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Carnock 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

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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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Reference	Title	Dates	Buy
CH2/59/2	Carnock Kirk Session: Minutes	1722-1758	Request lookup
CH2/59/3	Carnock Kirk Session: Minutes	1758-1788	Request lookup
CH2/59/4	Carnock Kirk Session: Minutes	1789-1812	Request lookup
CH2/59/5	Carnock Kirk Session: Cash book	1753-1779	Request lookup
CH2/59/6	Carnock Kirk Session: Minutes	1812-1841	Request lookup
CH2/59/7	Carnock Kirk Session: Minutes	1842-1949	Request lookup
CH2/59/8	Carnock Kirk Session: Scroll minutes	1842-1847	Request lookup
CH2/59/9	Carnock Kirk Session: Scroll minutes	1847-1865	Request lookup
CH2/59/10	Carnock Kirk Session: Scroll minutes	1867-1868	Request lookup
CH2/59/11	Carnock Kirk Session: Scroll minutes 1861-1862, 1868-1874	1861-1874	Request lookup
CH2/59/13	Carnock Kirk Session: Cash book	1814-1839	Request 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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• £3 for a single minute
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• £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)

We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals

Name	Address	Year(s)/ minutes	Order images	Deliverance
Widow Catherine BROADLEY		1863 (1)	Order images	Refused
Thomas BROWN		1847 (2)	Order images	Refused
John CHALMERS		1875 (1)	Order images	Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief
James HART		1868 (2)	Order images	Refused
James HART		1869 (2)	Order images	Refused
James HART		1870 (2)	Order images	Refused
Mary LONEY or MCGUIRE		1877 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Patrick LONEY		1870 (2)	Order images	Refused
Betsy MEIKLEJOHN		1861 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Christian MEIKLEJOHN		1861 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Helen MEIKLEJOHN		1861 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Widow Jane MORRIS		1874 (2)	Order images	Refused (poorhouse)
Rosa MULLER		1855 (1)	Order images	Refused
Mary PATERSON		1859 (2)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Bernard REILLY		1864 (1)	Order images	Refused (poorhouse)
Sarah REILLY		1863 (1)	Order images	Refused (poorhouse)
Andrew SIMPSON		1847 (3)	Order images	Ground of complaint removed
Widow Janet WILSON		1865 (3)	Order images	Refused (poorhouse)

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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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees

Mother name and residence	Defender name	Child birth	Order	Court
Mary Anne ANDERSON Oakley	David LOVE	26 Apr 1884 Oakley	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/5
Agnes DOWNIE Carnock	Thomas REEDIE	13 Oct 1846	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/3
Catherine LUNNIE Oakley	James MACARA OR CURRIE	19 Nov 1848	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/3
Catherine LUNNIE Oakley	James MACARA OR CURRIE	28 Apr 1852	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/3
Mary MCLAREN Comrie, near Oakley	David BEVERIDGE	10 Nov 1903 Bowershall, Dunfermline	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/5
Christian MITCHELL Blair Row, Oakley	James CURRIE	14 Mar 1855	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/3
Christina MITCHELL 39 Store Row, Oakley, Carnock	John BAIN	9 Feb 1876 Carnock	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/4
Sarah REILLY Store Row, Oakley	Timothy CAIRNEY	15 Jul 1855	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/3
Sarah REILLY Blair Row, Forth Iron Works, Oakley	John BOOTH	18 Mar 1859	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/4
Mary WILSON Manse Cottage, Carnock	George HUNTER	31 Mar 1894 Carnock	Order now	Dunfermline SC21/4/5

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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.

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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.

