This map shows the area and the parishes around Kilmarnock, Ayrshire where this branch of the family lived for over 200 years and the locations of Back St, Kilmarnock and Wallace St, Galston. One of the more confusing aspects of these Ayrshire parishes involves Newmilns. South of the River Irvine it was called Greenholm and was in the parish of Galston while north of the river the original Newmilns area was in Loudoun. The village became Newmilns and Greenholm and nowadays is generally called Newmilns. 1851 Census - Marion Bruce & William Henry In the 1851 Census Marion Bruce now a widow, aged 47, was living in Galston with daughters Mary Bruce* (woollen bonnet knitter, unmarried, aged 20) and Marion Bruce (woollen bonnet knitter, unmarried, aged 15). Also grandson William Henry** (aged 5 months). * Mary Bruce must be Mary Mathieson (b abt 1830) who is recorded in this Census with her mother’s surname acquired as a result of the second marriage. ** William Henry (b about Oct 1850 in Galston) is the child of Mary Mathieson/Bruce and a William Henry/Hendry/Hendrie whose identity has been difficult to determine. Over the years this child’s surname changed through variations of Henry/Hendry to Bruce Hendrie to Bruce. Mary Mathieson had another child with William Henry. This was Margaret Henry/Hendry/Hendrie, also known as Margaret Bruce (born abt 1853, Kilmarnock). She appears as Margaret Henry (aged 8) in the 1861 Census.
Riccarton Riccarton Loudoun Loudoun Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Galston Galston Kilmaurs Kilmaurs
1851 Census : Wallace St, Galston
Marion Irvine b abt 1803  Alexander Bruce  William Mathieson m 1825 m 1834  William Henry   Mary Mathieson b 1831  Marion Bruce b 1835  William Henry b 1850  Bruce Bruce