Wrentnall House, 10 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

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Wrentnall House, 10 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock was built in 1924 at a cost of £750 by the Wrentnall Baryta Company Limited for their mine managers. The mine, 'The Barytes', was situated near Gasswater village which lay along the Muirkirk road. Charles Pugh, their mine manager, occupied Wrentnall House from 1924 until his death there in 1941. He was buried in Shropshire.

Charles Pugh was born in Shropshire, England and the 1921 England census shows that he was manager of Wrentnall's barytes mine in Pontesbury, Shropshire before he moved to Barrhill Terrace. Wrentnall Baryta Company Ltd later had a house at 31 Auchinleck Road, Cumnock. The company was taken over by Anglo-Austral Mines Limited in 1947. 

Valuation Rolls

1925 - House Barrhill Road - Prop: The Wrentnall Baryta Co Ltd, 1 Leadenhill St., London EC3

                                               Tenant/Occupier: Charles Pugh, manager

1930 - Tenant Occupier: Charles Pugh

1935 - Tenant: Charles Pugh - Barytes Mine Manager

1940 - Prop: The Wrentnall Baryta Co Ltd, 95 Gresham St, London EC2 Ten/Occ: Charles Pugh 

                                                                                                                                     Manager

Sources:

Ayrshire's Lost Villages - Dane Love pp153,154

1921 England Census

Dunvegan, 9 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

9 Barrhill Terrace 

John Mirrey Reid was the Stationmaster at Cumnock Railway Station which was situated at the top of the Barrhill Road. He came to Cumnock in 1899 after his wife Isabella died in Hurlford. He married again, another Isabella, in 1900 in Edinburgh. On his arrival in Cumnock he was housed in one of the station's cottages and remained there until 1924 when he retired. He had been an employee with Glasgow & South Western Railway Company, Glasgow and LMS Railway for 51 years, 21 years being in Cumnock.  Immediately after his retirement he moved into Dunvegan, 9 Barrhill Terrace as Proprietor/Occupant. This seems to have been a new-build, the original three station cottages still being occupied by railway employees. 

1901 Census - Station Cottage, Cumnock

John M Reid 41 station master

Isabella Reid 35 born Harris

Janet M Reid dtr b 1898 Dumfriesshire

William E Reid son 1 month born Cumnock

Valuation Rolls

1920 - house, Station Prop: Glasgow & South Western Railway Co., Glasgow Occ: John M Reid

1925 - Dunvegan, Barrhill Road, Proprietor/Occ: John M Reid

1930 - Dunvegan, Barrhill Road, Prop/Occ: John M Reid retired stationmaster

1935 - Dunvegan, 9 Barrhill Terrace Prop/Occ: John M Reid retired stationmaster

1940 - Dunvegan, 9 Barrhill Terrace Prop/Occ: John M Reid retired stationmaster

8 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

                                                 8 Barrhill Terrace is on the right of the image

In 1905 8 Barrhill Terrace was owned by joiner Thomas Miller and tenanted by Mrs Margaret Urquhart.

The next owner of 8 Barrhill Terrace was Hugh Black, his wife and family. In 1901 newly married Hugh and his wife Rose were living in the Square. The 1911 census shows Hugh, Rose and their two sons Hugh 8 and  Gerald 2 living at 7 Ayr Road, Cumnock. By the 1921 census the family were living in 8 Barrhill Terrace with an additional son Harold. Hugh was the son of a publican/miner from Galston. He was a solicitor and also Procurator Fiscal for the Burgh of Cumnock and had experience in Parliamentary work. He was married twice, his first marriage being in Coventry, Warwickshire and his second marriage in Preston, Lancashire.

Hugh lived in 8 Barrhill Terrace until his death in 1963 at Glenafton Hospital, New Cumnock. The informant on his death certificate was his son Harold who lived in Ayr. His executors were Alan Stevenson Lockhart and Gerald Black, solicitors.

