Bolton 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
Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
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CH2/37/4 | Bolton Kirk Session: Minutes and accounts. Minutes 1744-1802; accounts 1744-1801 | 1744-1802 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/5 | Bolton Kirk Session: Minutes | 1832-1898 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/6 | Bolton Kirk Session: Minutes | 1898-1928 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/7 | Bolton Kirk Session: Cash books (Financial minutes) | 1803-1853 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/9 | Bolton Kirk Session: Baptisms 1850-1854 July 1855 April-1869 1883-1927 | 1850-1928 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/10 | Bolton Kirk Session: Marriages | 1850-1928 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/11 | Bolton Kirk Session: Deaths 1840-1879 1896-1914 | 1840-1914 | Request lookup |
CH2/37/14 | Bolton Kirk Session: Communion roll | 1883-1921 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
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Widow Violet CALDER | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Margaret SUTHERLAND | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
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Helen DUFFY Under Bolton, Bolton | Archibald SAMUEL | 9 Jun 1877 Under Bolton, Bolton | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
Helen PREACHER Upper Bolton | Thomas DICKSON | 23 Jun 1854 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
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Margaret BELL | 14 November 1864 | Janet BELL | Find the father |
James BLACKWOOD | 25 October 1857 | Mary BLACKWOOD | Find the father |
John BRUCE | 25 August 1870 | Grace BRUCE | Father found |
Robert CATLEUGH | 28 November 1868 | Hellen CATLEUGH | Find the father |
Anne COSCAR | 25 November 1863 | Elisabeth COSCAR | Find the father |
John DISHINGTON | 10 February 1861 | Isabella DISHINGTON | Find the father |
James HERRIOT | 29 January 1866 | Anne HERRIOT | Find the father |
Margaret HUTCHISON | 19 May 1872 | Margaret HUTCHISON | Find the father |
William KERR | 28 October 1855 | Agnes KERR | Find the father |
William LOTHIAN | 8 April 1870 | Janet LOTHIAN | Find the father |
James PREACHER | 4 February 1857 | Marion PREACHER | Find the father |
Beatrice ROSS | 21 January 1873 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
William VEITCH | 26 April 1858 | Isabella VEITCH | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
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Willm | Young | elder | Bolton | |
Andw | Burnside | overseer | Bolton | |
Archd | Cowan | farm servant | Bolton | |
Jas | Begbie | smith | Bolton | |
Robt | Sanderson | shepherd | Bolton | |
John | Whitlaw | overseer | Bolton | |
John | Karr | farm servant | Bolton | |
Jas | Barrie | miller | Bolton | |
Geo | Blackwood | labourer | Bolton | |
Wm | Coldwells | labourer | Bolton | |
John | Kellie | farm servant | Bolton | |
Robt | Braid | overseer | Upper Bolton | |
Dd | Paterson | farm servant | Upper Bolton | |
John | Cowan | labourer | Upper Bolton | |
Wm | Threlfield | gamekeeper | Bolton Muir | |
Robt | Troop | Forrester | Bolton Muir | |
Wm | Turnbull | farmer | Howden | |
John | Runciman | farmer | Caldshiel | |
Wm | Robertson | farm servant | Elvingston | |
Jas | Richardson | farm servant | Elvingston | |
Wm | Black | farm servant | Elvingston | |
Jos | Stewart | farm servant | Marriston | |
Archd | Morrison | farm servant | Marriston | |
Thos | Thomson | farm servant | Marriston | |
Jno | White | farm servant | Marriston | |
Geo | Murray | farmer | Eagles Cairnie Mains | |
Thos | Sounis | farmer | Inglesfield | |
Robt | Craig | elder | Lennoxlove South Port | |
Jno | Troop | labourer | Parkend | |
Jas | Balden | Forrester | Parkend | |
Geo | Cruickshanks | labourer | Parkend | |
Jas | Dickson | Forrester | Parkend | |
Thos | Henderson | farmer | Pilmuir | |
Charles | Spence | overseer | Kirkland |
Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wm | Young | elder | Bolton | |
Archd | Cowan | farm servant | Bolton | |
Jas | Begbie | smith | Bolton | |
Robt | Sanderson | shepherd | Bolton | |
Jas | Barrie | miller | Bolton | |
Geo | Blackwood | labourer | Bolton | |
Robt | Braid | farm servant | Bolton | |
Dd | Paterson | farm servant | Bolton | |
Jas | Howden | farm servant | Bolton | |
Robt | Troop | Forrester | Bolton Muir | |
Wm | Turnbull | farmer | Howden | |
Jno | Runciman | farmer | Caldshiel | |
Jas | Stewart | farm servant | Marriston | |
Archd | Morrison | farm servant | Marriston | |
Thos | Thomson | farm servant | Marriston | |
John | White | farm servant | Marriston | |
John | Murray | farmer | Eagles Cairnie Mains | |
Thos | Souness | farmer | Inglesfield | |
Robt | Craig | elder | Lennoxlove South Port | |
Thos | Henderson | farmer | Pilmuir | |
John | Troop | labourer | Parkend | |
Jas | Balden | Forrester | Parkend | |
Geo | Cruikshanks | labourer | Parkend | |
Jas | Dickson | Forrester | Parkend | |
Charles | Spence | overseer | Kirkland |
Kirk Session Records Index
Name:
Date: 21/04/1833
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: to be administered 19 May 1833
Other names:
Name:
Date: 11/05/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: Lord's supper to be administered 27th October 1833
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Young; Mr Craig
Name:
Date: 06/10/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: Lord's supper to be administered 27th October 1833
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Young; Mr Craig
Name:
Date: 28/09/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: Lord's supper to be administered 26th October 1834 and the previous Wednesday to be observed as a Fast Day
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Young; Mr Craig
Name:
Date: 25/10/1834
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Heads of Families
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Young; Mr Craig
Name:
Date: 10/05/1835
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Church Accomodation
Details: Collection in compliance with General Assembly injunction - proposed Sabbath first
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Young; Mr Craig
Name:
Date: 24/05/1835
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: Lord's supper to be administered 21st June 1835
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Craig; Mr Young
Name:
Date: 25/10/1835
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: Lord's supper to be administered 8th November 1835, previous Wednesday 4th November proposed to be observed as a fast day
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Craig; Mr Young
Name:
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Male Heads of Families
Details: First meeting after Lord's Supper, revised Roll of the Male Heads of Families
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Mr Young; Mr Craig
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 17/04/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 08/01/1833
Case type: Committee of the Presbytery Meeting
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Rev Dr Lorimer; Rev Mr Makellar; Rev Mr Horne
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Details: intimated that edict approving ordination of elders had been served
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 21/04/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 11/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 06/10/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 28/09/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 25/10/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Mr John Abernethy
Date: 08/12/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Mr John Abernethy
Date: 18/01/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Mr John Abernethy
Date: 09/02/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 22/03/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 10/05/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 24/05/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 25/10/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 07/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Mr John Abernethy
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Mr Buchanan
Date: 17/04/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Rev Mr Buchanan
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: assessor
Name: Andrew Burnside
Date: 17/04/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Compeared guilty, rebuked, admonished, absolved, restored
Other names: Andrew Burnside
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: ordained to the Eldership
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 21/04/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 11/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 06/10/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 28/09/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 25/10/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 08/12/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Details: Presbytery and Synod Elder
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 18/01/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 09/02/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 22/03/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 10/05/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 24/05/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 25/10/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 07/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Craig
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Robert Craig
Date: 08/01/1833
Case type: Committee of the Presbytery Meeting
Occupation:
Address:
Role: eldership nominee
Other names: Mr William Young; Mr Robert Craig
Name: Mr Robt Craig
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Ruling Elder
Details: Presbytery and Synod Elder
Name: Geo Cruikshank
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Parkend
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Supper
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Geo Trotter; Janet Trotter; Geo Cruikshank; Catherine Cruikshanks; Elisabeth Patterson
Name: Catherine Cruikshanks
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Parkend
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Supper
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Geo Trotter; Janet Trotter; Geo Cruikshank; Catherine Cruikshanks; Elisabeth Patterson
Name: Elisabeth Edmond
Date: 18/01/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Case considered mention
Details: moderator to deal with her privately for some time before citing her before the session
Other names: Elisabeth Edmond; Francis Nisbet
Name: Elisabeth Edmond
Date: 22/03/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Compeared, professed repentance, admonished, absolved, admitted to privileges
