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​​Dunipace parish records

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

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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

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​​​​​​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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/644/1Minutes 1776-1858
Communicants 1843-58		1776-1858Request lookup
CH2/644/2Minutes 1858-1932
New communicants 1858
Communion roll 1859-71
Includes numerous rolls of young communicants		1858-1932Request lookup
CH2/644/3Minutes1710-1774Request 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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  • £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
Widow Cath AIRLIE or GARVIE 1874 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Elizabeth BRUCE 1858 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Christina DOBBIE or MORRISON 1880 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John FERGUSON 1857 (5)Order imagesRefused
Widow M GILLESPIE 1878 (2)Order imagesRefused
Thomas GOVAN 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused, on the understanding that he is to have 4s per week
Phelim MACRORY 1871 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
George MAXWELL 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused
George MAXWELL 1855 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow MCLINTOCK 1870 (2)Order imagesRefused
Phelim MCRORY 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Thomas MERCER 1854-1855 (3)Order imagesRefused
Margaret WEIR or WALLACE 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Robert YOUNG 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Janet ANDERSON11 March 1858Janet ANDERSONFind the father
George BATEMAN28 July 1870Elizabeth BATEMANFind the father
Elizabeth BEATMAN2 March 1865Mairam BEATMANFind the father
Mary BELL7 February 1864Margaret BELLFind the father
Helen BLAIR11 December 1860Mary BLAIRFind the father
Helen BLAIR22 October 1867Helen BLAIRFind the father
Mary BLAIR13 December 1858Mary BLAIRFind the father
Mary BLAIR27 December 1873Ellen BLAIRFind the father
Robert BLAIR16 December 1865Ellen BLAIRFind the father
Thomas BLAIR25 August 1864Mary BLAIRFind the father
William BLAIR28 May 1872Ellen BLAIRFind the father
Elizabeth Bryson BUSBY19 January 1862Agnes BUSBYFind the father
William BUSBY28 October 1869Agnes BUSBYFind the father
Margaret CAMERON30 October 1864Elizabeth CAMERONFind the father
Richard CASSELLS6 February 1866Isabella Cassells Or DUNCANFind the father
Peter CHRISTIE26 October 1868Ann CHRISTIEFind the father
Mary Gray CLARKSON24 November 1872Margaret CLARKSONFind the father
Margaret CUNNINGHAM9 May 1856Helen CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Robert Thomson DAVIE13 May 1870Agnes DAVIEFind the father
William DAVIE31 January 1868Agnes DAVIEFind the father
Mary Cameron DEVINE26 January 1871Agnes DEVINEFind the father
Janet DICKSON18 May 1862Margaret DICKSONFind the father
George DOCHERTY7 November 1855Nancy DOCHERTYFind the father
John Donnelly DUNNION29 September 1874Elizabeth DUNNIONFind the father
Margaret FINLAY17 February 1872Margaret FINLAYFind the father
Elizabeth FORSYTH16 April 1858Joanna Forsyth Or GRAHAMFind the father
Mary FORSYTH25 April 1870Mary FORSYTHFind the father
Thomas FORSYTH9 December 1859Janet FORSYTHFind the father
Ann GOODWIN17 December 1862Ann GOODWINFind the father
Jane GOVAN12 September 1873Jane GOVANFind the father
William GOVAN15 July 1870Jane GOVANFind the father
Janet HALLEY19 April 1857Jane HALLEYFind the father
Jean HAMILTON19 December 1870Jean HAMILTONFind the father
John HAMILTON8 October 1867Jane HAMILTONFind the father
Paterson Helen JEFFRAY3 May 1857Paterson JEFFRAYFind the father
Elizabeth JEFFREY25 July 1860Paterson JEFFREYFind the father
Catherine LINN14 January 1870Janet LINNFind the father
Duncan MACGREGOR18 October 1874Catherine MACGREGORFind the father
