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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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/85/3Dalmellington Kirk Session - Scroll accounts
1766
1772
1782
1788
1797
1800
1848-1849 (unbound) [Boxed]		1766-1849Request lookup
CH2/85/4Dalmellington Kirk Session - Minutes1836-1844Request lookup
CH2/85/5Dalmellington Kirk Session - Minutes1871-1929Request lookup
CH2/85/9Dalmellington Kirk Session - Baptismal register1880-1903Request lookup
CH2/85/10Dalmellington Kirk Session - Scroll lists of baptisms and marriages1872-1876Request lookup
CH2/85/11Dalmellington Kirk Session - Scroll lists of baptisms and marriages1877-1880Request lookup
CH2/85/12Dalmellington Kirk Session - Proclamation register1884-1916Request lookup
CH2/85/13Dalmellington Kirk Session - Marriage register1880-1903Request lookup
CH2/85/14Dalmellington Kirk Session - Communion roll1859-1873Request lookup
CH2/85/15Dalmellington Kirk Session - Communion roll1874-1880Request lookup
CH2/85/16Dalmellington Kirk Session - Communion roll1881-1896Request lookup

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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  • £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
Thomas ADAMS 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Mary BLAIR 1861-1862 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Mary CAMERON or BLAIR 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow COLVALE 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Ann COWAN 1852 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 517 1852
Widow Mary DEMPSTER or SPIERS 1883 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Bridget GARRITY 1854 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Robert GEMMELL 1870 (2)Order imagesRefused
James GERRAND 1879 (1)Order imagesRefused
Catherine LINNARD 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary LOGAN or KIRK 1869 (2)Order imagesRefused
John MCCLYMONT 1846 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mary MCGILL or MCWHITER 1868 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Biddy MCKENNA 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow MCLEOD or MURRAY 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret MORNIE or O'NEIL 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow William Mcleod MURRAY 1856 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Judith O'KIRK or COMMERTON 1859 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret O'NEIL or MORRICE 1857 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow John RENNIE or DRYSDALE 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jane ROWAN or JUDGE 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Jane ROWAN or JUDGE 1861 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow SPIERS 1881 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John WALLACE 1859-1860 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Helen WEIR or MCLISKIE 1849 (1)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
Jane AITKEN
Dalmellington		James HUGHES25 Dec 1880
Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Mary BAIRD
Dalmellington		John CHAMBERS OR CHALMERS23 Sep 1853Order nowAyr
SC6/7/10
Agnes BELL
Burnside, Dalmellington		William MILLER8 Aug 1896
Burnside, Dalmellington		Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Margaret BONAR
101 Lethanhill, Dalmellington		Robert MCKIE4 Aug 1885
Lethanhill, Dalmellington		Order nowHamilton
SC37/7/26
Elizabeth BURGOYNE
Eglinton Hotel, Dalmellington
formerly Maybole		John MCTURK11 May 1881
Crosshill, Kirkmichael		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Sarah CLERK
Auchenroy, Dalmellington		William GALLOWAY13 Jul 1885
45 Craigmark, Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Margaret COCHRANE
Craigmark, Dalmellington		David MCCLYMONT25 Feb 1882Order nowAyr
SC6/7/17
Mary GERRAND
Wightsland, Dalmellington		William LEES14 Mar 1877
Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Isabella HAMMILL
Waterside, Dalmellington
formerly Burnton, Dalmellington		William CROMBIE4 Feb 1876
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Janet JOHNSTON
Crofthead, Dalmellington		George MURRAY26 Feb 1886
Croft Street, Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Janet LAIDLAW
Knowehead, Dalmellington		Thomas BROWN13 Oct 1879
High Street, Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Mary MCCURDIE
106 Benquhat, Dalmellington		James HAINEY28 Nov 1887
106 Benquhat, Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Agnes MCWHIRTER
Dalmellington		Gavin CAMPBELL7 Jan 1850Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/3
Agnes MOFFAT or WILSON
New Street, Dalmellington		Josiah SPEIRS OR IRVINE22 Feb 1879
Benquhat		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Euphemia MURRAY
Burnfoothill, Dalmellington		James BLAIR6 Jan 1875
Burnfoothill, Dalmellington		Order nowCupar
SC20/4/31
Mary MURRAY
Dalmellington		John MCGILL17 Mar 1851Order nowAyr
SC6/7/10
Marion RAE
Craigmark, Dalmellington		James HUGHAN14 Jan 1886
Auchenfad, Rerwick		Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Charlotte RENNIE
165 Burnfoothill (Lethanhill), Dalmellington		William COATS10 Mar 1882
Burnfoothill (Lethanhill), Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/17
Margaret ROBERTSON
85 Benquhat, Dalmellington		Hugh MCCLYMONT17 Feb 1888
85 Benquhat, Dalmellington		Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Elizabeth SHARP
Cross Street, Dalmellington		Andrew KERR4 Jan 1890
Dalmellington		Order nowGlasgow
SC36/14/75
Elizabeth SHARP
Cross Street, Dalmellington		Andrew KERR4 May 1892
Dalmellington		Order nowGlasgow
SC36/14/75