Other names: Francis Nisbet; Elisabeth Edmond
Name: Mr Horne
Date: 17/04/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Rev Mr Horne
Date: 08/01/1833
Case type: Committee of the Presbytery Meeting
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Rev Dr Lorimer; Rev Mr Makellar; Rev Mr Horne
Name: Rev Horne
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: assessor
Name: Janet Hume
Date: 12/06/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Bolton Muir
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Table for the first time
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Elisabeth Hunter; William Robinson; Alex Threlkeld; Janet Hume
Name: Elisabeth Hunter
Date: 12/06/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Ewingston
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Table for the first time
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Elisabeth Hunter; William Robinson; Alex Threlkeld; Janet Hume
Name: Rev Dr Lorimer
Date: 08/01/1833
Case type: Committee of the Presbytery Meeting
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Rev Dr Lorimer; Rev Mr Makellar; Rev Mr Horne
Name: Rev Dr Lorimer
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: assessor
Name: Rev Mr Makellar
Date: 08/01/1833
Case type: Committee of the Presbytery Meeting
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Other names: Rev Mr John Abernethy; Rev Dr Lorimer; Rev Mr Makellar; Rev Mr Horne
Name: Rev Mr Makellar
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: assessor
Name: Francis Nisbet
Date: 18/01/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as party
Other parish: Yester (or Gifford), Parish of
Other names: Elisabeth Edmond; Francis Nisbet
Name: Francis Nisbet
Date: 22/03/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Compeared, professed repentance, admonished, absolved, admitted to privileges
Other names: Francis Nisbet; Elisabeth Edmond
Name: Elisabeth Patterson
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Upper Bolton
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Supper
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Geo Trotter; Janet Trotter; Geo Cruikshank; Catherine Cruikshanks; Elisabeth Patterson
Name: Francis Peffers
Date: 07/11/1835
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Compeared, adhered in expressing penitence, admonished, absolved, admitted to privileges
Details: had had private conferences with minister before he compeared
Other names: Francis Peffers
Name: William Robinson
Date: 12/06/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Ewingston
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Table for the first time
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Elisabeth Hunter; William Robinson; Alex Threlkeld; Janet Hume
Name: Robert Sanderson
Date: 09/02/1835
Case type: Baptism, irregular attendance
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Case considered mention
Details: agreed to delay Baptism for some time, that he might hav an opportunity to try a different course of conduct
Other names: Robert Sanderson
Name: Robert Sanderson
Date: 22/03/1835
Case type: baptism, irregular attendance
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Compeared, adhered to profession of penitence, admonished, child admitted to baptism
Other names: Robert Sanderson
Name: Alex Threlkeld
Date: 12/06/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Bolton Muir
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Table for the first time
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Elisabeth Hunter; William Robinson; Alex Threlkeld; Janet Hume
Name: Geo Trotter
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Burnfoot
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Supper
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Geo Trotter; Janet Trotter; Geo Cruikshank; Catherine Cruikshanks; Elisabeth Patterson
Name: Janet Trotter
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address: Burnfoot
Role: Candidate for Admission to the Lord's Supper
Details: had been examined by moderator an ' …after suitable exhortation they were received by the session and their names appointed to be added to the roll of communicants.'
Other names: Geo Trotter; Janet Trotter; Geo Cruikshank; Catherine Cruikshanks; Elisabeth Patterson
Name: Mr Young
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: ordained to the Eldership
Name: Mr Young
Date: 21/04/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 11/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 16/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 06/10/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 28/09/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 25/10/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 08/12/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 18/01/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 09/02/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 22/03/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 10/05/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 24/05/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 25/10/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 07/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Young
Date: 30/11/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr William Young
Date: 08/01/1833
Case type: Committee of the Presbytery Meeting
Occupation:
Address:
Role: eldership nominee
Other names: Mr William Young; Mr Robert Craig