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Colmonell 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

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:
  • £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)
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
Widow Janet CAMPBELL or MCLEAN 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Janet CAMPBELL 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Alexander CROSBIE 1861 (2)Order imagesRefused
Ellen CUMMING 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Helen CUMMING 1880 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James CUMMING 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Sarah CUMMING 1847 (4)Order imagesRefused
Gilbert FARGIE 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
Joan GALBRAITH or MCARTHUR 1854 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Joan GALBRAITH or MCARTHUR 1856 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow John HUGHES 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Christina LAWSON or MCMILLAN 1879 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Johanna MCARTHUR or GALBRAITH 1852 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Robert MCCRACKEN 1870 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Sarah MCEWAN or CUMMING 1853 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Sarah MCEWEN or CUMMING 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Sarah MCNEILLIE 1850-1851 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James RENNIE 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth SHAW 1851 (2)Order imagesRefused

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 residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Mary ANDERSON
Colmonell		James DUNBAR17 Jun 1877Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Mary COWAN
Leglartree$, Colmonell		William MCKIM4 Apr 1850Order nowAyr
SC6/7/9
Marion GIBSON
Barrhill, Colmonell, Ayrshire
formerly Polbae, Wigtown		John MCDOWALLOrder nowWigtown
SC19/7/8
Isabella MCCALLUM or MCHALLAM
Carleton Fishery, Colmonell
formerly Knockdaw, Colmonell		James HENDRIE28 Jan 1886
Carleton Fishery, Colmonell		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Margaret MCCUTCHEON or FITSIMMONS
Glenhead, Kirkoswald
formerly Big Balliard, Colmonell		Hugh MCCLUSKY28 Oct 1879
Dailly		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
James Kennedy ADAMS11 February 1861Margaret ADAMSFind the father
Agnes AITKEN9 February 1858Agnes AITKENFind the father
Janet Cunningham AITKEN24 January 1868Mary AITKENFather found
Janet ALLAN15 May 1861Mary ALLANFind the father
Annie ANDERSON17 May 1874Mary ANDERSONFind the father
Mary Rowan Gregg BROWN26 July 1868Sarah BROWNFind the father
John BRYDONE31 December 1855Jane BRYDONEFind the father
Annie CALDWELL10 January 1862Mary CALDWELLFind the father
James Eaglesham CALDWELL10 October 1856Mary CALDWELLFind the father
John CALDWELL28 January 1873Mary CALDWELLFind the father
Robert CALDWELL28 August 1869Mary CALDWELLFind the father
William CALDWELL7 March 1866Mary CALDWELLFind the father
Annie CAMERON9 November 1862Mary CAMERONFind the father
Annie Dempster CAMERON14 June 1873Agnes CAMERONFind the father
William CAMERON9 March 1865Margaret CAMERONFather found
Hannah Murray CAMPBELL1 September 1865Elizabeth CAMPBELLFind the father
Margaret Lindsay CAMPBELL6 December 1873Mary CAMPBELLFind the father
Mary CAMPBELL18 December 1863Matilda CAMPBELLFind the father
Mary Ann CAMPBELL21 May 1862Ann CAMPBELLFind the father
Sarah CAMPBELL3 August 1858Janet CAMPBELLFind the father
Thomas Mcclelland CAMPBELL13 January 1856Jane CAMPBELLFind the father
Daniel Mckean CATHCART15 May 1872Agnes CATHCARTFind the father
