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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

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.

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 do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.

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:
  • £3 for a single minute
  • £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
  • £10 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
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
John ALDGIE 1849 (2)Order imagesRefused
Sarah BICKERSTAFF Barrhead Neilston1847 (5)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Margaret BOYLE or DUNCAN 1871 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Hugh DEVINE 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John MCINTYRE 1848 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jane MCNEIL 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
George SPEIRS 1861 (5)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John STIRLING 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert TAGGART 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James WHITE 1849 (2)Order imagesRefused

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. For births outwith this period, click here.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Robert ALLAN2 July 1872Janet ALLANFind the father
Lottie Granger ANDERSON16 November 1874Catherine ANDERSONFind the father
Archibald BALFOUR6 April 1862Euphemia BALFOURFind the father
Edward BALLANTINE13 August 1872Ellen BALLANTINEFind the father
John BELL18 April 1874Jessie BELLFind the father
Jane BLUNDELL28 August 1863Theresa BLUNDELLFind the father
Daniel BRODERICK1 March 1862Elizabeth BRODERICKFind the father
Samuel Cummings BROWNING14 May 1861Mary BROWNINGFind the father
Elizabeth BUCHANAN12 August 1862Elizabeth BUCHANANFind the father
Catherine BURNET28 May 1856Christina BURNETFind the father
Neil BURNS24 January 1873Margaret BURNSFind the father
Sarah CALDWELL13 May 1856Margaret CALDWELLFind the father
Sarah CAMERON15 December 1858Sarah CAMERONFind the father
William CAMERON13 June 1872Jessie CAMERONFind the father
Robert CAMPBELL3 July 1856Janet CAMPBELLFind the father
Benjamin CARR12 April 1868Elizabeth CARRFind the father
Robert CARR15 April 1862Elizabeth CARRFind the father
John CARSON30 November 1871Ann CARSONFind the father
Elizabeth COULTER8 December 1873Elizabeth COULTERFind the father
John CRAWFORD5 May 1873Agnes CRAWFORDFind the father
Robina CROSSAN25 October 1870Mary CROSSANFind the father
Barbara CULLEN30 September 1868Elizabeth CULLENFind the father
Margaret DEARY10 April 1868Margaret Hait DEARYFind the father
John DONALDSON26 October 1870Mary DONALDSONFind the father
Margaret DRUMMOND12 January 1864Jane DRUMMONDFind the father
Henry DUNCAN2 March 1872Isabella DUNCANFind the father
Margaret EAGLESOME27 December 1871Annie EAGLESOMEFind the father
Mary EAGLESON11 March 1869Mary EAGLESONFind the father
Ann EASTON14 October 1874Christina EASTONFind the father
Helen EASTON27 December 1873Alice EASTONFind the father
Margaret Dalgetty ERSKINE25 November 1868Jane Mennon ERSKINEFind the father
William ERSKINE23 February 1863Margaret ERSKINEFind the father
Robert Orr FAULDS18 November 1868Isabella FAULDSFind the father
Susan FAULDS10 September 1871Isabella FAULDSFind the father
Annie FERGUSON28 September 1872Mary Ann FERGUSONFind the father
Hanah FERGUSSON13 June 1857Martha FERGUSSONFind the father
John FERGUSSON10 January 1861Abigail LAVERYFind the father
Mary FERGUSSON11 June 1855Mary FERGUSSONFind the father
Robert FERGUSSON10 January 1861Abigail LAVERYFind the father
Agnes GARDENER8 March 1873Elizabeth GARDENERFind the father
Isabella GARDINER22 December 1874Catherine GARDINERFind the father
Margaret GEARMAN20 August 1862Mary GEARMANFind the father
Jamima GEDDES28 August 1856Elizabeth GEDDESFind the father
William John GIBSON10 April 1864Elizabeth GIBSONFind the father
John Mcnight GILLAN14 January 1862Margaret GILLANFind the father
Margaret Cameron GILLESPIE8 January 1864Eliza GILLESPIEFind the father
John GRAHAM17 November 1867Mary GRAHAMFind the father
Mary GRAHAM24 May 1866Mary GRAHAMFind the father
Agnes Reid GRIBBON24 August 1857Mary GRIBBONFind the father
Matthew HARLEY15 March 1857Jane HARLEYFind the father
John HAUGHIE5 September 1866Catherine HAUGHIEFind the father
Martha HENDERSON18 November 1868Ann HENDERSONFind the father
Mary HENDERSON31 January 1874Elizabeth HENDERSONFind the father
Margaret Leslie HIGGINBOTTOM31 July 1863Elizabeth HIGGINBOTTOMFind the father
John Simpson HOUSTON23 May 1873Maggie HOUSTONFind the father