School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
School leaving certificate examinations
NameDate of birthSchoolYearOrder record
Jaeni AITKEN12 Nov 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Ebenezer M ANDERSON10 Jul 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
James H A BAIN15 May 1896Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Thomas H BELL28 Aug 1890Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Charles R BLACKWOOD31 Jul 1896Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
James BURGESS22 Oct 1893Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Robert CRON4 Jun 1893Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
William DODDS17 Jul 1892Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Jean M FERNIE25 Dec 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Minnie C GALLOWAY23 Feb 1891Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Minnie C GALLOWAY23 Feb 1891Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Minnie C GALLOWAY23 Feb 1891Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
George GIBSON2 Mar 1890Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
George GIBSON2 Mar 1890Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Margaret S GLASS14 May 1894Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Margaret S GLASS14 May 1894Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Robert GREENSHIELDS10 Jun 1893Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Francis GUTHRIE31 Oct 1893Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Helen B IRELAND25 Dec 1894Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Janet M KERR18 Oct 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Jane F LAMMIE13 Feb 1894Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Peter LYLE25 Dec 1891Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Mary M MACDONALD19 Jul 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Peter MACMURRAY21 Jun 1896Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Peter MCMURRAY21 Jun 1896Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
William MURPHIE1 Aug 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
William MURPHIE1 Aug 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Elizabeth G MURRAY12 Apr 1898Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Kate B C MURRAY6 Jul 1892Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Kate B C MURRAY6 Jul 1892Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Wallace NELSON9 Apr 1896Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Walter NELSON9 Apr 1896Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Mary PATERSON14 Jul 1890Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Mary PATERSON14 Jul 1890Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now
Mary PATERSON14 Jul 1890Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Peter RENNIE3 Jun 1891Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
Flora M SMITH9 Nov 1893Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
William B SMITH30 Jun 1893Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Anne M TALMAN20 Mar 1897Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Robert TALMAN11 Nov 1894Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Thomas D WALLACE15 Jun 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1910Order now
Thomas D WALLACE15 Jun 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
Robina WATSON4 Nov 1897Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
George WIGHTMAN10 Aug 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1912Order now
Helen R WILLIAMSON25 Oct 1895Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1911Order now
James WILLIAMSON29 Jun 1892Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1908Order now
James WILLIAMSON29 Jun 1892Dalmellington Higher Grade Public School1909Order now