Mary CAVANS2 August 1861Mary CAVANSFind the father
Robert Cleary CHRISTEN29 January 1874Isabella CHRISTENFind the father
David CLOWES12 May 1872Jane CLOWESFind the father
John Whannel CORISKERY23 September 1857Elisebeth CORISKERYFind the father
Alexander Wright COSKERY8 March 1863Elizabeth COSKERYFind the father
Jane COSKERY25 October 1860Elizabeth COSKERYFind the father
Nedgen COWAN25 June 1858Jane COWANFind the father
Elizabeth Paterson CRAIG3 February 1874Annie CRAIGFind the father
James Kelly CRONEY10 January 1873Maggie CRONEYFind the father
John CUMMING18 April 1869Helen CUMMINGFind the father
John Mckie CUMMING24 March 1863Agnes CUMMINGFind the father
William DAVIDSON15 November 1873Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
Annie DRYNAN2 May 1868Jane DRYNANFind the father
Margaret DUNBAR6 June 1867Elizabeth DUNBARFind the father
Ann DUNLOP23 January 1867Catherine DUNLOPFind the father
Elizabeth Ann Bailie DURKEN14 September 1866Mary DURKENFind the father
Nicholas Livingstone FERGUSON12 December 1869Jane FERGUSONFind the father
Helen FERGUSSON14 October 1873Mary Ann FERGUSSONFind the father
James FERGUSSON14 October 1873Mary Ann FERGUSSONFind the father
Jane FERGUSSON13 March 1858Mary FERGUSSONFind the father
Mary FERGUSSON24 January 1859Marion FERGUSSONFind the father
Janet Helen FINDLAY28 March 1869Agnes FINDLAYFather found
Agnes FORSYTH29 October 1862Barbara FORSYTHFind the father
Robert FULTON22 November 1867Jane FULTONFind the father
Jane Bradshaw GALT29 June 1866Isabella GALTFind the father
Margaret GIBSON30 April 1874Marion GIBSONFind the father
Grace Mcculloch GRAHAM1 February 1866Martha GRAHAMFind the father
Jessie Ramsay HANNAH21 March 1861Helen HANNAHFind the father
Robert HARPER3 July 1871Jane HARPERFind the father
William Mccormick HARPER7 June 1863Jean HARPERFind the father
Elizabeth HARRIS24 July 1855Mary HARRISFind the father
John Walker HOUSTON19 September 1874Mary HOUSTONFind the father
Peter HOUSTON8 May 1867Martha HOUSTONFind the father
Sarah HOUSTON11 December 1873Martha HOUSTONFind the father
Jane HUSTON31 May 1862Martha HUSTONFind the father
James Kerr JOHNSTON17 January 1860Ann JOHNSTONFind the father
Henry Murray JONES5 April 1863Margaret JONESFind the father
John White JONES4 May 1873Jessie JONESFind the father
Sarah Crawford JONES21 September 1871Sarah JONESFind the father
Hannah Alford KANE25 July 1866Mary KANEFind the father
Maryann LAVERY29 May 1870Margaret LAVERYFind the father
David Hill LAWSON19 May 1871Mary LAWSONFind the father
Jane LAWSON16 May 1859Mary LAWSONFind the father
John LAWSON2 August 1865Mary LAWSONFind the father
Thomas LAWSON6 May 1862Mary LAWSONFind the father
Jane LEVEL7 January 1867Jane LEVELFind the father
George Smith LINDEN1 April 1865Margaret LINDENFind the father
Jessie Mcwhirter LINDEN13 January 1871Margaret LINDENFind the father
Agnes Johnston LINTON18 August 1869Margaret LINTONFind the father
Elizabeth MARSHALL14 July 1856Charlotte MARSHALLFind the father
Margaret MARTAIN2 August 1864Mary MARTAINFind the father
Archibald MCANDREW11 November 1871Margaret MCANDREWFind the father
James Mcquaker MCANDREW25 November 1866Margaret MCANDREWFind the father
Jane MCCALLUM23 August 1857Elisabeth MCCALLUMFind the father
Mary MCCALLUM30 March 1865Jane MCCALLUMFind the father
Robert Milby MCCANN25 October 1872Jane MCCANNFind the father
James Mcteir MCCLEARY9 March 1864Annie MCCLEARYFind the father
Agnes MCCLELLAND10 May 1865Elizabeth MCCLELLANDFind the father
Andrew Edgar MCCLUNG19 February 1862Margaret MCCLUNGFather found
Thomas Stewart MCCLUNG6 October 1864Margaret MCCLUNGFind the father
Elizabeth Crawford MCCLURE23 August 1871Agnes MCCLUREFather found
Margaret Mccallum MCCORMICK9 May 1874Margaret MCCORMICKFind the father