Duncan MCDERMID17 May 1856Catherine MCDERMIDFind the father
James MCEWAN14 May 1858Margaret MCEWANFind the father
Louisa MCKAY1 October 1867Herriot MCKAYFind the father
Sarah MCKENNA13 May 1873Mary MCKENNAFind the father
Robert MCLARDY6 June 1861Margaret MCLARDYFind the father
George MCLAY6 May 1862Helen MCLAYFind the father
Janet MCLEAN28 December 1863Janet MCLEANFind the father
John MCLEAN16 September 1859Janet MCLEANFind the father
Sophia MCMILLAN4 November 1855Christina MCMILLANFind the father
Andrew MCPEAK20 June 1872Sarah MCPEAKFind the father
Agnes MILLAR8 March 1870Cicilia MILLARFind the father
Elizabeth Carmichael MILLAR9 February 1873Janet MILLARFind the father
William MUIR16 September 1857Janet MUIRFind the father
Elizabeth NELSON16 July 1865Jane NELSONFind the father
Jane NELSON11 August 1862Janet NELSONFind the father
Mary Ann PROW29 March 1866Agnes PROWFind the father
Thomas PROW18 January 1864Jane PROWFind the father
James Johnston RENTON15 December 1869Jane RENTONFind the father
John SCOTT12 May 1860Anne SCOTTFind the father
Helen SHAUGHNESS10 November 1860Mary SHAUGHNESSFind the father
Jane SHAUGHNESS17 April 1864Mary SHAUGHNESSFind the father
Helen SQUARE11 September 1860Helen SQUAREFind the father
Mary SQUARE27 February 1863Helen SQUAREFind the father
Jane STEEL31 August 1860Mary STEELFind the father
Jessie Henderson TENNANT19 March 1874Mary TENNANTFind the father
Helen THOMSON1 September 1862Elizabeth THOMSONFind the father
James THOMSON15 November 1866Janet THOMSONFind the father
Thomas TURNBULL4 February 1861Catherine TURNBULLFind the father
William WALLACE21 October 1871Janet WALLACEFind the father
Margaret WATSON15 July 1874Christina WATSONFind the father
Alexander WILLIAMSON30 March 1873Margaret WILLIAMSONFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/644/1 pp. 76-78)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnCampbellelderCarbrook
JamesAndersonelderTorwood
WilliamRalstonelderBarnigo
JohnMclarenelderMilton
GeorgeBallochBoards
RandolphCallanderfarmerNorthfield
McvicarBraehouse
RobertDounsmillerQuarter Mill
JohnCunninghamfarmerBroomhall
CharlesLaingoverseerHerbertshire
JohnGrayresidenterHerbertshire Lodge
WilliamLiddelfarmerCarron Glen
PeterMclintockcalico printerLairox
AlexrMcqueencalico printerMilton
JohnBrowncalico printerMilton
ThomasMcqueencalico printerMilton
MatthewMeiklejohncalico printerMilton
ThomasDixonlabourerMilton
RobertMcwilliamsflesherMilton
JohnRobertsonMilton
HughMcmillanlabourerMilton
DavidMcdonaldlabourerMilton
ThomasAkinlabourerMilton
FountainHogggrocerMilton
FrancisStevensonsmithMilton
WilliamMitchelllabourerMilton
DavidMcqueenlabourerMilton
WalterTurnbullblock cutterMilton
ArchdWrightresidenterMilton
GeorgeTurnbulllabourerMilton
AlexrSivewrightgrocerMilton
JohnScottmasonMilton
JohnGowbuilderMilton
WilliamRennielabourerMilton
WilliamWalkerweaverMilton
AlexrGardinergardenerMilton
JamesStewartdyerMilton
JamesBoothmanwool spinnerMilton
AlexrOliverlabourerMilton
JohnMeiklejohncalico printerMilton
WilliamTodmasonMilton
DuncanCampbelllabourerMilton
AlexrKerrlabourerSaltpans
JamesReidlabourerDenovan
DonaldFergusonlabourerDenovan
JamesBrowningdyerDenovan
JohnThomsonprinterDenovan
JohnRosslabourerDenovan
WilliamYetslabourerDenovan
JamesGardinerdyerDenovan
HenryHayfarmerDenovan
JamesDavidsonlabourerDenovan
JamesBurrelfarmerIngleston
GeorgeBurnetclerkRosebank
AndwKerrlabourerRosebank
JohnAdamslabourerRosebank
WilliamRobertsonlabourerRosebank
JohnMcindoecalico printerRosebank
ThomasStarkweaverRosebank
RobertWatsonschoolmasterRosebank
JohnHaymillerPlanting Mill
HenryRonaldlabourerSaltpans
AlexanderDixonlabourerSaltpans
ThomasSpottiswoodDunipace
WilliamGrindlayfarmerHousehill
JamesSinclairgardenerDunipace
JamesMclarenmillerDunipace Mill
GeorgeHallyfarmerTorwood
JamesWabsterlabourerCarbrook
AngusSutherlandlabourerTorwood
AlexrDuncanlabourerTorwood
JamesRobertsonlabourerTorwood
JamesRobertsonlabourerTorwood

Kirk Session Records Index

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