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
James ADAIR15 April 1861Mary Ann ADAIRFind the father
James ADAIR5 February 1867Mary Ann ADAIRFind the father
Thomas AITKEN29 October 1865Jessie AITKENFind the father
John ALEXANDER19 March 1856Margaret ALEXANDERFind the father
Archibald BARCLAY3 June 1870Margaret BARCLAYFind the father
James BELL24 June 1861Helen BELLFind the father
John BOYLE13 November 1863Margaret BOYLEFind the father
Margaret BOYLE1 May 1866Margaret BOYLEFind the father
William BOYLE17 August 1860Margaret BOYLEFather found
John BROOM6 October 1860Margaret BROOMFind the father
Grace BROWN14 December 1865Agnes BROWNFather found
Agnes BRYAN14 March 1868Agnes BRYANFind the father
James BRYAN23 April 1864Agnes BRYANFind the father
John BRYAN7 December 1864Mary BRYANFind the father
John BRYAN29 August 1866Mary BRYANFind the father
Robert BRYAN13 January 1859Agnes BRYANFind the father
John BRYDEN24 June 1863Sarah Mcmurdo BRYDENFind the father
David BURNS26 January 1865Ann BURNSFind the father
John BURNS22 May 1860Margaret BURNSFind the father
James CAMERON21 March 1859Catherine CAMERONFind the father
Elizabeth CAMPBELL24 October 1873Jane CAMPBELLFind the father
James CARLILE20 February 1868Mary CARLILEFind the father
Ann CARSON19 September 1863Agnes CARSONFind the father
Jane CARSON6 May 1860Agnes CARSONFind the father
Mary CARSON8 March 1864Jane CARSONFind the father
Jean CAUGHTRIE20 March 1860Sarah CAUGHTRIEFather found
Jane CHAMBERS28 November 1861Jane CHAMBERSFind the father
Agnes CLARK11 February 1870Jane CLARKFind the father
James Mcleod COCHRANE24 November 1867Annie COCHRANEFind the father
Annie COLVILLE28 January 1866Jane COLVILLEFind the father
Mary Nesbit COLVILLE31 March 1868Jane COLVILLEFind the father
Robina COLVILLE14 August 1869Janet COLVILLEFind the father
Mary Adair CONNOR2 August 1863Mary Ann CONNORFind the father
Robert COOPER27 July 1867Agnes COOPERFind the father
Helen CUMMERTON23 July 1860Joanna CUMMERTONFind the father
James CURRIE4 June 1859Jane CURRIEFind the father
Margaret DAVIDSON6 May 1859Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
Robert DAVIDSON21 February 1857Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
William DEMPESTER5 June 1868Agnes DEMPESTERFind the father
Ann DEMPSEY25 July 1866Matilda DEMPSEYFather found
Agnes DEMPSTER29 September 1869Margaret DEMPSTERFind the father
Agnes DEMPSTER24 March 1870Isabella DEMPSTERFind the father
Catherine DEMPSTER18 August 1867Margaret DEMPSTERFind the father
Marion DEMPSTER6 March 1860Margaret DEMPSTERFind the father
Alexander DICK13 April 1855Margaret DICKFind the father
William DICKSON17 January 1863Eliza DICKSONFind the father
Robert DONALDSON20 June 1857Elisabeth DONALDSONFind the father
Hannah DOUGLAS20 January 1865Isabella DOUGLASFind the father
Annie DREW15 December 1871Susan DREWFind the father
Janet Mccreddie DRYNAN3 March 1870Roseann DRYNANFind the father
Robert DUNLOP31 December 1870Janet DUNLOPFind the father
William James EVANS10 November 1856Jane EVANSFind the father
James FERGUSON18 June 1874Christina FERGUSONFind the father
Christina FINDLAY26 January 1868Annie FINDLAYFind the father
John FINDLAY24 December 1860Ann FINDLAYFind the father
Mary FINDLAY26 November 1873Christina FINDLAYFind the father
Mary FINDLAY17 December 1874Agnes FINDLAYFind the father
Peter FINDLAY18 August 1857Christina FINDLAYFind the father
Janet FINLAY21 June 1871Annie FINLAYFind the father
William FINLAY20 May 1855Margaret FINLAYFind the father
James FISHER7 June 1873Elizabeth FISHERFind the father
Martha FULTON17 October 1865Mary FULTONFind the father
Mary FULTON27 December 1862Mary FULTONFind the father
William FULTON1 February 1869Mary FULTONFind the father
Susan GALLOCHER28 April 1871Margaret GALLOCHERFind the father
Agnes GALLOWAY29 October 1864Margaret GALLOWAYFind the father