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

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Child name	Date of birth	Mother name	Order
Alexander ALLAN	11 July 1865	Mary ALLAN	Father found
John ALLAN	26 October 1863	Anne ALLAN	Find the father
Marion ALLAN	22 October 1859	Mary ALLAN	Find the father
Mary ALLAN	15 October 1872	Mary ALLAN	Find the father
Agnes Anderson ANDERSON	10 June 1868	Agnes ANDERSON	Find the father
John ARNOT	2 April 1855	Emilia ARNOT	Find the father
John BLAIR	10 May 1864	Elizabeth BLAIR	Find the father
Margaret BROWN	12 May 1861	Elspeth BROWN	Father found
Thomas BROWN	15 September 1863	Helen BROWN	Find the father
James Wilson CAMPBELL	4 September 1872	Agnes CAMPBELL	Find the father
Elizabeth DOLAN	21 February 1874	Mary Ann DOLAN	Find the father
John DOWNIE	22 August 1867	Henrietta DOWNIE	Find the father
Andrew Ramage DRYBURGH	14 December 1869	Catherine DRYBURGH	Find the father
Helen Philp DUNCANSON	8 December 1861	Jane DUNCANSON	Find the father
Mary DUNCANSON	31 May 1858	Jane DUNCANSON	Find the father
James FOTHERINGHAM	14 November 1860	Margaret FOTHERINGHAM	Find the father
John FOTHERINGHAM	28 March 1869	Margaret FOTHERINGHAM	Find the father
John GORDON	14 August 1870	Jean Matt. GORDON	Find the father
James Johnstone HERRON	10 January 1857	Euphemia HERRON	Find the father
Catherine HUNTER	29 June 1857	Margaret HUNTER	Find the father
Thomas Cook HUNTER	29 January 1866	Marjory HUNTER	Find the father
James JACKSON	24 May 1863	Margaret JACKSON	Find the father
John JACKSON	4 May 1866	Margaret JACKSON	Find the father
Williamina JACKSON	23 September 1868	Margaret JACKSON	Find the father
James Jarvie LEE	25 June 1874	Euphemia LEE	Find the father
George LINDSAY	12 September 1863	Isabella LINDSAY	Find the father
Charles LIVINGSTON	14 May 1861	Janet LIVINGSTON	Find the father
Patrick LONIE	1 July 1857	Catherine LONIE	Find the father
John Terris MACK	18 January 1871	Janet MACK	Find the father
Margaret MACK	9 April 1864	Anne MACK	Find the father
Margaret MACKAY	10 March 1871	Christina MACKAY	Find the father
Robert MALCOLM	29 June 1868	Ann MALCOLM	Find the father
Mary MCDONALD	4 June 1863	Mary MCDONALD	Find the father
Christina MCINNES	16 April 1864	Catherine MCINNES	Father found
William MCINTOSH	26 November 1870	Mary MCINTOSH	Find the father
Margaret MITCHELL	4 May 1871	Christina MITCHELL	Find the father
Agnes Sneddon MORRIS	24 December 1870	Agnes MORRIS	Find the father
James NESS	12 September 1860	Jane NESS	Find the father
Mary Ann NEWALL	17 September 1855	Ann NEWALL	Find the father
Ann NICOL	12 March 1870	Mary NICOL	Find the father
David NISBET	26 March 1863	Jeanie NISBET	Father found
Isabella Ramage NISBET	28 June 1871	Jane NISBET	Find the father
Jeanie NISBET	27 December 1866	Jane NISBET	Find the father
Agnes NIVEN	19 November 1867	Elizabeth NIVEN	Father found
Marion NIVEN	26 September 1872	Elizabeth NIVEN	Find the father
Robert NIVEN	9 April 1874	Elizabeth NIVEN	Find the father
William OSWALD	24 November 1858	Margaret OSWALD	Find the father
Alexander REID	19 February 1856	Margaret REID	Find the father
John ROBERTSON	26 August 1871	Margaret Ross ROBERTSON	Find the father
James Bruce ROSS	27 May 1872	Jessie ROSS	Find the father
Peter Drummond SHARP	7 October 1871	Helen SHARP	Find the father
Thomas Smeaton SINCLAIR	27 August 1869	Grace Henderson SINCLAIR	Find the father
James STENHOUSE	13 March 1864	Euphemia STENHOUSE	Find the father
Isabella WILSON	24 February 1870	Isabella WILSON	Find the father
Andrew YEATS	1 February 1859	Janet YEATS	Find the father

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General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.

General Register of Lunatics index MC7

Name	Date of death	Order	Asylums	Years
ALEXANDER or POLLARD, Helen Born about 1862 Married Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock	5 Mar 1913	Order images (2)	Fife District Asylum Stirling District	1905-1906
ANDERSON, James roadman Born about 1832 Widowed Previous residence: Gowkhall Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order image (1)	Fife District	1896
BAIN, William engineer Born about 1864 Married Previous residence: Brittania Buildings, Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1898
BOWIE or ERSKINE, Elizabeth housewife Born about 1839 Married Previous residence: Cairneyhill Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Elizth Bowie or Erskine		Order images (2)	Fife	1881-1885
BOWIE or ERSKINE, Elizth housewife Born about 1839 Married Previous residence: Cairneyhill Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Elizabeth Bowie or Erskine		Order images (2)	Fife	1881-1885
BOYNE or DICKSON, John domestic servant Born about 1861 Married Previous residence: Loanhead, Lasswade Chargeable parish: Carnock	7 Aug 1907	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1907
BRUCE, Isabella domestic servant Born about 1828 Single Previous residence: Glasgow Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Gartnavel	1868
BRUCE, James farm labourer Born about 1862 Single Previous residence: Cairneyhill Chargeable parish: Carnock	8 Sep 1914	Order image (1)	Fife	1881
CAMPBELL or GRAHAM, Agnes iron worker's widow Born about 1846 Widowed Previous residence: 28 Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Dunfermline		Order image (1)	Fife	1884
CHALMERS, George publican Born about 1840 Widowed Previous residence: Robertson Terrace, Kelty Chargeable parish: Beath	21 Mar 1905	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1901
CONNOR, Charles coal miner Born about 1837 Married Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order images (4)	Fife And Kinross Millholme House Morningside	1865-1866
CUNINGHAM, Peter weaver and joiner Born about 1831 Single Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse lunatic wards Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Peter Cunningham	8 Sep 1882	Order images (3)	Dunfermline Poorhouse Fife And Kinross Perth Royal Asylum	1854-1867
CUNNINGHAM, Peter weaver and joiner Born about 1831 Single Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse lunatic wards Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Peter Cuningham	8 Sep 1882	Order images (3)	Dunfermline Poorhouse Fife And Kinross Perth Royal Asylum	1854-1867
DICKSON or BOYNE, John domestic servant Born about 1861 Married Previous residence: Loanhead, Lasswade Chargeable parish: Carnock	7 Aug 1907	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1907
ERSKINE or BOWIE, Elizabeth housewife Born about 1839 Married Previous residence: Cairneyhill Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Elizabeth Bowie or Erskine Elizth Bowie or Erskine		Order images (2)	Fife	1881-1885
ERSKINE or BOWIE, Elizth housewife Born about 1839 Married Previous residence: Cairneyhill Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Elizabeth Bowie or Erskine Elizth Bowie or Erskine		Order images (2)	Fife	1881-1885
GRAHAM or CAMPBELL, Agnes iron worker's widow Born about 1846 Widowed Previous residence: 28 Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Dunfermline		Order image (1)	Fife	1884
GRAY, Christian none Born about 1849 Single Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse lunatic wards Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Christina Gray	8 Aug 1883	Order images (2)	Dunfermline Fife And Kinross	1866-1868
GRAY, Christina none Born about 1849 Single Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse lunatic wards Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Christian Gray	8 Aug 1883	Order images (2)	Dunfermline Fife And Kinross	1866-1868
GREEN or MCCABE, Mary not stated Born about 1829 Married Previous residence: Millholm House Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Carnock	10 Sep 1907	Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Millholme House	1864-1866
HEGGIE, Hugh Pattison grocer Born about 1879 Single Previous residence: Carnock village Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1904
HUNTER or STOBBIE, Jane housewife Born about 1860 Married Previous residence: Burnside Cottages, Oakley, Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock	2 Dec 1898	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1891
HUTTON or MIDDLETON, Adam miner Born about 1848 Single Previous residence: Perth District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock	29 Nov 1914	Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Perth District Asylum	1866-1867
HUTTON, William labourer Born about 1806 Married Previous residence: Lassodie Chargeable parish: Carnock	15 Jan 1880	Order image (1)	Fife	1880
JACKSON, George weaver and sergeant in militia Born about 1838 Single Previous residence: Montrose Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock	21 Aug 1903	Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Montrose Royal Asylum	1862-1866
KIRK, Andrew no occupation Born about 1866 Single Previous residence: Star Chargeable parish: Carnock	13 Feb 1942	Order images (2)	Fife Fife District Asylum	1877-1892
KIRK, Isabella none Born about 1836 Single Previous residence: Star Chargeable parish: Carnock	28 May 1912	Order image (1)	Fife	1877
KIRK, Margaret none Born about 1832 Single Previous residence: Star Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order image (1)	Fife	1877
MACKIE, Marjorie domestic servant Single Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Marjory Mackie		Order images (4)	Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife Morningside	1863-1874
MACKIE, Marjory domestic servant Single Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Marjorie Mackie		Order images (4)	Edinburgh Royal Asylum Fife Morningside	1863-1874
MACLEAN or MCCULLOCH, James iron worker Born about 1854 Single Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as James Mcculloch or Maclean James Mcculloch or Mclean	10 Nov 1904	Order images (2)	Fife District Stirling District	1894
MATHEW or MCLEOD, Rachel housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Rachael Mcleod or Matthew Rachel Mcleod or Mathew	8 Jun 1904	Order images (2)	Fife	1886-1888
MATHIE, Robert baker Born about 1854 Married Previous residence: Post Office, Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock	14 Aug 1915	Order images (2)	Fife District Asylum	1912-1914
MATTHEW or MCLEOD, Rachael housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Rachael Mcleod or Matthew Rachel Mcleod or Mathew	8 Jun 1904	Order images (2)	Fife	1886-1888
MCCABE or GREEN, Mary not stated Born about 1829 Married Previous residence: Millholm House Musselburgh Chargeable parish: Carnock	10 Sep 1907	Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Millholme House	1864-1866
MCCULLOCH or MACLEAN, James iron worker Born about 1854 Single Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as James Mcculloch or Mclean	10 Nov 1904	Order images (2)	Fife District Stirling District	1894
MCCULLOCH or MCLEAN, James iron worker Born about 1854 Single Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as James Mcculloch or Maclean	10 Nov 1904	Order images (2)	Fife District Stirling District	1894
MCLEAN or MCCULLOCH, James iron worker Born about 1854 Single Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as James Mcculloch or Maclean James Mcculloch or Mclean	10 Nov 1904	Order images (2)	Fife District Stirling District	1894
MCLEOD or MATTHEW, Rachael housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Rachel Mcleod or Mathew	8 Jun 1904	Order images (2)	Fife	1886-1888
MCLEOD or MATHEW, Rachel housewife Born about 1853 Married Previous residence: Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock Also known as Rachael Mcleod or Matthew	8 Jun 1904	Order images (2)	Fife	1886-1888
MIDDLETON or HUTTON, Adam miner Born about 1848 Single Previous residence: Perth District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock	29 Nov 1914	Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Perth District Asylum	1866-1867
MOODIE, William general labourer Born about 1858 Single Previous residence: Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock	9 May 1936	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1905
PLENDERLEITH, Robert coal miner Born about 1808 Married Previous residence: Glasgow Royal Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock	8 Nov 1868	Order images (2)	Fife And Kinross Gartnavel	1866
POLLARD or ALEXANDER, Helen Born about 1862 Married Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum Chargeable parish: Carnock	5 Mar 1913	Order images (2)	Fife District Asylum Stirling District	1905-1906
REID or STOBIE, Jane farm servant Born about 1828 Married Previous residence: Cowstrandburn Chargeable parish: Saline	9 Oct 1884	Order image (1)	Fife	1875
REID, Joan no occupation Born about 1843 Single Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse lunatic wards Chargeable parish: Carnock	13 Mar 1905	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1902
REID, Mary domestic servant formerly, living alone latterly Born about 1833 Single Previous residence: Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock	5 Apr 1917	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1900
ROBERTSON, Marjory children's nurse Born about 1867 Single Previous residence: various places in Scotland, England Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1906
STOBBIE or HUNTER, Jane housewife Born about 1860 Married Previous residence: Burnside Cottages, Oakley, Carnock Chargeable parish: Carnock	2 Dec 1898	Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1891
STOBIE or REID, Jane farm servant Born about 1828 Married Previous residence: Cowstrandburn Chargeable parish: Saline	9 Oct 1884	Order image (1)	Fife	1875
STOBIE, Robert labourer Born about 1863 Married Previous residence: Cairneyhill, by Dunfermline Chargeable parish: Carnock		Order image (1)	Fife District Asylum	1908
WISHART, Robert tea hawker Born about 1794 Widowed Previous residence: Lochgelly Chargeable parish: Carnock	3 Jul 1884	Order image (1)	Fife And Kinross	1868

