The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
pp322,323
Killochside
63 acres in 1861
1797-1812 Ochiltree Estate - Robert Osborne (1761-1840)
1812-1840 Dalblair Estate - Robert Osborne (1761-1840)
1840-1841 Dalblair Estate - James Osborne
1843 Thomas Ross heirs -
1851-1857 Thomas Ross heirs - Hugh Meikle
1857-1861 Dumfries House Estate - Hugh Meikle
1871-1884 Dumfries House Estate - Peter Ballantine (d1884)
1891 Dumfries House Estate - James Moir
-1912 Dumfries House Estate - Munro
1914 Dumfries House Estate - James Montgomerie - Thomas Inglis
1930 John Neill Watson (1876-1958)
1940 - James Watson
Census
"Peter Ballantyne, of Killochside, was also ranked by us a a great man, because of his power over the brute creation. He was often in the fields training his hawks and dogs, and positively I never heard a man with such a powerful pair of lungs, for his cry could be heard miles away."
Census
1841 James Osburn 35, Margaret Jamison 60, Jackabina 25, Euphemis 15, Sarah 15, Robert McCulloch 13 and Margaret Paton under 1.
Osborne family
This includes Jacobina Osborne Paton who made an epic journey across America to Utah with her two surviving children to join the Mormons. Presume Margaret Paton is her child.
Osborne family
This includes Jacobina Osborne Paton who made an epic journey across America to Utah with her two surviving children to join the Mormons. Presume Margaret Paton is her child.
1851 Hugh Meikle 36 and wife Marion 28 farming 50 acres employing 2 labourers and also a tile maker employing 4 labourers. They have one daughter Marion 5. William Jamieson 30 is a tile burner, Agnes Mair 18 is a house servant, and John Green 15 is a farm labourer.
1861 The Meikles are farming 63 acres and employing 1 labourer, also tilemaking. at home are daughters Eliza 18, Mary 16, and Marion 14.
1871 Peter Ballantine 68, a falconer and his wife Mary 35, sons Peter 26 and Robert Ewen 4, and daughters Flora 3, Euphemia Mcc 2, and Margaret M under 1, and grand son James 15.
1881 Patrick Ballantine 77 a falconer with wife Mary 46, Robert E 14 an assistant falconer and daughters Flora 10, Euphemia M 11, Margaret M W 10, and son Patrick 7.
"Peter Ballantyne, of Killochside, was also ranked by us a a great man, because of his power over the brute creation. He was often in the fields training his hawks and dogs, and positively I never heard a man with such a powerful pair of lungs, for his cry could be heard miles away."
Matthew Mair Osborne at the Ochiltree Schoolfellow's Reunion 1895.
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.
(The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love p272)
1891 James Moir 79 and wife Mary W 82 have retired to Killochside from farming.
1891 James Moir 79 and wife Mary W 82 have retired to Killochside from farming.
1901 not found
VR 1855 tenant Hugh Meikle. 1865 prop. Marquis of Bute, tenant William Montgomerie. 1905 tenant James Montgomerie (also East Tarelgin and Killochside). 1925 prop. John Watson. 1940 tenant James Watson.
VR 1855 tenant Hugh Meikle. 1865 prop. Marquis of Bute, tenant William Montgomerie. 1905 tenant James Montgomerie (also East Tarelgin and Killochside). 1925 prop. John Watson. 1940 tenant James Watson.
