My Jane Ewart was married to John Harris born in Killie about 1816, who had a brother named Adam born in Dundonald about 1821..the brothers were coalminers and boarded while they were single with the David and Mary Bowie family in Riccarton..
Jane and John were married in the Parish Church of Kilmaurs, Church of Scotland 21 Jan 1842 and had at least 2 children..Adam born in Killie 2 Dec 1842 and Andrew Ewart born in Irvine in 1845..
By 1851 Jane had died (maybe in one of the cholera epidemics) and John was living in Knockentiber/Kilmaurs with the 2 boys..
The 2 sons were also coalminers and as teenagers boarded with the Maxwell family and later went to New Zealand about 1865..
Andrew Ewart Harris was my great grandfather..
Irvine is my birthplace and hometown. And I know all the other places very well.