now part of Carbello
The Pearson family farmed there
Rented Lands - Barony of Auchinleck*
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Mosshouse or Clewmoss was let to Thomas Pearson in 1782 and 1790 and to Janet Vallance, his widow, in 1794 and 1797.
* The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb,
Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate
Edited by Nellie Pottle Hankins and John Strawhorn
Edinburgh University Press and Yale University Press 1998
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Mosshouse
1875 Auchinleck Estate - John Pearson
(1841 census for Auchinleck was lost)
James Pearson in 1851 census was a Farmer Of 40 Acres (family members only)
In 1861 James Pearson 70 Farmer Of 50 Acres Emp 1 Girl ( an eleven year old Irish girl Ann McQueen! (if the census is to be believed)
By 1871 son John Pearson 30 is in charge
(Mosshouse) farm Auchinleck
John Pearson 30 unm. farmer
William Pearson 38 unm. brother pit headman
Robert Pearson 25 unm. brother ploughman
Margaret Pearson 19 sister unm. housekeeper
2 servants
1881 census shows John Pearson 40 farming 43 acres employing 1 girl. Living with him are his brother Robert 36, coal carter and wife Janet (McIntyre) 30, brother William 51 a labourer at an iron pit, and three children James 6, Mary 3, and Janet 1. Barbara Bridget 19 is their housemaid and they have a visitor Daniel Lynch 52 with no fixed employment.
The 1891 census shows James Pearson 28 a bower living in Mosshouse Farm with his wife Maggie 28 and George Partridge who is a grocer's assistant boarding.
The 1901 census shows William Anderson 39 farmer (bower) living there with his wife Fanny 39 and their 7 children ages ranging from 17yrs to 2yrs.
Also in 1901 census Moss House
Charles Grant 49 farm manager with wife and son.
VR 1865 prop. Lady Boswell, tenant Janet Pearson. 1875 tenant John Pearson. 1915 tenant John Duncan (Mosshouse East). 1925 prop. Hugh Sloan, tenant John Duncan. 1930 prop. Lord Talbot de Malahide, tenant John Duncan.
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| Bellowater Ploughing Match March 1863 Ardossan and Salcoats Herald |
Railway accident January1864 near Mosshouse.
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| Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald |