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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 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/59/6 pp. 301-303)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
William	Gilston	Minister	Carnock
Alexr	Macgregor	schoolmaster and elder	Carnock
John	Drysdale	farmer and elder	Newbigging
David	Watt	farmer and elder	Pitdinnie
Robert	Fotheringham	labourer	Carnock
William	Hutton	servant	Camps
John	Hind	labourer	Carnock
Alexr	Erskine	smith	Carnock
James	Moodie	feuar	Carnock
James	Pye	weaver	Carnock
James	Bardner	farmer	Bonhard
Robert	Bardner	farmer	Bonhard
John	Drysdale	labourer	Gowkhall
Adam	Bowie	labourer	Luscar
William	Gibson	labourer	Rosebank
James	Meiklejohn	labourer	Blair
John	Brown	farmer	Whinnyhill
Robert	Watt	farmer	Pitdinnie
James	Michie	labourer	Cairneyhill
John	Black	feuar	Burns
David	Moodie	feuar	Burns
William	Graham	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Bowie	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Pye	weaver	Gowkhall
Robert	Anderson	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Pye	tailor	Carnock
Charles	Downie	weaver	Gowkhall
Adam	Rolland	Writer to the Signet	Luscar
Adam	Tod	gardener	Luscar
John	Cameron	forester	Bonhard
Robert	May	carter	Cairneyhill
Francis	Crombie	mason	Cairneyhill
John	Cochran
George	Turnbull	labourer	Pitdinnie
Francis	Danks	oversman	Rosebank
William	Black	servant	Carneil
George	Mackie	weaver	Gowkhall
Andrew	Downie	weaver	Gowkhall
John	Thomson	feuar	Carnock
Lockhart	Blelloch	labourer	Pitdinnie
William	Syme	labourer	Carnock
Robert	Foote	weaver	Gowkhall
John	Pye	weaver	Carnock
John	Niven	labourer	Carmunnock
George	Bowie	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Renwick	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Gibson	grocer	Carnock
John	Thomson	weaver	Carnock
John	Reid	feuar	Carnock
John	Johnston	factor	Hilton Pitfirrane
John	Brown	labourer	Bandrum

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/59/6 pp. 312-313)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
William	Gilston	Minister	Carnock
Alexander	Macgregor	elder	Carnock
John	Drysdale	elder	Newbigging
David	Watt	elder	Pitdinnie
John	Reid	feuar	Carnock
Robert	Fotheringham	labourer	Carmunnock
William	Hutton	farm servant	Camps
John	Hind	labourer	Carnock
James	Moodie	feuar	Carnock
James	Pye	weaver	Carnock
James	Bardner	farmer	Bonhard
Robert	Bardner	farmer	Bonhard
John	Drysdale	labourer	Gowkhall
David	Graham	weaver	Gowkhall
Adam	Bowie	labourer	Luscar
James	Meiklejohn	labourer	Blair
John	Brown	farmer	Whinnyhill
Robert	Watt	farmer	Pitdinnie
James	Michie	labourer	Cairneyhill
John	Black	feuar	Burns Of Carnock
David	Moodie	feuar	Burns Of Carnock
William	Graham	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Bowie	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Pye	weaver	Gowkhall
Robert	Anderson	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Pye	tailor	Carnock
Adam	Rolland	P C S Heritor	Luscar House
Adam	Tod	gardener	Luscar
John	Cameron	forester	Bonhard
Robert	May	labourer	Cairneyhill
Francis	Crombie	mason	Cairneyhill
John	Cochran	labourer	Cairneyhill
George	Turnbull	labourer	Cairneyhill
Francis	Danks	overseer	Rosebank
William	Black	farm servant	Carneil
George	Mackie	weaver	Gowkhall
Andrew	Downie	weaver	Gowkhall
Lockhart	Blelloch	labourer	Pitdinnie Walk
William	Syme	labourer	Carnock
Robert	Foot	weaver	Gowkhall
John	Pye	weaver	Carnock
George	Bowie	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Gibson	grocer	Carnock
John	Thomson	weaver	Carnock
David	Reid	farmer	Bonnyton
Robert	Howieson	weaver	Cairneyhill
James	Kirk	weaver	Gowkhall
Andrew	Moodie	labourer	Gowkhall
John	Niven	labourer	Carnock
Charles	Downie	weaver	Gowkhall
John	Johnston	factor	Hilton Dunfermline
William	Gibson	tollkeeper	Lochend Dunfermline
John	Brown	labourer	Bandrum Saline

