Also known as Low Garleffan.
1732 James Stillie son lawfull to John Stillie and Judith Halbert in Garleffin was baptised 14th November 1732
1762 Baptism (OPR) Andrew Lees lawfull son to William Lees in Garlaffan and Jean Campbell his spouse was baptised 11 April 1762
1792. William Muir in Garleffan married Eupheme Mitchell
An accident that can and does still happen today......
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald August 1860
1893 above the door
1841 Census - Low Carteffin
An accident that can and does still happen today......
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald August 1860
1893 above the door
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1841 Census - Low Carteffin
William McKerrow -farmer wife Isabella (Hair), James McKerrow 35 (ag lab), David McKerrow 15, Jane McKerrow 20, Farquhar McKerrow 8, 3 ag labs,1 female farm servan
William died 11/5/1846 at Auchinleck and his widow took over
1851 Census - Garleffan Isabella McKerrow - farmer of 200 acres son David McKerrow (overseer), 2 male farm servants
1861 Census - Low Garlaifan son David is in charge
David McKerrow - farmer of 200 acres wife Helen (Mitchell Shankland - Crosslar) + dtrs Jessie, Isabella, Georgina (age 4 and under),
1 ploughman, 1 dairymaid, 1 DS (m), 1 housemaid, 1 nurse
David died of typhoid fever 5/3/1867 at Black Bull Hotel, Old Cumnock where he was an hotel keeper.
1871 Census - Low Garleffan
1871 Census - Low Garleffan
John Brown 29 (born Ochiltree) farmer of 300 acres of which 200 arable emp 3 labourers
Grace Drummond 29 dairymaid, William Thomson ploughman
1881 census - Low Garleffan
1881 census - Low Garleffan
John Brown 18 (cousin of the previous John Brown) - acting head of the household with his sister Jane 14 farming 300 acres employing 1 man and a boy and 1 girl.
+ 1 dairymaid, 2 FS (m). There is no indication of who is the head of the house.
1891 Census - Low Garleffan
John Brown 29 farmer wife Helen (Wallace), 4 children age 8 and under, 2 female servants 1 nurse domestic (age 13yrs), 1 male farm38 servant
1901 Census - Low Garleffan
John Brown38 farmer wife Helen, ch: Wallace, Isabella, John, Bertie, Nellie, Willie & Norman Brown, 2 FS (f), 1 ploughman,
1 FS (m)
John Brown died in 1949 at Low Garleffan farm
John Brown died in 1949 at Low Garleffan farm
Valuation Roll 1855 tenant John McKerrow. 1865 prop Marquis of Bute, tenant Hugh Brown (Low Garleffan and Stakholm), John McKerrow (High Garleffan). 1895 tenant David Auld (High). 1905 tenant John Craig (High), Mrs Agnes Douglas or Brown (Low). 1925 tenant John Craig (High). 1930 tenant Norman Brown (Low). 1935 tenant Thomas Andrews (High), Norman Brown (Low).
1905 article in the kirkintilloch gazette accessed on British Newspaper Archive
