also Crosslet
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Corselet
92 acres in 1881
1619 Ochiltree Estate
-1812 Ochiltree Estate - James Sloan (1777-1850)
-1834 - William Pagan (1750-1834)
1840-1854 Mrs Hamilton Boswell - William Pagan (1796-18 )
1861-1898 Belmont Estate - William Gemmell (1823-1898)
1914-1930 Andrew Kirkwood MacCosh of Rochsoles - Elizabeth , Jane &
Margaret Gemmell
1940 Elizabeth Gemmell and Jean Gemmell
Census
1841 William Pagan 45 farmer with Margaret 41, William 2, John 4 months, Andrew 45, Jane 81, Agness Barr 15 and Robert Brown 8.
1851 William Pagan 58 and wife Margaret 50 farming 70 acres employing 2 labourers. Sons are William 11, John 10, Alexander 8 and Thomas 2. Andrew Pagan, brother 60, Jane Howat 48, annuitant, William Pagan, nephew 12, errand boy, and Jane Currie 24 house servant complete the household.
1861 census shows William Gemmell 37 Farmer Of 70 Acres Employing 1 Labourer wife Mary (Brown) children 2 servants
1871 census shows William Gemmell 47 Farmer Of 75 Acres Arable. His family are wife Mary 45, Agnes 21, Thomas 18, Mary 17, Catherine 14, Elizabeth 11, Jane 8 and Margaret 4.
1881 census shows William Gemmell, 56, along with his wife Mary, one son, Thomas 29 and three daughters, Elizabeth 21, Jane 18, Margaret 14, and grand daughter Mary J Hettrick, 6 (this must be the little one belonging to Agnes?)
The farm is 92 acres arable, employing 1 man and 2 girls.
1891 William is 67 and a widower. Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret are unmarried. He has James W Gemmell, grandson 9. William has a son - in - law William Murdoch 32, and three little Murdoch grandchildren, William G 6, Mary B 4, and Elizabeth 2.
William Gemmell died at Corselet in 1898
1901 Elizabeth Gemmell 41 is head of the household. She is farming with sisters Jane 38, and Margaret 34, with William Gemmell nephew age 1 and William Wyllie is their farm servant 19.
1871 census shows William Gemmell 47 Farmer Of 75 Acres Arable. His family are wife Mary 45, Agnes 21, Thomas 18, Mary 17, Catherine 14, Elizabeth 11, Jane 8 and Margaret 4.
1881 census shows William Gemmell, 56, along with his wife Mary, one son, Thomas 29 and three daughters, Elizabeth 21, Jane 18, Margaret 14, and grand daughter Mary J Hettrick, 6 (this must be the little one belonging to Agnes?)
The farm is 92 acres arable, employing 1 man and 2 girls.
1891 William is 67 and a widower. Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret are unmarried. He has James W Gemmell, grandson 9. William has a son - in - law William Murdoch 32, and three little Murdoch grandchildren, William G 6, Mary B 4, and Elizabeth 2.
William Gemmell died at Corselet in 1898
1901 Elizabeth Gemmell 41 is head of the household. She is farming with sisters Jane 38, and Margaret 34, with William Gemmell nephew age 1 and William Wyllie is their farm servant 19.
Valuation Rolls
1855 prop. Mrs H D Boswell, tenant William Gemmell.
1940 prop. James Watson (also shown as Creoch Corselet and Corselet Bardarroch).
