Horse Tax 1797-98 James Ferguson, Whitehill, 3 horses
1855-57 Ayrshire OS Name Books, 1855-1857 Ayrshire volume 49 OS1/3/49/47, Scotland Places
"A good farm house situate on a round hill, north of Dalleagles. It is occupied by John Lennox and the property of the Trustees of James Ranken, Glenlogan"
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| Robert Guthrie |
Census
John Lennox and Janet Paterson
1841 John Lennox 50, Janet 45, James 15, Flora 15, John 14, William 12, Mitchell 10 and Elizabeth 8. David Paterson 24, Ann Howat 25, Hugh Gilmour 12, and Jane McDonald 7.
1851 John Lennox 64 Farmer of 200 acres employing 4 labourers. Wife Janet 60, sons James 26, ploughman, William 23, ploughman, and Mitchell, 20 a student in divinity. Daughter Eliza 17, and servants Isabella Scott 17, Margaret McMillan 17, Mary Walker 12, Hugh Hastings 15, visitor William Wallace, a travelling merchant from Ireland, William Johnston 50, weaver, and Anne Johnston 40 both from Glasgow.
then his son William Lennox
1861 William Lennox 33 Farmer of 250 acres employing 3 Labourers And 3 boys. Janet 70, is widowed. The rest of the family have left home, but nephew John Lennox 8, is with them. Servants are Janet Paterson 14, Robert Turnbull 22, ploughman, William Crawford 15, Peter McInlay 45, and Henry McIntyre 10, a cow herd. Margaret Lees 21 is a dairymaid, and Elizabeth Dick 23, a domestic.
1851 John Lennox 64 Farmer of 200 acres employing 4 labourers. Wife Janet 60, sons James 26, ploughman, William 23, ploughman, and Mitchell, 20 a student in divinity. Daughter Eliza 17, and servants Isabella Scott 17, Margaret McMillan 17, Mary Walker 12, Hugh Hastings 15, visitor William Wallace, a travelling merchant from Ireland, William Johnston 50, weaver, and Anne Johnston 40 both from Glasgow.
then his son William Lennox
1861 William Lennox 33 Farmer of 250 acres employing 3 Labourers And 3 boys. Janet 70, is widowed. The rest of the family have left home, but nephew John Lennox 8, is with them. Servants are Janet Paterson 14, Robert Turnbull 22, ploughman, William Crawford 15, Peter McInlay 45, and Henry McIntyre 10, a cow herd. Margaret Lees 21 is a dairymaid, and Elizabeth Dick 23, a domestic.
1871 William 43 is farming 252 acres 203 arable and employing 1 labourer. He has married Grace (McKerrow) 34, and nephews Peter 4, and John Paterson 3, are with them on the night of the census. Servants are Mary Shankland 25, dairymaid, Elizabeth McKenziie 17, Agness McKenzie 15, and James Hall 16.
1881 William 53, Grace 44, and employed five farm hands; Jane Riddall 22, dairymaid, and Eliza Park Milligan 17, Grace Rorrison 14, Gavin Hamilton 10, and Douglas McKenzie 17.
William was also engaged in the sale of cow feeds as illustrated in the advert below.
1891 William 63, Grace 54 and servants Annie McKenzie 22, Mary Dempster 22, byre woman, Liza Miller 17, general domestic, and William Ferguson 16, farm servant.
George Mckerrow from 1898
1901 George McKerrow 55, Jeanie L, 43, wife, daughters Maggie D 20, Mary A 16, Annie D 9, and Ellie K 9, and son Alexander 4. John Rennie 20, ploughman, Alexander Wilson 21, shepherd, and Lizzie White 17, general domestic.
George Mckerrow from 1898
1901 George McKerrow 55, Jeanie L, 43, wife, daughters Maggie D 20, Mary A 16, Annie D 9, and Ellie K 9, and son Alexander 4. John Rennie 20, ploughman, Alexander Wilson 21, shepherd, and Lizzie White 17, general domestic.
Valuation Roll
1865 tenant William Lennox.
1905 tenant George MacKerrow.
1925 tenant Mrs Jeanie MacKerrow.
1930-40 tenant William Sloan.
1935 prop Thomas Ranken.
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| 1881 - The Ayr Advertiser |
Lactina is a vegetable based milk substitute fed to calves. It is surprising to find that it was in use in Ayrshire as early as 1881, and that local farmers were engaged in selling it on to farming neighbours. Rearing calves this way freed up the natural milk to go straight into the human food supplies and was the result of experimental work done both in the UK and the rest of the world. Another example of forward thinking on the part of the Ayrshire farmer.
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| George McKerrow Farmer Whitehill obit CC 1921.jpg |
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| George McKerrow Farmer Whitehill claims CC 1921 |
