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CH2/439/1Minutes and Communion roll
Minutes - 1837-1840
Minutes - 1869-1870
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CH2/439/2Baptismal register1887-1976Request lookup
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CH2/439/4Baptismal register1855-1872Request lookup
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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.

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Alexander CAMERON10 September 1859Jean CAMERONFind the father
Alexander CAMERON2 May 1864Flora CAMERONFind the father
Alexr. CAMERON16 September 1872Catharine CAMERONFind the father
Allan CAMERON10 January 1859Chirsty CAMERONFind the father
Anne CAMERON13 January 1869Flory CAMERONFind the father
Anne CAMERON4 February 1869Isabella CAMERONFind the father
Catherine CAMERON9 June 1862Emily CAMERONFind the father
Chirsty CAMERON4 July 1868Sarah CAMERONFind the father
Dugald CAMERON26 January 1867Mary CAMERONFind the father
Ewen CAMERON8 September 1865Sarah CAMERONFind the father
Ewen CAMERON16 January 1866Jessie CAMERONFind the father
Floray CAMERON24 July 1856Catharine CAMERONFind the father
Hugh CAMERON31 January 1868Sarah CAMERONFind the father
Janet CAMERON1 July 1861Isabella CAMERONFind the father
Jennet CAMERON28 January 1866Emly CAMERONFind the father
Joan Kerr CAMERON28 May 1872Ann CAMERONFind the father
John CAMERON19 February 1860Anne CAMERONFather found
Margaret CAMERON23 May 1864Marjory CAMERONFind the father
Margaret CAMERON9 March 1866Betsey CAMERONFind the father
Mary CAMERON21 September 1859Flora CAMERONFind the father
Misy CAMERON9 June 1867Ann CAMERONFind the father
Peggy CAMPBELL13 August 1866Ann CAMPBELLFind the father
Lachlin CORBET17 May 1862Mary CORBETFind the father
William CORSON16 August 1873Mary CORSONFind the father
Chirsty CUMMING26 October 1865Margaret CUMMINGFind the father
Elizabeth DAVIDSON16 May 1871Annie Mcmillan DAVIDSONFind the father
Elizabeth DEMPSTER7 August 1862Elizabeth DEMPSTERFind the father
Chirsty GILLIES17 June 1874Marcella GILLIESFind the father
Isabella GILLIES4 October 1868Margaret GILLIESFind the father
James GILLIES6 August 1870Mary GILLIESFind the father
Duncan HENDERSON11 September 1868Flory HENDERSONFind the father
John HENDERSON24 May 1864Chirsty HENDERSONFind the father
Angus HUNTER14 September 1869Margaret HUNTERFind the father
Anne LIVINGSTON20 September 1867Mary LIVINGSTONFind the father
Donald LIVINGSTON3 May 1874Margaret LIVINGSTONFind the father
Flory LIVINGSTON19 March 1867Effy LIVINGSTONFind the father
James LIVINGSTON22 September 1862Emily LIVINGSTONFind the father
John LIVINGSTON30 April 1874Margaret LIVINGSTONFind the father
Maggy Anne LIVINGSTON23 February 1873Effy LIVINGSTONFind the father
Margaret LIVINGSTON28 January 1871Mary LIVINGSTONFind the father
Sarah LIVINGSTON14 April 1874Mary LIVINGSTONFind the father
Hugh MACCOLL20 March 1859Vear MACCOLLFind the father
John MACCOLL4 July 1867Sarah MACCOLLFind the father
Alexandrina MACDONALD8 December 1856Isabell MACDONALDFind the father
Catharine MACDONALD11 May 1874Flora MACDONALDFind the father
John MACDONALD23 September 1859Catharine MACDONALDFind the father
John MACEACHEN31 August 1857Mary MACEACHENFind the father
Mary Ann MACEACHEN15 November 1858Catherine MACEACHENFind the father
Alexander MACGILVRAY5 February 1872Margaret MACGILVRAYFind the father
John MACGILVRAY31 January 1859Isabella MACGILVRAYFind the father
Mary Anne MACKAY24 October 1859Mary MACKAYFind the father
James MACLACHLAN23 October 1874Chirsty MACLACHLANFind the father
Margaret MACLACHLAN8 March 1865Mary MACLACHLANFind the father
