Robert McCreath (1847-??) married Harriet Dunlop on 23 October 1873. He farmed at Auchinwinn, Maybole. The farm had 180 arable acres and employed 2 men and two girls.
Robert and Harriet had three children:
James McCreath born about 1875.
William Dunlop McCreath born 30 August 1876
Harriet J McCreath born c. 1881