Herald January 1861
Location
Horse Tax 1797-98 - see Little Tarelgin for options.
Proprietor David Limond Esq., (son in law of Mungo Smith of Drongan) 1807 to 1844
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| Sold to David Limond Esq of Dalblair |
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
pp335,336
Tarelgin (West)
Known also as Westtown. 140 acres in 1851. 194 acres in 1861.
1778-1800 Ochiltree Estate - Steele
1800-1812 Ochiltree Estate -
1812- Dalblair Estate -
1841-1844 Dalblair Estate - Hugh Wallace (1777-1860)
1844-1860 Dumfries House Estate - Hugh Wallace (1777-1860)
1860-1877 Dumfries House Estate - Hugh Wallace (1817-1877)
1877-1928 Dumfries House Estate - Hugh Wallace (1857-1928)
1899-1919 Dumfries House Estate - Hugh Andrew & James Wallace
1919-1930 Andrew Wallace & James Wallace
1935-1940 James Wallace
-c1952 James Montgomerie (1918-1966)
c1952-c1991 Robert Paton (1937-2009)
c1991-
2000-2020 Peter Webb
The 1841 census shows Hugh Wallace 60 farming West Tarelgin with his wife Margaret (Kay/Key) 55, Marrion Wallace 20 and Sarah Wallace 15.
James Montgomerie and wife Elizabeth Ruth Shankland farmed there in 20th century
The 1841 census shows Hugh Wallace 60 farming West Tarelgin with his wife Margaret (Kay/Key) 55, Marrion Wallace 20 and Sarah Wallace 15.
The 1851 census shows Hugh Wallace 72 farmer of 140 acres employing 3 labourers, wife Margaret 68, dtr Margaret 35, son Hugh 32, 2 Male farm labourers and 1 female house servant.
Hugh Wallace died in 1860
The 1861 census shows son Hugh Wallace 42 now farming 194 acres employing 2 labourers with wife Jane 32 (Sloan), son Hugh 3, son Robert 1, dtr Jane 4 months, 1 Male farm servant, 1 ploughman and 3 female domestic servants.
The 1871 census shows Hugh Wallace 52 farming 199 acres with his wife Jane 47, son Hugh 13, son Robert 11, dtr Jane 10, dtr Margaret 8, son Andrew 3, dtr Mary 2, son James 3 months, James Wallace 19 farm servant, 1 other farm servant and 3 female farm servants.
1881 census shows Jane Wallace 52 is now a widow. The farm is 125 acres arable
employing 1 man 3 women and 1 boy. Her family are also helping run the farm. They are: Hugh 23, Robert 21, Jane 21 dairymaid, Maggie 18 cook domestic, Andrew 13, Mary 12, and James 10 are scholars. Maggie Torrence 15 is their general domestic.
The 1891 census shows Jane Wallace 61 farming West Tarelgin with the help of her son Hugh 32, son Robert 31, dtr Maggie 27, son Andrew 23, dtr Mary 22 and son James 20.
The 1901 census shows Jane 72 farming West Tarelgin with the help of her son Hugh 43, son Andrew 33, dtr Mary 32, son James 30 and 1 female general servant.
A trawl of the Ayrshire newspapers indicates that Wallaces were living at West Tarelgin well into the late 1880s. The Montgomerie family are only referred to as living at Tarelgin over the same period
VR 1855 tenant Hugh Wallace. 1875 prop. Marquis of Bute; tenant Hugh Wallace. 1895 tenant Jane Sloan or Wallace. 1935 and 1940 prop. James Wallace
The 1901 census shows Jane 72 farming West Tarelgin with the help of her son Hugh 43, son Andrew 33, dtr Mary 32, son James 30 and 1 female general servant.
A trawl of the Ayrshire newspapers indicates that Wallaces were living at West Tarelgin well into the late 1880s. The Montgomerie family are only referred to as living at Tarelgin over the same period
VR 1855 tenant Hugh Wallace. 1875 prop. Marquis of Bute; tenant Hugh Wallace. 1895 tenant Jane Sloan or Wallace. 1935 and 1940 prop. James Wallace
Ochiltree Churchyard Lair Ref: 97
TTMO Hugh Wallace, farmer West Tarelgin died 30/12/1860 84, wife Margaret Kay died 22/5/1867 84, family Margaret Wallace d 19/7/1927 64, Hugh Wallace d 22/3/1928 70, Robert Wallace farmer Cooperhill d 19/12/1928 69
2020 Kay McMeekin
James Montgomerie and wife Elizabeth Ruth Shankland farmed there in 20th century
