Dunkeld parish records
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| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/749/1 | Dunkeld Church - Kirk Session Minutes | 1873-1929 | Request lookup |
| CH2/749/2 | Dunkeld Church - Kirk Session Minutes | 1831-1872 | Request lookup |
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| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| John S MURRAY | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas ALLAN | 28 December 1874 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| Isabella CAMPBELL | 27 December 1857 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Jessie CAMPBELL | 27 September 1862 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| William CLARK | 14 September 1858 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| Jane Mc Gregor CRAWFORD | 21 November 1856 | Margaret CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Janet DUFF | 11 March 1860 | Janet DUFF | Find the father |
| John DUFF | 11 March 1860 | Janet DUFF | Find the father |
| Charles FARQUHERSON | 23 March 1855 | Helen FARQUHERSON | Find the father |
| Donald FARQUHERSON | 24 September 1856 | Janet FARQUHERSON | Find the father |
| John FISHER | 11 January 1870 | Jessie FISHER | Find the father |
| Christina LAIRD | 9 August 1856 | Charlotte LAIRD | Find the father |
| Peter LAIRD | 28 September 1874 | Charlotte LAIRD | Find the father |
| Margaret LORIMER | 4 January 1861 | Eliza LORIMER | Find the father |
| Ann MCINTOSH | 26 December 1858 | Isabella MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| William Brodie MCINTOSH | 2 September 1862 | Margaret MCINTOSH | Find the father |
| Francis MCLAUCHLAN | 29 July 1866 | Margaret MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| James MCLEAN | 18 April 1858 | Cathrine MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Mary MCLEAN | 2 December 1862 | Catherine MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Jessie ROBERTSON | 29 August 1866 | Helen ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William ROBERTSON | 30 September 1862 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| John Donald RUTHERFORD | 26 August 1860 | Margaret RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Henry SCOTT | 21 March 1869 | Margaret SCOTT | Find the father |
| George STEWART | 7 August 1870 | Cathrine STEWART | Find the father |
| John STEWART | 20 January 1865 | Barbara STEWART | Find the father |
| Isabella WATSON | 23 June 1869 | Eliza WATSON | Find the father |
| John WATSON | 27 December 1863 | Jessie WATSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann WATSON | 18 December 1872 | Jessie WATSON | Find the father |
| Thomas WATSON | 12 October 1869 | Jessie WATSON | Find the father |
Kirk Session Records Index 1832 [NRS Reference CH2/749/2]
Name:
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: correspondence
Other parish: Dunkeld, Kirk session of
Other names: William Robertson; James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name:
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: Official
Other names: James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: Jane Alison
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as mother
Other parish: St Martins, Parish of
Other names: Peter Dougall; Jane Alison
Name: Mr J Angus
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Angus
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Angus
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr John Angus
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr William Burnet
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr William Burnet
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Wm Burnet
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Wm Burnet
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Anne Conacher
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Compeared as mother
Other names: William Robertson; James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: Anne Conacher
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother Compeared not, childbirth
Other names: James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: Anne Conacher
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Adultery, illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as mother and party
Other names: Mr Henning; James MacLauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: Peter Dougall
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Reimore, Parish Of Caputh
Role: appeared as father
Details: 'Appeared Peter Dougal, presently residing at Reimore, in the Parish of Caputh, and confessed that he was the Father of an illegitimate child, of which Jane Alison, from the parish of St. Martins, was lately delivered in the Parish of Dunkeld; and craving to be taken upon discipline before this Kirk Session, as the place where the scandal was most flagrant. The Kirk session agree to do this, and appoint Peter Dougal to appear before them this day fourteen days, immediately after divine Service.'
Other names: Peter Dougall; Jane Alison
Name: Mr J Hall
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Hall
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Hall
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Hall
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr Henning
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Adultery, illeg child
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: correspondence - interparish
Other parish: Blair Atholl, Kirk Session of
Other names: Mr Henning; James MacLauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: James Maclauchlan
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Alledged Father Compeared not
Details: 'The Session Clerk produced a letter under the hand of William Robertson Session Clerk of the Kirk Session of Blair Atholl, bearing that James Maclauchlan had been duly summoned to appear here this day to answer the accusation formerly made against him by Anne Conacher charging him to be the father of her Pregnancy.
