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Aberlour records

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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

Lookups

The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.
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Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
  • £3 for a single minute
  • £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
  • £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
William CRAIL Renstornack1845 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret DUNBAR 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jane FRASER 1879 (2)Order imagesNot in receipt of parochial relief
Jane FRASER 1879 (2)Order imagesNot in receipt of parochial relief
Margaret GORDON 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused
Elspet GRAY 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen HAY 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused
George MCKANDY 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused
Charles MCKERROW 1871 (2)Order imagesRefused
Charles MCKERROW 1871 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Isabella MCKERROW 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow MCRAE or SWAN 1877 (2)Order imagesRefused in respect that applicant and her dependent children can be removed to her own parish and be provided for there
Helen MURRAY 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused
James SINGERS 1875 (2)Order imagesRefused
William YOUNIE 1873 (3)Order imagesApplicant dead

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
John ANDERSON31 October 1856Janet ANDERSONFind the father
Isabella BAILLIE1 December 1867Elizabeth BAILLIEFind the father
Mary BLACK21 August 1855Margaret BLACKFind the father
Elspet Ann BUCHAN20 February 1864Margaret BUCHANFind the father
John BUCHAN20 December 1874Margaret BUCHANFind the father
William BUCHAN29 January 1866Margaret BUCHANFind the father
Jane CAMERON19 May 1863Elspet CAMERONFind the father
Elspet Simpson COUTTS13 June 1874Elspet COUTTSFind the father
Margaret COWIE27 November 1859Isabella COWIEFind the father
Martha Munro CUMMING11 December 1873Elizabeth CUMMINGFind the father
John DUNCAN31 December 1860Margaret DUNCANFind the father
Jane FORBES28 December 1865Penelope FORBESFind the father
James FRASER28 December 1871Jessie FRASERFind the father
William FRASER6 October 1871Jessie FRASERFind the father
Helen GORDON4 November 1871Margaret GORDONFind the father
John Alexander GORDON25 January 1874Annie GORDONFind the father
Margaret GORDON24 November 1873Margaret GORDONFind the father
Margaret GORDON4 January 1874Mary GORDONFind the father
Charlotte Grant GRAHAM3 March 1874Ann GRAHAMFind the father
James GRAHAM28 December 1871Mary GRAHAMFind the father
Jane GRAHAM13 May 1868Ann GRAHAMFind the father
John GRAHAM15 December 1868Mary GRAHAMFind the father
Margaret GRAHAM3 August 1866Ann GRAHAMFind the father
Catharine GRANT14 January 1863Jessie Or Janet GRANTFind the father
James Smith GRANT9 August 1871Jane GRANTFind the father
Jane GRANT13 September 1868Isabella GRANTFind the father
John GRANT26 September 1855Jean GRANTFind the father
Louisa GRANT27 January 1859Isabella GRANTFind the father
Penuel GRANT2 May 1859Janet GRANTFind the father
William GRANT27 April 1859Jane GRANTFind the father
Ann GRAY8 December 1863Janet GRAYFind the father
Betsy GRAY27 November 1859Hellen GRAYFind the father
Helen GRAY21 February 1858Elspet GRAYFind the father
Hellen GRAY27 November 1859Hellen GRAYFind the father
Isabella GRAY28 March 1863Elspet GRAYFind the father
Ann GREEN22 February 1870Ann GREENFind the father
Jessie HAY9 December 1872Ann HAYFind the father
John HAY29 January 1869Helen HAYFind the father
John INGLIS20 October 1871Jane INGLISFind the father
Elizabeth JACK10 July 1864Elizabeth JACKFind the father
John Campbell LOBBAN1 December 1874Elspet LOBBANFind the father
William LOBBAN3 May 1871Elspet LOBBANFind the father
Elizabeth MCCONACHIE21 August 1856Jessie MCCONACHIEFind the father
Jessie MCCONACHIE7 January 1860Elspet MCCONACHIEFind the father
William MCCONACHIE16 September 1867Elizabeth MCCONACHIEFind the father
Jean MCGREGOR17 June 1856Margaret MCGREGORFind the father
William MCGREGOR14 May 1858Jean MCGREGORFind the father
Jane MCINTOSH19 August 1861Ann MCINTOSHFind the father
John MCINTOSH11 March 1859Ann MCINTOSHFather found
John MCINTOSH12 February 1863Betsy MCINTOSHFind the father
Mary Ann MCINTOSH30 July 1861Mary Ann MCINTOSHFind the father
Jean MCKERRON13 February 1866Jane MCKERRONFind the father
William MCKERRON17 March 1865Ann MCKERRONFind the father
George MCPHERSON1 September 1861Jessie MCPHERSONFather found
James Proctor MCWILLIAM18 June 1872Isabella MCWILLIAMFind the father
Jessie MCWILLIAM26 December 1869Mary Ann MCWILLIAMFind the father
James MIDDLETON5 December 1873Isabella MIDDLETONFind the father
Elizabeth Jane MURRAY6 December 1866Isabella MURRAYFind the father
Francis MURRAY24 February 1869Helen MURRAYFind the father
Hellen Jane MURRAY26 April 1860Hellen MURRAYFind the father
Robert MURRAY8 January 1867Helen MURRAYFind the father
Ann RANNIE3 August 1858Margaret RANNIEFind the father
James RANNIE14 April 1860Jannet RANNIEFind the father
Jessie RANNIE7 July 1862Margaret RANNIEFind the father
William RANNIE29 January 1868Elizabeth RANNIEFind the father
Isabella Murray ROSS10 February 1872Isabella ROSSFind the father
Helen SHAW24 December 1865Jane SHAWFind the father
Margaret SHAW9 August 1855Mary SHAWFind the father
William SHAW25 March 1861May SHAWFind the father
Charles Grieve SHEARER19 April 1874Rachel SHEARERFind the father
James SHEARER16 May 1870Isabella SHEARERFind the father
Robert SHEARER22 July 1871Rachel SHEARERFind the father
Robert SHEARER11 April 1872Betsy SHEARERFind the father
James Cumming SIMPSON28 April 1874Isa Cumming SIMPSONFind the father
Jonathan SINGER9 December 1865Mary SINGERFind the father
Helen STEWART14 March 1856Isabela STEWARTFind the father
Jane STEWART3 September 1865Barbara STEWARTFind the father
Jane STEWART10 January 1866Margaret STEWARTFind the father
Jean STEWART3 October 1858Jean STEWARTFind the father
John STEWART30 March 1860Betty STEWARTFind the father
John STEWART23 December 1874Isabella STEWARTFind the father
Margaret Ann STEWART14 July 1855Isabella Stewart Or STUARTFind the father
George STUART10 January 1866Christina STUARTFind the father
Jane STUART23 December 1865Janet STUARTFather found
Jane Scott Skinner STUART9 August 1868Helen STUARTFind the father
Jane Sutherland STUART29 November 1870Christina STUARTFind the father
Jessie Ann STUART15 October 1872Helen STUARTFind the father
Jessie Ann STUART16 October 1872Isabella STUARTFind the father
Mary STUART13 January 1859Margaret STUARTFind the father
Peter STUART10 May 1870Ann STUARTFind the father
George THOMSON27 December 1858Isabella THOMSONFather found
Williamina THOMSON19 November 1858Mary THOMSONFind the father
Jane WATT2 April 1859Isabel WATTFind the father
Robert YOUNIE22 July 1863Elizabeth YOUNIEFather found

Rolls of Male Heads of Families

In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish

Kirk Session Records Index

Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.