murray Farmer Carston obit CC 1914 |
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| John Murray Farmer Carston obit CC 1914 2 Jacob Murray and his sister Annie , who were born at Little Muir , Cumnock were sent as youngsters to live with their unmarried Uncle John Murray at Carston. In 1919 Jacob got a lease of Dalgig, New Cumnock which was a very large sheep farm, and the Murrays left Carston after hundreds of years. Jacob dispersed his Ayrshire herd in a record breaking sale at Dalgig in the mid 1920s. |
