Athelstaneford -- 1861

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Division #3
West Fortune, Dingleton, Betany, East Fortune, Merryhallton, East Fortune Station, Muirhouses, Fortune Bank, Gilmerton, Needles, Athelstaneford New Mains, & Sandy’s Mill.

Hamlet of Needles
Pg. 1
Charles HOWDEN/head/m/43/railway lab/Haddington, ELN
Barbara HOWDEN/wife/64/East Linton, ELN

James BRADLEY/head/m/40/gen lab/IRE
Ann BRADLEY/wife/32/IRE
Peter BRADLEY/son/7/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Bryan REYNOLDS/lodger/41/gen lab/IRE

James INGLES/head/m/62/gen lab/Prestonkirk, ELN
Janet INGLES/wife/62/Prestonkirk, ELN
James INGLES/gson/11/Prestonkirk, ELN
Robert JOHNSTON/son in law/m/26/gen lab/Aberlady, ELN
Helen JOHNSTON/dau/m/31/Prestonkirk, ELN
Janet JOHNSTON/gdau/3/Haddington, ELN
Andrew JOHNSTON/gson/9m/Athelstaneford, ELN

Alison HOGG/head/w/pauper/Duns, BEW

William EWART/head/m/57/railway lab/Gladsmuir, ELN
Elizabeth EWART/wife/56/Whitekirk, ELN

Jean SPENSE/head/w/78/Dunbar, ELN
Elizabeth SPENSE/gdau/9/scholar/Markinch, FIF
Jean SPENSE/gdau/7/scholar/Markinch, FIF

Pg. 1-2
William DICKSON/head/w/79/shoemaker/Athelstaneford, ELN
Janet DICKSON/dau/u/55/charwoman/Athelstaneford, ELN
Agnes DICKSON/gdau/u/25/out worker/Athelstaneford, ELN
Janet DICKSON/ggdau/5/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
William DICKSON/son/w/56/gardner (journeyman)/Athelstaneford, ELN

Alexander DICKSON/gson/12/farm servant/Athelstaneford, ELN
David DICKSON/gson/9/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Margaret DICKSON/gdau/7/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN

Pg. 2
Margaret BARNET/head/w/50/grocer/North Berwick, ELN
Margaret BARNET/dau/u/20/formerly housemaid/Dirleton, ELN

George BROWN/head/m/44/tailor & clothier/ENG
Alison BROWN/wife/44/Stenton, ELN
Robert BROWN/son/u/21/gen lab/Haddington, ELN
George BROWN/son/u/18/tailor app/Haddington, ELN
Thomas BROWN/son/6/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN

Peter AITKEN/head/m/47/draper/Haddington, ELN
Agnes AITKEN/wife/49/Athelstaneford, ELN

End of the Hamlet of Needles

Gilmerton
Pg. 3
Christina THOMSON/head/u/53/poultry keeper/Kirklinton, West Lothian

William WOOD/head/u/23/under gamekeeper/Whittinghame, ELN

James NEALE/head/m/55/head gamekeeper/Gatehouse, Kircudbrightshire
Margaret NEALE/wife/49/Edinburgh, EDI
Jane HERKES/servant/u/15/dom serv/Tranent, ELN

James BATHGATE/head/m/33/farm steward/Whittinghame, ELN
Helen BATHGATE/wife/32/Moreham, ELN
George BATHGATE/son/8/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Agnes BATHGATE/dau/6/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Robert BATHGATE/son/4/Athelstaneford, ELN
Helen BATHGATE/dau/2/Athelstaneford, ELN

Henry ROBERTSON/head/m/31/coachman (dom serv)/Edinburgh, EDI
Agnes ROBERTSON/wife/29/Gladsmuir, ELN
Jessie ROBERTSON/dau/9/scholar/Aberlady, ELN
Thomas ROBERTSON/son/7/scholar/Aberlady, ELN
Robert ROBERTSON/son/5/scholar/Aberlady, ELN
Henry ROBERTSON/son/3/Athelstaneford, ELN
John ROBERTSON/son/4m/Athelstaneford, ELN