1901 Census - The Square, Cumnock

Hugh Black 26 solicitor

Rose Black 24 wife

1911 Census - 7 Ayr Road, Cumnock

Hugh Black 36 law agent

Rose Black 35 wife

Hugh Black 8 son

Gerald Black 2 son

1921 Census - 8 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

Hugh Black 46 solicitor

Rose Black 45 wife home duties

Hugh Black 18 son apprentice engineer with J Drummonds & Co. engineers

Gerald A Black 13 son

Harold FD Black 6 son

Valuation Rolls

1905 - 8 Barrhill Road - Prop: Thomas Miller joiner 13 Springvale Street Saltcoats

                                        Occupant/tenant: Mrs Margaret Urquhart

1915 - house Proprietor/Occupant Hugh Black solicitor

1920/21 house Proprietor/Occupant Hugh Black solicitor

1925 - house Proprietor/tenant/inhab/Occ: Hugh Black

1930 - house Proprietor/occ: Hugh Black solicitor

1940 - house Proprietor/occ: Hugh Black solicitor 

The Scotsman 17/5/1917

7 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

7 Barrhill Terrace is on the left of the image

In 1905 the proprietor of 7 Barrhill Terrace was Thomas Miller, joiner, 13 Springvale Avenue, Saltcoats. The house was unoccupied and Thomas Miller was advertising in various newspapers that it was to let or buy. 

The McVitties, widow Elizabeth Boa and family, moved in. In 1891 the family were living in Greenmill House, Ayr Road, Cumnock and father John was an ironstone drawer. John died in January 1901 at Barrhill Road and the family were still in Barrhill Road when the 1901 census was taken on 31 March. The Valuation Roll shows that 7 Barrhill Terrace was unoccupied in 1906/1907.so they must have moved in after that. Their daughter Mary Jane died in November 1907 at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, her usual residence given as 7 Barrhill Terrace. Her brother James died there in 1910. Two other sons were Presbyterian ministers and they emigrated to Australia. Elizabeth followed and in 1916 she was living at the Manse, Rozelle, New South Wales. She died in 1923 at Manly, New South Wales, Australia. 

1891 Census - Greenmill House, Ayr Road, Cumnock

John McVittie 45 ironstone drawer

Elizabeth McVittie 38 wife

James McVittie 13 son

George McVittie 10 son

Mary McVittie 8 daughter

Thomas McVittie 5 son

Andrew McVittie 2 son

James Boa 78 father-in-law retired army pensioner

Mary Boa 68 mother-in-law

1901 Census - Barrhill Road, Cumnock

Lizzie McVittie 48 head

James KB McVittie son 23 draughtsman

George B McVittie son 20 arts student

Thomas McVittie son 14

Mary Jane McVittie daughter 18 milliner

Andrew McVittie son 12

The next family to occupy 7 Barrhill Terrace was the Montgomerie family. George Howatson Montgomerie was a flesher (butcher) with the Lugar Store. He was born in Ochiltree where his father was a shepherd in Bent Farm. In 1901 the family was living in Lugar and by the 1911 census George, retired by this time, his wife Jane and daughter Janet, a teacher, had moved into 7 Barrhill Terrace. The Valuation Rolls show his daughter Jane was the proprietor/occupant and George was the tenant/occupant. George died there in 1933. Daughter Janet lived at 7 Barrhill Terrace until her death in 1963. According to the 1930 and 1940 Valuation Rolls  Janet also owned land at 11 Barrhill Terrace.

1891 Census - 413 Brick Row, Lugar

George Howatson Montgomery 40 flesher

Jane Montgomery 40 wife

Janet Montgomery daughter 10

Jane Montgomery daughter 8

Marion Montgomery daughter 6

Robert Montgomerie nephew 3

1901 Census - 56 & 57 Front Row, Lugar

George H Montgomery 50 flesher

Jane Montgomery 50 wife

Janet C Montgomery daughter 20 normal student

Jane L Montgomery daughter 18 pupil teacher

Marion Montgomery daughter 16 dressmaker's apprentice

Robert Montgomery nephew 13

1911 Census - 7 Barrhill Terrace

George Montgomerie70 years 11 months flesher retired

Jane Montgomerie 71 wife home duties

Janet Montgomerie 40 daughter teacher

Valuation Rolls - 7 Barrhill Terrace

1905 - (Recorded as Barrhill Road) Proprietor: Thomas Miller, joiner 13 Springvale Street,

                                                                            Saltcoats - empty

1915/1916 - Proprietor: Thomas Miller, joiner, 13 Springvale Street, Saltcoats - empty

1920/21 - house - Proprietor Janet C Montgomerie, spinster, teacher Ten/Occ: George H.

