Baptismal records for Ochiltree, Killoch, show children of Hugh Wallace. They are;
Marion 1764 - she married Thomas Symington of Whitehill, Ochiltree, then James Smith when Thomas died.
John 1766 - he stayed on at Killoch, and his name is here in the 1841 & 1851censuses.
William 1769
Janet 1772
Janet 1773
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
p322
Killoch
90 acres in 1861. 80 acres in 1871
1619 Ochiltree Estate -
1689 Ochiltree Estate - James Dalrymple
1774-1800 Ochiltree Estate - Hugh Wallace (d1800)
1800-1809 Ochiltree Estate -
1809-
1831-1857 Alexander Ross heirs - John Wallace
1857- Dumfries House Estate - John Wallace
1861-1874 Dumfries House Estate - William Wallace (1799-1874)
1874-1899 Dumfries House Estate - William Wallace
1901-1905 Dumfries House Estate - David Howat
1914 Dumfries House Estate - William Montgomerie
1915-1920 - John Montgomerie (1884-1920)
1925-1944 William Samson (1855-1944)
2016- Barr Environmental Ltd.
Census
1861 William Wallace 61 is farming 90 acres employing 2 men. William's birthplace is Kilmarnock, so not sure what, if any, relation to the previous family. His wife Elizabeth (Webster) 54, son William 27 and daughters Elizabeth 26 and Janet 21 with Robert Wilson 60, a boarder, and Margaret McLaughlan 15, domestic servant.
1871 William 71 and wife Elizabeth 65 farming 80 acres arable and employing 2 labourers. Elizabeth and Janet, and William as above and also visitors Elizabeth Allan 32, grandsons David and James Pride, 7 and 4, David McHoul 11, Hugh M McHoul 7, William Murdoch 24 is a farm servant and Mary Ann Lacy 15 is a general servant.
1881 census shows Elisabeth Webster Wallace 74 head of the household farming 90 acres arable employing 1 man and 1 woman.William Wallace 45, Elisabeth Wallace 43, and Janet Wallace 37 her children are living at Killoch along with Mary McClelland 18 general servant and Robert Trainer 21 farm servant.
Census
1841 John Wallace 70, Robert 30, and servants Isabella Black 20 and Margaret Brown.
1851 John Wallace 84 farmer of 90 acres employing 2 agricultural labourers. His son Robert is 38 and the rest of the household are described as servants. Isabella Blackstocks 28, house keeper, Helen Blackstocks 23, Elizabeth Mirry 25 both house servants, and William Wallace 45 farm labourer, Robert Kerr 12, errand boy, and William Donachie 16 farm labourer.
1861 William Wallace 61 is farming 90 acres employing 2 men. William's birthplace is Kilmarnock, so not sure what, if any, relation to the previous family. His wife Elizabeth (Webster) 54, son William 27 and daughters Elizabeth 26 and Janet 21 with Robert Wilson 60, a boarder, and Margaret McLaughlan 15, domestic servant.
1871 William 71 and wife Elizabeth 65 farming 80 acres arable and employing 2 labourers. Elizabeth and Janet, and William as above and also visitors Elizabeth Allan 32, grandsons David and James Pride, 7 and 4, David McHoul 11, Hugh M McHoul 7, William Murdoch 24 is a farm servant and Mary Ann Lacy 15 is a general servant.
1881 census shows Elisabeth Webster Wallace 74 head of the household farming 90 acres arable employing 1 man and 1 woman.William Wallace 45, Elisabeth Wallace 43, and Janet Wallace 37 her children are living at Killoch along with Mary McClelland 18 general servant and Robert Trainer 21 farm servant.
The Killochside Curling Club was formed in January 1881, the first president being William Wallace
in Killoch. The club played on a new pond created at Killochside for a silver medal.
(Source: The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish by Dane Love - p272)
1891 Elizabeth 84, sons William 58 and Robert 64, daughters Elizabeth 50, and Janet 45, Grandson David Pryde 27 a medical student. Servants Maggie Wilson Ballantyne 20 and widow Mary Miller Ballantyne 54 living on private means. The Ballantynes from Killochside.
1901 David Howat 32 and wife Maggie 30 farming with children Frances 5, Mungo 3 and Hendry under 1. They have Jeannie Lennen 19, Janet Findlay 14, nurse, and William McLeod 33, ploughman.
Valuation Rolls
Valuation Rolls
1855 tenant John Wallace.
May 1857 was purchased by the Marquis of Bute (The Scotsman)
1865 prop. Marquis of Bute, tenant William Wallace.
1905 tenant David Howat.
1915 tenant John Montgomerie.
1925 prop. William Samson
William Samson 1930s or early 1940s Jim Smith
