Bowden Free Church Baptisms 1843 - 1854
Extraction of baptisms for Bowden Free Church 1843 - 1854. NRS Reference CH3/834/3. This record set contains 100 entries (in PDF format), and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before.
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Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/752/3 | Minutes Includes mortcloth and proclamation dues | 1718-1742 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/4 | Minutes Includes mortcloth and proclamation dues | 1742-1772 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/5 | Bowden kirk session Minutes 1775-95 Minutes 1803, 1815, 1817 Collections 1807-17 List of inhabitants n.d. | 1775-1817 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/6 | Minutes Includes poor rolls | 1832-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/7 | Minutes 1877-1920 (With a pamphlet, Bowden Church Restoration, 1909) | 1877-1920 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/8 | Accounts Includes some mortcloth and proclamation dues and poor payments | 1795-1819 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/9 | Accounts Includes some poor payments and mortcloth dues | 1817-1860 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/13 | Marriage register 1899-1911 (With one page for 1850) | 1850-1911 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/14 | Communion roll | 1867-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/15 | Communion roll | 1877-1886 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/16 | Communion roll | 1886-1892 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/17 | Communion roll | 1892-1898 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/18 | Communion roll | 1899-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/32 | Congregational committee [vacancy] minutes | 1899 | Request lookup |
| CH2/752/51 | Miscellaneous papers Including: 1 1747 List of the householders, servants and horses in the parish of Bowden. Copy made 9 July 1825 4-5 1831-2 List of those on cholera committee with related letter 8-9 1837, n.d. Measurement of seating in Bowden church and division thereof 10 1843 November 8 Presentation by James, duke of Roxburghe, of James M Allardyce to church of Bowden 17-18 1853 Note anent insurance of church damaged by fire | 1747-1984 | Request lookup |
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:
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- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow SUDDEN or SIDDONS | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew TURNBULL | 1851-1852 (1) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Kerr YULE Clarilaw, Bowden, Roxburghshire | Alexander LAUDER | 20 Nov 1892 | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William BALMER | 12 March 1872 | Isabella BALMER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BEATTIE | 2 October 1873 | Jessie BEATTIE | Find the father |
| William BLYTHE | 26 May 1859 | Isabella BLYTHE | Find the father |
| Mary BUCHAN | 8 June 1863 | Mary BUCHAN | Find the father |
| James COLVIN | 3 September 1863 | Alison COLVIN | Find the father |
| Thomas Mitchell COLVIN | 3 September 1872 | Isabella COLVIN | Find the father |
| Cathren CUNNINGHAM | 2 November 1863 | Cathren CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| Archibald DEANS | 21 April 1857 | Catharine DEANS | Find the father |
| Catharine Smith DOCHERTY | 17 March 1865 | Catharine DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| George DODS | 29 June 1861 | Mary Anne DODS | Find the father |
| James EDGAR | 22 March 1860 | Marion EDGAR | Find the father |
| James Barrie EVANS | 13 September 1873 | Emily EVANS | Find the father |
| James GAFFNEY | 25 September 1861 | Mary GAFFNEY | Father found |
| Theresa Margaret GAFFNEY | 9 March 1869 | Mary GAFFNEY | Find the father |
| James HALL | 20 June 1861 | Janet HALL | Find the father |
| Walter HALL | 30 October 1863 | Janet HALL | Find the father |
| Henry HARVEY | 16 January 1863 | Margaret HARVEY | Find the father |
| Isabel KEDZIE | 28 November 1856 | Catharine KEDZIE | Find the father |
| Agnes KYLE | 8 September 1858 | Agnes KYLE | Find the father |
| Andrew KYLE | 29 October 1856 | Helen KYLE | Find the father |
| William KYLE | 21 April 1859 | Helen KYLE | Find the father |
| Agnes LAWRIE | 28 September 1855 | Margaret LAWRIE | Find the father |
| William LEARMONTH | 16 June 1865 | Isabella LEARMONTH | Find the father |
| Betsy LEES | 23 April 1856 | Jessie LEES | Father found |
| James LEITHEAD | 9 May 1862 | Georgina LEITHEAD | Find the father |
| John LIDDLE | 11 December 1859 | Alison LIDDLE | Find the father |
| John MABON | 19 July 1858 | Margaret MABON | Find the father |
| Margaret MABON | 15 January 1861 | Margaret MABON | Find the father |
| Jamima Jane MACKAY | 17 October 1861 | Hughanna Jane MACKAY | Find the father |
| James Scott MCGREGOR | 19 January 1835 | Agnes MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Robert MUIR | 13 August 1866 | Agnes MUIR | Find the father |
| Adam MURRAY | 16 July 1860 | Isabell MURRAY | Find the father |
| James Harkness MURRAY | 15 July 1864 | Betsy MURRAY | Find the father |
| George ORMISTON | 15 May 1872 | Agnes ORMISTON | Find the father |
| Andrew SCOTT | 2 February 1857 | Mary SCOTT | Find the father |
| George SCOTT | 15 March 1862 | Betsy SCOTT | Father found |
| John SCOTT | 5 May 1868 | Isabell SCOTT | Find the father |
| Ann SMITH | 5 November 1863 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| James TINLINE | 17 December 1862 | Mary TINLINE | Find the father |
| Margaret Macdonald TINLINE | 3 January 1865 | Janet TINLINE | Find the father |
| Robert Young TURNBULL | 1 July 1864 | Jane TURNBULL | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | Scott | residenter | Bowden | |
| Andrew | Harkness | thatcher | Bowden | |
| Archibald | Donaldson | farmer | Bowden | |
| James | Scott | labourer | Bowden | |
| James | Hislop | labourer | Bowden | |
| Adam | Scott | portioner and elder | Bowden | |
| John | Wallace | wright | Bowden | |
| George | Wood | wright and elder | Bowden | |
| Robert | Grieve | mason | Bowden | |
| Peter | Clarke | weaver | Bowden | |
| Richard | Gillespie | miller | Bowden | |
| George | Harvie | residenter | Bowden | |
| Andrew | Wilson | feuar | Bowden | |
| Robert | Thompson | labourer | Bowden | |
| John | Tinline | blacksmith | Bowden | |
| Andrew | Mather | sawyer | Bowden | |
| John | Thompson | portioner | Bowden | |
| Alexr | Mitchell | labourer | Bowden | |
| William | Bicket | wright | Bowden | |
| William | Tinline | labourer | Bowden | |
| John | Scott | schoolmaster and elder | Bowden | |
| Robert | Shiel | labourer | Bowden | |
| William | Spiden | mason | Bowden | |
| Thomas | Pringle | ploughman | Bowden | |
| Thomas | Young | tailor | Bowden | |
| William | Nicol | residenter | Bowden | |
| John | Roxburgh | steward | Kippilaw | |
| Jas | Sibbald | Royal Navy | Kippilaw | |
| Robert | Morgan | gardener | Kippilaw | |
| Thomas | Pasley | feuar | Midlem | |
| Robert | Laing | labourer | Midlem | |
| Andrew | Buchan | mason | Midlem | |
| Thomas | Burnet | labourer | Midlem | |
| William | Laing | labourer | Midlem | |
| William | Carre | labourer | Midlem | |
| John | Waddell | labourer | Midlem | |
| Samuel | Deans | hosier | Midlem | |
| John | Grierson | labourer | Midlem | |
| Charles | Grierson | labourer | Midlem | |
| James | Lauder | feuar | Midlem | |
| John | Richardson | hosier | Midlem | |
| Thomas | Patterson | residenter | Midlem | |
| James | Murray | portioner | Midlemburn | |
| William | Ronaldson | shepherd | Chesterknows | |
| Walter | Keddie | labourer | Chesterknows | |
| John | Trotter | farmer | Houdshall | |
| David | Brockie | farmer | Clarilaw Muir | |
| John | Grieve | farmer | Eastfield | |
| John | Aitkin | hind | Eastfield | |
| Peter | Brodie | farmer | Clarilaw | |
| William | Dods | hind | Clarilaw | |
| Peter | Carruthers | hind | Clarilaw | |
| James | Fairbairn | hind | Clarilaw | |
| John | Wilson | hind | Clarilaw | |
| John | Riddell | shepherd | Clarilaw | |
| Archibald | Scott | hind | Clarilaw | |
| Walter | Balantyne | labourer | Clarilawburn | |
| Robert | Scott | labourer | Clarilawburn | |
| Carre | Royal Navy and elder | Caverse Carre | ||
| Thomas | Draughill | carter | Caverse Carre | |