James Maclauchlan was called & did not appear Anne Conacher appeared in obedience to an order of the Kirk Session of Dunkeld this day, they did appoint their clerk to write to the Kirk Session of Blair Atholl, that he may be summoned pro secundo to attend the Kirk Session of Dunkeld at dunkeld on Sunday the 4 of March with certification, that if he did not then appear he will be held as confessing his guilt. The said Anne Conacher was summoned apud acta to appear before the Kirk Session of Dunkeld on said day'
Other names: William Robertson; James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: James Maclauchlan
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Correspondence, alledged father, declined to compear
Details: 'The Clerk produced a letter from Jame MacLauchlan, declining for certain reasons therein alledged, to appear before the Kirk Session of Dunkeld. J MacLauchlan having been twice summoned and failed to appear the Kirk Session authorise their Clerk to cause summon James McLauchlan for the third time before the Kirk Session of Dunkeld on Sunday the 18th of March, immediately after divine Service in the forenoon, with certification that if he shall then fail to appear, he will be held as consumacious & proceeded against accordingly.
Anne Conacher having been summon[e]d to appear this day, it was stated that she had this morning been delivered of a female child, & consequently was unable to attend.'
Other names: James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: James MacLauchlan
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Adultery, illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Blair Atholl
Role: mention as father, correspondence acknowledge paternity
Other parish: Blair Atholl, Kirk Session of
Details: 'It was informed by Mr Henning the Session Clerk that he had received a letter from James McLauchlan stating that he was willing to pay and actually had paid the small fine imposed upon him of 13/14d - at the same time acknowledging his guilt with Anne Conache, and at same time requesting absolution, the Kirk Session considering that this is a case of Adultery, with many aggravation whilst the Kirk Session therefore remit the case, as they hereby do, to the Kirk Session of Blair Atholl, where he now resides, that they may deal therein as they shall see cause, taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration. The Kirk Session request their Clerk to send a copy of this minute to the Kirk Session of Blair Atholl.'
Other names: Mr Henning; James MacLauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: Rev Dr Alexr Niven
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator, signed
Name: Rev Dr Alexr Niven
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator, signed
Name: Rev Charles Murray Niven
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator, signed
Name: Rev Charles Murray Niven
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator, signed
Name: William Robertson
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: correspondence
Other parish: Blair Atholl, Kirk Session
Other names: William Robertson; James Maclauchlan; Anne Conacher
Name: Mr J Sim
Date: 26/02/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Sim
Date: 04/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: Mr J Sim
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George | Anderson | Farrier | ||
| Robert | Anderson | smith | ||
| Roderick | Anderson | Candlemaker | ||
| John | Anderson | tailor | ||
| William | Barnett | elder | ||
| George | Balneaves | weaver | ||
| John | Brodie | Joiner | ||
| Thomas | Brodie | cooper | ||
| Thomas | Brodie | carrier | ||
| Thomas | Brodie | carrier | ||
| Joseph | Brown | Teacher of Music | ||
| James | Brodie | carpenter | ||
| James | Cameron | merchant | ||
| John | Cameron | wright | ||
| John | Cameron | merchant | ||
| William | Campbell | vintner | ||
| John | Clark | labourer | ||
