Maybole Ragged School Minutes - Index of Children's Names
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These are the minutes of  the Maybole Ragged School committee. The school was supported by a group of benefactors and subscriptions from the town's inhabitants. It was run by a committee whose aim it was, to remove as many waifs and strays from the streets of the town as finances would allow and to educate them in the "4 R's". Reading, writing, arithmetic and religion. The author, at this point in time is unknown, although it is possible from the type of language used in the entries that he was probably a church minister. Index of Children's names below by Margaret Dick.
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Name

Entry Book No.

Minute Book-Entry date

Census records

Additional family information

1.      ALEXANDER,  Anne

 

23.1.1860

 

 

2.      ALLAN, Thomas

 

20.2.1863

 

 

3.      BARNES, Elizabeth

 

31.1.1861

 

Grddaughter of Mrs Connelly

4.      BASHFORD, David

7

7.3.1850

15.4.1850

21.8.1850

1851: Kirklands

M: Margaret – all b in Ireland

5.      BASHFORD, James

1

7.3.1850

15.4.1850

1851: Kirklands

M: Margaret – all b in Ireland

6.      BEATTIE, chn of Widow Beattie

 

8.4.1851

 

 

7.      BEATTIE, Thomas

 

25.2.1858

 

M: Ann Beattie,b Ireland.

F: John Griffen.

Th b Maybole 1852.

8.      BELL, 3 chn of Mrs Bell

 

10.2.1851

 

 

9.      BLAIR, James

27

25.4.1860

 

 

10. BLYTH, sons of Agnes Blyth – see under Jerrat.

 

 

 

 

11. BLYTH, Daniel & Robert

 

10.12.1851

1851: Weavers Vennel

M: Margt b Maybole

F: John b Irvine

Chn b Maybole

12. BLYTH, James

 

29.7.1856

 

 

13. BLYTH, Robert

 

5.5.1856

 

 

14. BONNAR, John & William

 

15.1.1852

26.2.1852

19.3.1852

10.6.1852

15.2.1853

 

 

15.BRANNAGAN, James & Mary

 

30.4.1851

26.2.1852

19.3.1852

10.6.1852

18.10.1852

24.11.1852

24.1.1853

15.2.1853

1851: Kirkwynd

M: Margaret b Stranraer

Chn b Ireland

16.BROWN, Andrew

 

2.6.1859

 

 

17.BROWN, Charles

 

4.6.1860

 

Son of Mary Oats

18.BROWN, John

 

10.6.1852

24.1.1853

 

 

19.BROWN, Joseph

26

 

 

 

20.BROWN, William, twins James & Charles, John

 

15.4.1850

9.5.1850

15.1.1852

24.1.1853

1851: Ballony

M: Elizabeth b Ireland

Twins b in Maybole, older chn b in Ireland.

21.BUCHANAN, ?

 

19.12.1855

 

 

22.CAIRNS, Mary

 

4.9.1861

 

 

23.CLINGAN, Enoch & Margaret

 

19.3.1852

15.2.1854

28.2.1854

1851:Quarry Hill

M: Helen b Ireland

Chn b Maybole

24.CLOSS, William

 

12.11.1850

28.5.1851

13.8.1851

17.2.1857

1851: Society Row

F: Robert

M: Jannet all b Maybole

25.COBURN, William Martin

8

 

 

 

26.CONNELLY, Margaret, Mary Ann & James

 

23.8.1854

14.10.1854

6.11.1855

19.12.1855

1851: Weaver Vennel

F: James b Ireland

M: Elizabeth b Ireland

Chn b Maybole

27.CRAIG, Joseph

 

22.7.1855

12.1.1858

 

 

28.DAILLY, son of Margaret Dailly

 

9.11.1860

 

 

29.DARLING, Robert

 

23.12.1858

 

 

30.DAVIDSON, James

 

10.12.1851

1851: Mill Houses

M: Margaret Devine b Maybole

James b Maybole

31.DAVIDSON, Jane

17

28.6.1852

?15.8.1853

?23.8.1853

1851:Weaver Vennel

M: Mary Stewart b Maybole

Jane b Maybole

32.DAVIES, George, Agnes & Jane

 

20.2.1863

 

 

33.DEVELEN, 2 sons of Mary Develen

 

20.1.1860

 

 

34.DEVINE, Marion & John

 

10.12.1851

19.3.1852

24.1.1853

1851: Weaver Vennel

M: Agnes McDade b Ireland

Chn b Maybole

35.DUNLOP, William

 

30.9.1859

 

Son of Helen Fisher

36.EDGAR, Robert & John

 

26.2.1852

1851: Weaver Vennel

F: John b Ireland

M: Martha b Ireland

Chn b Maybole

37.ELISS, William

 

2.9.1856

 

M Marion

38.FERGUSSON, Agnes, Elizabeth & Ann

 

6.11.1855

 

M Ann

39.FINDLATER, Alexander

 

2.6.1859

 

 

40.FINDLAY, chn of Mrs Findlay

(Same family as below??)

8.9.1851

?24.1.1853?

 

 

41.FINDLAY, 6 chn of Alexander Findlay

 

5.6.1850

12.7.1850

?24.1.1853

1851: Back Vennel

F: Alexander b Ireland

M: Sarah b Ireland

1st child b Kirkcolm, rest in Maybole

42.FISHER, sons of Helen Fisher (see under Knocker & Dunlop)

 

 

 

 

43.FISHER, son of Mary Fisher

 

6.2.1850

 

 

44.FLOODS, Peter

 

8.3.1861

5.7.1861

3.4.1863

19.5.1863

 

 

45.FOSTER, John

 

25.2.1858

20.1.1860

25.4.1860

4.6.1860

12.12.1860

23.1.1861

3.4.1863

 

Son of Jane McKie, maiden name Johnston

46.FORSYTH, Joseph

 

5.5.1856

12.1.1858

 

Son of Mrs Gun

47.GIBSON, chn of Widow Gibson

 

12.7.1855

 

 

48.GORDON, child of Agnes Gordon

 

18.10.1852

 

 

49.GRAHAM, James, grdson of Widow Graham –also child of Widow Graham

 

22.7.1855

2.9.1856

 

 

50.GRAHAM, Jane

 

2.6.1859

 

F: Douglas

51.GRAHAM, child of Mrs Graham

 

4.9.1861

 

 

52.GRANT, child of Mrs Grant, see under Newel.

 

 

 

 

53.GREAVES, Jean

 

22.7.1855

 

Grdchild of Widow Craig

54.GREEN, Thomas (see under McDermont)

 

 

 

 

55.GUN, see under Forsyth

 

 

 

 

56.HANNING, James

19

 

1851: Society Row (in teacher’s house)

 

57.HATHORN, Andrew & James

 

4.10.1850

4.3.1851

6.9.1852

18.10.1852

1841: Weaver Vennel

1851:boys in teacher’s house, Society Row

1861: no Hathorns in Maybole

F:William

M:Martha

Both b Ireland

58.HEGGART, child of Agnes Heggart.

 

6.2.1850

 

 

59.HEMPKIN, 5 chn of Edward Hempkin

 

5.6.1850

12.7.1850

 

 

60.HENDERSON, James

6

28.5.1851

31.5.1851

15.2.1853

1851: Burnside

M: Jane, b Ireland

James b Maybole

61.HENDERSON, Mrs Henderson’s child.

 

    6.2.1850

    7.3.1850

12.11.1850

 

 

62.HIGGINS, Andrew

 

9.5.1850    

 

 

63.HIGGINS, Edward

20

6.2.1850

15.4.1850

14.1.1851

3.10.1853

18.11.1854

9.1.1855

24.4.1855

27.6.1855

12.7.1855

19.12.1855

 

Son of Mrs Thomson

64.HIGGINS, Henry

 

6.2.1850

 

 

65.HIGGINS, Susannah.

 

31.1.1862

 

Grddaughter of Andrew Higgins. He b Ireland.

Susannah b Kilwinning.

66.HOLGAN, Thomas & James.

30

18.4.1854

22.7.1855

19.12.1855

2.9.1856

1851:Weaver Vennel

F:James

M: Mary Carson b Ireland

67.HOUSTON, Jane

24

12.1.1854

1851:

Drumellan St.

F:Thomas, b Minnigaff

M:Jane, b Ireland

Jane b Maybole

68.HUGIL, John & Rachael

 

7.10.1851

24.1.1853

27.6.1855

1851:Coral Glen

M: Margaret McMaster b Ireland

F: John

69.HUTCHISON, John & Hugh

 

17.9.1850

4.10.1850

 

 

70.IRVINE, Alexander

5

13.8.1851?

8.9.1851?

 

 

71.IRVINE, James

13

15.4.1850

13.8.1851?

8.9.1851?

 

 

72.IRVINE, William

 

14.1.1851

14.10.1854

 

 

73.JERRAT, Samuel & James

 

21.5.1858

15.9.1858

23.1.1861

 

M:Agnes Blyth

Grdfther: William Fisher

74.JOHNSTONE, Agnes

 

24.1.1853

1851:Society Row (in teacher’s house)

 

75.JOHNSTONE, Jean

 

16.5.1851

1851:Society Row (in teacher’s house)

 

76.JOHNSTON, Jane Johnston’s son – see under Foster.

 

 

 

 

77.KECHIE, 3 chn of Mrs Kechie.

 

7.3.1850

26.2.1852

 

 

78.KELLY, Dines

9

 

 

 

79.KELLY, James

 

 

 

 

80.KELLY, 3 chn of John Kelly

 

 

 

 

81.KENNEDY, Margaret

 

4.9.1861

 

M:Anne McTaggart

82.KENNEDY, William

 

8.8.1854

12.7.1855

 

F:William Kennedy

83.KIDD, child of Ellen Kidd

 

4.9.1861

 

 

84.KNOCKER, Hugh

 

6.2.1850

12.7.1850

27.6.1854

14.10.1854

9.1.1855

12.7.1855

5.5.1856

 

M:Helen Fisher

85.LAIDLAW, daur of Mary Laidlaw

 

10.12.1851

8.1.1852

15.1.1852

26.2.1852

 

 

86.LAVERTY, William & Sarah

 

31.5.1851

 

F:John

87.LOGAN, Mary Logan’s 2 chn

 

 

 

 

88.LOGAN, William

15

12.7.1850

17.9.1850

4.10.1850

 

 

89.McCABE

 

10.2.1851

 

 

90.McCAFFERTY, Helen

14

7.1.1850

 

 

91.McCAFFERTY, Joseph

23

4.3.1851

1851: Society Row (in teacher’s house, also Sarah & Peter McCafferty)

 

92.McCANDLISH, Robert & Margaret

 

21.5.1858

25.4.1860

 

F:John

93.McCLARTIE, Anne

 

31.1.1862

 

M:Mary

94.McCLELLAND, Sarah & David

 

13.8.1851

8.9.1851

6.9.1852

1851: Coral Glen

M:Isabella b Ireland.

All chn b Ireland

95.McCLELLAND, Marion

 

24.1.1853

 

 

96.McCOID, Thomas

 

9.10.1858

23.12.1858

30.6.1859

4.6.1860

 

 

97.McCONNEL, James

 

23.1.1861

18.4.1862

 

 

98.McCULLOCH, Andrew

12

4.3.1851

8.4.1851

1851:Society Row (in teacher’s house).

 

99.McCULLOCH, Thomas

 

24.1.1853

15.2.1853

 

 

100.McDADE – see under Devine

 

 

 

 

101. McDERMONT, Jean, Thomas & James.

 

24.11.1852

24.1.1853

27.6.1854

14.10.1854

1851:

Welltrees St.

