Hello Tunji, I see from the 1861 census that Lorraine found for you that Andrew was a 'drainer'. I have a Samuel Barrie from Kirkconnel DFS who was a drainer - and he never seems to be at home on census night either. By luck I found him in Dalmellington in 1851, along with one of his sons, also a drainer. His wife appears in Kirkconnel censuses but Samuel is obviously always away working elsewhere. I presume that most of the work was fairly temporary and so it was not worthwhile for the whole family to move house. Janet

Hi Janet, Thanks for the info. I now know I most likely need to look elsewhere to find Andrew. Tunji On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Janet Smith <jmc.smith@waitrose.com> wrote: > Hello Tunji, > > I see from the 1861 census that Lorraine found for you that Andrew was a > 'drainer'. I have a Samuel Barrie from Kirkconnel DFS who was a drainer - > and he never seems to be at home on census night either. By luck I found > him in Dalmellington in 1851, along with one of his sons, also a drainer. > His wife appears in Kirkconnel censuses but Samuel is obviously always away > working elsewhere. I presume that most of the work was fairly temporary and > so it was not worthwhile for the whole family to move house. > > Janet > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >