OPR Barr-Wiliam son of Thomas Wilson,farmer in Albany and Agnes Johnston
was born upon the 25th.and baptized upon the 29th.of April 1815.
From marriage OPR Barr - William Wilson in Parish of Colmonell and Margaret Doig in this parish.
General practitioner in Colmomell.Graduated L.F.P.S.Glasgow 1837.Registered in Medical Register 31Dec1858.Register only started 1859.
1851 Census Colmonell village 582/1/13.Living with wife Margaret,daughter Agnes and mother-in-law Mary Doig.
Buried Barr churchyard.Inscription on gravestone:William Wilson for 38 years
surgeon in Colmonell d.Clachanton 16Nov1875 age 60.Children died in
Colmonell Mary d.15Oct1846 age 6 yrs.Mary d.30Aug1846 age 1 week.Thomas
d.6Sep1846 age 3 yrs.William d.14Mar1853 age 5 yrs.Margaret Mary Jane
d.28Jul1855 age 3 weeks.By widow Margaret Wilson.
Will:30Jun1876.Confirmation of William Wilson,surgeon,Clauchanton,Parish of
Colmonell,who died 16Nov1875,at Clauchanton aforesaid,testate,granted at Ayr,to Margaret Doig or Wilson,Clauchanton aforesaid,Executrix dative qua relict.-Will or Deed,dated 15Nov1875,and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Ayr,20Jun1876. Value of Estate #2412,3s.9d.
1851 Census Barr Doularg 2-9-13.William Wilson age 3 Annuitant.Living with his uncle John Doig,farmer,age 62,widower,born Kirkmichael.
Cabinetmaker.Address when married 1867 was Wilson Street,Beith.He was a widower.
1851 Census.Living with father.
1861 Census.Living with father.Brace weaver.
1881 Census.Beith 581/4/6.34 Newton Street,Beith.Living with husband and six children
1881 Census.Living with father.Chairmaker.
1881 Census.Living with father.
1881 Census.Living with father.
1881 Census.Living with father.
Cause of death:Tuberculosis.Chairmaker.
1881 Census.Living with father.
1881 Census.Living with father.
Cabinetmaker
1946-Gas works stoker and also fisherman.
Address 1964 3 North Lane,Buchanhaven,Peterhead.
1861 Census with parents.
!Occupation 1881 Census Minnigaff,Kirkcudbright 876/1/11:Labourer.He probably
married in London.Wifes surname not yet known.Address Creebridge,Minnigaff.
1891 Census Creebridge,Minigaff 876/1/11.Employed wood carter.Living with wife and son Ronald.
1891 Census - Living with parents at Creebridge.Engineers apprentice.
OPR Dailly:Robert McMurtrie in this parroch and Bessie McMurtrie in Girvan parroch gave in their names in order to marriage the 29th.June and were proclaimed according to order and were married 18July1728.
Elizabeth might have been born at Woodhall in Girvan Parish.A witness in 1737 at her daughters Annes christening was William McMurtrie of Woodhall.He would probably have been her brother or her father.A William McMmurtie of Woodhall had three children Janet b.1736,Andrew b.741 and Hugh b.1743.
Woodhall is only about one and a half miles from Barr.
Witnesses at christening William McMurtrie in Woodhead,Girvan Parish and Thomas Caght?,Shumthors?
1881 Census living with parents.Shopman draper.
Auctioneer,13 Queen Street,Glasgow.Value of estate £ 4348.Provest of Prestwick.
Private in the17th.Batt.Highland Light Infantry.Service No.23061.Died 1/7/1916.Age 19.Buried Lonsdale Cemetery,Authuile,Somme,France.Grave III.F.7