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Cathcart records
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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 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.
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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John ALDGIE | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Sarah BICKERSTAFF | Barrhead Neilston | 1847 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Margaret BOYLE or DUNCAN | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Hugh DEVINE | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John MCINTYRE | 1848 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jane MCNEIL | 1869 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| George SPEIRS | 1861 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John STIRLING | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert TAGGART | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James WHITE | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert ALLAN | 2 July 1872 | Janet ALLAN | Find the father |
| Lottie Granger ANDERSON | 16 November 1874 | Catherine ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Archibald BALFOUR | 6 April 1862 | Euphemia BALFOUR | Find the father |
| Edward BALLANTINE | 13 August 1872 | Ellen BALLANTINE | Find the father |
| John BELL | 18 April 1874 | Jessie BELL | Find the father |
| Jane BLUNDELL | 28 August 1863 | Theresa BLUNDELL | Find the father |
| Daniel BRODERICK | 1 March 1862 | Elizabeth BRODERICK | Find the father |
| Samuel Cummings BROWNING | 14 May 1861 | Mary BROWNING | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BUCHANAN | 12 August 1862 | Elizabeth BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Catherine BURNET | 28 May 1856 | Christina BURNET | Find the father |
| Neil BURNS | 24 January 1873 | Margaret BURNS | Find the father |
| Sarah CALDWELL | 13 May 1856 | Margaret CALDWELL | Find the father |
| Sarah CAMERON | 15 December 1858 | Sarah CAMERON | Find the father |
| William CAMERON | 13 June 1872 | Jessie CAMERON | Find the father |
| Robert CAMPBELL | 3 July 1856 | Janet CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Benjamin CARR | 12 April 1868 | Elizabeth CARR | Find the father |
| Robert CARR | 15 April 1862 | Elizabeth CARR | Find the father |
| John CARSON | 30 November 1871 | Ann CARSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth COULTER | 8 December 1873 | Elizabeth COULTER | Find the father |
| John CRAWFORD | 5 May 1873 | Agnes CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Robina CROSSAN | 25 October 1870 | Mary CROSSAN | Find the father |
| Barbara CULLEN | 30 September 1868 | Elizabeth CULLEN | Find the father |
| Margaret DEARY | 10 April 1868 | Margaret Hait DEARY | Find the father |
| John DONALDSON | 26 October 1870 | Mary DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Margaret DRUMMOND | 12 January 1864 | Jane DRUMMOND | Find the father |
| Henry DUNCAN | 2 March 1872 | Isabella DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Margaret EAGLESOME | 27 December 1871 | Annie EAGLESOME | Find the father |
| Mary EAGLESON | 11 March 1869 | Mary EAGLESON | Find the father |
| Ann EASTON | 14 October 1874 | Christina EASTON | Find the father |
| Helen EASTON | 27 December 1873 | Alice EASTON | Find the father |
| Margaret Dalgetty ERSKINE | 25 November 1868 | Jane Mennon ERSKINE | Find the father |
| William ERSKINE | 23 February 1863 | Margaret ERSKINE | Father found |
| Robert Orr FAULDS | 18 November 1868 | Isabella FAULDS | Find the father |
| Susan FAULDS | 10 September 1871 | Isabella FAULDS | Find the father |
| Annie FERGUSON | 28 September 1872 | Mary Ann FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Hanah FERGUSSON | 13 June 1857 | Martha FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| John FERGUSSON | 10 January 1861 | Abigail LAVERY | Find the father |
| Mary FERGUSSON | 11 June 1855 | Mary FERGUSSON | Find the father |
| Robert FERGUSSON | 10 January 1861 | Abigail LAVERY | Find the father |
| Agnes GARDENER | 8 March 1873 | Elizabeth GARDENER | Find the father |
| Isabella GARDINER | 22 December 1874 | Catherine GARDINER | Find the father |
| Margaret GEARMAN | 20 August 1862 | Mary GEARMAN | Find the father |
| Jamima GEDDES | 28 August 1856 | Elizabeth GEDDES | Find the father |
| William John GIBSON | 10 April 1864 | Elizabeth GIBSON | Find the father |
| John Mcnight GILLAN | 14 January 1862 | Margaret GILLAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Cameron GILLESPIE | 8 January 1864 | Eliza GILLESPIE | Find the father |
| John GRAHAM | 17 November 1867 | Mary GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Mary GRAHAM | 24 May 1866 | Mary GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Agnes Reid GRIBBON | 24 August 1857 | Mary GRIBBON | Find the father |
| Matthew HARLEY | 15 March 1857 | Jane HARLEY | Find the father |
| John HAUGHIE | 5 September 1866 | Catherine HAUGHIE | Find the father |
| Martha HENDERSON | 18 November 1868 | Ann HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary HENDERSON | 31 January 1874 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Leslie HIGGINBOTTOM | 31 July 1863 | Elizabeth HIGGINBOTTOM | Find the father |
| John Simpson HOUSTON | 23 May 1873 | Maggie HOUSTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HUSTON | 12 June 1862 | Rachel HUSTON | Find the father |
| John JACKSON | 11 July 1860 | Margaret JACKSON | Find the father |
| William JARVIE | 2 December 1874 | Margaret JARVIE | Find the father |
| John JERMIN | 20 October 1866 | Mary JERMIN | Find the father |
| Joan Davidson KERR | 27 March 1867 | Jeanie KERR | Find the father |
