1881 Census: Residents of Kyle Combination Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William MC CRACKEN | M | 44 | M | Head | Governer | Maybole, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Jane MC CRACKEN | M | 33 | F | Wife | Matron | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Catharine WALKER | W | 65 | F | Servant | Cook | Newton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Harriet GALSWORTHY | U | 13 | F | Servant | Servant | England | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary Ann AGNEW | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Deaf | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Jane BAIN | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Mary BAINBRIDGE | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Hand Sewer | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John BLAIR | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Harness Weaver | Renfreshire Paisley | |
| Margaret BURNS | U | 56 | F | Inmate | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Elizabeth CALDERWOOD | U | 82 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Hansel CLARK | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Agnes COLMAN | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Euphemia CRAWFORD | 2 | F | Inmate | Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland | |||
| Margaret CRAWFORD | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Grace CREE | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Hand Sewer | Newton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Charles CRICHTON | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Blind | O.Cumnock, Ayr, Scotland |
| Mary CRONNAN | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Ireland | |
| Catharine CUMMING | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James CUMMINGS | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | England | |
| Barbara CUTHBERT | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Elizabeth CUTHBERT | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Hand Sewer | Sorn, Ayr, Scotland | |
| George DAVIDSON | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sorn, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James DAVIDSON | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sorn, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Francis DINNING | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Agnes FAIRLAY | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John FINDLAY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Ironstone Miner | Dalmellington, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Henry FORWELL | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John FRASER | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John FULTON | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Quay Labourer | Ireland | |
| William FULTON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Catharine GARLAND | 1 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newton, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| William GIBSON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Barber | N.Cumnock, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John GORDON | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | British S., At Sea | |
| Agnes GOUDIE | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Hand Sewer | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James GOUDIE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Douglas GRAHAM | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Mason Labourer | Kirkoswald, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Joseph HAIR | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Monkton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Stewart HAMILTON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| William HAMILTON | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Agnes HARRIS | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Catharine HART | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Blind | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Joseph HASSAN | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Thomas HENDRY | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James HOGG | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Martha HOOD | W | 45 | F | Inmate | Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland | ||
| Mary HOUSTON | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Hand Sewer | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James HUNTER | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Charles INGLIS | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ireland | |
| Agnes JENKINS | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John JONES | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Deaf And Dumb | Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland |
| James KAY | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Tarbolton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Margaret KAY | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John KELLY | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Stoneykirk, Wigtown, Scotland | |
| Christina KERR | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Fish Hawker | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John KERR | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James KING | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Janet KING | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Tarbolton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Mary KING | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | Ireland | |
| Jane LAMONT | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | Ireland | |
| William LAUCHLAN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Beith, Ayr, Scotland | |
| David LAWSON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Baker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Thomas LYNCH | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ireland | |
| Agnes MACKIE | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Isabella MACKIE | W | 24 | F | Inmate | Dalmellington, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| John MAITLAND | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Agnes MANLEY | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Ireland | |
| Susan MANLEY | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sorn, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Simon MARTIN | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Douglas, Lanark, Scotland | |
| John MATHIESON | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Blind | Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Rose Ann MC CART | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Margaret MC CARTNEY | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Rag Picker | Portpatrick, Wigtown, Scotland | |
| William MC CLELLAND | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Monkton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Fanny MC COOMB | W | 50 | F | Inmate | |||
| Isabella MC CRACKEN | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James MC DONALD | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | England | |
| Robert MC GARVIE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ireland | |
| James MC GILL | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Ironstone Miner | Ireland | |
| Gibson MC GOLLAN | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Monkton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Mary MC INALTY | M | 44 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Ireland | |
| William MC KEEVOR | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Annie MC KENZIE | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Fort William, Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Christopher MC KENZIE | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Elgin, Elgin, Scotland | ||
| Elizabeth MC KENZIE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Rebecca MC KENZIE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Mary MC LEARIE | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | Ireland | |
| Margaret MC MASTER | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Hand Sewer | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Elizabeth MC MILLAN | U | 34 | F | Inmate | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Alexander MC MOREAND | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Maybole, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Janet MC MURTIE | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Francis MC PIKE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Martha MC PIKE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Mary Ann MC PIKE | 5 | F | Inmate | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland | |||
| Susan MC PIKE | 2 | F | Inmate | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland | |||
| Thomas MC PIKE | U | 16 | M | Inmate | None | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Catharine MC WHIRTER | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Isabella MEIKLE | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | St Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Maria MILLIGAN | U | 84 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Ireland | |
| James MORGAN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
| Elizabeth MUIR | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Monkton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Agnes MURDOCH | U | 7m | F | Inmate | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Janet MURDOCH | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dalmellington, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James NIMMO | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John NIMMO | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Printer | Sorn, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Alexander NISBETT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Maybole, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James NIVEN | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tarbolton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Margaret NOTMAN | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Agnes O'HARA | U | 36 | F | Inmate | St.Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Cornelius O'ROURKE | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Ironstone Miner | Ireland | |
| Mary PATON | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Deaf | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Grace RAE | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Newton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| John REID | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Weaver | Imbecile | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland |
| Agnes RICHMOND | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland | ||
| Martha ROBERTSON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Hawker | St Quivox, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Mary ROBERTSON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Sorn, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Euphemia ROSEWEN | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland | |
| Isabella SCOTT | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland | |
| James SMITH | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Maybole, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Jane SPEIRS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Tarbolton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Francis F. STEWART | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Thomas STIOREY | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| James TEMPLETON | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Jane THORN | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Mary TOONEY | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Margaret TORNANY | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Alexander TUNNOCK | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Jane WADDEL | M | 51 | F | Inmate | Blind | Ireland | |
| Jane WATSON | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Janet WATSON | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Muirkirk, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Elizabeth WHITE | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Out Door Worker | Riccarton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Hugh WHITEHOUSE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Ayr, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Annie WILSON | 5 | F | Inmate | Saltcoats, Ayr, Scotland | |||
| Mary WILSON | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Hand Loom Weaver | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Thomas WILSON | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| Jessie YOUNG | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Hand Loom Weaver | Newton, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Mary YOUNG | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Irvine, Ayr, Scotland |
Total residents: 135
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