Location - OS 6 inch first edition map. See newspaper advert below.
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Dornal - Dornhill in 1691. 140 acres in 2015
1703 Dornal Estate - John Beg
1875 Dornal Estate - David Hastings of Cloyntie, Kirkmichael
c1880-1913 Dornal Estate - Alexander Struthers (1844-1913)
1916 Dumfries House Estate - David Struthers
1923-1925 Dumfries House Estate - Alexander Struthers
1921 Dumfries House Estate - Andrew Struthers
1934-1938 Dumfries House Estate - Andrew Struthers
1938-1941 Dumfries House Estate - Adam & John C.H.C. Gordon
-1999 Dumfries House Estate - Adam Gordon
1999-2015 Dumfries House Estate - Thomas Anderson (1961- )
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Dornal Estate was purchased by Charles Howatson (1832-1918) in 1865.
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In 1900 Howatson owned Dornal, Greenside, Shawfield, Whiteholm, High Glenmuir, Laigh Glenmuir, Duncanziemere, Hillhead and Wallaceton within Auchinleck Parish.
Auchinleck Parish OPRs
Alexander Shaw age 64 formerly residing in Dornal died 9/8/1786 of consumption. Buried New Cumnock
Elizabeth McKerrow formerly residing in Dornal buried 10/1/1833. Mortcloth/funeral expenses - "hearse"
The 1851 census shows John Murdoch 65 late farmer occupying Dornal along with 2 ploughmen, 2 male farm labourers, 1 housemaid, 1 dairyman and 1 female dairy assistant.
The 1861 census shows Hugh McKerrow 51 a widower, previously a shepherd at Whiteholm, Auchinleck now farming 600 acres along with his daughters Elizabeth 24, Margaret 21, sons John 20 and William 18, sister-in-law Isabella McKerrow 36 working as a dairymaid, nephew William 14 working as an agricultural labourer, 1 ploughman, 1 shepherd and 1 cow-herd (boy).
By 1871 Hugh was working as a cattle dealer and living at Barrhill Road, Cumnock where he died in 1886. Cumnock Connections Tree
The 1871 census shows James McCree 31, a farm servant, occupying Dornal with his wife Elizabeth, their 4 children ages 5yrs and under and 1 farm servant.
The 1881 census shows David Struthers 32, his wife Margaret 25 (Bryson) and David's unmarried brother Andrew Struthers 45 (joint farmer) are farming 300 acres, 200 arable and employ 2 girls and 1 boy. Also living there is David & Margaret's infant daughter Jeanie Boyd Struthers, 1 female servant, 1 nurse age 11yrs and 1 male farm servant.
The 1891 census shows David Struthers 42 farming Dornal with his wife Margaret G.B. 34, daughters Jeanie B. 10, Sarah W. 7 and Margaret 4, farmer brother Andrew 53 and unmarried, 2 female domestic servants and 1 male farm servant. By 1901 this family is in Waterhead Farm, New Cumnock.
The 1901 census shows Dornal now being farmed by brother Alexander Struthers 57 along with his wife Margaret (Law) 47, sons Robert 25, James 23, Alexander 18, daughters Jeanie 15 and Sarah 12, son Andrew 3 and 1 female general servant. (This family was in Whiteholm of Dornal Farm Lugar in 1891)
Cumnock Connections Tree
1885 Valuation Rolls Owner - Charles Howatson. 1895 tenant David Struthers. 1905 tenant Alexander Struthers.
Auchinleck Cemetery Lair Ref: 472
Er Alexander Struthers d Dornal Farm 18/5/1913 69 IMO son Gavin d Whiteholm Farm 27/1/1885 4yrs 5mths, dtr Margaret 1/1/1892 2 months, wife Margaret Law d11/3/1918 64
Lair Ref: 473
1882 - Er Dav Struthers, Dornal IMO infant children, wife Margaret Bryson d12/10/1911 55.
The farm was advertised for letting in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of July 1896.
The farm was advertised for letting in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of July 1896.
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| Morag Gordon |
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| 1950 Mrs Gordon |
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| Charles Gordon on the left. Morag Gordon |