William GARRAND20 June 1866Janet GARRANDFind the father
Mary GARRITY3 October 1856Biddy GARRITYFind the father
Helen GAULT12 June 1873Helen GAULTFind the father
Thomas GAULT17 January 1872Rosanna GAULTFind the father
Hugh GERRAND24 January 1859Mary GERRANDFind the father
Robert Mcwhirter GERRAND19 September 1857Mary GERRANDFind the father
William GERRAND20 October 1871Mary GERRANDFind the father
Francis John David GILCHRIST24 August 1860Mary GILCHRISTFind the father
Mary GILCHRIST9 January 1856Mary GILCHRISTFind the father
William GILLIES9 August 1874Mary GILLIESFind the father
James GIRRAND10 October 1869Mary GIRRANDFind the father
Margaret GLOVER17 September 1855Mary GLOVERFind the father
Adam GOOD16 November 1858Catherine GOODFind the father
Janet GOOD31 May 1861Catherine GOODFather found
Mary GUNNING22 May 1870Isabella GUNNINGFind the father
Hugh HAIRE13 October 1865Martha HAIREFind the father
Mary HALEY1 February 1864Theresa HALEYFind the father
Alexander Mcdonald HAMILTON16 February 1864Jean HAMILTONFind the father
William HANNAH21 January 1858Mary HANNAHFind the father
James HASWELL18 May 1871Agnes HASWELLFind the father
Janet Crawford HENDERSON5 March 1874Margaret HENDERSONFind the father
James HODGSON13 April 1865Margaret HODGSONFind the father
John HOWAT20 December 1867Isabella HOWATFather found
Samuel Logan HOWAT17 May 1864Elizabeth HOWATFind the father
Jessie IRVINE24 May 1868Elizabeth IRVINEFind the father
John IRVINE11 August 1863Jane IRVINEFind the father
Janet JOHNSTON5 April 1867Janet JOHNSTONFind the father
John JOHNSTON6 December 1866Agnes JOHNSTONFind the father
Robert KEAN19 July 1868Margaret KEANFind the father
Janet KERR1 January 1860Catherine KERRFind the father
James Hislop KIRKPATRICK30 November 1867Agnes KIRKPATRICKFind the father
James KIRKWOOD9 July 1871Mary KIRKWOODFind the father
Matthew Park KIRKWOOD4 April 1870Agnes KIRKWOODFind the father
Elizabeth Murray LANDSBOROUGH26 February 1861Elizabeth LANDSBOROUGHFind the father
Annie LOUDON8 August 1870Jane LOUDONFind the father
Catherine LOUDON12 April 1858Jane LOUDONFind the father
Helen LOUDON23 March 1872Jane LOUDONFind the father
Janet LOUDON21 September 1874Jane LOUDONFind the father
John LOUDON2 April 1863Jane LOUDONFind the father
Margaret LOUDON26 August 1860Jane LOUDONFind the father
William LOUDON25 May 1856Jane LOUDONFind the father
Robert MCARTHUR15 August 1855Helen MCARTHURFind the father
Annie Smith MCBRIDE11 July 1874Elizabeth MCBRIDEFind the father
David MCBRIDE20 October 1872Mary MCBRIDEFind the father
Margaret MCBURNIE14 July 1863Mary MCBURNIEFind the father
Jeremias MCCABE2 September 1862Mary Jane MCCABEFind the father
William MCCAIB13 March 1855Margaret MCCAIBFind the father
James MCCALL5 November 1862Isabella MCCALLFind the father
David MCCAW6 January 1867Jane MCCAWFind the father
Jane MCCLATCHIE26 June 1865Agnes MCCLATCHIEFind the father
John MCCLATCHIE21 December 1866Elspie MCCLATCHIEFind the father
James MCCLUNG7 September 1874Mary MCCLUNGFind the father
Agnes MCCLYMONT31 May 1870Ann MCCLYMONTFind the father
Marion MCCORMICK8 March 1871Agnes MCCORMICKFind the father
Helen MCCREATH2 February 1873Janet MCCREATHFind the father
Mary Fisher Mclarty MCCUTCHEON12 July 1870Janet MCCUTCHEONFind the father
James MCDONALD9 March 1873Annie MCDONALDFind the father
John MCDONALD3 December 1864Janet MCDONALDFind the father
Samuel MCDONALD1 August 1863Margaret MCDONALDFind the father
Christina MCDOWALL25 May 1872Jean MCDOWALLFind the father
Thomas MCDOWALL28 December 1869Jane MCDOWALLFind the father
Alexander MCGILL27 June 1855Mary MCGILLFind the father
William MCGILL16 June 1867Elizabeth MCGILLFind the father
James MCKINLAY11 January 1874Margaret MCKINLAYFind the father
John MCLANY4 March 1857Jane MCLANYFind the father
Peter MCLAUCHLAN18 January 1861Mary MCLAUCHLANFind the father
Andrew Tom MCLEAN20 December 1870Mary MCLEANFind the father