Thomas TRUSTEW?/head/m/55/ag lab/IRE

William HARLEY/head/u/18/groom (dom serv)/Inverkeithing, FIF

Pg. 4
Sir David KILOCH?/head/w/55/baronet/Athelstaneford, ELN
Lucy Charlotte KILOCH/dau in law/m/27/Edinburgh, EDI
Eleanor Janet KILOCH/dau/u/28/Athelstaneford, ELN
Eleanor Ann KILOCH/gdau/7/pupil/ENG
David Alexander KILOCH/gson/5/ENG
Mary Ann KILOCH/gdau/3/Edinburgh, EDI

Henry A KILOCH/gson/1/Edinburgh, EDI
Robert A BAGNELL/*visitor/u/45/M.D./IRE
Margaret YOUNG/servant/u/34/housekeeper/Clackmannan, CLA
Margaret PURVES/servant/u/25/kitchen maid/Athelstaneford, ELN
Margaret GLAMIE?/servant/u/17/scullery maid/Currie, EDI
Agnes SMITH/servant/u/31/laundry maid/Sandwick, SHE
Mary RODGERS/servant/u/21/laundry maid/Ceres, FIF
Jane MORTON/servant/w/49/dairy maid/Athelstaneford, ELN
Jane MCLASHY?/servant/u/40/housemaid/Greenock, REN
Mary HUME/servant/u/21/housemaid/Lasswade, EDI
Eleanor NAPIER/servant/u/19/lady’s maid/Lesmahagow, LAN
Rachel THOMPSON/servant/u/34/nurse/ENG
Elizabeth THOMSON/servant/u/23/lady’s maid/ENG
Euphemia MERRILEES/servant/u/24/nursery maid/Athelstaneford, ELN
Lionel HEATHER?/servant/u/25/footman/ENG
James KIDD/servant/u/19/footman/Duddingston, EDI

Euphemia LAW/head/w/71/pauper formerly seamstress/Athelstaneford, ELN
Peter MORTON/gson/u/18/joiner app/Athelstaneford, ELN
John MORTON/gson/15/ag lab/Athelstaneford, ELN
Robert MORTON/gson/12/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN

Euphemia HAMILTON/head/w/58/Kelso, ROX
Robert HAMILTON/son/u/17/gardner (journeyman)/Athelstaneford, ELN
Jessie RUTHERFORD/niece/10/scholar/Edinburgh, EDI

Pg. 5
John BRUNTON/head/u/23/gardner (master)/Roslin, EDI
Peter LANG/u/19/gardner (journeyman)/Kil?, REN
James BALWIN/u/19/gardner (journeyman)/Cormack, FIF

End of Gilmerton

Farm Steading of Athelstaneford New Mains
Pg. 6
Ralph NASH/head/m/56/farm overseer/Eckford, ROX
Jane NASH/wife/60/Whittinghame, ELN
George ROBERTSON/gson/7/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN

John LAWRIE/head/m/35/gardner dom serv/Colwan, Kircudbrightshire
Mary LAWRIE/wife/28/KIR
William LAWRIE/son/12/farm lab/KIR
Andrew LAWRIE/son/10/scholar/KIR
Jane LAWRIE/dau/7/scholar/Moreham, ELN
Elisabeth LAWRIE/dau/2/Prestonpans, ELN

Bothy
Jane SMITH/u/30/out worker/Dunrossness, ORK
Mary MORISON/u/26/out worker/ORK

William GRAY/head/m/27/ploughman/Athelstaneford, ELN
Agnes GRAY/wife/30/Moreham, ELN
John GRAY/son/5m/Athelstaneford, ELN

John DARGE/head/w/60/ploughman/Aberlady, ELN
Mary DARGE/dau/u/34/out worker/North Berwick, ELN
Robert DARGE/gson/14/brewer’s lab/Athelstaneford, ELN
Alexander DARGE/gson/10/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Margaret DARGE/gdau/6/Athelstaneford, ELN
John DARGE/gson/3/Athelstaneford, ELN

Pg. 6-7
James DOUGLAS/head/u/46/farmer of 441 scotch acres employing 14 labs, 9 women & 4 boys/South Leith, EDI
Euphemia YOUNG/servant/u/44/cook dom serv/Dunbar, ELN
Margaret BROTHERSTONE/servant/u/20/housemaid/Gifford, ELN

End of Farm Steading of Athelstaneford New Mains

Fortune Bank
Pg. 7
George RICHARDSON/head/m/46/ploughman/Salton, ELN
Mary RICHARDSON/wife/55/Gifford, ELN
George RICHARDSON/son/u/15/ag lab/Ormiston, ELN
William RICHARDSON/son/14/ag lab/Ormiston, ELN

