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Banchory Devenick records
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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results
Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland
Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George FRASER | 1882 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Mary Ann GORDON or STEWART | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James HUNTER | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Elizabeth LEIPER | 1866 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Charlotte RODGER | 1882 (2) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Widow Isabella WOOD or ROBERTSON | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha ALLAN Findon, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire | Adam INNES | 19 Aug 1881 | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/19 |
| Catherine BEATTIE Hole in the Wall, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire | Peter DURNO | 19 Sep 1872 Elsick, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire | Order now | Glasgow SC36/14/56 |
| Catherine BEATTIE Hole in the Wall, Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire | Peter DURNO | 19 Sep 1872 Elsick, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire | Order now | Glasgow SC36/14/56 |
| Ann LEIPER Downies, Banchory Devenick | William MAIN | 15 Aug 1860 | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/5 |
| Jane STOTT Causewayport, Banchory Devenick. Kincardineshire | William WALKER | 22 Jun 1881 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/53 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
Anatomy register
This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| John ADAMS | 6 September 1866 | Mary ADAMS | Find the father |
| Elspet ALLAN | 26 January 1855 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| George ANDERSON | 18 August 1871 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Jane ANDERSON | 14 February 1866 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John ANDERSON | 20 June 1869 | Margaret ANDERSON | Father found |
| Amina Matthews ANGUS | 17 June 1866 | Mary ANGUS | Find the father |
| James BEATTIE | 27 July 1856 | Barbara BEATTIE | Find the father |
| Catherine BEGG | 4 September 1870 | Catherine BEGG | Find the father |
| Elspet BLAIR | 19 July 1859 | Elizabeth BLAIR | Find the father |
| Margaret BLAIR | 1 August 1867 | Margaret BLAIR | Find the father |
| Margaret Ritchie BOOTH | 17 August 1867 | Helen BOOTH | Find the father |
| Isabella Silver BREMNER | 15 March 1868 | Ann BREMNER | Find the father |
| David BRIDGEFORD | 7 May 1861 | Christina BRIDGEFORD | Find the father |
| Robert BRIDGEFORD | 3 February 1867 | Christina BRIDGEFORD | Find the father |
| Elspit Massie BROWN | 1 July 1869 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 10 September 1864 | Flora BROWN | Find the father |
| Alexander BURNESS | 25 February 1864 | Isabella BURNESS | Find the father |
| Isabella BURNESS | 7 May 1862 | Isabella BURNESS | Find the father |
| John BURNESS | 15 December 1867 | Isabella BURNESS | Find the father |
| Margaret BURNESS | 26 August 1868 | Alexandrina BURNESS | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Main BURNESS | 23 January 1865 | Alexanderina BURNESS | Find the father |
| William BURNESS | 8 April 1868 | Charlotte BURNESS | Find the father |
| Mary Jane CARRY | 31 August 1871 | Mary CARRY | Find the father |
| James CHALMERS | 22 April 1869 | Jane CHALMERS | Find the father |
| William CLAPPERTON | 22 March 1864 | Jane CLAPPERTON | Find the father |
| Christian Smith COPLAND | 1 January 1866 | Margaret COPLAND | Find the father |
| Margaret COPLAND | 12 December 1863 | Mary COPLAND | Find the father |
| Mary COPLAND | 28 May 1859 | Margaret COPLAND | Find the father |
| Thomas COPLAND | 21 July 1872 | Margaret COPLAND | Find the father |
| James COUTTS | 8 August 1862 | Mary COUTTS | Father found |
| Andrew CRAIG | 2 September 1857 | Elspet CRAIG | Find the father |
| Ann CRAIG | 8 June 1859 | Ann CRAIG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CRAIG | 17 March 1857 | Isabella CRAIG | Find the father |
| George CRAIG | 30 March 1858 | Margaret CRAIG | Find the father |
| Lillias CRAIG | 24 March 1859 | Elspet CRAIG | Find the father |
| Mary Christie CRAIG | 20 December 1868 | Isabella CRAIG | Father found |
| David CUMMING | 8 February 1865 | Isabella CUMMING | Find the father |
| Hugh James Stewart CUMMING | 14 June 1874 | Ann Geddes CUMMING | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 15 October 1861 | Jessie DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Norman DAVIDSON | 26 October 1869 | Elizabeth DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| William DAVIDSON | 14 March 1855 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| James DAWSON | 23 December 1857 | Isabella DAWSON | Find the father |
| Helen DONALD | 30 November 1870 | Helen DONALD | Find the father |
| James DONALD | 23 August 1860 | Jessy DONALD | Find the father |
| Jessy DONALD | 2 April 1855 | Jessy DONALD | Find the father |
| William DONALD | 31 January 1864 | Jessie DONALD | Find the father |
