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From: "Ann Amor" <>
Subject: [AYR] KILMARNOCK RITCHIE family
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:29:27 -0000
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Hello again Alan,

Witch Rd is definitely still standing and I'd be happy to take some pictures
for you when I next go up if you wish.

There was a business called Grant & Ritchie in the 1870s you know?
William Ritchie was a Foreman at the engineering works of Andrew Barclay's
Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock. When George Caldwells smalltime engineering
works came up for sale after Georges death in April 1876, William bought it
along with Thomas Maxwell Grant and a local Doctor called James McAlister,
who provided most of the funds. Grant bought the Townholme Engine Works too
and the firm of Grant & Ritchie and Co was the result. There are tales of
Grant and Ritchie leaving work from Barclays one evening with a bunch of
engineering drawings and their new, very similar, business springing up
overnight .......but that's libellous and another story! Grant & Ritchie
profitted until the economic depression of the 1920s but did not survive and
the works closed on 23rd July 1926 and was liquidated two years later.

Might this be your William Ritchie?
Ann

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From: ALAN RITCHIE <>
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Subject: [AYR] [Fwd: KILMARNOCK RITCHIE family]


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> Looking for any RITCHIE researcher that could help me with the the
> following queries.
> Part of my family lived in 1881 at VICTORIA COTTAGE ,WITCH ROAD
> KILMARNOCK
>
> 1891 at 28 WITCH ROAD KILMARNOCK
>
> and 1901 at 34 WITCH ROAD KILMARNOCK,
> Are these places still standing ?
>
> The head of he family was WILLIAM RITCHIE and he was stated in the
> 1901 census as a employer ENGINEER ,so I presume that he had a business
> nearby, or somewhere in KILMARNOCK. Could anybody help me locate this
> business.
> SOME of his family that have been hard to locate include,
>
> MARGARET b 3th nov 1867
> MARY b 19th feb 1870
> JANET b 9th feb 1872
> JEANIE b circa 1875
> JAMES b " 1877
> MATTHEW b " 1879 All born in KILMARNOCK
> WILLIAM b " 1881
> ROBERT b " 1882
> MARION " 1885
> ( mother - AGNES DUNLOP RITCHIE)
>
> With the great help of HELEN CURTIS ,she has found that this family had
> a GRANDDAUGHTER staying with them in the 1901 census .Her name was
> JESSIE ,and she was born around 1900-1901 as it is stated that she is 9
> months old on census night.I am guessing but I think that she is the
> daughter of JAMES born 1877 as he does not appear in the 1901
> census.Would they state a family member a granddaughter if she was
> illigetimate to one of the daughters?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> REGARDS ALAN RITCHIE GORE NEW ZEALAND
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