Janet MCLEAN7 April 1873Agnes MCLEANFind the father
Marion MCLEAN24 May 1867Jean MCLEANFind the father
Agnes MCLEMONT30 June 1868Ann MCLEMONTFind the father
Martha MCMURTRIE26 September 1863Margaret MCMURTRIEFather found
William Mcblane MCPHERSON7 April 1869Mary MCPHERSONFind the father
John MCQUADE5 June 1856Margaret MCQUADEFind the father
Mary MENZIES5 November 1857Mary MENZIESFind the father
William MENZIES5 June 1874Nancy MENZIESFind the father
Margaret Bone MOFFAT22 April 1874Marion MOFFATFind the father
William MUIR16 February 1864Margaret MUIRFind the father
Hannah MUMBERSON27 July 1873Mary Ann MUMBERSONFind the father
Margaret Templeton MURCHIE4 October 1871Mary MURCHIEFind the father
Ann MURRAY29 October 1874Mary MURRAYFind the father
James MURRAY11 February 1855Janet MURRAYFind the father
Jane MURRAY15 August 1865Margaret MURRAYFind the father
Robert MURRAY15 September 1860Elisabeth MURRAYFind the father
James NEIL6 April 1866Agnes NEILFind the father
Jeanie NELSON14 February 1874Hannah NELSONFind the father
Mary Jane O'NEIL13 October 1855Margaret O'NEILFind the father
Mary O'RORK22 March 1870Bridget O'RORKFind the father
Alexander ORR22 April 1867Sophia Espie ORRFind the father
James ORR28 August 1856Catherine ORRFind the father
John ORR29 July 1856Barbara ORRFind the father
John ORR21 August 1868Catherine ORRFind the father
Andrew PARK31 October 1873Margaret PARKFather found
Robert PARK10 March 1859Helen PARKFind the father
Mary PATERSON13 June 1873Jane PATERSONFind the father
Jane PATISON21 April 1866Jane PATISONFind the father
Catherine PIPER17 January 1871Mary Johnston PIPERFind the father
John POLLOCK27 December 1874Janet POLLOCKFind the father
John PRENTICE24 October 1863Elizabeth PRENTICEFind the father
Helen RAFFERTY26 June 1863Helen RAFFERTYFind the father
John RANKIN26 August 1857Rosanna RANKINFind the father
Ann REID1 November 1865Helen REIDFather found
Matthew REID30 September 1856Elizabeth REIDFind the father
George King RENNIE27 October 1867Abigail RENNIEFind the father
John RONEY28 October 1864Jane RONEYFind the father
Jane ROWAN25 August 1860Jane ROWANFind the father
Mary ROWAN8 March 1867Jane ROWANFind the father
Hannah SALMON19 April 1857Margaret SALMONFind the father
Helen SAMSON19 February 1867Jane SAMSONFind the father
Mary SAMSON9 January 1861Christina SAMSONFind the father
Alexander SLOAN24 March 1870Catherine SLOANFind the father
James SLOAN25 June 1872Margaret SLOANFind the father
Mary SLOSS6 March 1865Mary SLOSSFind the father
Andrina STEVEN12 June 1866Christina STEVENFind the father
Christina STEVEN14 November 1864Margaret STEVENFind the father
Margaret STEVEN21 June 1863Margaret STEVENFind the father
Jane STEVENSON10 October 1856Jane STEVENSONFather found
Rosina STEVENSON31 May 1871Jessie STEVENSONFind the father
Sarah TALMAN9 July 1874Isabella TALMANFind the father
William John TALMAN24 September 1865Catherine TALMANFind the father
Margaret Barrie THORNTON11 March 1870Elizabeth THORNTONFather found
John TURNBULL11 December 1871Margaret TURNBULLFind the father
Edward WALKER22 March 1867Rebecca WALKERFind the father
John WALLACE22 January 1856Margaret WALLACEFind the father
Margaret WALLACE15 July 1874Agnes WALLACEFind the father
Thomas WALLACE23 July 1865Margaret WALLACEFind the father
Charles WALLET2 August 1864Jane WALLETFind the father
Helen WATSON28 January 1871Mary WATSONFind the father
Martha WATSON21 December 1866Martha WATSONFind the father
Jane WATTERS9 June 1872Mary WATTERSFind the father
William Buchanan WEIR24 April 1859Margaret WEIRFind the father
Jane Smith WHITEFORD12 December 1872Jane Smith WHITEFORDFind the father
Ann Galbraith WILSON8 May 1870Elizabeth WILSONFind the father
John WILSON14 January 1871Margaret WILSONFind the father
Thomas WILSON12 December 1869Jane 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.

