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Dalrymple 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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/87/2 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes | 1726-1783 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/3 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes | 1783-1846 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/4 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes | 1846-1878 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/5 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts | 1725-1771 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/6 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts | 1771-1826 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/7 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts | 1826-1845 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/8 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts | 1845-1897 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/9 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts | 1897-1933 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/10 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Baptisms | 1865-1874 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/11 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Baptisms | 1874-1879 | Request lookup |
| CH2/87/12 | Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes | 1878-1950 | Request 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean HAMILTON | 1869 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William HOSE | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| William HOSE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret MATHEWSON | 1869 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret ORR or SLOAN | 1855 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Robert WOODROW | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary DICK or COCHRANE Dalrymple | Hugh AULD | 21 Mar 1842 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/3 |
| Sarah DUNN Skeldon Woollen Mill, Dalrymple | David ROBERTSON | 28 Oct 1879 Skeldon Woollen Mill, Dalrymple | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/16 |
| Ann GREENSHIELDS Dalrymple | James MCCREATH | 30 Mar 1853 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/9 |
| Isabella HAY Skeldon, Dalrymple | William MCNIDER | 22 Sep 1847 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/9 |
| Jean HYSLOP Dundonald formerly Ashentree, Dalrymple | James MCSKIMMING | 30 Jul 1850 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/9 |
| Margaret JOHNSTON Skeldon Mill, Dalrymple | John JOHNSTONE | 30 Mar 1876 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/15 |
| Agnes KAY Potterstone, Dalrymple, Ayrshire | Francis BROWN | 7 Nov 1877 | Order now | Wigtown SC19/7/9 |
| Agnes MURRAY Garden Street, Dalrymple | Hugh HAIR | 12 Jun 1886 Dalrymple | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/13 |
| Margaret RODGER Dalrymple | Hugh DICK | 25 Nov 1852 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/9 |
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.
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane H BROWN | 13 Apr 1891 | Dalrymple Public School | 1908 | Order now |
| Jane H BROWN | 13 Apr 1891 | Dalrymple Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Mary HUTTON | 12 Mar 1890 | Dalrymple Public School | 1908 | Order 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane ALLAN | 16 May 1865 | Janet ALLAN | Father found |
| Janet Lindsay ALLAN | 1 December 1862 | Janet ALLAN | Find the father |
| Andrew BLAKELY | 30 December 1874 | Mary BLAKELY | Find the father |
| Isabella BLAKELY | 24 June 1871 | Mary BLAKELY | Find the father |
| Mary BLAKELY | 13 December 1867 | Mary BLAKELY | Find the father |
| Sarah BLAKELY | 30 April 1862 | Ruth BLAKELY | Find the father |
| Jane BONE | 19 October 1861 | Jane BONE | Find the father |
| Thomas BOWIE | 3 April 1859 | Mary BOWIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BOYD | 17 January 1867 | Martha BOYD | Find the father |
| Ann Skelly BROWN | 27 June 1866 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 9 June 1864 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| William BURNS | 22 February 1869 | Ann Jane BURNS | Find the father |