James HOGG/head/m/60/ploughman/Ormiston, ELN
Janet HOGG/wife/58/Prestonpans, ELN
John HOGG/son/13/scholar/Haddington, ELNIsabella HOGG/dau/5/Athelstaneford, ELN

Robert SMAIL/head/m/42/ploughman/Athelstaneford, ELN
Isabella SMAIL/wife/44/Chirnside, BEW
George SMAIL/son/14/ag lab/Athelstaneford, ELN
William SMAIL/son/11/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Robert SMAIL/son/9/scholar/Haddington, ELN
Catherine SMAIL/dau/3/Athelstaneford, ELN

John LAWRIE/head/m/41/gamekeeper/North Berwick, ELN
Agnes LAWRIE/wife/41/Athelstaneford, ELN
John LAWRIE/son/15/ag lab/Whitekirk, ELN
William LAWRIE/son/11/scholar/Whitekirk, ELN
Robert LAWRIE/son/9/scholar/Whitekirk, ELN
Andrew LAWRIE/son/5/Whitekirk, ELN
James LAWRIE/son/2/Athelstaneford, ELN
George LAWRIE/son/2m/Athelstaneford, ELN
Peter LAWRIE/son/2m/Athelstaneford, ELN
Mary KEDDIE?/mother in law/w/60/out worker/North Leith, EDI

End of Fortune Bank

East Fortune Railway Station
Pg. 8
William HOGG/head/u/32/agent (railway)/Whittinghame, ELN
Margaret HOGG/mother/w/72/Whitekirk, ELN

End of East Fortune Railway Station

Farm Steading of East Fortune
Pg. 9
John HENDRIE/head/m/40/ploughman/Prestonkirk, ELN
Euphemia HENDRIE/wife/37/Prestonkirk, ELN
John HENDRIE/son/9/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Elizabeth HENDRIE/dau/7/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Jane HENDRIE/dau/5/Athelstaneford, ELN
Robert H HENDRIE/son/3/Athelstaneford, ELN
Thomas HENDRIE/son/1/Athelstaneford, ELN

Archibald GALBRAITH/head/m/45/shepherd/Prestonkirk, ELN
Jean GALBRAITH/wife/48/Prestonkirk, ELN
Isabella GALBRAITH/dau/u/25/dressmaker/North Berwick, ELN
Margaret GALBRAITH/dau/u/22/Aberlady, ELN
Thomas GALBRAITH/son/u/20/shepherd/Haddington, ELN
Archibald GALBRAITH/son/15/ag lab/Haddington, ELN
James GALBRAITH/son/13/ag lab/Haddington, ELN

William BROWN/head/m/57/farm steward/ENG
Agnes BROWN/wife/58/Whitekirk, ELN
Margaret BROWN/dau/u/27/Athelstaneford, ELN

Bothy
Janet BETTON/head/u/26/out worker/INV
Ann STEWARD/u/20/out worker/INV
Mary MCLEOD/u/23/outworker/INV
Helen MCLEOD/u/19/out worker/INV

Isabella PATTERSON/head/u/45/out worker/Whitekirk, ELN

Henry HENDERSON/nephew/u/21/railway lab/Portobello, EDI

Pg. 10
Matthew ANDERSON/head/m/44/ploughman/Whitekirk, ELN
Margaret ANDERSON/wife/56/Prestonpans, ELN
Johanna ANDERSON/dau/u/19/out worker/Tranent, ELN
Margaret BROWN/gdau/2/Athelstaneford, ELN

Robert SHIRRIFF/head/u/37/ploughman/Dirleton, ELN
Euphemia SHIRRIFF/mother/u/70/Athelstaneford, ELN
William SHIRRIFF/brother/u/34/ploughman/Dirleton, ELN
Agnes SHIRRIFF/sister/u/30/out worker/Dirleton, ELN

Pg. 10
John WHITE/head/m/61/ag lab/Prestonkirk, ELN
Agnes WHITE/wife/54/Haddington, ELN
Isabella WHITE/dau/u/27/North Berwick, ELN
William WHITE/son/u/18/ag lab/North Berwick, ELN
Agnes WHITE/dau/u/16/out worker/North Berwick, ELN
Jane WHITE/dau/11/scholar/North Berwick, ELN

