Andrew Skilling & Sarah Andrews m 1923 Kilmarnock?

[MonicaL]

And at least 3 of them died in Ayr (going by the indexing of mother's maiden name being included):

1978 - Elizabeth Banks Skilling or Wotherspoon
1987 - Alexander Hewit Skilling
1996 - Thomas Peter Gi. Skilling

Monica

[josey]

Oh thanks, will add those dates.

[josey]

His occupation showed as ploughman when his daughters' Agnes and Sarah were born in 1925 & 1926?
There is an Andrew Skilling, ploughman, working for a Francis Wilson, farmer, at Guiltreehill Farm in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire on the 1925 VRs.
1935 VRs show an Andrew Skilling, ploughman, working for a John Y Currie, farmer, at Southook Farm in Dreghorn, Ayrshire.

I will try to persuade my friend to spend £12 on each of these certificates. 1925 child was registered in Ayr, 1926 in St Quivox, 1927 in Kilmaurs but of course that would have been where the mother was....

[josey]

Just thought I'd post the thread started by my friend's brother  a few years ago. Their father died last year.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=173843.msg828021#msg828021
I think we can tell him we've got a lot further 

Just wondering if the address of Edgefaulds Rd [637? 657? 687?] on the 1938 death certificate means anything? Could it be the old Barnhill Poorhouse later Forresthall Hospital [for the aged]?

[josey]

josey refers to Limekiln Road as in Saltcoats until Post #11 when it becomes Stevenston.
Limekiln Road is near the Rail Station in Stevenston, Stevenston Parish, not Saltcoats which is in Ardrossan Parish.
Sharphill Cottage was a mile north of the High Road junction with Dalry Road, in Saltcoats, well outside the town in the 1940s. The new 3 towns bypass has a roundabout just at Sharphill Cottage.
Just saying ... cheers, Ian

Thanks for that correction Ian, it all helps.

[Forfarian]

Just wondering if the address of Edgefaulds Rd [637? 657? 687?] on the 1938 death certificate means anything? Could it be the old Barnhill Poorhouse later Forresthall Hospital [for the aged]?

Exactly that.

At some point they started using the street addresses of poorhouses and hospitals to make it less obvious that the person concerned was born or had died in an institution.

[josey]

The 1940 Valuation Roll for 657 Edgefauld Road shows Thomas P Adam [informant on the 1938 death certificate as 'occupier'] to be Barnhill Poorhouse.