Isabella Murphy MCCRACKEN15 September 1871Agnes MCCRACKENFind the father
James Mackenzie MCCRACKEN26 September 1871Isabella MCCRACKENFind the father
William Coulter MCCRACKEN31 March 1860Mary MCCRACKENFather found
Emily MCCREATH15 September 1874Martha MCCREATHFind the father
Mary MCCREATH16 September 1872Mary MCCREATHFind the father
Mary Logan MCCRONE5 October 1873Jane MCCRONEFather found
Agnes MCDONALD5 November 1869Grace MCDONALDFind the father
Andrew MCFARLANE30 September 1868Margaret MCFARLANEFind the father
Robert MCFARLANE2 April 1867Elizabeth MCFARLANEFather found
Andrew Templeton MCGARVA8 March 1872Sarah MCGARVAFather found
James Templeton MCGARVA8 March 1872Sarah MCGARVAFather found
Andrew MCHALLAM7 October 1864Elizabeth MCHALLAMFather found
Isabella Muir MCHALLAM27 September 1866Elizabeth MCHALLAMFind the father
Mary Jane MCHALLAM2 June 1869Elizabeth MCHALLAMFind the father
Andrew MCHALLUM11 December 1861Elizabeth MCHALLUMFind the father
Sarah MCKIE28 December 1861Mary MCKIEFind the father
James Alexander MCKIM3 February 1874Jessie MCKIMFind the father
Robert MCKIM14 January 1859Jane MCKIMFind the father
David Strickland MCLATCHIE8 October 1871Agnes MCLATCHIEFind the father
Jane Rowan MCLETCHIE10 May 1868Agnes MCLETCHIEFind the father
John MCMILLAN13 May 1867Agnes MCMILLANFind the father
Joan West MCMURRAY15 October 1859Jessie MCMURRAYFind the father
David Alexander MCNEILLIE6 October 1872Alexina MCNEILLIEFind the father
James MCNEILLIE29 September 1856Mary MCNEILLIEFind the father
Gilbert Rowan MCTAGGART22 September 1864Jane MCTAGGARTFind the father
John MCWHIRTER25 November 1859Elizabeth MCWHIRTERFind the father
Isabella MELDRUM26 March 1866Elizabeth MELDRUMFind the father
Mary MELDRUM5 August 1857Elisabeth MELDRUMFather found
Jane MONTGOMERIE6 October 1858Jane MONTGOMERIEFind the father
Janet Cook MONTGOMERIE3 June 1857Mary MONTGOMERIEFind the father
Mary Mcwilliam MONTGOMERIE26 November 1862Jean MONTGOMERIEFind the father
William Mcilwee MONTGOMERIE9 June 1866Elizabeth MONTGOMERIEFind the father
Margaret MONTGOMERY21 March 1869Jane MONTGOMERYFind the father
Jean Mcadam MURCHIE10 March 1868Jess MURCHIEFind the father
Annie MURRY2 August 1868Jane MURRYFind the father
William Blain MUTERS22 October 1865Margaret MUTERSFind the father
Henry NEWBERRY30 July 1862Mary NEWBERRYFind the father
James NEWBERRY28 August 1872Agnes NEWBERRYFind the father
Jane NEWBERRY29 March 1868Jane NEWBERRYFind the father
Janet REID3 March 1858Emily REIDFather found
John REID16 November 1856Janet REIDFind the father
Thomas ROBERTSON14 January 1874Jane ROBERTSONFind the father
Hugh ROSS29 April 1863Jane Mcclung ROSSFind the father
Alexander Mctyre SCOTT23 August 1864Mary SCOTTFind the father
Helen SCOTT21 November 1857Mary SCOTTFind the father
Robina Finlay SHAW30 December 1860Jane SHAWFind the father
Agnes SHERRY21 April 1867Agnes SHERRYFind the father
Elizabeth Dempster SLOAN5 August 1865Agnes SLOANFind the father
James SLOAN7 September 1862Agnes SLOANFind the father
Jessie Agnew SLOAN28 November 1871Margaret SLOANFather found
Robert STEVENSON27 November 1866Fanny STEVENSONFind the father
Sarah STEVENSON12 January 1871Fanny STEVENSONFind the father
Maggie Rennie TEMPLETON3 May 1874Jane TEMPLETONFind the father
Mary WALKER26 August 1874Mary WALKERFind the father
William Tom Scott WALKER12 June 1872Mary WALKERFind the father
Catherine Waldrum WALLACE22 May 1869Elizabeth WALLACEFind the father
Janet WALLACE29 April 1874Ann WALLACEFind the father
William WILSON20 September 1859Margaret WILSONFind the father
William WILSON8 May 1869Margaret WILSONFind 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.

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.

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