Tods Glen near Durris, was it a workhouse?

[bamfurlong bob]

my gg grandma Janet Coutts ms Jamison died at Tods Glen November 1861. I can not find the building on a map of that time and I would love to know if Tods Glen workhouse as there were a number of paupers living there in the 1861 census. Standing stones farm, Cairnhill and Tilquille castle were near Tods Glen on the 1861 census. Any help would be appreciated.

[ev]

hi Bob

welcome to rootschat 

"todds glen" durris is on the 1841 census
there seems to be at least 3 houses with that address(freeCEN website)

can't see todds glen on the 1851 census but a janet coutts age 75 widow
stocking knitter pauper was living at west funich

don't think it was a workhouse
the paupers would receive help from the parish i would think

ev

[bamfurlong bob]

thanks for that, I didn't know that you could look for an address on a census. I have been looking for the property names before and after my ancestors on a census and then scouring an ordnance survey map. I have been very lucky and have been able to locate quite a few crofts and farms that are still standing. I would still be interested to know exactly where Tods glen was and what happened to it,

[ev]

could be that tods glen was a local name that never appeared on a map 
looking at the NLS website maps the other place names you mention are there
but i can't see tods glen

ev

[bamfurlong bob]

Thanks again. does this happen a lot or did properties change names? 

[ev]

http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

set the year to 1841 then in the box for "street" enter todds glen(spelling)
then press find button at bottom
this should show 9 entries , press "show household" button to see each
household
if you are looking for janet coutts in 1851 the street address is west funich
remember to set the year to 1851
so far the census for durris has only been done 1841/1851(on freeCEN)
there is a janet coutts age 60 at lochton durris in 1841

ev

[hurworth]

I've just been looking at the 1911 census for Durris, and there's a George Coutts (aged 38, born at Banchory) living at Funich Croft with his wife Helen Ann Fraser Moir (aged 43), and his father-in-law John Moir (75) and a couple of small children - George (3) and Jane Ann (8mths).  Perhaps he a is a relative?

[ecksdochter]

Hello,
     Ancestry website shows several Coutts families living in the Durris area.
     Someone has already mentioned 1841 Census. Janet Coutts, age 60, living at Lochton, Durris.
     There is also a Jannet Coutts, age 40, living with her family at East Balbridie.
     (Adult ages on the 1841 Census were rounded down so Janet could be aged anywhere between 60-64)
     1851 Census, again as already mentioned, Janet Coutts, age 74, Stocking Knitter (pauper) born Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire. Appears to be living on her own at West Funich, Durris.
     1861 Census, Janet Coutts, age 83, pauper, born Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire.
     She is boarding with Isabella Thomson, age 66, pauper, born Birse, Aberdeenshire.
     This is written in the space for the address:Todd's Glen Note sce Memorandum Boot.
     (That might be a transcription error for: Note see Memorandum Book.) I have no idea what it means or if the same is written on the actual Census Return.
     Might be worth contacting the main library in Aberdeen or The Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society (ANESFHS) to see if they can help.
          https://www.anesfhs.org.uk/
     Good luck with your search.
               Regards,     Dod.
     
     

[Flattybasher9]

Ev, looking at the FreeCen record,
1841 Census
9 Records found
    
Unoccupied

Would "Unoccupied" possibly mean "living in tents" rather than in an actual building?

Regards

Malky