Location OS six inch for Scotland first edition
Location 55 24 21N, 4 10 06W.
Farm Horse Tax - none found
Gatehead - suggested meaning - head, top of the road, way, path
Some Baptisms in Gatehead per New Cumnock OPRs
15/7/1733 James, 28/9/1735 Euphans, 7/5/1738 William and 10/12/1740 Margaret - children born to James Dalgiesh and Margaret Alexander in Gatehead
01/3/1752 - William son to Charles Howat & Agnes Howatson in Gatehead
25/9/1827 - Elizabeth lawful daughter to Thomas Craig & Jennet Steele in Gatehead
Census
1841 The Park family, John is an agricultural labourer. John 45, Agnes 40 John 15, George 15, James 13, Elizabeth 11, Jane 8, Alexander 6 and Sarah 1. Also Janet Lochrine 20.
1851 William Craig 24 is a farmer of 160 acres employing 2 labourers. His wife Jane (Sloan), 22 and son John 1. Three house servants, Janet Wilson 21, Agness Merry 21, Jane McDougal 13, and agricultural labourers James Spence 17 and Archibald Gray 18.
1861 The Kerr family, dairyman James 57, wife Jane 50, dairymaid daughter Elisabeth 19, and the rest of the family Anne 13, Robert 10, and George 4, with damestic servant Agnes McDonald 20.
1871 Robert Smith 41, agricultural labourer from Dumfriesshire and wife Janet 39. Children are Ellen Frazer 11, Daniel Craig 7, niece Jane Wilson 12, and visitor Christian Smith 30.
1881 census shows Andrew McCartney 63 and wife Sarah 70 farming 200 acres arable employing 1 man and 2 girls. Daughter Marion 33 and son Hugh 31 also live at Gatehead along with grandchildren Andrew 12 and Agnes 10 McCartney. Domestic servant are Isabella Sloan 23 and Elizabeth Hannah 19, and Andrew Irving 20 is the farm servant living in.
1891 Andrew Macartney 71, with son Hugh 41, Robert 39, grandson Joseph 18, grand daughter Jane 14, and servants Jane Wilson 15, John Greenshields 40, shepherd, Alexander Wright 21, and Alfred Sutton 19 cattleman.
1901 Hugh McCartney 51 is farming with wife Margaret 36, and daughter Lilias under 1. They also have step-daughter Agnes Rowat 14, brother Robert McCartney 48, niece Jessie McCartney 18, dressmaker, and servants Elizabeth Ferguson 17, Maria McFarlane 18, and John Greenshields 30, shepherd.
Auld Kirkyard Lair Ref: 36
Er TTMO And McCartney farmer d 28/2/1897 79, wife Sarah Davidson d Gatehead 29/12/1900 89, son Hugh d dalleagles 1850 6, son Robert Thomson McCartney d 25/12/1913 65
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| The Scotsman April 1924 |
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| Kilmarnock Herald October 1947 |
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| Kilmarnock Herald November 1933 |
Valuation Roll
1865 prop Sir James Menteith.
1875 tenants William Craig and Andrew MacCartney.
1885 prop Lady Jane Baile.
1895 props Lady Jane Bailey, Stuart Menteith.
1905 prop Lady Jane Bailey or Stuart Menteith, tenant Andrew MacCartney.
1915 prop Sir James Stuart Menteith, tenant Hugh MacCartney.
1925 prop Mrs Elizabeth Gibb or Brown, tenant James Brown.
Currently Duncan Plant Hire
