4 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock
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| 4 Barrhill Terrace is on the right of the image |
According to the 1905 Valuation Roll the proprietor/occupier of 4 Barrhill Terrace was Thomas Millar, a joiner, 13 Springvale Street, Saltcoats, who also owned Nos. 5,6,7 and 8 Barrhill Terrace.
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| Ardrossan & Saltcoats & West Coast Advertiser 5/4/1901 |
As well as being a successful joiner and a House Factor, Thomas Miller was best known as the Collector for the Saltcoats Gas Company. He had a large family of five sons and three daughters and obtained contracts in connection with new buildings such as T.G. & S.W. Railway Station at Saltcoats and several hospitals in the district. He was a Town Councillor in Saltcoats from 1892-1897. He died at 13 Springvale Street, Saltcoats in 1917 after having suffered ill health for the previous twenty years. His son Tom carried on his business.
(Source: Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 21/9/1917)
The next occupant was John Miller. In 1901 Glasgow-born John Miller was residing at the Post Office Buildings in Cumnock. He was a master draper and was the proprietor of The Glasgow House shops in the Square and in Lugar Street. He was also a Town Councillor from 1907-1911. In 1906 he married milliner Jessie Hughan MacKie in the Bath Hotel, Glasgow and he brought his wife to Cumnock. In 1911 the family were living at 4 Barrhill Terrace. Their stay in Cumnock was short. John Miller emigrated to Canada in 1914, followed two years later by his wife Jessie and son John. John Snr. died in High River, Calgary, Alberta in 1937.
1911 Census - 4 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock
John Miller draper employer born Glasgow Lanarkshire
Jessie H Miller 31 born Dumbarton
John B Miller age 3 born Cumnock
Janet R Wilson servant born Cumnock
1921 Census - Bow River, Alberta, Canada
John Miller, salesman of dry goods, spouse Jessie Hughan Mackie Child: John Bridgeford Miller.
The Valuation Roll for 1915-1916 shows Richard Fowler, a draper had moved into 3 Barrhill Terrace. Richard's shop was in Glaisnock Street, Cumnock. He was born in Falkland, Fife and never married. He died at 4 Barrhill Terrace in 1952 and the informant on his death certificate was Charles Taylor, intimate friend, Buenavista, 104 Barrhill Road, Cumnock. His Probate, London 7 August 1952, gave Confirmation to Charles Taylor and William Pearson, a school teacher.
Valuation Rolls
1905 - 4 Barrhill Road - Prop/Occ: Thomas Miller, joiner, 13 Springvale St., Salcoats
1916-1916 - House Prop: Richard Fowler, draper, Glaisnock Street. Tenant/Occ: Mrs Mary Thomson
1920-1921 - House Prop: Richard Fowler, draper Tenant/Occupier: Mrs Mary Thomson widow
1925 - House - Prop: Richard Fowler
1930 - House Prop: Richard Fowler draper Tenant/Occupier Mrs Mary Thomson widow
1940 - House Proprietor: Richard Fowler draper Tenant/Occupier: Mrs Isabella AG McIntyre widow
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