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/59/6 pp. 325-326)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
William	Gilston	Minister	Carnock
Alexr	Macgregor	elder	Carnock
John	Drysdale	elder	Newbigging
David	Watt	elder	Pitdinnie
John	Reid	feuar	Carnock
Robt	Fotheringham	labourer	Carnock
William	Hutton	servant	Camps
John	Hind	weaver	Carnock
James	Moodie	feuar	Carnock
James	Pye	weaver	Carnock
James	Bardner	farmer	Bonhard
Robert	Bardner	farmer	Bonhard
David	Graham	weaver	Gowkhall
Adam	Bowie	labourer	Luscar
John	Brown	farmer	Whinnyhill
James	Michie	labourer	Cairneyhill
John	Black	feuar	Burns Of Carnock
David	Moodie	feuar	Burns Of Carnock
William	Graham	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Bowie	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Pye	weaver	Gowkhall
Robert	Anderson	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Pye	tailor	Carnock
Adam	Rolland	P C S Heritor	Luscar House
Adam	Tod	gardener	Luscar
John	Cameron	forester	Bonhard
Robert	May	labourer	Cairneyhill
Francis	Crombie	mason	Cairneyhill
John	Cochrane	labourer	Cairneyhill
John	Turnbull	labourer	Cairneyhill
Francis	Danks	overseer	Rosebank
William	Black	servant	Carneil
George	Mackie	weaver	Gowkhall
Andrew	Downie	weaver	Gowkhall
Lockhart	Blelloch	labourer	Pitdinnie Walk
William	Syme	weaver	Carnock
Robert	Foote	weaver	Gowkhall
John	Pye	weaver	Carnock
George	Rowie	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Gibson	feuar	Carnock
John	Thomson	weaver	Carnock
David	Reid	farmer	Bonnyton
Robert	Howieson	weaver	Cairneyhill
James	Kirk	weaver	Gowkhall
Andrew	Moodie	labourer	Gowkhall
Robert	Reid	smith	Carnock
John	Miller	labourer	Gowkhall
John	Robertson	weaver	Gowkhall
James	Mathie	weaver	Carnock
James	Mathie	weaver	Carnock
Andrew	Neish	servant	Pitdinnie
Thomas	Wilson	servant	Bonhard
George	Dick	miller	Carnock
John	Johnston	factor	Hilton Dunfermline
William	Gibson	labourer	Linn Dunfermline
John	Brown	labourer	Bandrum Saline
Henry	Bardner	farmer	Overton Culross

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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.

Helen Bardner

Margaret Bardner

George Bowie

Henry Drysdale

John Drysdale

Ann Erskine

Wm Gilston

Alexr Mcgregor

Mrs Stewart

Thos Wilson

Name:

Date: 04/02/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Lord's supper appointed

Details: 'to dispense the Sacrament of the lord's Dupper in this Congregation on the first Sabbath & 4th day of May next, & that the Thursday preceding shall be set as a day [of] humiliation & prayer in view of said Holy ordinance, and appointed Messrs Gilston & McGregor as a Committee to examine the Communion Roll, and to regulate all then matters that may be found necessary connected therewith.'

