Sunday, 26 July 2020

Crawsland , Ochiltree

Location

referred to as Crawslang in 1686

There is no evidence in the census for any associated land with this property.

Horse Tax 1797-98 Robert Murdoch  Crawsland, 2 horses

Census
1841 census Crawsland Ochiltree
GIBSON John M 45 Agricultural Labourer Ayrshire  
 GIBSON Jane F 15 Ayrshire  
GIBSON John M 13 Ayrshire  
GIBSON Margaret F 35 Ayrshire  
GIBSON Allan M 44 Agricultural Labourer Ayrshire

1851 Margaret and Jane Gibson one a sewer of muslin and the other a corset maker.
1861 census shows Margaret Gibson 58 and daughter Agnes 37, seamstress and dressmaker living in Crawsland
1871not found
1881 David Reid 30 is a ploughman with wife Jane 23 and sons James 7, David 4 and George 2.
1891 The Morrison family - John 40, was a coal pitheadman

Valuation Roll (described as Crawsland and Bardarroch) 1895 tenant Mathew Steel.  1905 prop. David Pearson; tenant Hugh Sloan.