Description
This collection contains a listing of entries in the 1841 Argyll census, originally compiled by Edna Stark, contains surnames, forenames, ages, parish numbers, enumeration book numbers and page and address at the census. It is a search aid to help locate original records.
Volume 1 contains the Census Indexes for Muckairn, Kilchrenan & Dalavich, Kilninver & Kilmelford and Ardchattan.
The Parish of Muchairn (Parish 529), formerly Kilespickerill, is on Loch Etive’s south shore, centred on Taynuilt. Separated from Ardchattan (Parish 504) in 1829, its population in 1841 was 812. Estates included Crunachy, Inverawe, Barguillean, Airds Bay and Muckairn.
Kilchrennan & Dalavich (Parish 517) is a combined parish on Loch Awe. The 1841 population was 943, with landowners including the Marquess of Breadalbane and Malcolm of Poltalloch.
Kilninver & Kilmelfort (Parish 524), south of Kilmore & Kilbride, had a combined population of 895 in 1841, with Campbells of Breadalbane as main estate owners. Kilmelfort once contained a gunpowder factory. When it closed in the 1870s there was a considerable loss of population.
Ardchattan lies north of Loch Etive, south of Lismore & Appin, Argyll’s second-largest parish, was joined to Muckairn in the seventeenth century and separated from it in 1829, its population in 1841 was 1458. The main landowners in 1841 were all Campbells, Campbell of Lochnell and Campbell of Barcaldine being the largest.