| George DUFF | 6 May 1864 | Isabella DUFF | Find the father |
| William Calder DUNCAN | 23 June 1857 | Jessy DUNCAN | Find the father |
| William DUNN | 27 July 1874 | Margaret DUNN | Find the father |
| Alexander Gordon DURNO | 10 November 1867 | Jane Gordon DURNO | Find the father |
| Charles FORBES | 25 January 1859 | Agnes FORBES | Find the father |
| Alexander FRASER | 25 October 1859 | Isabella FRASER | Find the father |
| James Brown GIBB | 5 March 1862 | Hutcheon GIBB | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Innes GRANT | 21 February 1873 | Rebekah GRANT | Find the father |
| Robert GRUB | 13 October 1860 | Jane GRUB | Find the father |
| Alexander HENDERSON | 27 April 1866 | Christina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| James HENDERSON | 27 April 1866 | Christina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Charles Edward HILL | 11 October 1855 | Janet HILL | Find the father |
| Elspet HUNTER | 7 January 1855 | Christina HUNTER | Find the father |
| Robert HUNTER | 29 March 1858 | Margaret Ferries HUNTER | Find the father |
| Margaret JAMIESON | 27 June 1866 | Margaret JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Alexander Milne JOHNSTON | 19 December 1862 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| James Collie JOHNSTON | 29 September 1867 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Jane JOHNSTON | 10 January 1871 | May JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Margaret JOHNSTON | 30 September 1865 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 2 June 1861 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William Reid JOHNSTON | 24 December 1871 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| John KEIN | 4 September 1874 | Margaret KEIN | Find the father |
| Margaret KEITH | 22 September 1863 | Elizabeth KEITH | Find the father |
| Agnes KENN | 31 May 1859 | Jane KENN | Find the father |
| Henry KENN | 17 December 1861 | Elspet KENN | Find the father |
| William KENN | 12 June 1858 | Isabella KENN | Find the father |
| Alexander LEIPER | 26 May 1859 | Isabella LEIPER | Find the father |
| Ann LEIPER | 26 April 1856 | Agnes LEIPER | Find the father |
| Anne LEIPER | 14 August 1860 | Anne LEIPER | Find the father |
| Arthur Christie LEIPER | 18 September 1863 | Christina LEIPER | Father found |
| Christina Middleton LEIPER | 1 June 1868 | Jessy LEIPER | Find the father |
| Isabella LEIPER | 6 June 1871 | Jessy LEIPER | Find the father |
| Isabella LEIPER | 17 December 1874 | Agnes LEIPER | Find the father |
| Jane Mackie LEIPER | 17 December 1869 | Jane LEIPER | Find the father |
| John LEONARD | 3 October 1857 | Elizabeth LEONARD | Find the father |
| George LOW | 13 October 1859 | Rachel LOW | Find the father |
| James LOW | 13 January 1855 | Elizabeth LOW | Find the father |
| James MACDONALD | 18 December 1860 | Jane MACDONALD | Find the father |
| James MAIN | 29 September 1859 | Helen MAIN | Find the father |
| Jane MAIN | 4 July 1856 | Jane MAIN | Find the father |
| John MAIN | 8 July 1860 | Mary MAIN | Find the father |
| Margaret MAIN | 15 November 1868 | Isabella MAIN | Find the father |
| Mary MAIN | 21 March 1857 | Helen MAIN | Find the father |
| William MAIN | 8 January 1860 | Helen MAIN | Find the father |
| Francis Douglas MARSHALL | 5 December 1858 | Elizabeth MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Kenneth MARSHALL | 9 March 1861 | Elizabeth MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Agnes MASSON | 22 January 1873 | Margaret MASSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Burnett MASSON | 9 April 1863 | Helen MASSON | Find the father |
| George MASSON | 23 March 1871 | Margaret MASSON | Find the father |
| Helen MASSON | 6 April 1856 | Elspet MASSON | Find the father |
| James MASSON | 23 February 1866 | Helen MASSON | Find the father |
| Margaret MASSON | 13 November 1863 | Mary MASSON | Find the father |
| William Smith MASSON | 5 April 1868 | Agnes MASSON | Find the father |
| Jane MAVOR | 21 June 1869 | Jane MAVOR | Find the father |
| Robert MAVOR | 16 March 1869 | Jane MAVOR | Father found |
| Robert MAVOR | 22 November 1872 | Elizabeth MAVOR | Find the father |
| Mary MCDONALD | 31 March 1859 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Archibald MCDONALD | 21 September 1868 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Elspit Ann MCKAY | 27 August 1867 | Mary MCKAY | Find the father |
| Henrietta MCLAREN | 16 August 1864 | Elizabeth MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Mary Jessie Gordon MCLEOD | 4 December 1874 | Jessie MCLEOD | Find the father |
| John MCPHERSON | 24 July 1872 | Ann MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| James Stewart MCROBIE | 19 June 1859 | Jane MCROBIE | Find the father |
| Christina MCWILLIAM | 2 December 1871 | Jessie MCWILLIAM | Find the father |
| William MEARNS | 23 October 1858 | Rebecca MEARNS | Find the father |
| Agnes MILNE | 9 July 1869 | Elsie MILNE | Find the father |
| Elspit MILNE | 16 January 1865 | Isabella MILNE | Find the father |
| John Law MILNE | 30 September 1860 | Georgina MILNE | Find the father |
| Maggie Isabella Wood MILNE | 2 January 1871 | Elizabeth MILNE | Find the father |
