Abbotsford, 11 Car Road, Cumnock

 

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Abbotsford, 11 Car Road, Cumnock

Abbotsford on the right 
        

Abbotsford is situated near the junction of Car Road and Hall Terrace. It was occupied by Thomas Goldie's family from the time he resigned  from his employment with the Burgh in 1907.

                    In 1897 it had been resolved to create an additional post of Burgh

                    Surveyor and Inspector of Cleansing, and Thomas Goldie was given

                    also the duties of hallkeeper, at a combined salary of £65 plus free

                    house, coal and gas. He resigned in 1907 and it was decided to combine

                    his duties with those of the vacant Sanitary Inspectorship.

                              Source: The New History of Cumnock, John Strawhorn p 103 

Born at the Old Mill, New Cumnock, Thomas moved to Townhead Street, Cumnock, then Barrhill Road  before accepting employment with the Burgh. He received a rent free house which adjoined the Town Hall in Glaisnock Street. He had previously worked as a corn miller, millwright and as an engineer at McCartney & Drummond's Engineering Works in Cumnock.  When he resigned from the Burgh in 1907 he moved into Abbotsford, 11 Car Road, Cumnock where he died in 1910. 

Thomas had married three times. His widow Elizabeth continued to live in Abbotsford until she died in 1933. The 1940 Valuation Roll shows his daughter Mary Seaton Goldie as proprietor/occupier. Mary died in Cumnock in 1955.

Sources:

Valuation Rolls - Scotland's People

Censuses