« Reply #18 on: Monday 02 September 13 02:03 BST (UK) »
My family were crofting here too-George McKimmie although it was his wife working the land whilst he worked elsewhere.When she was widowed she reverted back to her maiden name Isabella(Belle) Moir.
There are death certificates giving this address up until the early 1900's.
Belle's death certificate gives her cause of death as"worn out by life & old age"
Waddell-Perthshire,Dollar,Clydebank,Glasgow & USA.
Scott -Roxb,Midlothian.
McKimmies-Aberdeenshire,Banff,Morayshire,Niagara&NewJersey.Old Kilpatrick.
Lindley,Veitch-Canada.
Veitch-Peebles,Crawfordjohn,Midlothian.
Ross,Torrance,Brown,McDowall.
Greer/Simpson/Jenkins-Old Kilpatrick& Camelon Falkirk,Abbey/Neilston
Leitch-Abbey Parish.
Kerr/Carr.
Breakenridge/Liddell-Temple Midlothian.
Aitchison
Fraser/Barron/Coutts/Singer.
Waddell-USA after 1923.
McFarlanes-Midlothian/Australia.