                                                                            Montgomerie (residenter)

1925 - house - Prop: Janet C Montgomerie tenant/occupier

1930 - Janet C Montgomerie, spinster, teacher ten/occ: George H Montgomerie

1935 - Janet C Montgomerie Proprietor/tenant

1940 - house janet C Montgomerie Proprietor/tenant

1940 - house - Proprietor/Occ: Janet C Montgomerie, spinster, teacher

                    

Ravelston, 6 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

                                          5 & 6 Barrhill Terrace - Ravelston on right of image

In 1905 the proprietor of 6 Barrhill Terrace was Thomas Miller, joiner, 13 Springvale Street, Saltcoats and the house was empty. He had been advertising some of the houses on Barrhill Terrace for rent or to buy.

Ardrossan & Saltcoats & West Coast Advertiser 5/4/1901

According to his son's marriage announcement in 1910 Andrew White Hogg, a manufacturer of tweed, and his family, lived in Ravelston. The 1901 census shows that they were living in the Buck's Head Inn, Glaisnock Street, so they would have moved to 6 Barrhill Terrace between 1901 and 1910. The 1911 census tells us that the family was living there in 1911. Andrew was retired by this time and by 1916 the family had moved to Ravensdowne, Wooler, Northumberland.

1891 Census - 64 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh

AW Hogg 36 mercantile cashier

G. Hogg 9 born Edinburgh

FC Hogg 8 born Edinburgh

MD Hogg 4 born Edinburgh

Susan Lidgate 18

1901 Census - Bucks Head Inn, Glaisnock Street, Old Cumnock

Andrew W Hogg 46 commercial traveller linoleum

Annie A Hogg wife

Margaret D Hogg 4 dtr

Elizabeth C Hogg 7 dtr

Robert C Hogg 3 born Cumnock

1911 Census - 6 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

Andrew W Hogg 56 retired Manufacturer

Ann AC Hogg 55 wife married 30yrs 5 children living

Margaret D Hogg 24 daughter school teacher public school

Robert C Hogg 13 son

1916 - Ravensdowne, Wooler, Northumberland 

The next occupant of 6 Barrhill Terrace was John Allan who moved to Cumnock from Renfrew in 1906. He had been appointed Inspector of the Poor, Clerk to the Council, Collector of rates, Clerk to the Cemetery Committee and, a year later, Parish registrar. 

Source: The New History of Cumnock, John Strawhorn p126

He married Jessie Dunsmor, the daughter of Cumnock Pottery owner David Robert Dunsmor, in 1911 at Jessie's home, St Margaret's, 171 Glaisnock Street, Cumnock. By 1915 they were living at 6 Barrhill Terrace where they remained until at least 1930. John Allan Drive in Cumnock was named after him. 

Image - Cumnock Connections Tree

The next occupant of Ravelston was Agnes Whillens Gillies who was born in Cavers, Roxburghshire. Agnes was a school teacher and never married. Her mother Margaret died there in 1944,and Agnes in 1952 . Her sister Mary Jane died in Ballochmyle Hospital in 1960, her usual residence being 6 Barrhill Terrace. 

Valuation Rolls

1905 - 6 Barrhill Terrace - house - Proprietor: Thomas Miller, joiner 13 Springvale Street Saltcoats

                                                                                                                House empty

1915/16 - house - Proprietor/Occ: John Allan, Inspector of Poor

1920/21 - house - Proprietor/Occ: John Allan, Inspector of Poor

1930 - house - Proprietor/Occ: John Allan

1935 - house Ravelston, 6 Barrhill Terrace - Proprietor/Occ: Agnes Whillens Gillies spinster/teacher

1940 - house - Proprietor/Occ: Agnes Whillens Gillies spinster/teacher

1944 - Death of Margaret Bell Gillies (mother) at 6 Barrhill Terrace

1952 - Death of Agnes at 6 Barrhill Terrace

1960 - Death of sister Mary Jane Gillies at Ballochmyle Hospital UR 6 Barrhill Terrace

