Bower records
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
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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 |
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David BARNETSON | 1859 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
Jane BRUCE | 1866 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
Mrs Janet DUGDALE | 1853 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed (poorhouse) | |
Elizabeth FAIRLEY or BARNETSON | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
James HAMILTON | 1876 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow Catherine ROWAN | 1867 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
John WATERS | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow YOUNG or STEVEN | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
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Elizabeth BANKS Bowertower, Bower | George BAIKIE | 14 Nov 1875 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/10 |
Jessie DOULL Kirk, Bower, Caithness | George HENDERSON | 11 Nov 1887 Kirk, Bower, Caithness | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
Barbara FORBES Knockdee, Bower | John MOWAT | 2 Feb 1882 Knockdee, Bower | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
Ann MACLEOD Stemster, Bower | Forbes ALLAN | 16 Sep 1857 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/8 |
Barbara MANSON Lyth, Bower | David MACKENZIE | 20 Dec 1876 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/10 |
Matilda MANSON Lyth, Bower | William GUNN | 10 Oct 1887 Dunn, Watten | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
Isabella ROSS Clayock, Bower, Caithness | William BAIN | 31 Jan 1888 Clayock, Bower, Caithness | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
Ann SUTHERLAND Hecken, Bower | Robert MACINTOSH | 16 Nov 1856 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/9 |
Mary SUTHERLAND Thura, Bower, Caithness | George KEITH | 29 Nov 1874 Hartfield, Dunnet | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
Catherine WATERS Bowertower, Bower | Marcus NICOLSON | 29 Apr 1889 Bowertower, Bower | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
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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Donald BEGG | 9 November 1861 | Cathrine BEGG | Find the father |
Helen BREMNER | 7 November 1859 | Jean BREMNER | Find the father |
James BREMNER | 9 May 1855 | Find the father | |
John CALDER | 1 February 1874 | Janet CALDER | Find the father |
James Sutherland CAMPBELL | 24 January 1862 | Barbara CAMPBELL | Find the father |
George CHRISTAIN | 1 January 1858 | Ann CHRISTAIN | Find the father |
William CHRISTIAN | 24 December 1868 | Ann CHRISTIAN | Find the father |
Cathrine CLYNE | 20 January 1864 | Cathrine CLYNE | Find the father |
Isabella Sinclair FINLAYSON | 6 January 1865 | Isabella FINLAYSON | Find the father |
William FINLAYSON | 5 December 1863 | Helen FINLAYSON | Find the father |
Joseph GEDDES | 5 April 1867 | Margaret GEDDES | Find the father |
Donaldina Miller GOLEITCH | 22 January 1863 | Georgina GOLEITCH | Find the father |
Jane GRAY | 3 October 1874 | Jane GRAY | Find the father |
Ann MANSON | 27 April 1855 | Find the father | |
Ann MANSON | 16 March 1864 | Cathrine MANSON | Find the father |
George MANSON | 4 February 1856 | Cathrine MANSON | Find the father |
George MANSON | 6 October 1872 | Isabella MANSON | Find the father |
Isabella MANSON | 2 August 1861 | Cathrine MANSON | Find the father |
Isabella MANSON | 24 April 1865 | Isabella MANSON | Find the father |
Janet Henderson MANSON | 30 November 1874 | Elizabeth MANSON | Find the father |
John MANSON | 23 December 1857 | Isabella MANSON | Find the father |
Margaret MANSON | 24 April 1865 | Isabella MANSON | Find the father |
Mary Mcculloch MANSON | 19 January 1873 | Catherine MANSON | Find the father |
Robertina MANSON | 30 April 1874 | Barbara MANSON | Find the father |
Samuel MANSON | 16 September 1867 | Janet MANSON | Find the father |
Thomas MANSON | 13 May 1868 | Cathrine MANSON | Find the father |
William MCAULAY | 27 June 1872 | Ann MCAULAY | Father found |
Ann Calder MCDONALD | 13 August 1862 | Janet MCDONALD | Father found |
Alexander MCKAY | 23 August 1858 | Janet MCKAY | Find the father |
Ann Mckenzie MCKAY | 8 November 1869 | Isabella MCKAY | Find the father |
John Dunnet MCKAY | 4 October 1858 | Ann MCKAY | Find the father |
Margaret MCKAY | 26 April 1855 | Find the father | |
Ann MCLEOD | 1 January 1873 | Ann MCLEOD | Find the father |
Donald MILLER | 1 October 1874 | Ellen MILLER | Find the father |
George MOWAT | 27 February 1866 | Isabella MOWAT | Find the father |
John MUNRO | 12 June 1874 | Ann MUNRO | Find the father |
Peter MUNRO | 25 March 1865 | Ann MUNRO | Find the father |
Walter NICHOL | 16 April 1855 | Find the father | |
William OMAN | 25 January 1874 | Williamina OMAN | Find the father |
Isabella ROSS | 5 March 1864 | Isabella ROSS | Father found |
Mary Ann ROSS | 4 March 1874 | Isabella ROSS | Find the father |
Alexandrina SMITH | 29 April 1863 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
John STEVEN | 6 January 1867 | Catharine STEVEN | Find the father |
John STEVEN | 2 September 1874 | Charlotte STEVEN | Father found |
Isabella SUTHERLAND | 25 December 1872 | Isabella SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
Margaret SUTHERLAND | 30 March 1872 | Margaret SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
Thomas SWANSON | 22 July 1868 | Agnes SWANSON | Find the father |
William Nicolson SWANSON | 15 June 1868 | Isabella SWANSON | Find the father |
Alexander WATERS | 22 January 1863 | Rachel WATERS | Find the father |
Jamesina WATERS | 9 April 1865 | Rachel WATERS | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.