| Mary KERR | 5 October 1862 | Helen KERR | Find the father |
| Malcolm Ritchie KING | 4 January 1864 | Isabella KING | Find the father |
| Jessie KIRKWOOD | 25 September 1873 | Jessie KIRKWOOD | Find the father |
| Mary LADEN | 14 June 1858 | Ellen LADEN | Find the father |
| James LAURIE | 13 December 1871 | Annie LAURIE | Find the father |
| Joanna LAWLESS | 23 December 1861 | Alicia LAWLESS | Father found |
| Jean LEGGAT | 14 September 1860 | Jean LEGGAT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LINDSAY | 9 November 1866 | Elizabeth LINDSAY | Find the father |
| James LINDSAY | 24 August 1864 | Margaret LINDSAY | Find the father |
| Ann MASON | 22 August 1866 | Margaret MASON | Find the father |
| James MASON | 18 May 1860 | Margaret MASON | Find the father |
| Mary MCAULY | 5 January 1865 | Helen MCAULY | Find the father |
| John Mclurd MCAVOY | 28 November 1862 | Elizabeth MCAVOY | Find the father |
| Margaret MCAVOY | 1 July 1868 | Elizabeth MCAVOY | Find the father |
| Margaret MCAVOY | 23 February 1871 | Elizabeth MCAVOY | Find the father |
| Alexander MCBRIDE | 31 March 1873 | Henrietta MCBRIDE | Find the father |
| Agnes MCCONNELL | 25 December 1874 | Margaret MCCONNELL | Find the father |
| Mary MCCUDDEN | 4 August 1873 | Sarah MCCUDDEN | Find the father |
| James MCDONALD | 5 January 1866 | Jane MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Catherine MCDOUGALL | 9 November 1869 | Ann MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Robertina MCDOWELL | 13 February 1867 | Jane MCDOWELL | Find the father |
| Thomas MCEWAN | 17 July 1870 | Jane MCEWAN | Find the father |
| Mary MCFARLANE | 26 December 1861 | Margaret MCFARLANE | Father found |
| William MCGINNES | 25 July 1872 | Sarah MCGINNES | Find the father |
| Jessie MCKEAN | 12 September 1866 | Jessie MCKEAN | Find the father |
| John MCKENZIE | 30 August 1874 | Flora MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James MCLACHLAN | 26 May 1856 | Catherine MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| John MCLACHLAN | 1 October 1858 | Catherine MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| William MCLACHLAN | 18 September 1860 | Catherine MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| Letitia Leckie Bracelet MCLAREN | 12 June 1858 | Elizabeth MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Neil MCLAREN | 8 February 1870 | Christina MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Archibald MCLEAN | 13 October 1859 | Mary MCLEAN | Find the father |
| John MCLEAN | 2 June 1865 | Jane MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Robert MCLEAN | 13 June 1857 | Mary MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCLEAN | 1 February 1868 | Agnes MCLEAN | Find the father |
| John MCLEOD | 13 October 1860 | Janet MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Julia MCMILLAN | 27 July 1872 | Margaret MCMILLAN | Father found |
| Richard MCNEIL | 3 February 1874 | Jeanie MCNEIL | Find the father |
| Helen MCTEAR | 11 May 1856 | Mary MCTEAR | Find the father |
| Robert MEIKLEM | 30 November 1870 | Mary MEIKLEM | Find the father |
| Margaret MITCHELL | 25 November 1867 | Elizabeth MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jane MONTGOMERY | 21 May 1861 | Elizabeth MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| Ellen MOTHERWELL | 20 August 1858 | Ann MOTHERWELL | Find the father |
| George MOUAT | 13 February 1862 | Jane MOUAT | Find the father |
| Jemima MUIR | 5 April 1862 | Jane MUIR | Find the father |
| Samuel Alexander PARKER | 9 December 1874 | Leah PARKER | Find the father |
| Isabella Hendry PAXTON | 7 November 1874 | Ellen PAXTON | Find the father |
| Smith PHILLIPS | 5 September 1863 | Janet PHILLIPS | Find the father |
| Thomas PRINGLE | 19 August 1871 | Janet PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Peter PURSEL | 3 February 1861 | Barbara PURSEL | Father found |
| Annie Elliot QUARREL | 29 March 1874 | Elizabeth QUARREL | Find the father |
| Janet ROBERTSON | 2 December 1863 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| George RODGER | 10 July 1865 | Ann RODGER | Find the father |
| George RODGERS | 15 March 1866 | Hanah RODGERS | Find the father |
| John RUSSELL | 14 June 1855 | Margaret RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Arthur SANDERSON | 30 August 1857 | Sarah SANDERSON | Find the father |
| Ann Jane Miller SCOTT | 21 June 1866 | Ann SCOTT | Find the father |
| Patrick SKELTON | 30 October 1874 | Janet SKELTON | Find the father |
| Jessie SKILLAN | 28 July 1867 | Janet SKILLAN | Find the father |
| James SKILLIAN | 11 May 1866 | Hanah SKILLIAN | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 8 June 1857 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| Alexander Allan STEWART | 8 April 1874 | Elizabeth STEWART | Find the father |
| Martha STRANG | 21 November 1870 | Jane STRANG | Find the father |
| James Adam SUTHERLAND | 4 October 1874 | Christina SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| Andrew Sanderson THOMSON | 15 November 1874 | Barbara THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert THOMSON | 21 March 1871 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Agnes Mcmillan TOWERS | 9 April 1874 | Mary TOWERS | Find the father |
| George TWADDLE | 19 April 1857 | Margaret TWADDLE | Find the father |
| Thomas TWIG | 30 August 1856 | Ann TWIG | Find the father |
| Catherine WATSON | 21 November 1871 | Catherine WATSON | Find the father |
| William WEIR | 14 June 1871 | Isabella WEIR | Find the father |
| James WHITE | 12 June 1863 | Mary WHITE | Find the father |
| Robert WHITE | 7 March 1866 | Mary WHITE | Find 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
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