| Agnes Smith CAMPBELL | 23 September 1860 | Janet CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CAMPBELL | 28 January 1872 | Agnes CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Thomas CAMPBELL | 8 August 1856 | Elizabeth CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Thomas CAMPBELL | 30 June 1873 | Isabella CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Margaret COWAN | 29 January 1861 | Janet COWAN | Find the father |
| William COWAN | 10 October 1872 | Janet COWAN | Find the father |
| Agnes CUMMING | 19 July 1865 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| Andrew CUMMING | 5 April 1867 | Margaret CUMMING | Find the father |
| Jane Mair DUNN | 20 September 1869 | Bell DUNN | Find the father |
| Mary Murray DUNN | 15 February 1864 | Isabella DUNN | Find the father |
| Robert DUNN | 10 April 1867 | Bell DUNN | Find the father |
| Sarah DUNN | 21 September 1861 | Isabella DUNN | Find the father |
| Grace Clark EDGAR | 14 November 1869 | Isabella EDGAR | Find the father |
| Ruth Fergusson ENGLISH | 11 February 1869 | Margaret ENGLISH | Find the father |
| Janet FINDLAY | 27 April 1863 | Mary FINDLAY | Father found |
| Maryann FINDLAY | 27 April 1863 | Mary FINDLAY | Father found |
| Ann FULTON | 10 August 1860 | Agnes FULTON | Father found |
| James GIBSON | 26 June 1858 | Jane GIBSON | Find the father |
| Margaret GIBSON | 19 May 1874 | Margaret GIBSON | Find the father |
| Mary GIBSON | 25 December 1867 | Margaret GIBSON | Find the father |
| David Gordon GIFFEN | 23 December 1865 | Margaret GIFFEN | Father found |
| Henry GREENSHIELDS | 25 February 1857 | Ann GREENSHIELDS | Find the father |
| Sarah GREGG | 9 January 1869 | Sarah GREGG | Find the father |
| William Boyd GREGG | 20 June 1866 | Jane GREGG | Find the father |
| James GREIG | 29 May 1865 | Sarah GREIG | Find the father |
| Mary HAIR | 30 April 1858 | Agnes HAIR | Father found |
| David Watson HAMILTON | 20 May 1867 | Mary HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Robert HAMILTON | 5 August 1868 | Ellen HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Agnes Jamieson HOGG | 28 June 1863 | Janet HOGG | Find the father |
| Helen IRVINE | 27 February 1856 | Mary IRVINE | Find the father |
| William Dodds JOHNSTON | 9 November 1872 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Eliza Smith LEES | 10 June 1867 | Agnes LEES | Find the father |
| James LOGAN | 10 December 1867 | Annie LOGAN | Find the father |
| Allan MAIN | 6 June 1865 | Helen MAIN | Find the father |
| Douglas MAIN | 16 September 1861 | Helen MAIN | Find the father |
| David Baird MCDOWALL | 3 May 1874 | Agnes MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| Alexander MCKISSOCK | 31 March 1856 | Elizabeth MCKISSOCK | Find the father |
| William MCKISSOCK | 1 June 1857 | Jessie MCKISSOCK | Find the father |
| David Ritchie MCLELLAND | 14 October 1868 | Jane MCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Mary Heral MCLELLAND | 25 December 1869 | Isabella MCLELLAND | Find the father |
| David Stirling MCMICHAL | 9 January 1867 | Jane MCMICHAL | Find the father |
| Agnes MUIR | 4 November 1865 | Mary MUIR | Find the father |
| Janet Brown MURDOCH | 7 November 1873 | Marion MURDOCH | Find the father |
| John MURDOCH | 16 October 1859 | Margaret MURDOCH | Find the father |
| David Kelso MURPHY | 12 July 1861 | Agnes MURPHY | Find the father |
| James NICOL | 13 October 1874 | Mary NICOL | Father found |
| Ann REID | 10 October 1861 | Agnes REID | Father found |
| James REID | 29 January 1857 | Sibella REID | Father found |
| Robert REID | 16 October 1861 | Sibella REID | Find the father |
| Jane SHANKLAND | 18 July 1857 | Agnes SHANKLAND | Find the father |
| Alfred SINCLAIR | 11 April 1866 | Christina SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| John Fraser STEEL | 3 April 1871 | Marion STEEL | Find the father |
| Robert Craig STEEL | 8 March 1873 | Marion STEEL | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 31 October 1866 | Sarah STEWART | Find the father |
| Jessie Jane STRAITON | 16 December 1871 | Jane STRAITON | Find the father |
| Martha Brown TURNER | 7 June 1862 | Mary TURNER | Father found |
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Tennock | Patterston | ||
| John | Hutchison | Skeldon Lodge | ||
| William | Porteous | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Rodger | Dalrymple | ||
| Alexander | Knox | Dalrymple | ||
| David | Bone | Dalrymple | ||
| James | Carse | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Eaglesham | Dalrymple | ||
| John | Smith | Dalrymple | ||