| William | Comb | weaver | ||
| Alexander | Conacher | tailor | ||
| Peter | Conacher | |||
| Thomas | Conacher | labourer | ||
| James | Craigie | teacher | ||
| John | Craigie | Flesher | ||
| James | Crawford | labourer | ||
| Alexander | Crerar | weaver | ||
| James | Crichton | weaver | ||
| Duncan | Cummings | labourer | ||
| Harry | Cummings | shoemaker | ||
| Jesse | Cuthbert | quarrier | ||
| Alexander | Crerar | tailor | ||
| Peter | Conacher | |||
| Alexander | Conacher | Commercial Bank | ||
| William | Chalmers | vintner | ||
| James | Conacher | merchant | ||
| Daniel | Dewar | labourer | ||
| Charles | Douglas | tanner | ||
| Robert | Douglas | Writer | ||
| Donald | Dow | shoemaker | ||
| Peter | Dow | Teacher of Music | ||
| James | Drummond | Hostler | ||
| Alexander | Duff | Flesher | ||
| John | Duff | sawer | ||
| John | Duff | merchant | ||
| Alexander | Farquharson | quarrier | ||
| Adam | Fergusson | shoemaker | ||
| Finlay | Fergusson | tailor | ||
| John | Fergusson | tailor | ||
| Daniel | Fisher | innkeeper | ||
| Donald | Forbes | shoemaker | ||
| Robert | Fergusson | weaver | ||
| Donald | Forbes | labourer | ||
| Dugald | Fletcher | surgeon | ||
| John | Gibson | Flesher | ||
| Alexander | Gow | Hostler | ||
| Alexander | Gow | sawer | ||
| Duncan | Gow | Flesher | ||
| Duncan | Gow | labourer | ||
| Alexander | Grant | vintner | ||
| John | Hall | elder | ||
| Peter | Hall | merchant | ||
| William | Hall | shoemaker | ||
| John | Hally | mason | ||
| James | Hill | mason | ||
| David | Imrie | shoemaker | ||
| John | Ireland | mason | ||
| Andrew | Jack | shoemaker | ||
| David | Keir | shoemaker | ||
| Donald | Keir | shoemaker | ||
| William | Keir | shoemaker | ||
| Charles | Keir | weaver | ||
| James | Lamb | weaver | ||
| John | Lamb | gardener | ||
| William | Laird | Coachman | ||
| John | Lauder | shoemaker | ||
| John | Leslie | mason | ||
| Thomas | Leslie | shoemaker | ||
| David | Lowe | Carpenter | ||
| John | Leslie | Writer | ||
| James | Mcbride | labourer | ||
| Donald | Mcdonald | Carrier | ||
| Donald | Mcdonald | stationer | ||
| James | Mcdonald | wright | ||
| Robert | Mcdonald | labourer | ||
| Hugh | McEwen | mason | ||
| William | Mcfarlane | weaver | ||
| William | Mcfarlane | shoemaker | ||
| George | Mcfarlane | weaver | ||
| George | Mcgregor | quarrier | ||
| Malcolm | Mcgregor | gardener | ||
| William | Mcgregor | Carrier | ||
| Alexander | Mcintosh | mason | ||
| John | Mcintosh | |||
| John | Mcintosh | Flesher | ||
| James | Mcintyre | labourer | ||
| John | Mckinley | labourer | ||
| Daniel | Mclauchlan | quarrier | ||
| George | Mclauchlan | tailor | ||
| Alexander | Mclaren | weaver | ||
| John | Mclaren | tailor | ||
| James | Mcleish | shoemaker | ||
| James | Mcleish | labourer | ||
| Andrew | Mckay | labourer | ||
| Alexander | Mcnee | Officer of Excise | ||
| Lauchlan | Mcpherson | innkeeper | ||
| John | Mcwilliam | weaver | ||
| James | Maken | shoemaker | ||
| John | Malloch | mason | ||
| James | Moncur | Brewer | ||
| Charles | Murray | weaver | ||
| John | Murray | wright | ||
| Joseph | Murray | mason | ||
| John | Miln | painter | ||
| David | McNab | painter | ||
| Robert | Mcfarlane | labourer | ||
| Peter | Mclaggan | wright | ||
| John | Matthew | Postmaster | ||
| Alexander | Nicol | shoemaker | ||
| James | Patullo | mason | ||
| Alexander | Ritchie | Carrier | ||
| Alexander | Robertson | carpenter | ||
| Alexander | Robertson | labourer | ||
| Charles | Robertson | quarrier | ||
| David | Robertson | shoemaker | ||
| Donald | Robertson | labourer | ||
| James | Robertson | Hairdresser | ||
| James | Robertson | labourer | ||
| John | Robertson | Cattler dealer | ||
| Robert | Robertson | labourer | ||
| John | Rattray | gardener | ||
| Donald | Scott | quarrier | ||
| George | Shorthouse | Late Supervisor of Excise | ||
| John | Sim | merchant | ||
| Thomas | Soutar | shoemaker | ||
