Lodging Houses of Elbow Lane 1900s - Muirhead

Elaine Corbett 

Elizabeth Muirhead was the mistress of the lodging house in 1901. Her son William was also involved in the running. 

In the post relating to the Lowther family, the Muirheads are described as coming from Cumberland and making a crossover between travelling folk and miners. Note in the list of residents below  how many pedlars there are.

Between them they housed thirty-five people. The 1901 census gives their occupations mainly as General Labourers.

 

Name	Age	Place of Birth	Occupation
Robert McGregor	64	Edinburgh	Pedlar
Anne McGregor	74	England
Thomas Smith	54	England	General Labourer
Rpbert Toole	42	England	General Labourer
Philip Colin	73	Ireland	General Labourer
John Campbell	41	Banfshire	General Labourer
John Higgins	25	Ireland	General Labourer
John Dunn	25	England	General Labourer
John Girvan	54	Ireland	General Labourer
John Clark	55	Ireland	Pedlar
Eliza Clark	55	Perth	Pedlar
John Smith	75	Ireland	Coal Miner
Andrew Johnstone	47	Kilmarnock	Masons Labourer
Samuel Shanes	24	Stewart Newtown	General Labourer
James Mitchell	30	Dumfries	General Labourer
Michael Carrick	87	Ireland	General Labourer
James Connor	41	England	Coal Miner
James Larkin	45	Ireland	General Labourer
Robert Kennedy	28	Ireland	General Labourer
John Neil	65	Renfrew	General Labourer
John Thomson	48	England	General Labourer
Robert Feasie	42	Ireland	Cork Cutter
John Wilson	32	England	General Labourer
James Robinson	50	Dundee	Shoemaker
Robert Lawson	52	Eaglesham	General Labourer
William Taylor	46	England	Pedlar
John Roberts	37	Wales	General Labourer
John Daly	27	England	General Labourer
Thomas McLean	47	Wigtownshire	Pedlar
Mary McClean	50	Wigtownshire
Patrick Dugan	24	Lanarkshire	Coal Miner
Maggie Dugan	26	Lanarkshire
Robert McEwing	60	Perth	Pedlar
Margaret McEwing	66	Ireland	Pedlar
William Fitzsimmons	62	Ireland	Pedlar