Charles MACLELLAN3 August 1855Margaret MACLELLANFind the father
Duncan MACMILLAN23 March 1874Jessie MACMILLANFind the father
Mary Anne MACMILLAN8 March 1862Mary MACMILLANFind the father
Angus MACNAUGHTAN11 August 1858Mary MACNAUGHTANFind the father
Ann MACNAUGHTON13 February 1874Flora MACNAUGHTONFind the father
Flora MACNAUGHTON2 June 1856Mary MACNAUGHTONFind the father
Mary MACPHAIL25 April 1863Euphemia MACPHAILFind the father
Emily MACPHEE4 April 1873Margaret MACPHEEFind the father
Ann MACPHERSON12 June 1863Jane MACPHERSONFind the father
Donald MACPHERSON14 January 1856Janet MACPHERSONFind the father
Margaret MACPHERSON18 May 1861Christina MACPHERSONFind the father
Mary MACPHERSON3 April 1873Margaret MACPHERSONFind the father
Misey MACPHERSON8 June 1860Flory MACPHERSONFather found
Angus MACVARISH5 December 1866Anne MACVARISHFind the father
Flora MCCOLL16 August 1870Emley MCCOLLFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD22 January 1866Clementina MCDONALDFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD17 September 1871Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Archibald MCDONALD17 June 1861Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Ewen MCDONALD17 May 1871Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Hughina MCDONALD22 May 1870Ellen MCDONALDFind the father
Joanna MCDONALD22 September 1868Mary MCDONALDFind the father
John MCDONALD30 May 1861Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Margaret MCDONALD8 April 1870Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Mary MCDONALD3 August 1871Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Mary Ann MCDONALD30 July 1870Catherine MCDONALDFind the father
Peggy MCDONALD23 September 1865Ann MCDONALDFind the father
Peggy MCDONALD13 November 1866Catherine MCDONALDFind the father
Donald MCEACHAN20 June 1866Anne MCEACHANFind the father
Donald MCEACHEN8 May 1869Chirsty MCEACHENFind the father
John MCEACHERN13 September 1864Mary MCEACHERNFind the father
Patrick MCEACHERN28 July 1861Mary MCEACHERNFind the father
Angus MCGILVRAY2 November 1866Mary MCGILVRAYFind the father
Archibald MCGILVRAY22 March 1862Mary MCGILVRAYFind the father
Christiana MCINTOSH25 April 1857Christiana MCINTOSHFind the father
Lachlin MCINTYRE13 December 1863Mary MCINTYREFind the father
Duncan MCISAAC30 May 1868Alice MCISAACFind the father
John MCKENZIE19 June 1865Ann MCKENZIEFind the father
Donald MCKINNON17 February 1863Mary MCKINNONFind the father
Donald MCLACHLAN19 March 1866Misey MCLACHLANFind the father
James MCLACHLAN26 June 1869Mary MCLACHLANFind the father
John MCLEAN23 February 1874Janet MCLEANFind the father
Angus MCLELLAN5 July 1862Catherine MCLELLANFind the father
Jane MCMASTER29 April 1872Anne MCMASTERFind the father
Thomas Foster MCMASTER13 November 1869Catherine MCMASTERFind the father
Chirsty MCMILLAN4 May 1873Effy MCMILLANFind the father
John MCMILLAN26 June 1871Jessie MCMILLANFind the father
Mary MCNAUGHTAN2 August 1871Emily MCNAUGHTANFind the father
Hugh MCNAUGHTON4 February 1860Mary MCNAUGHTONFind the father
Mary MCNAUGHTON30 April 1860Catherine MCNAUGHTONFind the father
John Neil MCPHEE13 September 1865Catherine MCPHEEFind the father
Catherine MCPHERSON11 March 1861Catherine MCPHERSONFind the father
Duncan MCPHERSON9 February 1871Margaret MCPHERSONFind the father
Ellen MURRAY5 December 1865Agnes MURRAYFind the father
Allan STEWART26 September 1872Mary Anne STEWARTFind the father
David STEWART16 May 1866Betsy STEWARTFind the father
Donald STEWART2 February 1874Margaret STEWARTFind the father
John STEWART29 June 1866Margaret STEWARTFind the father
James STODDART9 March 1862Isabella STODDARTFind the father

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.