Dryfesdale, 5 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

 Dryfesdale, 5 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

5 & 6 Barrhill Terrace - Dryfesdale on left of image

In 1905 the proprietor of 5 Barrhill Terrace was Thomas Miller, joiner, who also owned houses Nos. 6, 7,and 8. His tenant/occupier was John Hume, a solicitor and son of a schoolmaster, who previously lived with his parents in the Schoolhouse in Lugar. After his marriage to Elizabeth Drysdale Smith in 1905 they moved into 5 Barrhill Terrace. John was a joint agent (manager) with the late Archibald Brakenridge, solicitors, Royal Bank, Cumnock branch. He was Session Clerk for the established Church and a violinist with the Cumnock Orchestra. John and Elizabeth went on to have five children. When John died in 1923 at Barrhill Terrace the streets were lined with mourners. The funeral cortege was led by the Auchinleck Pipe Band and the ceremony at Old Cumnock New Cemetery was masonic, performed by Lodge St. Barnabas. After his death his son William inherited the house and Elizabeth D Smith, his mother, was his tenant.

Image - Cumnock Chronicle 1923

By 1935 the new owner was the Royal Bank of Scotland, their tenant being John Craig who was also their joint agent (manager). John Lambie Craig was the son of Thomas Craig, grain merchant, Smallburn, Muirkirk. His parents died in 1927 and 1942 respectively in Beechview, Bank Road, Cumnock. John married Helen Peden Smith in 1930 in Cumnock. He died in 1968 at 18 Barrhill Road, Cumnock. On the 1940 valuation Roll this house was named Peden Thorn. John Craig retired in 1954 so would have to move out of his 'tied' house and was living at 18 Barrhill Road in 1955 when he was the informant on his sister Margaret's death certificate. 

Valuation Rolls

1905 - 5 Barrhill Road - Prop: Thos Miller, joiner, 13 Springvale St., Saltcoats 

                                                                                                Occupant/tenant: John Hume, solicitor

1915 - House - Proprietor/Occupant: John Hume, solicitor

1920 - House - Proprietor/Occupant: John Hume, solicitor

1930 - House - Proprietor: William Hume, law clerk Tenant: Mrs Elizabeth D Smith or Hume

1935 - House - Proprietor: The Royal Bank of Scotland per their joint agents, Cumnock

                                                                                                Tenant: John Craig joint agent

1940 - House - Proprietor: The Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh per their joint agents Cumnock

                                                                                                Tenant: John Craig, joint agent.

4 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

 4 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

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. 

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. 

                                                               Cumnock Chronicle 1910

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

                                                    Cumnock Chronicle - Lugar Street 1911

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.

                                                            Cumnock Chronicle 1908

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

Clach-Ian, 3 Barrhill Terrace

 

Clach-lan (formerly Woodburn), 3 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

Nos 3 & 4 Barrhill Terrace - No 3 is on the left of the image

The Reverend Andrew Taylor moved to 3 Barrhill Terrace from Edinburgh with his sons, Charles and Andrew, in 1901. He was 74 years old and had lost his wife three years previously. A retired minister of the Established Church he had, for many years, held the position of Lecturer to the Church of Scotland Training College, Edinburgh. The Rev. Taylor died in 1912, his residence being Woodburn, 3 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock.

His sons, Charles and Andrew, had moved to Cumnock to work with George McCartney & Co., millwrights and engineers at their Burnside Engineering Works which was situated next to Greenholm. According to the Valuation Roll for 1905 it was still owned by engineers William Cowan and Alexander Parker. By the 1915 Valuation Roll the owners were Charles and Andrew Taylor. The brothers operated their business successfully until 1933 when a trade recession forced them to close. 

Andrew remained in 3 Barrhill Terrace, now named Clach-lan and died there in 1951. Charles served a total of eighteen years on the Town Council and served as Cumnock's 15th Provost from 1922-1925. He didn't reside at 3 Barrhill Terrace when he arrived in Cumnock. He lived at Burnside House  next to his Engineering Works and died in 1963 at Buenavista, 104 Barrhill Road, Cumnock. 

Censuses

1891 - 14 Granville Terrace, Newington, Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Andrew Taylor 64 retired clergyman

Elizabeth Taylor 56 wife born Pathhead, Fife

Charles Taylor 17 son b 1874 Edinburgh publisher's apprentice

Andrew taylor 15 b 1876 Edinburgh Midlothian

1901 - 14 Granville Terrace, Newington, Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Andrew Taylor 74 Minister of Established Church

Andrew Taylor 25 son mechanical engineer

Annie J Neil 23 housekeeper

1911 - 3 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

Andrew Taylor snr 84 widower retired minister Established Church

Annie Jane Neil 33 housekeeper born Linlithgow, Bo'ness

Jessie Milligan 15 domestic servant born Cumnock

Valuation Rolls

1905 - 3 Barrhill Road - Proprietor/Occupier: Rev Andrew Taylor retired minister

1915 - Cottage Proprietor/Occupier: Andrew Taylor, engineer

1920 - House Proprietor/Occ: Andrew Taylor engineer

1930 - Cottage & stable Proprietor/Occupier: Andrew Taylor engineer

1935 - Proprietor:  Mrs Francis C Taylor - tenant Andrew Taylor

1940 - Proprietor: Mrs Francis C Taylor  tenant/occupier: Andrew Taylor secretary

Probate: Rev Andrew Taylor - Conf. Ayr 30/7/1912

Rev Andrew Taylor, sometime lecturer Church of Scotland Training College, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh residing at 14 Granville Terrace there, afterwards at Woodburn, 3 Barrhill Terrace, Old Cumnock died 5/6/1912 at Old Cumnock testate. Conf. granted to Charles Taylor, engineer & millwright, Burnside House, Cumnock and Andrew Taylor, engineer & millwright, Cowanbank, there, his sons, executors..

Probate: Charles Taylor - Conf. London 11/12/1963

Charles Taylor of Buenavista , 104 Barrhill Road, Cumnock, died 25/10/1963. Conf. to Annie Taylor and Jessie Taylor. 

Probate: Andrew Taylor - Conf. London 29/10/1951

Andrew Taylor of Clach-lan, 3 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock died 31.7.1951. Conf. to Stanley Cameron Taylor.

Image - Cumnock Connection Tree

2 Barrhill Terrace

 

1 & 2 Barrhill Terrace - No. 2 on the right of the image 

In 1905 the cottage at 2 Barrhill Terrace (recorded as Road in 1905 Valuation Roll) was occupied by John Smith, a coal salesman. The proprietor was Mrs Martha Smith, a widow.

Census

1911 - 2 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

Martha Smith (née Morris) 60 head born Lugar, Auchinleck

Isabella Smith 31 dtr born Lugar

Agnes Smith 29 dtr teacher in public school, born Lugar

William Smith 26 son general assistant born Lugar

Martha Smith 23 dtr typist born Lugar

Martha Gilchrist 10 grand-daughter born Lugar

The next occupants were the Bryce sisters, Agnes and Margaret. They previously lived at Greenbraehead, Cumnock with their parents William Bryce, a carting contractor and his wife Marion. Their father died in 1905 and by 1911 they had moved to 137 Glaisnock Street. When their mother died in 1915 her death was registered as 2 Barrhill Terrace. The Bryce sisters were dressmakers and opened a Dressmaker & Ladies Outfitter shop, A & M Bryce, at 8 The Square, Cumnock. They were both spinsters and were still living at 2 Barrhill Terrace in 1940. Agnes died there in March 1943 and Margaret died in Auchinleck in 1957.

Image - Cumnock Connection Tree

Censuses

1891 - Greenbraehead, Cumnock

William Bryce 60 carting contractor

Marion Bryce 57 wife

Agnes Bryce 27 dtr

Maggie Bryce 24 dtr

Mary Bryce 22 dtr

Marion Bryce 20 dtr

Minnie Bryce 17 dtr

1911 - 137 Glaisnock Street, Cumnock 

Marion Bryce 67 head private means

Agnes Bryce 37 dtr dressmaker

Margaret Bryce 35 dtr dressmaker

Wilhelmina Bryce 27 dtr music teacher

Valuation Rolls

1905 - Cottage 2 Barrhill Road Prop: Mrs Martha Smith widow Barrhill Road   Ten/Occ: John

