1851/61/71 census Eaglesham James Young

[sesd]

I am looking for the family of my great grandmother, Elizabeth Young, who was born Apr 30, 1856 at Blackwood farm, Eaglesham.

I have found her family, I think, in 1841 in Stewarton, Ayrshire, but would like to find the census records before & after Elizabeth's birth.

parents: James Young (b. abt. 1812) & Janet Cochrane (b abt 1817)

Could someone with access to the 1851 & 1861 & 1871 census records please look them up for me?

[MonicaL]

Hi Sesd

These entries look like the family:

1851:
James Young    36, cabinet maker, b. Fenwick, Ayrshire
Janet Cochran    33, b. Beith, Ayrshire
Jane Cochran    10, Stewarton, Ayrshire
John Cochran    6, b. Glasgow
Marion Cochran    7, b. Glasgow
Address: 116 Thistle Street, Gorbals, Glasgow

1861:
James Young 46, cabinet maker, b. Fenwick, Ayrshire
Janet Young 44, b. Beith, Ayrshire
Margaret Young    7, b. Eaglesham, Renfrewshire
Elizabeth Young 4, b. Eaglesham, Renfrewshire
Jane Young 2, b. Eaglesham, Renfrewshire
Address:  Glasgow Vennell, Irvine Ayrshire

1871:
This could be Elizabeth working away from home:
Elizabeth Young 14, domestic servant, b. Eaglesham
Address:Bler Enoch, Eaglesham

Can't easily see the parents as yet.

Regards.

Monica 

[MonicaL]

1871:
Possibly Margaret, sister to Elizabeth, staying with other sister Marion:

Howie Calderwood 40, Bower, b. Fenwick
Marion Calderwood 27, b.
James Calderwood 6
Jessie Calderwood 5
Maggie Calderwood 2
James Calderwood 1 Mo
Maggie Young 17, sister, b. Eaglesham
Address:  Low Dykehead, Dalry Ayrshire
 
1881:
Janet Young mother with daughter Marion:

Howie Calderwood    50
Marion Calderwood    37, b. Stewarton Ayr
James Calderwood    16
Jane Calderwood    10
Jessie Calderwood    15
Maggie Calderwood    12
John Calderwood    7
Hugh Calderwood    3
Janet Young    64 brother in law (as indexed!), retired farmer, b. Beith
Address: Yard Foot, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire


Death entry on index for mother Janet Cochrane:

1882   YOUNG   JANET       COCHRANE   F   65   LOCHWINNOCH   /RENFREW   570/00 0066

Regards.

Monica

[sesd]

Thank you so much, Monica.

It fills in the picture. And adds more mysteries. Why were the first children called Cochran in 1851? The parents were married in 1839. Perhaps it was a census takers error. John definitely calls himself Young on his mother's death record.

Now I have to figure out why her father who is listed  as a cabinetmaker on every census record and on his death certificate, listed himself as a shepherd on her birth certificate. His father was a farmer, so maybe I need to pursue that angle.

I would also like to know why they moved around so much.

Both parents died at Yardfoot, Lochwinnoch him in 1879 and her in 1882, but I don't know where they were between 1861 & their deaths.

Sharon Stewart Duff

[Ann Baker]

Hi Sharon

I have family from the same areas. Like yours they were farm workers and domestic servants and like yours they moved around a lot - curiously in the same areas around the same time.

In our case was basically they went where they could get work. Perhaps same applies to your folks.

Just a thought 

[longshanks]

Check carefully though. Young was a fairly common name in Eaglesham and over the Ayrshire border into Fenwick. Cochrane is also a local name. Unfortunately I don't seem to have census entries for that bit of Eaglesham in 1851. Blackwood is an obsolete farm name on the modern farm of Greenfield, much of which land has recently been redeveloped as a windfarm. It lies on a road from East Kilbride south-west through Eaglesham to Kingswell and thence to Kilmarnock. The farmland was partly flooded by a reservoir in the 1830s, known as Dunwan Dam, which might explain the loss of the entry post 1841, as the farms were gradually amalgamated. The site is a ruin 300 metres south-east of Greenfield between two streams flowing into Dunwan Dam at NS 543493, two miles SW of Eaglesham village.

[runningbear]

hi pal,

this could be your missing piece!!!!!!

they were all transcribed as james young!!!!!

1871 census- broadford, eaglesham

james...age 56...cabinet maker...born fenwick
janet...age 53
jane...age 12


Joe

[sesd]

That looks like a family that could fit mine.
Thanks Joe.
I will look into it further.
Sharon

[shirley harper]

Just beginning my journey! Starting with trying to find Elizabeth Young , my great g/mother b. 1892?, married James McLachlan. From chat on here found they married 1912. Want to try and trace family on Eliz side. Might be tricky with all the Youngs in area!