Male Heads of families 1837 (NRS Reference: CH2/439/1 pp. 5-7)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
DonaldCameronGortenfern
Donald CMcfieGortenfern
JamesCameronGortenfern
JohnCameronGortenfern
JohnCameronGortenfern
AlexrCameronGorteneorn
AngusCameronGorteneorn
AngusCameronGorteneorn
JohnCameronGorteneorn
DonaldCameronGorteneorn
AlexrCameronArivegag*BLOG*
AlexrCameronArivegag
AlexrCameronArivegag
AlexrCameronArivegag
DuncanCameronArivegag
JohnMcphersonArivegag
DonaldMcphersonArivegag
AlexrCameronArdtoe
DuncanCameronArdtoe
AlexrCameronArdtoe
DonaldCameronArdtoe
HughCameronArdtoe
HughMcCalmanArdtoe
LachlanMcphersonArdtoe
JohnMcpheeArdtoe
AlexrMcpheeArdtoe
JohnMcCalmanArdtoe
JohnCameronArdtoe
HughCameronArdtoe
DonaldCameronShielfoot
DuncanCameronShielfoot
ArchibaldCameronShielfoot
AlexrMcphersonShielfoot
JohnMcphersonShielfoot
JohnMcphersonShielfoot
DonaldMcphersonShielfoot
HughMcphersonMingary
AlexrMcintyrePortvat
DuncanMcarthurKinlochmoydart
DuncanMcdonaldKinlochmoydart
DonaldCameronKinlochmoydart
AlexrMcgilvrayKinlochmoydartdead
LachlinChisholmLochans
JohnCameronMoss Moydart
AlexrMcgregorMoss Moydart
DugaldMcnaughtonAharcle
HughMcnaughtonAharcle
AlexrCameronAharcle
JohnCameronAharcle
JamesMcnaughtonAharcle
JohnMcnaughtonAharcle
HughMcnaughtonAharcle
DonaldCameronAharcle
AngusMcphersonAharcle
JohnCameronAharcle
AngusCameronAharcle
AlexrCameronAharcle
JohnCameronAharcle
JohnMcphersonAharcle
DonaldMcnaughtonAharcle
ColinCampbellAharcle
DuncanMcintoshClash"left Can"[ada?]$
JohnMcmillanAchnellan
JamesCameronRessipoll
JohnCameronRessipoll
WilliamMcmillanRessipoll
JohnCameronRessipoll
JohnMcmillanRessipoll
AngusMcpherson
DonaldCameronRessipoll
AlexrCameronRessipoll
DugaldMcnaughtonSalen
AlexrMcphersonSalen
MalcolmMcnaughtonRhifollan
JamesCameronRhifollan
DonaldMcphersonRhifollan
JohnCameronTarbert
DuncanCameronTarbert
AngusMcnaughtonTarbert
DonaldMclachlanTarbert
JohnMcmillanTarbert
JohnMcnaughtonTarbert"left Can"[ada?]$
JohnCameronTarbert
AllanCampbellCamusines
DonaldMckenzieCamusines
JohnCameronCamusines"left Can"[ada?]$
JohnMcphersonCamusines
HughCameronLaga
DuncanCameronLaga
JohnCameronLaga
AlexrCameronLaga
DuncanMcphersonLaga
JohnMcphersonLaga
JohnMcphersonLaga
AlexrCameronGlenborodale
HughCameronGlenborodale
AllanCameronGlenborodale
CollMcdugallGlenborodale
JohnMcleanGlenborodale
DuncanMcmillanGlenborodale
HughCameronGlenbeg
AllanMcdonaldGlenbeg
JohnHendersonGlenbeg

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/439/1 pp. 16-18)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