Andrew DICKSON/head/m/32/ploughman/Aberlady, ELN
Jane DICKSON/wife/26/Pencaitland, ELN
Ann DICKSON/dau/3/Tranent, ELN
Agnes DICKSON/dau/1/Athelstaneford, ELN

James LEES/head/m/58/ploughman/Haddington, ELN
Elisabeth LEES/wife/56/Salton, ELN

Isabella LEES/dau/u/28/out worker/Haddington, ELN
Elisabeth LEES/gdau/11/Gifford, ELN
John LEES/gson/8/scholar/Athelstaneford, ELN
Isabella LEES/gdau/6m/Athelstaneford, ELN

Pg. 11
Margaret FISHER/head/w/55/Gifford, ELN
Janet FISHER/dau/u/29/out worker/Whittinghame, ELN
Ellen FISHER/dau/u/19/out worker/Garvald, ELN

Robert RAMAGE/head/m/49/forester/North Berwick, ELN
Helen RAMAGE/wife/38/Athelstaneford, ELN
Jean RAMAGE/dau/u/15/Athelstaneford, ELN
Peter BURNS RAMAGE/son/3/Athelstaneford, ELN
Helen BURNS/dau/3m/Athelstaneford, ELN

James CROOKS/head/m/49/ag lab/Dalkeith, EDI
Elisabeth CROOKS/wife/48/Ormiston, ELN
Marion CROOKS/dau/5/Athelstaneford, ELN

End of East Fortune

Detached Cothouses, Merryhatton (?) & Muirhouses Farm Steading
Pg. 12
James LOGAN/head/m/25/ploughman/Dirleton, ELN
Agnes LOGAN/wife/28/Aberlady, ELN
William LOGAN/son/3/Haddington, ELN

Jane HERRIOT/head/w/45/out worker/Dalkeith, EDI
William HERRIOT/son/u/20/ploughman/Dirleton, ELN
Isabella HERRIOT/dau/14/out worker/Dirleton, ELN
John HERRIOT/son/12/ag lab/Dirleton, ELN
Robert HERRIOT/son/9/scholar/Dirleton, ELN

James HAMILTON/head/m/35/ploughman/Haddington, ELN
Margaret HAMILTON/wife/37/Salton, ELN
James HAMILTON/son/11/Haddington, ELN
John HAMILTON/son/9/Humbie, ELN
Alexander HAMILTON/son/6/Stenton, ELN
Helen Howison? HAMILTON/dau/1/Athelstaneford, ELN

End of Merryhatton and Muirhouses

Farm Steading of Betany (?)
Pg. 13
Thomas FOWLER?/head/u/35/farmer of 126 imperial acres employing 6 labs & 2 boys/Aberlady, ELN
Janet ROSS/servant/u/38/dom serv/Moreham, ELN

Marion REYNOLDS/head/u/20/out worker/IRE
W?(female) MCNONIE?/w/43/out worker/IRE
Catherine GILDIE/boarder/8/scholar/IRE

Alexander THOMSON/head/m/36/ploughman/Athelstaneford, ELN
Mary THOMSON/wife/35/Stenton, ELN
Helen THOMSON/dau/11/North Berwick, ELN
James THOMSON/son/9/scholar/Dunbar, ELN
Alexander THOMSON/son/7/scholar/North Berwick, ELN
Mary THOMSON/dau/5/North Berwick, ELN
William THOMSON/son/3/Dirleton, ELN
David THOMSON/son/1/Athelstaneford, ELN

James NISBET/head/m/37/ploughman/Haddington, ELN
Agnes NISBET/wife/37/Prestonkirk, ELN
George NISBET/son/10/scholar/Dirleton, ELN
Mary NISBET/dau/7/scholar/Haddington, ELN
Peter NISBET/son/4/Tranent, ELN
Helen NISBET/dau/1/Athelstaneford, ELN
John WILSON/servant/u/16/bondager?/Leith, EDI

End of Betany (?)

