Also spelt Righead
Location 55 24 08N, 4 14 51W
Linda Sutherland
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| Jennifer Kirkland 1930s at Rigghead |
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| Maisie Laird: Lizzie Purdie nee Fleming, Liz Fleming nee Taylor and Margaret Taylor nee Smith (3 generation)in the garden at Rigghead |
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| James Fleming Farmer Righead obit CC 1964 |
1841 census shows Robert McCartney age 80yrs old farming with Alexander McCartney 40, 2 manservants, 3 female farm servants and 3 lodgers
1851 census shows Robert's son Alexander McCartney and his wife Mary (Struthers) farming 84 acres employing 3 farm labourers, 1 housemaid and an 11 years old girl employed as a cow herd.
1861 census shows Alexander McCartney 60 farming 100 acres with his wife Mary, Margaret McCartney age 19yrs as a dairymaid, 1 ploughman, 1 female domestic servant and 3 male agricultural labourers.
1871 census shows Hugh Meikle farming 176 acres of which 126 are arable with his wife Marion Boyd, father-in-law John Boyd 73 annuitant, Elizabeth Murdoch granddaughter, Elizabeth Marton granddaughter/servant, 1 ploughman, 1 male agricultural labourer and 2 general servants (domestic).
NB. Hugh and Marion's daughter Marion died in 1868 at Rigghead. She had married David Murdoch in 1864 at Rigghead. She left behind 2 surviving children. David emigrated to North Carolina where he died while the children remained with their grandparents. Both children are mentioned in his will.
The 1881 census shows Hugh Meikle and his wife Marion, granddaughter Elizabeth Murdoch, niece Margaret Byd, 1 ploughman, 1 male general servant and 2 female general servants.
The 1891 census shows Hugh Meikle 77 and his wife Marion 68. Their granddaughter Elizabeth Marton age 25yrs is employed a a farmer errand child. There is also 1 dairymaid, 1 female domestic servant, 1 male farm servant and Thomas Meikle a retired draper who is visiting.
(Hugh Meikle died 26/1/1892 at Rigghead)
The 1901 census shows Thomas Lindsay farming with his wife Agnes (Meikle), 1 son and 2 daughters age 9yrs and under, Sarah Lindsay a 17yr old domestic servant and 2 male farm servants. Agnes Meikle was a grand niece of Hugh Meikle.
1911 census stil Thomas Lindsay 38 Agnes, Allan 19 Annie Maggie Thomas and 1 servant Janet Gillespie
Valuation roll
1885 prop Marquis of Bute, tenant Hugh Meikle. 1895 tenant Thomas Lindsay. 1915 tenant James Fleming. 1920-40 prop James Fleming.
Medals won by Allan Lindsay, Thomas's son
1908 The New Cumnock Ploughing Society Juniors medal
1909 The New Cumnock Ploughing Society Juniors medal also The Cumnock Ploughing Society Juniors medal
1910 The New Cumnock Ploughing Society Juniors medal also The Cumnock Ploughing Society Juniors medal
1911 The New Cumnock Ploughing Society Juniors medal
Allan Lindsay in the 1930s beside his traction engine with his first daughter Christina
Photos from his granddaughter Eliese Ritchie