Mr William Arthur

William Arthur

Mr William Arthur

Dr Auld

Ann Bell

Elisabeth Bell (Johnston)

Elisabeth Bell

William Cameron

Mary Clarke

William Colville

Ann Dempster

Ann Galt

Susan Hamilton

John Hewitson

Mr John Hewitson

John Hewitson

Mr John Hewitson

Rev Dr Hill

William Kay Senr

Rev Mr Kennedy

Thomas Mcclymont

John Mcconnochie

Jane Mcdugald

Rev Mr McIlveen

John Mcmartin

Robert Mcquarrie

Margaret Miken

John Milhinch

Mr Murdoch (Johnston)

James Murdoch

Mr James Murdoch

James Murdoch

Mr James Murdoch

James Murray

Rev Mr Paton

Elisabeth Stevenson

Rev Mr Wallace

Helen Willet

Name:

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation: session clerk

Address:

Role: correspondence

Other names: Jane Mcdugald; Robert Mcquarrie; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Mr William Arthur

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Mr William Arthur

Date: 16/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: William Arthur

Date: 18/09/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: signed

Details: We the Members of Session here, and having examined the Treasurer's Books were satisfied that they were perfectly correct. Signed: John Hewitson, William Arthur, James Murdoch'

Other names: John Hewitson; William Arthur; James Murdoch

Name: Mr William Arthur

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Mr William Arthur

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Details: Inter Alia, they [the Kirk Session] elected Mr William Arthur to be Presbytery Elder, and to attend the Synod for the ensuing half year.'

Name: Mr William Arthur

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: present

Other names: Susan Hamilton; John Milhinch; Rev Mr Wallace; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Mr William Arthur

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Preached

Other names: Helen Willet; John Mcmartin; Dr Auld; Rev Mr Kennedy; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Dr Auld

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: correspondence

Other parish: Ayr Kirk session

Other names: Helen Willet; John Mcmartin; Dr Auld; Rev Mr Kennedy; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Ann Bell

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Paternity

Occupation:

Address:

Role: pursuer mother mention

Other parish: Carsphairn, Kirk session of

Other names: William Colville; Ann Bell; Mr Murdoch (Johnston); Rev Mr Paton; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Elisabeth Bell (Johnston)

Date: 10/06/1832

Case type: examination

Occupation:

Address: Brockloch Toll Bar

Role: mention as pursuer

Other parish: Carsphairn, Kirk Session of

Other names: William Colville; Elisabeth Bell (Johnston); John Hewitson

Name: Elisabeth Bell

Date: 16/09/1832

Case type: Discipline

Occupation:

Address: Brockloch Toll Bar

Role: mention as pursuer

Other parish: Carsphairn, Kirk Session

Other names: William Colville; Elisabeth Bell

Name: William Cameron

Date: 20/05/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: Compeared William Cameron and Ann Dempster who confessed improper conduct before marriage being therefore rebuked, reproved, and exhorted by the Rev Mr McIlveen, Moderator and also having paid a fine for the benefit of the poor, they were absolved from the Scandal attached to their Offence.'

Other names: William Cameron; Ann Dempster; Rev Mr Mcilveen

Name: Mary Clarke

Date: 19/02/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Other names: John Mcconnochie; Mary Clarke; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: William Colville

Date: 10/06/1832

Case type: examination

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared not as defender

Other parish: Carsphairn, Kirk session of

Details: The Kirk Session, consisting of the Minister and Elders met for the express purpose of examining William Colville respecting the accusation of Elisabeth Bell, or Johnston residing at Brockloch Toll Barr according to the desire and the authority of the Kirk Session of Carsphairn, but he did not compear, altho' previously summoned, and also called three times by the Kirk Officer, out of doors. Extracted from the Minutes of Dalmellington Kirk Session, this 18th day of June 1832 years by J. Hewitson Sess. Clerk

