Person:John Gibson (99)

The Gibson family took up the tenancy at Auchenlosh Farm around 1744. The rent book for the farm with entries up until about 1820 is in my possession.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptism found in Southwick Session minute-book.

   /book found in Scottish Record Office circa 1990

2. ↑ Colvend (parish 861), in Scotland. Census Office. Census returns of Scotland for 1841. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952)
   Dist 6, page 10.

   Auchenlosh, Southwick, Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire
   John Gibson, 60, farmer
   Wilhelmina Gibson, 40
   John Gibson, 29
   Margaret Gibson, 15
   Robert Gibson, 13
   Janet Gibson, 11
   Jean Gibson, 9
   Elizabeth Gibson, 7
   William Gibson, 3
   Barbara Gibson, 2 months

   All born "in county"

3. ↑ Colvend (Parish 861), in Scotland. Census Office. Census Returns of Scotland for 1851
   Volume 4, page 1.

   Household 1 [in the census book]
   John Gibson, head, mar, m, 71, farmer of 100 acres arable & 284 acres pasture, employing 4 labourers, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   Wilhelmina Gibson, wife, mar, f, 51, born Dumfries[shire], Annan
   John Gibson, son, unm, m, 38, farmer's son; & land surveyor, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   Margaret Gibson, daur, unm, f, 24, farmer's daur, employed at home, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   Elizabeth Gibson, daur, unm, f, 17, farmer's daur, employed at home, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   William Gibson, son, unm, m, 14, scholar at school, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   Barbara Gibson, daur, unm, f, 10, scholar at school, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   John Walker, grandson, unm, m, 1, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   Walter Oliver, boarder, unm, m, 61, pauper, formerly a plasterer, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Colvend
   William Parkhill, servant, m, 24, farm servant, born Wigtown[shire], Penninghame
   George Geddes, servant, unm, 24, farm servant, born Kirkcudbright[shire], Urr
   

   Some of the inhabitants of the other households at Auchenlosh have been recognized as aunts, uncles and cousins of John Gibson.

   Image downloaded from ScotlandsPeople.
   
   John Gibson jr, the land surveyor, also had a voluntary position as Overseer of the Poor for the parish. He may have been the enumerator for this census. Note the amount of data included.
   
   The parentage of the "grandson", John Walker, is unknown.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Southwick Stone 52, in Mitchell, Alison. The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright monumental inscriptions pre 1855. (Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2JL: Scottish Genealogy Society, c1990-)
   Volume 2, 8b.

   John Gibson late farmer in Auchenlosh died 14 Dec 1865 aged 87,
   his [second] wife Wilhelmina Forsyth died 3 Sep 1869 aged 71,
   daughter Janet died Biggar 12 Jan 1884 aged 53,
   son Robert died Biggar 10 Jul 1895 aged 67.
   [First wife: Janet McWilliam, stone 33]