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