John WILSON

   Research Notes:

1851 Scotland Census:

Age given: 6 years
Birthplace given: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Laigh Tarbeg, Ochiltree, Ayrshire
Occupation: Scholar

at home

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1861 Scotland Census:

Age given: 16 years
Birthplace given: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Laigh Tarbeg, Ochiltree, Ayrshire
Occupation: Farmer's son

at home

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1871 Scotland Census:

Age given: 26 years
Birthplace given: St. Brox, Ayrshire, Scotland [sic]
Dwelling Place: Westburn Farm, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
Occupation: Farmer of 35 acres

Present were brother James (22) of Ochiltree, farmer, sisters Janet (28), Eliz. (24), servants, visitor [brother-in-law] Robert Montgomery (30) of Kingarth in Buteshire, farmer of 200 acres.

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1881 Scotland Census:

Age given: 36 years
Birthplace given: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Westburn Farm, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
Occupation: Farmer of 33 Acres of arable land, employing 10 men, 3 women & 2 boys

Present were wife Ellen (25) of Barrhead in Renfrew, brother James Wilson (32) of Ochiltree, farmer.

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1891 Scotland Census:

Age given: 45 years
Birthplace given: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Westburn House, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
Occupation: Farmer

Present was daughter Maggie (10) of Cambuslang

   Marriage Information:

John married Ellen GILLESPIE, daughter of Robert GILLESPIE and Margaret GILMOUR, on 20 Nov 1877 in Barrhead, Renfrew, Scotland ¹. (Ellen GILLESPIE was born on 22 Mar 1856 in Barrhead, Neilston, Renfrew, Scotland and died on 10 May 1881 in Westburn, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland.)

   Marriage Notes:

John Wilson, farmer, single, age 32, of Westburn Cambuslang, son of Adam Wilson, farmer (deceased) and Janet Wilson M.S. Stewart, and
Ellen Gillespie, spinster, age 21, of Boyleston Barrhead, daughter of Robert Gillespie, farmer, and Margaret Gillespie M.S. Gilmour

Witnesses: James Wilson, Jane Gillespie