| Thomas | Steele | gardener | ||
| Alexander | Stewart | vintner | ||
| Alexander | Stewart | mason | ||
| Alexander | Stewart | mason | ||
| Alexander | Stewart | labourer | ||
| David | Stewart | weaver | ||
| Donald | Stewart | shoemaker | ||
| James | Stewart | labourer | ||
| John | Stewart | builder | ||
| Peter | Stewart | gardener | ||
| Peter | Stewart | labourer | ||
| Robert | Stewart | baker | ||
| George | Stirton | quarrier | ||
| Alexander | Scott | vintner | ||
| James | Swan | tailor | ||
| John | Stewart | vintner | ||
| David | Taggart | Coachman | ||
| Alexander | Thomson | Plasterer | ||
| James | Wilkie | slater | ||
| Peter | Williamson | shoemaker | ||
| Stewart Alexander | Young | gardener | ||
| John | Young | mason | ||
| William | Young | mason | ||
| Robert | Barrie | Tomb of Kilmorich | ||
| James | Brodie | Tomb of Kilmorich | ||
| James | Butter | Kindallachan | ||
| Donald | Conacher | tailor | Countlick | |
| Mungo | Conacher | farmer | Countlick | |
| Alexander | Douglas | contractor | Coutlick | |
| Donald | Douglas | labourer | Kindallachan | |
| John | Douglas | Mole Catcher | Dowally | |
| John | Douglas | mason | Guay | |
| William | Douglas | farmer | Guay | |
| Robert | Douglas | farmer | Countlick | |
| Alexander | Duff | Excise Officer | Kilmorich | |
| Thomas | Duff | labourer | Countlick | |
| Robert | Duff | Croftmascallag | ||
| William | Ferguson | labourer | Haugh Of Kilmorich | |
| Donald | Fleming | labourer | Tomb Of Kilmorich | |
| John | Fleming | Musician | Tomb of Kilmorich | |
| Alexander | Forbes | elder | Balentuim | |
| John | Forbes | farmer | Balentuim | |
| Alexander | Fraser | wright | Guay | |
| James | Fraser | mill wright | Dowally | |
| John | Fraser | wright | Ballenluig Of Dowally | |
| John | Fraser | wright | Countlick | |
| Thomas | Fraser | labourer | Ballenluig Of Dowally | |
| Robert | Gow | Ballenluig of Dowally | ||
| James | Graham | mason | Croft David | |
| William | Graham | farmer | Croft David | |
| John | Hardie | shoemaker | Buledmund | |
| Peter | Hardie | ground officer | ||
| James | Harris | weaver | Fairney Haugh | |
| Donald | Kennedy | mason | Kindallachan | |
| Humphrey | Lowe | schoolmaster | Kindallachan | |
| John | Mcfarlane | labourer | Ballentuim | |
| Donald | Mcdonald | labourer | Ballentuim | |
| John | Mcdonald | labourer | Mains Of Kilmorich | |
| David | Mcinroy | elder | Balnacraig | |
| James | Mcinroy | farmer | Balnald | |
| John | Mcinroy | labourer | Tomb Of Kilmorich | |
| John | Mcinroy | farmer | Balnacraig | |
| John | Mcinroy | labourer | Kindallachan | |
| Charles | Mclagan | distiller | Kilmorich | |
| Charles | Mclagan | distiller | Kilmorich | |
| Alexander | Mclauchlan | farmer | Dowally | |
| James | Mclaren | smith | Haugh Of Kilmorich | |
| James | Mclaren | farmer | Haugh Of Kilmorich | |
| James | Mclaren | Musician | Kindallachan | |
| John | Mclaren | tailor | Dowally | |
| John | Mclaren | merchant | Countlick | |
| John | Mclaren | labourer | Keir Lodge | |
| Thomas | Mclaren | farmer | Haugh Of Kilmorich | |
| Thomas | Mclaren | farmer | Mains Of Kilmorich | |
| John | Mcnaughton | labourer | Kindallachan | |
| William | Mcnaughton | contractor | Balledmund | |
| Alexander | Menzies | tollkeeper | Ledpettie | |
| John | Mitchell | Lawyer | Dowally | |
| Alexander | Mcdonald | haugh of Kilmorick | ||
| John | Mclaren | farmer | Dowally | |
| Adam | Reid | farmer | Dowally | |
| Robert | Robertson | farmer | Countlick | |
| John | Robertson | labourer | Tomb Of Kilmorich | |
| Jams | Sim | Cattle dealer | Balnacraig | |
| Walter | Sim | labourer | Balnauld | |
| William | Sim | farmer | Balnauld | |
| William | Sim | labourer | Balnauld | |
| Donald | Smith | pensioner | Kindallachan | |
| John | Urquhart | weaver | Haugh Of Kilmorich | |
| Peter | Urquhart | weaver | Kindallachan | |
| William | Urquhart | farmer | Mains Of Kilmorich |
