Location
OPR baptism
1794 George Gowdie lawful son to James Gowdie and Mary Telfer in Creoch was born October 25th and baptised November 2nd 1794
Census
Death 1829 Robert Wallace of Creoch age 84 (wife Elizabeth Smith)
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Creoch
288 acres in 1864
c1780 Ochiltree Estate - Robert Wallace (1757-1829)
1837 Ochiltree Estate - James Paterson
1838-1841 - William Paterson
1851 - Andrew Bell (1815-18 )
1854 John Tennant (1795-18 ) - James Veitch Yr
1861 John Tennant (1765-18 )
1871 George Tennant - Joseph MacQuaker (1841- )
1875 George Tennant
1881-1895 - James Howie
-1909 - William Mair (1841-1909)
1914-1925 Andrew Kirkwood MacCosh of Rochsoles - William B Mair
1930 James Watson
1940-1959 James Watson Jnr
Census
1841 William Patterson 43, Margaret 37, John 8 and Agness under 1 and Margaret Ramsay 7.
1851 Andrew Bell 36 is a land steward with wife Susan 36 and daughters Margaret 10, Elizabeth 8, Helen 6, Mary 2, and sons Robert 4 and John 1. They have two servants Margaret White 18 and Mary Dugan 14.
John Tennant Senior They were all related to the industrialist who made a fortune with his invention of bleaching powder and established a chemical works in Glasgow.
1861 John Tennant 66, proprietor and farmer of 286 acres employing 4 labourers. His wife Ann 54, daughter Susan 22, and sons Charles 15 and Alexander 11, and servants Mary Balmers 21, dairymaid, and Susan Hutchison 16, domestic.
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| North British Agriculturalist March 1863 |
Creoch was again put up for sale, and the new owner is also named Tennant.
1871 George Tennant 35, landowner and farmer of 285 acres of which 254 are arable. Wife Elenor 32, daughters Virginia S 5, Agnes 3 and sons John 2 and Henry W under 1. They have Margaret McMurtrie 18and Marion McMurtrie 21, dairymaid, and Helen Somerville 18, nurse, and Francic Keagan 15, agricultural labourer.
The farm is sold in 1879.
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| Creoch for sale , Ayr Advertiser 10th June 1879 |
1881 census shows James Howie 49, and his wife Agnes Howie (Wallace) 51, farming 268 acres employing 3 men and 3 women. They also have their three sons John 27, Robert W 19, and Thomas 15, and daughter Elizabeth 21
1891 James and Agnes Howie with son Thomas 25, and servants Maggie Murphy 20, Annie Jardine 22, and George Frost 18.
1901 Thomas Howie 35, with visitors Robert Gibb 25, Maggie Brown Gibb 4, Elizabeth Wilson Gibb 2 and Annie Douglas Gibb under 1. He has William Howatson 21, ploughman, Agnes McCartney domestic 20, and Janet Rankin 14, a nurse domestic.
Valuation Rolls
Valuation Rolls
1855 prop. John Tennant.
1865 prop. Ann Tennant.
1875 prop. George Tennant.
1895 tenant James Howie.
1905 prop. Mrs Elizabeth Whitfield or Stott.
1915 prop. Andrew MacCosh, tenant William B Mair
1920 prop. Andrew MacCosh tenant William B Mair
1925 prop. Andrew McCosh tenant William B Mair
1930 prop. James Watson.
1940 prop. James Watson (shown as Creoch Corselet) and William Watson (shown as Cawhillan Corselet).