M:Helen b Cumnock

All chn b Maybole.

102.MacDONALD, Widow – see under Sinclair.

 

 

 

 

103.McEWAN, Elizabeth

 

9.11.1860

 

 

104.McEWAN, James

 

4.6.1860

 

M:Mary

105.McEWAN, Thomas, Alexander, Jane.

 

25.4.1860

 

 

106.McEWAN, 4 chn of Widow McEwan. (See under Sloan).

 

 

 

 

107.McGARVA, Agnes

 

5.5.1856

17.2.1857

1851: Greenside

F:Alexander, b Ireland

M:Rachel b Maybole

All chn b Maybole.

108.McGILL, Hugh, Jacob, John, David, Rachael.

 

8.11.1853

9.1.1855

 

 

109.McGILL, Widow McGill’s child.

 

15.9.1858

 

 

110. McGUIGAN, James

 

24.1.1853

15.2.1853

 

 

111.McGUIRE, Hannah McGuire’s boy

 

20.1.1860

 

 

112.McGUIRE, 2 chn of Mary McGuire

 

15.2.1854

28.2.1854

 

 

113.McILxxAIL

 

9.11.1860

 

 

114.McKENZIE, Margaret

 

8.3.1861

 

Grdfather Thomas McCoid

115.McKIE, daughter of James McKie

 

23.12.1858

 

 

116.McKIE, Richard

 

3.4.1863

 

Half brother of John Foster

117.McKIE, grandchild of Widow McKie

 

28.2.1854

 

 

118.McLACHLAN, John & Robert

 

10.2.1851

7.10.1851

15.1.1852

15.2.1853

 

F:Richard

119.McLELLAN, James

McLELLAND, Elizabeth

 

19.12.1862

 

3.4.1863

 

 

120.McMEIKEN, Sarah

 

8.8.1854

14.10.1854

1851: Welltrees St

M:Agnes b Maybole
All chn b Maybole

121.McQUATER, George

 

25.4.1860

 

 

122.McTAGGART, child of Anne McTaggart – see under Margt Kennedy

 

 

 

 

123.MARSHALL, Thomas

 

29.7.1856

12.1.1858

25.2.1858

 

 

124.MEICHAN, Arthur

 

20.2.1863

 

 

125.MILHALL, Janet

16

4.10.1850

14.1.1851

 

 

126.MILHALL, Margaret

 

4.3.1851

1851:Back Vennel

F:William b Ireland

127.MILLER, Margaret

 

21.5.1858

 

 

128.MULLEN, William

 

4.8.1857

25.2.1858

21.5.1858

23.12.1858

 

M:Mary Oats b Ireland

129.MURDOCH, James

18

15.2.1854

 

 

130.MURDOCH, James

 

8.3.1861

 

 

131. MURDOCH, son of Catherine Murdoch

 

 

 

 

132.MURPHY, Sarah

 

23.12.1858

 

 

133.MURRAY, Margaret & Fanny

 

19.12.1855

1851: Foot of churchyard

M:Catherine b Maybole

 

134.MURRAY, William

4      

135.NEWEL, Robert

 

30.6.1859

 

 

136.NISBET, child of Elizabeth Nisbet

 

8.11.1853

 

 

137.NOCKER, see under Knocker

 

 

 

 

138.OATS, chn of Mary Oats – see under Mullen & Charles Brown

 

 

 

 

139.O’HARA, John & Mary

 

19.12.1862

 

 

140.ORAM, Mary

 

22.10.1862

 

 

141.PATERSON, John

2

 

 

 

142.PATERSON, John

 

8.3.1861

 

 

143.RADCLIF, Thomas

 

30.6.1859

25.4.1860

 

 

144.RAE, James

 

22.10.1862

 

 

145.REID, child of Isabella Reid

 

13.8.1851

 

Child possibly called Joseph Finlay

146.REID, child of Margaret Reid – see under Stevenson

 

 

 

 

147.REILLY, Elizabeth & John

 

22.7.1855

5.5.1856

29.7.1856

17.2.1857

12.1.1858

25.2.1858

21.5.1858

15.9.1858

23.12.1858

1851:Ballony

 

F:Thomas b maybole

M:Elizabeth b Girvan

All chn b Maybole.

