Dailly Knoxes
A. William KNOX and Margaret STEWART were married in Dailly
on 2nd September 1794. They had nine children christened in Dailly:
John - 7/9/1795
James - 3/9/1797 (m Janet HART)
Archibald - 21/8/1799
Alexander - 8/3/1802 (m Jane CLEGG)
Jane - 26/7/1806
William - 21/2/1809
Thomas - 1/7/1811
Margaret - 8/4/1814
Mary - 30/1/1817
B. James KNOX and Janet HART were married in Dailly on
9th March 1824. They had nine children christened in Dailly:
Maragert Baird - 16/6/1826
Margaret - 20/9/1828
Alexander - 27/5/1830 (m Rosina HAMILTON) (C1)
Janet - 10/11/1834
William - 2/1/1833 (m Agnes GOVANS [second marriage???]) (C2)
Elizabeth - 2/8/1836
James - 14/12/1838 (m Jane Baird MCMILLAN) (C3)
John - 7/3/1841 (m Margaret BLACK) (C4)
Joseph Whitefield - 25/6/1843 (m Sarah AIRD and Janet
RALSTON) (C5)
Elizabeth - 1846?? (with the family on 1851 census but
no christening found)
C1. Alexander KNOX and Rosina HAMILTON were married in Dailly
on 26th October 1849. They had at least two children:
James Hamilton -1852, Dailly (D1)
Alexander -1855, Irvine (D2)
C2. William KNOX,a colliery engine keeper, had a daughter Jemima
(ch. 1865 ish, Kilmarnock - carpetsetter) Then he married Agnes
GOVANS in Kilmarnock on 20th March 1868. They had at least five
children:
William - 20/10/1868, Riccarton
Agnes Parker - 13/6/1870, Kilmarnock
Janet Hart - 30/3/1872, Cockpen, Midlothian
Robert Govan - 11/4/1874, Kilmarnock
James - 1880, Dalkeith, Midlothian
C3. James KNOX, a colliery manager, married Jane Baird MCMILLAN
in Kilmarnock on 30th December 1859. They lived at Comet Cottage,
Galston Road, Hurlford. They had twelve children, all christened
in Riccarton:
Mary - 25/5/1860
James - 4/9/1861 (pit engine keeper)
William - 10/5/1863 (pit engine keeper)
Janet - 4/1/1865 (dressmaker)
Annie McMillan - 24/8/1866
Margaret - 9/5/1868
Alexander - 31/3/1870
Elizabeth Walker - 31/12/1871
Jane - 17/1/1874
John - 1877
Ellen - 1878
David - 1881
C4.John KNOX, a colliery engine keeper, married Margaret BLACK
in Kilmarnock on 20th April 1861. They lived on Galston Road,
Hurlford. They had eight children:
James - 20/7/1861, Riccarton
Mary - 12/4/1865, Riccarton (pupil teacher)
James - 23/2/1865, Crookedholm (clerk colliery)
William Black - 25/11/1866, Crookedholm (grocer)
Alexander - 31/12/1868, Kilmarnock
John McPherson - 6/12/1870, Crookedholm
Phillis Maria Heddleston - 16/5/1873, Kilmarnock
Janet - 1879, Crookedholm
C5. Joseph Whitefield KNOX, an engine driver coalpit,
married Sarah AIRD in Kilmarnock 30th December 1864. They
had two children:
James - 17/5/1865, Riccarton (check weight winder and coal
miner) (m Jenny ADAMS) (D3)
Thomas Aird - 30/6/1867, Craigie
Then Joseph married Janet RALSTON in Cockpen, Midlothian, on
14th June 1872. They had four children:
Jospeh - 8/4/1869, Tarbolton
Maggie Ralston - 15/5/1873, Cockpen, Midlothian (m David CAIRNS)
Mary and Elizabeth - 1875, Cockpen
D1. James Hamilton KNOX, an engine keeper, and Margaret Hart
KING married in Riccarton on 30th April 1872. They had nine children:
Alexander - 14/6/1872, Riccarton
Robert - 30/8/1873, RIccarton
Janet - 1877, Cockpen
James King - 1879, Riccarton
Mary - 1880, Kilmarnock
Margaret - 1883
John - 1886
William - 1888
Joseph - 1890
D2. Alexander KNOX, an engineman colliery, and Jane BURTIN were
married in Riccarton on 19th June 1874. They lived on Galston
Road, Hurlford. They had seven children:
Alexander - 1877, Hurlford
John Burtin - 1879, Hurlford
James Hamilton - 1881, Hurlford
Jospeh - 1883
Elizabeth - 1885
William - 1888
Roabert - 1890
D3. James KNOX and Jenny ADAMS were married in 1887 in
Bonnyrigg (Cockpen), Midlothian. They lived at 33 Campview, Bonnyrigg.
They had five children, all christened at Bonnyrigg:
Joseph - 1887
George Adams - 1889
Agnes Logan - 1893
Jessie Ralston - 1897 (E)
Sarah Aird - 1899
E. Jessie Ralston KNOX had two children:
Jenny - 1918 (m Jimmy REID)
George Andrew Adams - 1920 (m Kathleen TOMKINSON) (F)
Then she married Duncan BROWN and had two more sons, James and
John.
F. George Andrew Adams KNOX and Kathleen TOMKINSON were
married in 1943 in Burnage, Manchester and had two children:
Karon Christine KNOX (1951) and Brian Andrew KNOX (1957)
G. Karon Christine KNOX had one child:
Daisy-Kate KNOX (1982)
I hope that makes sense! Most of them were colliers, as you can
see, and their various migrations seemed to chart a course round
several of the pits in Ayrshire. The mass exodus to Midlothian
in the 1870s apparently
corresponded with a general shortage of work on the western front,
so to speak!
Most of my info has been gained from the internet, IGI (notoriously
unreliable I know!) and kind people who have looked things up
for me. Not living anyway near Ayrshire, the methods I used to
build the other parts of my family tree (mainly the enormous
local library!) were somewhat defunct in the case of my Scottish
ancestors.