Other names: William Colville; Elisabeth Bell (Johnston); John Hewitson

Name: William Colville

Date: 16/09/1832

Case type: Discipline

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as accused

Other parish: Carsphairn, Kirk Session

Details: Inter alia, they [the Kirk Session] ordered William Colville to be summoned a second time, to compear before the Session, against this day fortnight in compliance with the desire of the Kirk Session of Carsphairn, to answer to the Accusation of Elisabeth Bell, or Johnston, residing at Brocklock Toll Bar'

Other names: William Colville; Elisabeth Bell

Name: William Colville

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Paternity

Occupation:

Address:

Role: accused as father compeared not

Other parish: Carsphairn, Kirk session of

Details: William Colville still failed to compear after being summoned a second time, to answer the accusation of Elisabeth Bell, or Johnston, at the request of the Kirk Session of Carsphairn, but formerly in course of conversation with Mr Murdoch, Elder, he acknowledged the child and said that he would undertake the expence of supporting it, and accordingly he desired Mr Murdoch to report same to this Session, which he has now done.'

Other names: William Colville; Ann Bell; Mr Murdoch (Johnston); Rev Mr Paton; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Ann Dempster

Date: 20/05/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Other names: William Cameron; Ann Dempster; Rev Mr Mcilveen

Name: Ann Galt

Date: 17/06/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Ann Galt for Antenuptial fornication with Thomas McClymont, and being reproved rebuked, and exhorted by the Revd. Mr McIlveen, Moderator, in presence of the Elders, was absolved from the Scandal attached to her Offence.'

Other names: Ann Galt; Thomas Mcclymont; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Susan Hamilton

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Other parish: Dailly

Details: Compeared Susan Hamilton for the sin of fornication with John Milhinch, an unmarried man, a native of Ireland, residing in Kilgramonie, Parish of Dailly who having compeared before the Kirk Session of Kirkoswald, and when interrogated, he acknowledged that the accusation of the said Susan Hamilton was correct, and that he was the father of the child which she had brought forth on [left blank] or with which she was pregnant at the date of our letter to the Kirk session of Kirkoswald, being the 24th of September last. This information we have derived from a letter transmitted, to our Session Clerk from said Session, dated Kirkoswald, November 19th 1832, wherein their Session Clerk stated that John Milhinch, being rebuked and exhorted, was absolved from the Scandal, having satisfied the Session with regard to a fine for himself, and Susan Hamilton. - Also they authorised the Session to take Susan Hamilton upon discipline. Consequently the Revd. Mr Wallace, Minister of Barr, Moderator, reproved the said Susan Hamilton, in presence of Mr John Hewitson, Mr James Murdoch and Mr William Arthur, Elders. And a fine being mentioned, she was absolved from the Scandal attached to her Offence.'

Other names: Susan Hamilton; John Milhinch; Rev Mr Wallace; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: John Hewitson

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: John Hewitson

Date: 10/06/1832

Case type: examination

Occupation: session clerk

Address:

Role: correspondence

Other names: William Colville; Elisabeth Bell (Johnston); John Hewitson

Name: Mr John Hewitson

Date: 16/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: John Hewitson

Date: 18/09/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: signed

Details: We the Members of Session here, and having examined the Treasurer's Books were satisfied that they were perfectly correct. Signed: John Hewitson, William Arthur, James Murdoch'

Other names: John Hewitson; William Arthur; James Murdoch

Name: Mr John Hewitson

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Mr John Hewitson

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Mr John Hewitson

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: present

Other names: Susan Hamilton; John Milhinch; Rev Mr Wallace; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Rev Dr Hill

Date: 16/09/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other parish: Dailly

Other names: Rev Dr Hill; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: William Kay Senr

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared William Kay, Senior but not having given a satisfactory confession of his having been guilty of fornication with Margaret Miken, the Session therefore postponed the case until another opportunity.'

Other names: William Kay Senr; Margaret Miken

Name: Rev Mr Kennedy

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other parish: Kirkmichael

Other names: Helen Willet; John Mcmartin; Dr Auld; Rev Mr Kennedy; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Thomas Mcclymont

Date: 17/06/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Other names: Ann Galt; Thomas Mcclymont; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: John Mcconnochie

Date: 19/02/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: Compeared John McConnochie & Mary Clarke, and having confessed improper conduct before marriage; they were accordingly reproved, rebuked and exhorted by the Rev Mr McIlveen, Moderator. Also having paid a fine, they were absolved from the Scandal attached to their Offence.'