           Smith coal salesman

1915 - Cottage Prop/Occ: Agnes & Margaret Bryce, draper 

1920 - Cottage Prop/Occ: Agnes & Margaret Bryce

1930 - Cottage & stable Prop/Occ: Agnes & Margaret Bryce drapers

1940 - house Prop/Occ: Agnes & Margaret Bryce spinsters 

Glenview, 1 Barrhill Terrace

 

1 & 2 Barrhill Terrace

Barrhill Terrace is situated at the top left-hand side of the Barrhill Road. Originally there were ten houses. The 1905 Valuation Roll records them as Barrhill Road. 

The proprietors of the cottage at 1 Barrhill Terrace  were the McCubbin family who were well-known to Cumnockians. For many years they had a grocer's shop on the corner of Glaisnock Street and Townhead Street. William McCubbin was born in Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire and came to Cumnock to work with John Samson & Son, grocers.  On the 1871 census we find him lodging with Mary Johnston in Waterside Place  Her father was William McGeachin, a grocer and ironmonger, whose business was also in The Square. William McCubbin eventually took a lease of premises purchased by William McGeachin and went into business for himself. 

In 1874 William McCubbin married Catherine (Kate) McKnight Reid from the well-known family of masons in Townhead Street. Initially they lived in Rosebank Cottage, 42 Barrhill Road, before moving to Barrhill Terrace. The 1885 Valuation Roll shows William McCubbin as proprietor/tenant in Rosebank Cottage and in 1895, although Rosebank Cottage is still owned by William, it now has a tenant, James Hodge. So, they seem to have moved into Barrhill Terrace between 1885 and 1895. They named their house Glenview. After the deaths of William and Kate their family continued to live there. Their unmarried daughter Margaret died in a Glasgow Nursing Home in 1940 her usual address being Barrhill Terrace.

Probate 13/8 1918 Ayr

William McCubbin, grocer, Cumnock died 17/6/1918 at Cumnock testate. Conf. granted to Catherine McKnight Reid or McCubbin, Glenview, Barrhill Road, Cumnock, his widow executrix.

Image - Cumnock Connection Tree

Censuses

1881 - 19 Barrhill, Cumnock

William McCubbin 33 grocer's assistant

Catherine McCubbin 31 wife

John McCubbin 3 son

Susan McCubbin 1 dtr

Susan McKnight Reid 72 mother-in-law

1891 - Rosebank Cottage, [42] Barrhill Road

William McCubbin 43 grocer's assistant

Catherine McCubbin 41 wife

John McCubbin 13 son

Susan McCubbin 11 dtr

Jane McCubbin 9 dtr

Margaret McCubbin 8 dtr

1901 - Barrhill Road, Cumnock

William McCubbin 53 grocer

Catherine McCubbin 51 wife

John McCubbin 23 grocer's son

Susan McCubbin 21 dtr

Jane McCubbin 19 dtr grocer/milliner

Margaret McCubbin 18 dtr grocer/clerk in shop

1911 - 1 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

William McCubbin 63 head, grocer born Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire

Catherine McCubbin 61 wife

Susan McCubbin 31 daughter

Margaret McCubbin 28 daughter

Valuation Rolls

1885 - Rosebank Cottage & garden, 42 Barrhill Road William McCubbin proprietor/tenant

1895 - Rosebank Cottage & garden, 42 Barrhill Road  William McCubbin proprietor

                                                                                        James Hodge tenant

1905 - 1 Barrhill Road cottage proprietor: Mrs Catherine McKnight Reid wife of William

           McCubbin grocer Barrhill Road Tenant/Occ: John McCubbin grocer

1915 - Cottage, Stable & Greenhouse Prop: Mrs Catherine McKnight Reid wife of William

            McCubbin, grocer, Barrhill Road. Occupied by self.

1920 - Cottage, stable & greenhouse Prop/occ: Susan & Margaret McCubbin spinsters 

1930 - Cottage & stable Margaret McCubbin Prop/tenant/occupier spinster

1935 - Margaret McCubbin - proprietor

1940 - Glenview House & stable Proprietor/occ: Margaret McCubbin spinster grocer