Elizabeth HUSTON12 June 1862Rachel HUSTONFind the father
John JACKSON11 July 1860Margaret JACKSONFind the father
William JARVIE2 December 1874Margaret JARVIEFind the father
John JERMIN20 October 1866Mary JERMINFind the father
Joan Davidson KERR27 March 1867Jeanie KERRFind the father
Mary KERR5 October 1862Helen KERRFind the father
Malcolm Ritchie KING4 January 1864Isabella KINGFind the father
Jessie KIRKWOOD25 September 1873Jessie KIRKWOODFind the father
Mary LADEN14 June 1858Ellen LADENFind the father
James LAURIE13 December 1871Annie LAURIEFind the father
Joanna LAWLESS23 December 1861Alicia LAWLESSFind the father
Jean LEGGAT14 September 1860Jean LEGGATFind the father
Elizabeth LINDSAY9 November 1866Elizabeth LINDSAYFind the father
James LINDSAY24 August 1864Margaret LINDSAYFind the father
Ann MASON22 August 1866Margaret MASONFind the father
James MASON18 May 1860Margaret MASONFind the father
Mary MCAULY5 January 1865Helen MCAULYFind the father
John Mclurd MCAVOY28 November 1862Elizabeth MCAVOYFind the father
Margaret MCAVOY1 July 1868Elizabeth MCAVOYFind the father
Margaret MCAVOY23 February 1871Elizabeth MCAVOYFind the father
Alexander MCBRIDE31 March 1873Henrietta MCBRIDEFind the father
Agnes MCCONNELL25 December 1874Margaret MCCONNELLFind the father
Mary MCCUDDEN4 August 1873Sarah MCCUDDENFind the father
James MCDONALD5 January 1866Jane MCDONALDFind the father
Catherine MCDOUGALL9 November 1869Ann MCDOUGALLFind the father
Robertina MCDOWELL13 February 1867Jane MCDOWELLFind the father
Thomas MCEWAN17 July 1870Jane MCEWANFind the father
Mary MCFARLANE26 December 1861Margaret MCFARLANEFind the father
William MCGINNES25 July 1872Sarah MCGINNESFind the father
Jessie MCKEAN12 September 1866Jessie MCKEANFind the father
John MCKENZIE30 August 1874Flora MCKENZIEFind the father
James MCLACHLAN26 May 1856Catherine MCLACHLANFind the father
John MCLACHLAN1 October 1858Catherine MCLACHLANFind the father
William MCLACHLAN18 September 1860Catherine MCLACHLANFind the father
Letitia Leckie Bracelet MCLAREN12 June 1858Elizabeth MCLARENFind the father
Neil MCLAREN8 February 1870Christina MCLARENFind the father
Archibald MCLEAN13 October 1859Mary MCLEANFind the father
John MCLEAN2 June 1865Jane MCLEANFind the father
Robert MCLEAN13 June 1857Mary MCLEANFind the father
Thomas MCLEAN1 February 1868Agnes MCLEANFind the father
John MCLEOD13 October 1860Janet MCLEODFind the father
Julia MCMILLAN27 July 1872Margaret MCMILLANFind the father
Richard MCNEIL3 February 1874Jeanie MCNEILFind the father
Helen MCTEAR11 May 1856Mary MCTEARFind the father
Robert MEIKLEM30 November 1870Mary MEIKLEMFind the father
Margaret MITCHELL25 November 1867Elizabeth MITCHELLFind the father
Jane MONTGOMERY21 May 1861Elizabeth MONTGOMERYFind the father
Ellen MOTHERWELL20 August 1858Ann MOTHERWELLFind the father
George MOUAT13 February 1862Jane MOUATFind the father
Jemima MUIR5 April 1862Jane MUIRFind the father
Samuel Alexander PARKER9 December 1874Leah PARKERFind the father
Isabella Hendry PAXTON7 November 1874Ellen PAXTONFind the father
Smith PHILLIPS5 September 1863Janet PHILLIPSFind the father
Thomas PRINGLE19 August 1871Janet PRINGLEFind the father
Peter PURSEL3 February 1861Barbara PURSELFind the father
Annie Elliot QUARREL29 March 1874Elizabeth QUARRELFind the father
Janet ROBERTSON2 December 1863Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
George RODGER10 July 1865Ann RODGERFind the father
George RODGERS15 March 1866Hanah RODGERSFind the father
John RUSSELL14 June 1855Margaret RUSSELLFind the father
Arthur SANDERSON30 August 1857Sarah SANDERSONFind the father
Ann Jane Miller SCOTT21 June 1866Ann SCOTTFind the father
Patrick SKELTON30 October 1874Janet SKELTONFind the father
Jessie SKILLAN28 July 1867Janet SKILLANFind the father
James SKILLIAN11 May 1866Hanah SKILLIANFind the father
John SMITH8 June 1857Janet SMITHFind the father
Alexander Allan STEWART8 April 1874Elizabeth STEWARTFind the father
Martha STRANG21 November 1870Jane STRANGFind the father
James Adam SUTHERLAND4 October 1874Christina SUTHERLANDFind the father
Andrew Sanderson THOMSON15 November 1874Barbara THOMSONFind the father
Robert THOMSON21 March 1871Elizabeth THOMSONFind the father
Agnes Mcmillan TOWERS9 April 1874Mary TOWERSFind the father
George TWADDLE19 April 1857Margaret TWADDLEFind the father
Thomas TWIG30 August 1856Ann TWIGFind the father
Catherine WATSON21 November 1871Catherine WATSONFind the father
William WEIR14 June 1871Isabella WEIRFind the father
James WHITE12 June 1863Mary WHITEFind the father
Robert WHITE7 March 1866Mary WHITEFind the father

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

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish