The New Cumnock Mural , at the Mary Morrison Memorial Garden
History of the Parish
of New Cumnock
by Robert Guthrie
Burnfoot - 1881
British Census Records 1881
This Census data is copy; British Crown copyright and isreproduced by permission
of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.


Nos. 106-115 : 10 two-apartment houses
No.106 Rachel ELLIOT and 4 children / 1 grandchild
No.107 Uninhabited
No.108 Uninhabited
No.109 James & Margaret ELLIOT and 4 children
No.110 Uninhabited
No.111 Thomas & Esther TAYLOR and 1 child
No.112 James & Mary SANDERSON and 4 children
No.113 Uninhabited
No.114 Uninhabited
No.115 Hugh and Mary McLETCHIE and 4 children

Nos. 116-127 : 12 single apartment houses
No.116 Samuel & Katherine McLEAN
No.117 Catherine CLAPPERTON and 4 children
No.118 Uninhabited
No.119 Samuel & Elizabeth WILSON and 6 children
No.120 Andrew & Janet BROWN and 2 children
No.121 Neil BLACK and 2 children
No.122 Uninhabited
No.123 William & Jane CLAPPERTON and 3 children
No.124 Uninhabited
No.125 David & Anne PARK and 2 children
No.126 John & Elizabeth WILSON and 5 children
No.127 Uninhabited
No.128 Uninhabited
No.129 Uninhabited
No.130 William & Catherine FERGUSON and 4 children
No.131 James & Jane HOWARD and 3 children
No.132 Robert & Janet McMURDO and 3 children
No.133 Charles & James HUNTER and 3 children / Mother-in-law Jessie CRAIG
No.134 Uninhabited
No.135 John & Christina FERGUSON and 5 children

Nos. 128-135 : 8 two-apartment houses
Nos. 148-159 : 12 two-apartment houses
No.148 James & Margaret DONNACHIE and 5 children
No.148 Uninhabited
No.149 Hugh & Sarah CONNOR and 3 children
No.149 Thomas & Mary BOYLE and 1 child
No.150 William & Jane HILL and 7 children / 1 nephew
No.151 Archibald & Margaret CONNOR and 6 children
No.152 Uninhabited - 2 houses
No.153 Uninhabited
No.153 John & Susan KELLY and 3 children
No.154 William & Janet FERGUSON and 6 children
No.155 Robert & Marion FLEMING and 4 children
No.155 Uninhabited
No.156 Uninhabited - 2 houses
No.157 William & Isabella HARDIE
No.157 Janet CLARK and 1 child / 1 grand-child
No.158 Uninhabited - 2 houses
No.159 Thomas & Janet NIVEN
Burnfoot | Census1881
1881 Census :
153 people in 29 houses . (21 uninhabited houses)
Hugh McLETCHIE (115), Andrew BROWN (120), William CLAPPERTON (123) ,
Catherine FERGUSON (130) are the only adults that were New Cumnock born.
57 of the children were New Cumnock born.
Nos. 106-115
Nos. 116-127
Nos. 128-135
Nos. 148-159