and introduced
myself to Ant
got tea, fixed up
took a stroll, bought
a knife, seen
no persons I know
Wednesday the 24
raining, went down
with Ant & seen
John's house, got his
umbrella & walked
down to Tods, had
dinner the Ant
Mary cart to
Kilmarnock 4 1/2
Kilmarnock was where the Cochrane’s lived before
immigrating to Canada in 1852, they lived at
Grange Gate and the Todd family were their neighbours
The Aunt that lived in Kilmarnock in 1881 was James’s
mother’s sister Jean.
She was Jean McGaan that married James Wyllie, they
had several children, one of which was named John Wyllie.
Aunt Jean lived at 78 Dean St and was a widow in 1881,
John lived at 32 Portland Road, he was a grocer & spirit merchant.
Aunt Mary was James’s father’s sister.
Mary Cochrane married James Walker and they lived in
Bogside just out of Dundonald about 4 ½ miles from Kilmarnock
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