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Ravelaw after the census

Abbreviations:
(MI) - memorial inscriptions; (VR) - Valuation Rolls; (b.cert) - birth certificate; (m.cert) - marriage certificate; (d.cert) - death certificate; (BMDs can be of any family member) (Cx) - census where x=year

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The census years
The tenants
1841-1871 John Tait (C41, C51, VR)
1876-1891 William Robeson (VR)
1896-1907 Richard Meikle (VR)
1911-1917 John Meikle (VR)
(note that from 1861, the tenant lived at Langrig)

The grieves & farm stewards
1841 Archibald Spence (C41)
1861-1871 George Cockburn (C61, C71)
1871 John Cavers (b.cert)
1882 Peter Sherlaw (b.cert)
1886-1892 Adam Lawrie (VR)
1896-1897 George Aitkinson (VR)
1906-1912 John Waite (VR)

The farm workers
1841 James Cairns lab (C41)
1841 George Ford lab (C41)
1841 John Ford ag lab (C41)
1841 Robert Spence lab (C41)
1841 Thomas Spence lab (C41)
1841 Michael Laidlaw ag lab (C41)
1841 James Laidlaw ag lab (C41)
1841 Robert Laidlaw ag lab (C41)
1841 Walter Laidlaw ag lab (C41)
1841 Edward Bone ag lab (C41)
1841 John Wait ag lab (C41)
1841 John Bruce ag lab (C41)
1841 Andrew Paterson ag lab (C41)
1850 Andrew Murray ag lab (d.cert)
1851-1853 Adam Colen stableboy (C51)(Kirk session)
1851 George Cockburn farm servant (C51)
1851-1855 Thomas Bell lab, ag lab (C51)(b.cert)
1851 James Dickson ag lab (C51)
1851 William Ingels ag lab (C51)
1851 Henry Fairburn farm lab (C51)
1851 Helen Kerr farm lab (C51)
1851 Archibald Redpath farm lab (C51)
1851 Alison Rodger farm lab (C51)
1851 James Dougherty ag lab (C51)
1851 Margaret Johnston at lab (C51)
1851 Isabella Ford farm lab (C51)
1851 George Forge lab (C51)
1851 Janet Ford farm lab (C51)
1851 John Allan farm lab (C51)
1855-1857 Robert Middlemiss farm serv (b.cert)
1861 Alexander Cockburn ag lab (C61)
1861 Agnes Cockburn ag lab (C61)
1861-1871 John Wilson shepherd (C61)
1861 Ann Wilson ag lab (C61)
1861-1871 Alexander Wilson ag lab, groom  (C61)(C71)
1861 Isabella Robertson ag lab (C61)
1861-1871 William Thomson ploughman (C61)(b.cert)
1860-1861 Andrew Murray ploughman (C61)(b.cert)
1861 Thomas Murray ag lab (C61)
1861 Jane Murray ag lab (C61)
1861 Alexander Murray ag lab (C61)
1861 George Murray ag lab (C61)
1861 John Robertson ploughman (C61)
1857-1861 Janet Robertson ag lab (C61)(b.cert)
1861 Margaret Robertson ag lab (C61)
1861 John Cuthbert gen lab (C61)
1861 Hellen Cuthbert ag lab (C61)
1861-1866 John Cuthbert ploughman (C61)(d.cert)(m.cert)
1861 James Cuthbert ploughman (C61)
1861 Robert Cockburn ploughman (C61)
1861 John Cockburn ploughman (b.cert)
1857-1861 Janet Cockburn ag lab (C61)(b.cert)
1863 Joseph Lindsay ploughman (d.cert)
1863 John Renton ploughman (b.cert)
1863 Isabella Cockburn ag lab (m.cert)
1864 Ann Wilson ag lab (m.cert)
1865 Elisabeth Wilson ag lab (d.cert)
1865 Julia Wilson ag lab (d.cert)
1865-1870 Thomas Lindsay ploughman (b.cert)
1868-1870 John Patterson ploughman (b.cert)
1868-1871 William Thomson ag lab (b.cert)(C71)
1871 Isabella Thomson ag lab (C71)
1871 John Paterson ag lab (C71)
1871 William Paterson ag lab  (C71)
1871 Adam Lowrie ag lab (C71)
1871 Isabella Robertson ag lab (C71)
1871 James Robertson ag lab (C71)
1871 George Robertson ag lab (C71)
1871 Thomas Lindsay ag lab (C71)
1872 James Haggerty ploughman (b.cert)
1872 William Outterson ploughman (b.cert)
1873 Thompson Braidford ploughman (d.cert)(b.cert)
1875 John Mack ploughman (b.cert)

1876 Robert Cockburn gen lab (d.cert)
1877 Jane Stenhouse ag lab (m.cert)
1877 Janet Anderson ag lab (m.cert)
1877 Elisabeth Anderson (m.cert)
1878 Robert Tait ploughman (b.cert)
1878 Isabella Porter ag lab (m.cert)
1879 William Yule ploughman (b.cert)
1879 Adam Dumma  ploughman (d.cert)
1880 Ralph Henderson ploughman (b.cert)
1881 Peter Shearlaw ag lab (C81)
1881 Gideon Taylor shepherd (C81)
1881 Catherine Dumma ag lab (C81)
1881 Margaret Dumma ag lab (C81)
1881 Robert Dumma ag lab (C81)
1881 John Darling ag lab (C81)
1881 Alexander Darling ag lab  (C81)
1881 Jessie Shiel ag lab (C81)
1881 Jane Shiel ag lab (C81)
1881 Robert Shiel ag lab (C81)
1881 Elizabeth Shiel ag lab (C81)
1880-1881 David Shiel ag lab (d.cert)(C81)
1881 Robert Laidlaw ag lab (C81)
1880-1881 Violet Laidlaw ag lab (C81)(d.cert)
1883 John Cowe plopughman (b.cert)
1883 Robert Kinghorn ploughman (b.cert)
1883 William Wetherburn ploughman (b.cert)
1881 Ralph Henderson ag lab  (C81)
1891 Adam Lawrie ag lab (C91)
1886-1891 Robert Chisholm shepherd (VR)(C91)
1886 George Aitchison ploughman (VR)
1886 Robert Hume ploughman (VR)
1886 Peter veitch ploughman (VR)
1891 John Chisholm ag lab (C91)
1891-1896 Thomas Laidlaw ag lab, ploughman (C91)(VR)
1891-1901 Rachel Laidlaw ag lab, farm worker (C91) (C01)
1886-1891 George Cockburn cattleman, ag lab (VR)(C91)
1891 Margaret Cockburn ag lab (C91)
1891 Mary Cockburn ag lab (C91)
1891 Alexander Cockburn ag lab (C91)
1891 James Anderson ag lab (C91)
1891 Janet Anderson ag lab (C91)
1891 Robert Veitch ag lab, ploughman (C91)(VR)
1891 Patience Veitch ag lab (C91)
1891 James Veitch ag lab (C91)
1891 Robert Clazie  ag lab, ploughman (C91)(VR)
1891 George Clazie ag lab (C91)
1891 Robert Calder lab (VR)
1896 David Hutchison ploughman (VR)
1896-1901 John Waite ploughman (VR)(C01)
1896 James Cowe byreman (VR)
1896 James Common lab (VR)
1901-1906 John Cockburn cattleman, byreman (C01)
1901 William Chapman ag lab (C01)
1901 John Chapman ploughman (C01)
1901 George Waddell ploughman (C01)
1901 Margaret Darrie farm worker (C01)
1901 Thomas Alder ploughman (C01)
1901 Thomas Alder farm carter (C01)
1906 John Lyle ploughman (VR)
1906 Thomas Russell farm serv (VR)
1906 Rachel Laidlaw outworker (VR)
1906 John Cleghorn ploughman (VR)
1906 James Purves ploughman (VR)



Others
1841 Widow Veitch (pauper)
1841-1842 Euphemia Smith (pauper)
1841 Archibald Spence apprentice joiner (c41)
1841 Catherine Hunter maidservant (C41)
1841 Helen Anderson maidservant (C41)
1851 Jane Wood house servant (C51)
1851 Isabella Allan dressmaker (C51)
1855 Edward Carl vagrant ag lab (b.cert)
1861 Elizabeth Cuthbert dom serv (C61)
1861 Janet Robertson (d.cert)
1870 David Kinghorn blacksmith (b.cert)
1877 Peter Swanston mason (b.cert)
1881 Alexander Taylor butcher (C81)
1885-1887 Elisabeth Cockburn dom serv (b.cert)(m.cert)
1887 Euphemia Cockburn dom serv  (m.cert)
1893 Mary Vane Veitch dom serv (m.cert)
1896 Maggie J. Fairburn dressmaker (VR)