148.RENNE?

 

20.1.1860

 

 

149.REYNOLD, John

 

30.9.1859

 

 

150.RONNEY, Elizabeth

21

 

 

 

151. RONNEY, William

22

 

 

 

152. ROSS, Janet & Samuel

 

9.11.1860

22.11.1861

 

 

153. SCOTT, Helen

 

23.12.1858

 

 

 

154.SCOTT, James

 

 

20.2.1863

 

 

 

155.SCOTT, Widow Scott’s 2 chn

 

9.11.1860

 

 

156.SHAW, John

29

25.4.1860

1881: shoemaker in Maybole

 

157.SHAW, Robert

29

25.4.1860

1881: shoemaker in Maybole

 

158.SINCLAIR, James

 

28.6.1852

 

 

159.SLOAN, Jean & Agnes

25 (Agnes)

28.6.1852

24.11.1852

1851:Society Row

M:Elizabeth McEwan – all b Maybole.

160.SLOAN, child of Jean Sloan

 

12.11.1850

 

 

161.SMITH, Anne

 

4.9.1861

 

 

162.SMITH, James

28

25.4.1860

 

 

163.STEVEN, Mary

 

12.12.1860

 

 

164.STEVENSON, John

 

2.6.1859

25.4.1860

4.6.1860

12.12.1860

23.1.1861

 

 

165.STEVENSON, Margaret

 

31.5.1851

12.8.1851

8.9.1851

15.1.1852

26.2.1852

1851:Weaver Vennel

M:Margaret Reid b Ireland

F: John Stevenson

Margt b Maybole.

166.STEVENSON, Mary

 

8.3.1861

 

 

167.STEVENSON, son of Mary Stevenson

 

22.11.1861

 

 

168.STEWART, George & Hugh

 

22.11.1861

 

 

169.STEWART, Margaret

 

23.1.1861

 

 

170.STEWART, William

 

12.12.1860

 

 

171.STEWART, 2 chn of Agnes Stewart

 

10.6.1852

poss 18.10.1852

15.2.1853

 

 

172.STRAIN, William

 

15.2.1854

28.2.1854

 

 

173.TAIT, William, Andrew & Mary

 

15.1.1852

26.2.1852

6.9.1852

28.2.1854

18.4.1854

8.8.1854

23.8.1854

14.10.1854

18.11.1854

9.1.1855

12.7.1855

6.11.1855

19.12.1855

1851:Back Vennel

M:Mary b Girvan

Chn b Maybole

174.THOMSON, James

3

5.6.1850

12.7.1850

4.3.1851?

8.4.1851?

 

 

175.THOMSON, James

 

22.10.1862

 

 

176.THOMSON, Samuel

10

14.1.1851

4.3.1851?

8.4.1851?

31.5.1851?

 

 

177.THOMSON, chn of Andrew Thomson

 

25.2.1858

 

 

178.TROUSEL, Thomas

 

7.3.1850

4.10.1850

14.1.1851

8.1.1852

26.2.1852

24.1.1853

 

 

179.WALLACE, William, Robert, Mary & David

 

8.4.1851

13.8.1851

8.1.1852

26.2.1852

15.8.1853

3.10.1853

27.6.1854

8.8.1854

14.10.1854

1851:Weaver Vennel

M:Jane b Maybole

All chn b Maybole.

180.WARDLAW, John

 

15.4.1850

4.10.1850

 

 

181.WELCH, William

 

23.1.1861

 

 

182.WILSON, Jane

 

8.8.1854

 

 

183.WILSON, John

 

15.1.1852

1851: Weaver Vennel

M:Margaret McGowan b Maybole

John b Maybole

184.WILSON, son of Widow Wilson

 

3.4.1863