Census1881

A total of 104 homes fall under the address of Connel Park, namely 1-91 Connel Park and 136-147 Connel Park and of these 16 are recorded as being uninhabited. No rows are named in this collection of houses. A total of 505 men, women and children are recorded in the 88 occupied homes, addressed as Connel Park. Of these 243, or almost 50% are recorded as New Cumnock born the vast majority of which are children of incoming miners. Only 11 heads of households are recorded as being born in New Cumnock, 5 of which had New Cumnock born spouses.

New Cumnock Born : Heads of households and Spouses
Archibald & Christina Gracie & seven children at 5 Connel Park
Elizabeth Osborne (retired farm servant ) at 35 Connel Park
James & Ellen Houston & four sons /one grandson at 47 Connel Park
William & Agnes Nisbet (Haddow) & two children at 53 Connel Park
Charles & Ellen Irving & two children at 60 Connel Park
John & Elizabeth Steel & three children at 63 Connel Park
John Samson & son / daughter and daughter-in-law at 139 Connel Park

New Cumnock Born Heads of households only
George & Jane Sloan (Dailly)* & ten children at 4 Connel Park
George & Mary Park (Urr, Kirkcud.) & five children at 38 Connel Park
Robert & Mary Osborne (Sanquhar) & three children at 64 Connel Park
Andrew & Annie Nisbet (Kilmarnock) & five children at 80 Connel Park
* birthplace of Spouse

New Cumnock Born Spouses Only
Isabella & James McMurdo (Muirkirk)* & three children at 2 Connel Park
Cathrine & Thomas Seaton (Dalry,Kirkcud.) & seven children at 8 Connel Park
Elizabeth & Joseph Watson (England) & four children at 10 Connel Park
Margaret & William Smith (Auchinleck) & two children at 21 Connel Park
Jane & John Graham (Coylton) at 37 Connel Park
Margaret & John Lindsay (Kirkconnel) & three daughters at 48 Connel Park
Agnes & Robert White (Airdrie) at 50 Connel Park
Wilhilmina & Robert Brown (Auchinleck) & three children at 56 Connel Park
Isabella & William Gray (Sanquhar) & four children at 65 Connel Park
Jane & David Brown (Auchinleck) & three children at 68 Connel Park
Mary & John Brown (Auchinleck) at 69 Connel Park
Sarah & James Menzies (Muirkirk) & eight children at 85 Connel Park
* birthplace of Head of household

The following surnames appear in the Census Record as 'Head of households' or 'boarder'*. Brown is the most popular name with 9 occurrences .

Anderson , Brown (9), Clark , Cook, Currie (2) , Devlin, Drannan, Gallocher*,
Gracie, Graham (2), Gray (2), Guthrie, Hart, Hood, Houston, Howal, Irving , Lindsay,
Livingston, Mason, McCormick, McCann (3), McClatchie, McCreight, McKenna,
McKnight, McMurdo, McQuein, McQuistan, McSephney, McWhirter, Menzies, Muir,
Murray, Nisbet (2), Osborne (3), Park, Paton, Rae, Raw, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson,
Riddel, Robertson (3), Ross, Rush, Samson, Scott (2), Seaton, Shankland, Sloan, Smith,
Steel, Strachan, Taylor, Templeton, Walker, Wallace, Watson (2), White (3)