| James | Dalziel | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Bone | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Bone | Dalrymple | ||
| Hugh | Dick | Dalrymple | ||
| Henry | Symington | Dalrymple | ||
| Thomas | Duff | Dalrymple | ||
| James | Rodman | Dalrymple | ||
| Gilbert | Aird | Dalrymple | ||
| John | Duff | Dalrymple | ||
| Hugh | Paton | Dalrymple | ||
| James | Mcmiken | Dalrymple | ||
| James | Weir | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Cowan | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Rodman | Dalrymple | ||
| David | Baillie | Dalrymple | ||
| Hugh | Cowan | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Mcdonald | Dalrymple | ||
| John | Galbraith | Dalrymple | ||
| David | Ramsay | Dalrymple | ||
| Anthony | Latimer | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Fulton | Dalrymple | ||
| Thomas | Mcjannet | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Baird | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Mchutcheon | Dalrymple | ||
| David | Mitchell | Dalrymple | ||
| John | Russell | Dalrymple | ||
| Robert | Henderson | Dalrymple | ||
| Robert | Mcskimming | Dalrymple | ||
| Samuel | Baird | Dalrymple | ||
| Thomas | Christie | Dalrymple | ||
| John | Mcquestin | Dalrymple | ||
| William | Mitchell | Holms | ||
| John | Cairns | Drumsail | ||
| John | Morrison | Drumsail | ||
| Quintin | Dick | Woodland | ||
| James | Symington | Laigh Stewarton | ||
| George | Mccall | Mcmannieston | ||
| David | Caughtry | High Balsarroch | ||
| Quintin | Bone | Laigh Balsarroch | ||
| William | Mcmillan | Old Knockjarder | ||
| Henry | Campbell | Old Knockjarder | ||
| Hugh | Campbell | Knockjarder | ||
| John | Watt | St Valley | "Note" | |
| Allan | Kilpatrick | Halfmerkland | ||
| George | Dickie | Burnside | ||
| James | Smith | Burnton | ||
| James | Mcmillan | Burnton | ||
| John | Hunter | Drumgobs | ||
| Henry | Aird | Drumgobs | ||
| David | Mitchell | Dustyhall | ||
| William | Gregg | Dustyhall | ||
| Matthew | Flinn | Dustyhall | "Note" | |
| John | Mcbride | Dustyhall | "Note" | |
| John | Stewart | Lindston | ||
| John | Campbell | Merkland | ||
| William | Walker | Merkland | ||
| James | Drennan | Merkland | ||
| Andrew | Campbell | Glencaird | ||
| Thomas | Murdoch | Glencaird | ||
| William | Mccartney | Boghall | ||
| David | Robb | Boghall | ||
| John | Hogg | Barmuck | ||
| Charles | Thom | Barmuck | ||
| James | Gairdner | Barmuck | ||
| John | Hannay | Bonston | ||
| Peter | Donaldson | Hillfoot | ||
| Francis | Menzies | Hillfoot | ||
| James | Campbell | Perclewan | ||
| William | Mcgregor | Perclewan | ||
| Robert | Milroy | Perclewan | ||
| James | Hutcheson | Perclewan | ||
| John | Bone | Patterston | ||
| John | Hutchison | Bentston | ||
| James | Murdoch | Bentston | ||
| William | Thomson | Glenside Of Martnaham | ||
| William | Duff | Crook's Cottage | ||
| James | Thom | Balgreen | ||
| William | Murdoch | Piperston | ||
| Thomas | Dempster | Danston | ||
| David | Campbell | Danston | ||
| James | Watt | Rodinbain | ||
| William | Watt | Rodinbain | ||
| George | Watt | Glenember | ||
| James | Reid | Glenember | ||
| James | Mcclannahan | Dalrymple Nursery | ||
| John | Campbell | Causeway | ||
| James | Hammond | Waterside | ||
| John | Hart | Wrighthill | ||
| John | Dempster | Nethermiln | ||
| John | Nicol | Nethermiln | ||
| John | Mcmurtrie | Skeldon Ford | ||
| John | Mcclannahan | Skeldon | ||
| John | Mccormack | Skeldon | ||
| Andrew | Mccrae | Skeldon | ||
| John | Breckenridge | Barbieston | ||
| James | Hannay | Barbieston | ||
| James | Goudie | Barbieston | ||
| James | Mcbeath | surgeon RN | Barbieston Cottage | |
| James | Baird | Barbieston Mills | ||
| Bryan | Hodgson | RN | Hollybush Cottage | |
| James M | Cowan | Hollybush | ||
| Douglas | Mcculloch | Hollybush Toll | ||
| William | Galbraith | Farden | ||
| Nathaniel | Caughtry | Milreoch | ||
| Robert | Campbell | Laurieston | ||
| James | Galbraith | Kersepark | ||
| Peter | Galbraith | Knockshinnoch | ||
| John | Mckail | Kerse | ||
| James | Martin | Ashentree | ||
| John | Merry | Bow | ||
| James | Campbell | Smithston | ||
| John | Mccartney | Boreland | ||
| James | Smith | Newfield | ||
| John | Gregg | Newfield | ||
| James | Aird | Cube | ||
| Hugh | Auld | Old Knockshinnoch | ||
| Thomas | Mckail | Old Knockshinnoch | ||
| John | Kerr | Polnessan | ||
| John | Mcquaker | Hollybush Mains |
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.
