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Scottish Post Office Directory: Wallace, John, overseer of Auchinleck Estate,. TreeshiII,.etc
John Wallace also farmed at Barbieston
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
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-George Sloan (1818-1882)
1875 Auchinleck Estate - James Smith & William Smith
1899-1906 Auchinleck Estate - William Smith (1836-1906)
1934 John Peden Smith - William Smith
1941 John Peden Smith
-2012 [William] Douglas Smith ( -2012)
2012-2015 Alastair Smith
2015 Egger - Mungo Howat of Stevenston
Rented Lands of Barony of Auchinleck *
Treeshill , 'Trees new farm' formed from parts of Knowe and Townhead, 1773. In 1808 it was let by James Pedin, formerly in Knowe.
OPR
1826 baptism Robert Peden son to James Peden and Agnes Magie was born at Treeshill of this parish on 1st Sep 1826 and baptised on the 24th following by Mr Boyd
The 1851 census for Treeshill has John Peden 33, and his wife Elizabeth (Sloan) 30, with two small children Jean and George. John is listed as an agricultural labourer and Elizabeth as a hand sewer.
The 1861 census shows John Wallace 49 Land Steward occupying Treeshill with his wife Jane 36 (Lammie), son John 12, son Robert 11, dtr Janet 8, son James 6, son William 4, dtr Margaret 2 and 1 female domestic servant.
The 1871 census shows John Wallace 59 Land Steward, wife Jane 46, sons Robert 21 a grocer's man, William 14, Thomas 10, George 6, Mungo 1 and daughters Margaret 12, Mary J. 8, Jessie 3 and 1 female domestic servant.
1881 census, John Wallace 69, Land Steward, and wife Jane 55. They were both born in Sorn, and have three children at Treeshill, Mary Jane 17, George 15, apprentice ironmonger, and Mungo11.
The 1891 census shows John McEwen 39 Land Steward now occupying Treeshill with his wife Jessie 32, son Alexander 8, dtr Mary 7, son Donald 4 and 1 female general servant.
The 1901 census show Treeshill House now being occupied by retired farmer William Smith 64 (previously Thirdpart farm), wife Helen 64 (Peden), son William 32 minister of Established Church (no charge) and daughter Jane 24 housekeeper.
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Valuation Roll
Valuation Roll
1865 - 1905 prop. Lady Boswell.
1905 tenant William Smith.
1915 tenant Mrs Helen Peden or Smith.
1920 - 1940 prop. John P Smith, tenant William Smith.
* 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
Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate
Edited by Nellie Pottle Hankins and John Strawhorn
Edinburgh University Press and Yale University Press 1998