| Margaret MILNE | 14 April 1864 | Betsy MILNE | Find the father |
| Walter MILNE | 11 June 1871 | Ann MILNE | Find the father |
| William Johnston MILNE | 26 July 1867 | Mary Magdelene MILNE | Find the father |
| James MITCHELL | 24 July 1866 | Barbara MITCHELL | Find the father |
| William MITCHELL | 24 July 1866 | Barbara MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jean MORRISON | 4 September 1862 | Jean Morrison Or BREMNER | Find the father |
| Jane PATERSON | 9 October 1865 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Duncan PATERSON | 8 December 1869 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| Mary PATERSON | 22 October 1863 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Reid PATERSON | 16 September 1865 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| William PATERSON | 26 January 1867 | Jane PATERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann PATTERSON | 25 October 1870 | Isabella PATTERSON | Find the father |
| George PETRIE | 13 May 1872 | Hellen PETRIE | Find the father |
| James Kesson PETRIE | 18 April 1865 | Margaret PETRIE | Find the father |
| Jemima PETRIE | 24 November 1869 | Mary PETRIE | Find the father |
| John Paterson PETRIE | 7 March 1870 | Helen PETRIE | Find the father |
| William PETRIE | 17 May 1861 | Margaret PETRIE | Find the father |
| William Keith Hutcheson PETRIE | 16 November 1871 | Elizabeth PETRIE | Find the father |
| Helen REID | 15 August 1873 | Ann REID | Find the father |
| Isabella REID | 25 July 1858 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| Jane REID | 4 June 1857 | Helen REID | Find the father |
| John REID | 4 October 1867 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Robert REID | 31 August 1874 | Isabella REID | Find the father |
| William REID | 23 April 1855 | Janet REID | Find the father |
| William REID | 12 June 1858 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| William REID | 18 February 1866 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| William Welsh REID | 17 May 1860 | Helen REID | Find the father |
| Elizabeth RETTIE | 1 April 1869 | Ann RETTIE | Find the father |
| James ROBBIE | 24 August 1858 | Elizabeth ROBBIE | Find the father |
| Eliza Ann ROSS | 20 July 1858 | Barbara ROSS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Paxton RUXTON | 31 March 1863 | Elizabeth RUXTON | Find the father |
| Mary Wood SCORGIE | 12 January 1873 | Magdalene SCORGIE | Find the father |
| Alexander SHEPHERD | 26 April 1872 | Jane SHEPHERD | Find the father |
| Helen SHEPHERD | 15 January 1867 | Mary SHEPHERD | Find the father |
| Mary Ann SIMPSON | 13 November 1866 | Ann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| John Farquhar SINCLAIR | 1 December 1871 | Mary SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Robert Walker SINCLAIR | 6 March 1860 | Margaret Sinclair Or PETRIE | Find the father |
| Helen SMITH | 29 November 1857 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Mary Ann STEWART | 18 November 1857 | Ann STEWART | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STRATTON | 28 May 1872 | Margaret STRATTON | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 8 May 1860 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
| Annie THOW | 16 January 1866 | Elizabeth THOW | Find the father |
| James THOW | 30 November 1873 | Elspith THOW | Find the father |
| Ann TRAIL | 18 August 1858 | Ann TRAIL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WALKER | 14 August 1856 | Isabella WALKER | Find the father |
| Ann Watt WELSH | 8 November 1871 | Agnes WELSH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Allan WELSH | 2 October 1861 | Margaret WELSH | Father found |
| James WELSH | 2 May 1865 | Mary WELSH | Find the father |
| Jane WELSH | 30 May 1859 | Mary WELSH | Find the father |
| Jessie Taylor WELSH | 9 January 1862 | Jane WELSH | Find the father |
| Richard Campbell WELSH | 4 March 1868 | Mary WELSH | Find the father |
| William Low WELSH | 5 June 1861 | Mary WELSH | Find the father |
| Isabella WILL | 17 February 1863 | Elspit WILL | Find the father |
| Helen WOOD | 2 February 1858 | Isabel WOOD | Find the father |
| Helen WOOD | 28 July 1873 | Margaret WOOD | Find the father |
| James WOOD | 13 February 1866 | Elspit WOOD | Find the father |
| Ann Davidson WRIGHT | 22 April 1856 | Helen WRIGHT | Find the father |
| David Blacklaw WRIGHT | 18 August 1874 | Ann WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Helen WRIGHT | 24 September 1858 | Elizabeth WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Jane WRIGHT | 20 November 1857 | Margaret WRIGHT | Find the father |
| William WRIGHT | 30 June 1859 | Margaret WRIGHT | Find the father |
| William WRIGHT | 1 September 1869 | Isabella WRIGHT | Find the father |
| James WYNESS | 6 September 1869 | Mary Ann WYNESS | Find the father |
| James Leonard YEATS | 24 June 1862 | Isabella YEATS | Find the father |
| John YEATS | 20 September 1861 | Margaret YEATS | Find the father |
| Helen YULE | 25 June 1864 | Jane YULE | Find the father |
| Robert YULE | 28 September 1856 | Margaret YULE | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.
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.