| James | Rutherford | farmer | Caverse Carre | |
| James | Ballantyne | labourer | Caverse Carre | |
| William | Currie | elder | Linthill | |
| John | Shearer | butler | Linthill Lodge | |
| John | Scott | wright | Riddell Lodge | |
| William | Riddell | labourer | Newhall | |
| John | Dods | hind | Newhall | |
| Archd | Trotter | wright | Newhall | |
| Andrew | Young | hind | Newhall | |
| William | Sibbald | Of Whiterig And Pinnacle | ||
| James | Bunyan | hind | Chesterhall | |
| Andrew | Mather | farmer | Faughhill | |
| John | Davidson | hind | Langleeford | |
| Thomas | Sudden | smith | Langleeford | |
| William | Cowan | hind | Prieston | |
| Edward | Hoy | hind | Prieston | |
| Peter | Gray | cattle dealer | Prieston | |
| George | Veitch | farmer | Softburns | |
| Robert | Blaikie | farmer | Holydean | |
| John | Brown | shepherd | Holydean | |
| John | Lowrie | hind | Holydean | |
| Will | Cessford | labourer | Bowden |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | Scott | residenter | Bowden | |
| Andrew | Harkness | thatcher | Bowden | |
| Archd | Donaldson | farmer | Bowden | |
| Will | Cessford | labourer | Bowden | |
| James | Scott | labourer | Bowden | |
| Adam | Scott | portioner and elder | Bowden | |
| John | Wallace | wright | Bowden | |
| John | Scott | schoolmaster and elder | Bowden | |
| William | Spiden | wright | Bowden | |
| George | Wood | wright and elder | Bowden | |
| Robt | Grieve | mason | Bowden | |
| Peter | Clerk | weaver | Bowden | |
| Will | Nicol | residenter | Bowden | |
| Richd | Gillespie | miller | Bowden | |
| Robert | Shiel | labourer | Bowden | |
| Geo | Harvie | residenter | Bowden | |
| Andw | Wilson | portioner | Bowden | |
| Robert | Thomson | labourer | Bowden | |
| Andw | Mather | sawer | Bowden | |
| John | Thomson | portioner | Bowden | |
| Alexr | Mitchell | labourer | Bowden | |
| John | Scott | labourer | Bowden | |
| William | Bicket | wright | Bowden | |
| Andw | Cockburn | labourer | Bowden | |
| John | Shiel | labourer | Bowden | |
| Will | Tinline | labourer | Bowden | |
| James | Hislop | labourer | Bowden | |
| Will | Spiden | mason | Bowden | |
| Alexr | Pringle | farmer | Bowden | |
| Thomas | Henry | hind | Bowden | |
| John | Tinline | smith | Bowden | |
| Rodger | Robertson | wright | Bowden | |
| Thomas | Young | tailor | Bowden | |
| Sibbald | RN | Kippilaw Mains | ||
| Robert | Sudden | butler | Kippilaw Mains | |
| Robert | Morgan | gardener | Kippilaw | |
| John | Roxburgh | steward | Kippilaw | |
| Carre | of Cavers, elder | Caverse Carre | ||
| James | Rutherford | farmer | Caverse Carre | |
| Thomas | Draughill | carter | Caverse Carre | |
| Joseph | Mcgrigor | residing at | Caverse Carre | |
| Robert | Buckham | residing at | Caverse Carre | |
| Jas | Ballantyne | residing at | Caverse Carre | |
| Robert | Scott | labourer | Clarilawburn | |
| Walter | Ballantyne | labourer | Clarilawburn | |
| Will | Riddell | hind | Newhall | |
| Will | Leithead | hind | Newhall | |
| John | Dodd | hind | Newhall | |
| Thomas | Pasley | portioner | Midlem | |
| Andw | Buchan | mason | Midlem | |
| Thomas | Burnet | labourer | Midlem | |
| William | Laing | labourer | Midlem | |
| William | Carre | labourer | Midlem | |
| John | Waddell | labourer | Midlem | |
| Samuel | Deans | hosier | Midlem | |
| John | Grierson | labourer | Midlem | |
| Charles | Grierson | labourer | Newhall Mains | |
| Robert | Muir | teacher | Midlem | |
| James | Lauder | portioner | Midlem | |
| John | Richardson | hosier | Midlem | |
| Thomas | Patterson | residenter | Midlem | |
| James | Murray | portioner | Midlem | |
| Will | Ronaldson | shepherd | Chesterknows | |
| Walter | Keddie | labourer | Chesterknows | |
| David | Brockie | farmer | Clarilaw Moor | |
| John | Grieve | farmer | Eastfield | |
| John | Aitkin | hind | Eastfield | |
| Peter | Brodie | farmer | Clarilaw | |
| William | Dods | steward | Clarilaw | |
| James | Fairbairn | hind | Clarilaw | |
| John | Wilson | hind | Clarilaw | |
| John | Riddell | shepherd | Clarilaw | |
| Archd | Scott | hind | Clarilaw | |
| William | Currie | elder | Of Linthill |
Kirk Session Records Index
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