DonaldCameronGortenfearn
JamesCameronGortenfearn
JohnCameronGortenfearn
JohnCameronGortenfearn
ThomasRitchieGortenfearn
AlexanderCameronGorteneorna
AngusCameronGorteneorna
AngusCameronGorteneorna
JohnCameronGorteneorna
AlexanderCameronGorteneorna
JohnMckayGorteneorna
HughMccallumGorteneorna
JohnStewartGorteneorna
ArchdCampbellGorteneorna
AlexanderCameronArivegaig
AlexanderCameronArivegaig
AlexanderCameronArivegaig
AlexanderCameronArivegaig
DuncanCameronArivegaig
JohnMcphersonArivegaig
DonaldMcphersonArivegaig
AlexanderCameronArdtoe
DuncanCameronArdtoe
AlexanderCameronArdtoe
DonaldCameronArdtoe
DonaldMcPhieArdtoe
AlexanderMcPhieArdtoe
HughMcCalmanArdtoe
JohnMcCalmanArdtoe
JohnCameronArdtoe
LachlanMcphersonArdtoe
JohnMcPhieArdtoe
ArchdCameronArdtoe
HughCameronArdtoe
DonaldCameronShielfoot
DuncanCameronShielfoot
ArchdCameronShielfoot
AlexanderMcphersonShielfoot
JohnMcphersonShielfoot
JohnMcphersonShielfoot
HughMcphersonMingary
AlexanderMcintyrePortavata
DuncanMcarthurKinloch Moidart
DonaldCameronKinloch Moidart
LachlanChisholmLochans
JohnCameronMoidart Moss
AlexanderMcgregorMoidart Moss
DonaldMcnaughtonAcharacle
HughMcnaughtonAcharacle
JamesMcnaughtonAcharacle
JohnMcnaughtonAcharacle
HughMcnaughtonAcharacle
DugaldMcnaughtonAcharacle
DuncanMcnaughtonAcharacle
AlexanderCameronAcharacle
JohnCameronAcharacle
DonaldCameronAcharacle
JohnCameronAcharacle
AngusCameronAcharacle
AlexanderCameronAcharacle
DuncanMcmillanAcharacle
JohnMcphersonAcharacle
AngusMcphersonAcharacle
ColinCampbellAcharacle
DonaldCameronAcharacle
ColinCameronAchenellan
JohnMcmillanAcharacle
JamesCameronResipoll
JohnCameronResipoll
WilliamMcmillanResipoll
JohnMcmillanResipoll
AngusMcphersonResipoll
AllanCameronResipoll
DugaldMcnaughtonSalen
AlexanderMcphersonSalen
MalcolmMcnaughtonRiafollain
DonaldMcphersonRiafollain
JohnCameronRiafollain
JohnCameronTarbert
DuncanCameronTarbert
AngusMcnaughtonTarbert
DonaldMclachlanTarbert
JohnCameronTarbert
AllanCampbellCamusines
DonaldMckinnonCamusines
JohnCameronCamusines
HughCameronLaga
JohnCameronLaga
AlexanderCameronLaga
DuncanMcphersonLaga
JohnMcphersonLaga
JohnMcphersonLaga
JohnMcphersonLaga
AlexanderCameronGlenborrodale
HughCameronGlenborrodale
AllanCameronGlenborrodale
HughMcdougallGlenborrodale
JohnMcleanGlenborrodale
HughCameronGlenbeg
AllanMcdonaldGlenbeg
JohnHendersonGlenbeg
DuncanMcmasterClaish
AlexrMcPhieBlaran

Kirk Session Records Index

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