Other names: John Mcconnochie; Mary Clarke; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Jane Mcdugald

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address: Denniston

Role: Compeared

Details: Compeared Jane McDugald from Denniston for a relapse into fornication, and being rebuked and admonished by the Revd. Mr McIlveen, Moderator, to give up the father of the child, which she brought forth on [blank] she confessed and ingenuously declared that it was Robert McQuarrie, an unmarried mariner. The Session Clerk was then desired to write to him, ordering him to compear along with her, against this day week.'

Other names: Jane Mcdugald; Robert Mcquarrie; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Rev Mr McIlveen

Date: 19/02/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other names: John Mcconnochie; Mary Clarke; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Rev Mr McIlveen

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: Rev Mr Mcilveen

Date: 20/05/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other names: William Cameron; Ann Dempster; Rev Mr Mcilveen

Name: Rev Mr McIlveen

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other names: Jane Mcdugald; Robert Mcquarrie; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Rev Mr McIlveen

Date: 17/06/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Name: John Mcmartin

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address: Ayr

Role: mention as party

Other names: Helen Willet; John Mcmartin; Dr Auld; Rev Mr Kennedy; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Robert Mcquarrie

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation: mariner

Address:

Role: Alledged Father mention

Other names: Jane Mcdugald; Robert Mcquarrie; Rev Mr McIlveen

Name: Margaret Miken

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Other names: William Kay Senr; Margaret Miken

Name: John Milhinch

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address: Kilgramonie, Parish Of Dailly

Role: mention in correspondence as accused

Other parish: Dailly

Other names: Susan Hamilton; John Milhinch; Rev Mr Wallace; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Mr Murdoch (Johnston)

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Paternity

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: reported to session

Other names: William Colville; Ann Bell; Mr Murdoch (Johnston); Rev Mr Paton; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: James Murdoch

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Details: 'inter alia, they elected Mr John Hewitson to be Presbytery Elder, and to attend the Synod for the ensuing half year.'

Name: Mr James Murdoch

Date: 16/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: James Murdoch

Date: 18/09/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: signed

Details: We the Members of Session here, and having examined the Treasurer's Books were satisfied that they were perfectly correct. Signed: John Hewitson, William Arthur, James Murdoch'

Other names: John Hewitson; William Arthur; James Murdoch

Name: Mr James Murdoch

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Mr James Murdoch

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Name: Mr James Murdoch

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: present

Other names: Susan Hamilton; John Milhinch; Rev Mr Wallace; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Mr James Murdoch

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: present

Other names: Helen Willet; John Mcmartin; Dr Auld; Rev Mr Kennedy; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: James Murray

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Also compeared James Murray, and Elisabeth Stevenson, who confessed improper conduct before marriage, and accordingly were reproved, rebuked, & exhorted by the Moderator, and having paid a fine for the benefit of the poor, they were absolved from the Scandal attached to their Offence.'

Other names: James Murray; Elisabeth Stevenson

Name: Rev Mr Paton

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other parish: Straiton

Name: Elisabeth Stevenson

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: improper conduct before marriage

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Other names: James Murray; Elisabeth Stevenson

Name: Rev Mr Wallace

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other parish: Barr

Name: Rev Mr Wallace

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: Minister

Address:

Role: moderator

Other parish: Barr

Other names: Susan Hamilton; John Milhinch; Rev Mr Wallace; Mr John Hewitson; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur

Name: Helen Willet

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: Compeared Helen Willet for the sin of fornication with John McMartin, residing in Ayr; and having received a letter [from] Dr Auld, dated Decr.20th 1832, containing Authority from him and the other members of Ayr Kirk Session, to take her upon discipline in this Kirk Session.- He also stated that he had seem John McMartin, who frankly acknowledged her accusation. Therefore the Revd. Mr Kennedy Minister of Kirkmichael, Moderator, reproved, rebuked, exhorted the said Helen Willet, in presence of Mr James Murdoch and Mr William Arthur, Elders, and she being unable to pay a fine for the benefit of the Poor, was absolved from the Scandal attached to her Offence.'

Other names: Helen Willet; John Mcmartin; Dr Auld; Rev Mr Kennedy; Mr James Murdoch; Mr William Arthur