Farm Steading of West Fortune
Pg. 14
Thomas OLIVER/head/u/43/farmer of 460 acres employing 10 men & 11 women & boys/Hawick, ROX
Isabella RUSHEL?/servant/w/45/dom serv/Dunbar, ELN

George WIGHTMAN/head/m/28/shepherd/Humbie, ELN
Janet WIGHTMAN/wife/21/Haddington, ELN
James WIGHTMAN/son/1/Athelstaneford, ELN
Willimena WIGHTMAN/dau/3m/Athelstaneford, ELN

George TURNBULL/head/m/28/farm steward/Edrom, BEW
Alison TURNBULL/wife/23/Gladsmuir, ELN
George Paterson TURNBULL/son/1m/Athelstaneford, ELN
Alison TURNBULL/mother/w/68/Swinton, BEW
James TURNBULL/nephew/5/Athelstaneford, ELN

End of West Fortune

Dingleton
Pg. 15
Thomas INGLES/head/m/26/ploughman/Prestonkirk, ELN
Margaret INGLES/wife/29/Prestonkirk, ELN
James INGLES/son/4/Haddington, ELN
Alexander INGLES/son/11m/Athelstaneford, ELN

William HASTIE/head/m/47/ploughman/Spott, ELN
Mary HASTIE/wife/50/Garvald, ELN
George IRVINE/stepson/u/35/ploughman/Prestonkirk, ELN
Alexander HASTIE/son/u/18/ag lab/Dirleton, ELN
Sarah HASTIE/dau/u/16/out worker/Dirleton, ELN
Robert HASTIE/son/13/ag lab/Dirleton, ELN
Margaret HASTIE/dau/11/scholar/Dirleton, ELN
Mary HASTIE/dau/7/scholar/Dirleton, ELN
Ann HARDIE/stepdau/m/22/ELN
Mary HARDIE/stepgdau/1/Galashiels, ROX

William CLARK/head/m/28/ploughman/Whitekirk, ELN
Margaret CLARK/wife/30/Prestonkirk, ELN

James TURNBULL/head/m/60/ag lab/ENG
Jane TURNBULL/wife/49/Cockburnspath, BEW
John TURNBULL/son/u/23/ploughman/Oldhamstocks, ELN
Peter TURNBULL/son/u/16/ag lab/Cockburnspath, BEW
Jane TURNBULL/dau/13/Spott, ELN
Agnes TURNBULL/dau/10/scholar/Whitekirk, ELN
Alexander TURNBULL/son/8/scholar/Whitekirk, ELN
William TURNBULL/son/6/scholar/Whitekirk, ELN

Pg. 16
Mary MAXWELL/head/w/60/IRE
Ellen MAXWELL/dau/u/28/out worker/IRE
Francis MAXWELL/son/u/25/ag lab/IRE
Ann MAXWELL/dau/u/21/out worker/IRE
Catherine MAXWELL/dau/u/18/out worker/IRE
Mary CORMORFRAY?/gdau/8/scholar/Aberlady, ELN
Margaret MAXWELL/dau/2/Whittinghame, ELN

Bothy
Bridget BROWN/head/w/43/out worker/IRE
Ann BROWN/dau/u/19/out worker/IRE
Patrick BROWN/son/u/16/ag lab/IRE
John BROWN/son/9/IRE
Michael BROWN/son/4/IRE
Bridget BROWN/dau/2/IRE

End of Dingleton

Sandy's Mill
Pg.17
George PURVES/head/w/67/miller (master retired)/Stenton, ELN
Jane PURVES/dau/u/40/Prestonkirk, ELN
Peter PURVES/son/u/37/miller/Haddington, ELN
Helen TAIT/dau/m/28/Athelstaneford, ELN
James PURVES/son/u/21/miller/Athelstaneford, ELN
Ann SCOTT/niece/u/16/Haddington, ELN
Henrietta TAIT/gdau/4/Greenock, REN

End of Sandy's Mill

END OF PARISH

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Partial list of abbreviations

ELN (East Lothian), EDI (Edinburgh, aka Midlothian - MID), FOR (Forfarshire), FIF (Fifeshire), DUM (Dumfrieshire), ENG (England), IRE (Ireland), LAN (Lanarkshire, aka Glasgow - GLA), INV (Inverness-shire), PER (Perthshire), ARG (Argyllshire), REN (Renfrewshire), YORK (Yorkshire, England), PEE (Peebleshire), ORK (Orkey), WIG (Wigtownshire), LON (London, England)

Esq (Esquire), Widr (widower), U (unmarried), Dom (domestic), Mar or M(married), Dau (daughter), m (months), Gson (grandson), W(widow), Gdau (grand daughter), Serv (servant), Ass (assistant), App (apprentice), Gen (general), Ag (agricultural), Lab (labourer)

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