Other names: Wm Gilston; Henry Drysdale; Alexr Mcgregor

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Name:

Date: 06/03/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role:

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 14s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 06/03/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Treasurer

Address:

Role:

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 14s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 30/06/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role:

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 15s 6d among the poor according to their circumstances'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 30/06/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Treasurer

Address:

Role:

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 15s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 01/07/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Lord's supper appointed

Details: Session agreed that the ' Sacrament of the Lord's Supper should be dispensed here, this season, on Sabbath the 15th Ins[tan]t, and that the Thursday preceding shall be observed as a day of humiliation & prayer in view of the said Holy ordinance.'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 14/07/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Lord's supper tokens distributed

Details: 'Token's of admission to the Lord's Table were distributed to the Congregation'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 15/07/1832

Case type: Ordinance

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Lord's supper

Details: ' The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed here this day.'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 28/08/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Treasurer

Address:

Role:

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 12s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 28/08/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role:

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 12s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: To increase number of Elders

Details: The Session considered that 'the number of Members of Session is now much diminished, & that it is of importance, that a sufficient number of elders should be appointed, agree; that the members of the congregation, who are communicants to, be requested to name, each four persons, whom they consider proper for Office, in order that the Session may deal with them, with reference to this office, and that a Congregational meeting for prayer, be held on Wednesday Evening next with reference to this particular object, and that intimation hereof be made this afternoon.'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 29/10/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: To increase number of Elders

Details: It was reported that intimations re elders had been made ...& that a number of names were given in by the members of the Congregation, as requested. The Sessionhaving taken the matter into consideration, requested the Minister to converse with six of the individuals whose names had been given in, in order to ascertain whether they are willing to undertake the office of Elders in this Parish, & to report to the next meeting of Session.'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 29/10/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation:

Address:

Role:

Details: ' The Session then considered the state of the Poor and distributed £2 among them as necessary according to their circumstances.'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 31/12/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Treasurer

Address:

Role: attended meeting

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 16s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances. They likewise ordered payment to be made to the Minister of sums laid out by him to several indigent people in the Parish, amounting to £1..6..10. The whole amount of the distributions being £3..2..0.'

Other names:

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Name:

Date: 31/12/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: attended meeting

Details: Minister and treasurer met ' distributed £1 16s 0d among the poor according to their circumstances. They likewise ordered payment to be made to the Minister of sums laid out by him to several indigent people in the Parish, amounting to £1..6..10. The whole amount of the distributions being £3..2..0.'

Other names:

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Name: Helen Bardner

Date: 04/11/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: Thos' wife. They 'confessed being guilty of Antenuptial fornication. The moderator was requested to rebuke them in presence of the Session & to absolve them from the scandal, which was done accordingly. As the above parties, are now leaving our bounds, the requested a Certificate to be granted them; which was allowed.'

Other names: Thos Wilson; Helen Bardner

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Name: Margaret Bardner

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: John's wife.' ...confessed being guilty of Antenuptial fornication. The moderator was requested to rebuke them in presence of the Session & to absolve them from the scandal, which was done accordingly.'

Other names: John Drysdale; Margaret Bardner

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Name: George Bowie

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: ' ...confessed that he was guilty of Antenuptial fornication with Ann erskine his wife. The Moderator was requested to rebuke him, in the presence of the Session, and to absolve him from the scandal, which, was done accordingly.'

Other names: George Bowie; Ann Erskine

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Name: Henry Drysdale

Date: 04/02/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: John Drysdale

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: Margaret is his wife. ' ...confessed being guilty of Antenuptial fornication. The moderator was requested to rebuke them in presence of the Session & to absolve them from the scandal, which was done accordingly.'

Other names: John Drysdale; Margaret Bardner

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Name: Ann Erskine

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Details: George's wife

Other names: George Bowie; Ann Erskine

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Name: Wm Gilston

Date: 04/02/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

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Name: Alexr Mcgregor

Date: 04/02/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Mrs Stewart

Date: 30/06/1832

Case type: Distribution among Poor

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Recipient Interim Supply Poor Aid

Details: ' They [ the minister and treasurer] put 5/ into the Treasurer's hand to supply the necessities of Mrs Stewart as she may require it.'

Other names: Mrs Stewart

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Name: Thos Wilson

Date: 04/11/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: Helen is his wife. They 'confessed being guilty of Antenuptial fornication. The moderator was requested to rebuke them in presence of the Session & to absolve them from the scandal, which was done accordingly. As the above parties, are now leaving our bounds, the requested a Certificate to be granted them; which was allowed.'

Other names: Thos Wilson; Helen Bardner

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