Edinburgh Lady Glenorchy's parish records
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | Adams | wine merchant | 26 Windsor Street | |
| John | Adamson | servant | ||
| Thomas | Aird | shoemaker | Water Of Leith | |
| James | Alexander | Trinity Hospital | ||
| George | Anderson | 5 James Place | ||
| Hugh | Anderson | shoemaker | 2 Little King Street | |
| James | Anderson | Boyd's Entry St Mary Wynd | ||
| James | Anderson | upholsterer | John's Close Canongate | |
| Alexr | Aitchison | baker | Little King Street | |
| Alexr | Aitken | Cheyne Street | ||
| James | Aitchison | 72 Queen Street | ||
| William | Banks | tailor | Catherine Street | |
| Peter | Begbie | 2 Drummond Street | ||
| George | Black | messenger | James Square | |
| Samuel | Black | Notingham Place | ||
| John | Bonar | 19 Carlton Place | ||
| James | Bonar | WS | 15 York Place | |
| John | Booklass | smith | Old Fishmarket Close | |
| Alexander | Braid | East Register Street | ||
| Charles | Brown | shoemaker | Calton Hill | |
| James | Brown | shoemaker | Low Calton | |
| John | Brown | bootmaker | Princes Street | |
| Richard | Brown | hosier | Annandale Street | |
| Alexander | Bruce | "Sir W Forbes Bt" | ||
| Andrew | Buist | baker | 4 Davie Street | |
| Henry | Buist | baker | Dublin Street | |
| David | Baillie | grocer | Calton | |
| James | Bremner | 7 East Adam Street | ||
| David | Campbell | shoemaker | Canal Street | |
| James | Campbell | shoemaker | Rose Street | |
| James | Campbell | servant | 49 Queen Street | |
| James | Campbell | Browns Square | ||
| Henry | Carse | 3 Jamaica Street | ||
| William | Chalmers | tailor | Frederick Street | |
| James | Charles | James Square | ||
| John | Clark | slater | Chissell's Court | |
| David | Cormack | smith | Shakespere Square | |
| William | Cowan | wright | West Cross Causeway | |
| John | Coupland | bookbinder | Hyndford's Close | |
| Thomas | Crooks | tailor | Rose Street | |
| Robert | Cornwall | servant | William Street | |
| William | Cumming | carver | 3 Potterow | |
| George | Carnegie | shoemaker | Fountain Bridge | |
| John | Davidson | tailor | Roxburgh Street | |
| James | Dewar | cabinet maker | Canal Street | |
| James | Dickson | James Square | ||
| Dickson | surgeon | Union Place | ||
| Robert | Dougal | cabinet maker | Elder Street | |
| John | Edmond | cabinet maker | ||
| John | Edwards | wright | Brown Place Abbey Hill | |
| David | Farmer | baker | 9 Calton Street | |
| William | Finlayson | Queensferry Street | ||
| John | Ferrie | servant | Cameron Bank | |
| Alexander | Gilchrist | Gillespie's Hospital | ||
| John | Gilchrist | Courant Office | 28 India Place | |
| Andrew | Greig | carpet manufacturer | 28 Gayfield Square | |
| Thomas | Greig | wright | 28 Gayfield Square | |
| William | Gray | wright | 3 Saunders Street | |
| John | Grant | writer | Archibald Place | |
| John | Hay | agent | St Andrew Street | |
| William | Halket | shoemaker | Rose Terrace | |
| Peter | Henderson | builder | Union Place | |
| John | Howell | poly artist | Rose Street | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howell_%28polyartist%29 |
| George | Hewat | wine merchant | George Street | |
| William | Hillhouse | Jamaica Street | ||
| John | Inverarity | cabinet maker | Canal Street | |
| Frederick | Johnstone | Banker | Buccleuch Place | |
| Alexr | James | Cowan & Co | Rose Street | |
| William | Jeffrey | manufacturer | Salisbury Street | |
| James | Kemp | Queens Place Greenside | ||
| James | Kennedy | 23 Dublin Street | ||
| James | Kennedy | coal agent | Park Street | |
| James | Knox | Canal Street | ||
| John | Laing | bookbinder | Leith Wynd | |
| Charles | Lamond | tailor | 25 Thistle Street | |
| Thomas | Latta | James Place | ||
| David | Lawson | ropemaker | Leith | |
| Robert | Lees | servant | Niddry | |
| George | Lesslie | Cowan & Co | Princes Street | |
| George | Lindsay | Northumberland Street | ||
| John | Low | Gillespie's Hospital | ||
| Alexander | Lyall | tailor | Barony Street | |
| Robert | Lindsay | Baxter's Place | ||
| George | Monro | pawnbroker | Salisbury Street | |
| John | Marshall | plumber | West Register Street | |
| William | Mathieson | 10 Dublin Street | ||
| G L | Maxwell | brewer | St John's Canongate | |
| James | Miller | wright | Leith Wynd | Added later |
| William | Mathieson | 10 Dublin Street | ||
| Andrew | Monro | gardener | Norton Place | |
| Wi | Morton | lapidary | 18 Lothian Street | |
| Richard | Monro | clerk | 31 Davidson's Close Canongate | |
| Thomas | Moffat | butler | Argyle Square | |
| John | Murray | 52 London Street | ||
| John | Murray | spirit dealer | 3 Leopold Place | |
| Richard | Murray | cabinet maker | 23 Dublin Street | |
| William | Mylne | Nicolsons Square | ||
| Donald | Mcbeath | tailor | Morrison's Close Canongate | |
| James | Mccaggie | tailor | 41 Arthur Street | |
| James | Mcculloch | teacher | Orphan Hospital | |
| Donald | Mcdonald | 31 Buccleuch Place | ||
| Alexander | Mcdonald | gardener | Bonnington Road | |
| John | Mcdonald | clerk | Register Place | |
| John F | Mcfarlane | apothecary | York Place | |
| John | Mcgrigor | Trinity Hospital | ||
| William | Mcinnes | shoemaker | Little King Street | |
| Daniel | Mckercher | Abbey Strand | ||
| Daniel | Mcleod | engraver | Joppa | |
| James | Mcnaughton | Broughton Place | ||
| John | Mcpherson | dancing master | Drummond Street | |
| Alexr | Mcreddie | bookseller | Northumberland Street | |
| Robert | Naughton | Venetian blind maker | Pleasance | |
| Andrew | Neill | builder | India Street | |
| Robert | Nicolson | tailor | ||
| James | Patterson | watchmaker | Tollcross | |
| John | Patterson | solicitor | 10 Hanover Street | |
| Benjamin | Pillans | tailor | Union Street | |
| Pollock | solicitor | York Place | ||
| James | Richardson | carter | Duddingston | |
| John | Redpath | ironmonger | 6 Archibald Place | |
| James | Ritchie | watchmaker | James Street | |
| Alexr | Robertson | porter | British Linen Company | |
| Willm | Robertson | auctioneer | 3 West Newington | |
| Dond | Robertson | grocer | Canal Street | |
| John | Reid | Inverleith Row | ||
| James | Rae | James Place | ||
| Henry | Scrimgeour | servant | Rose Street | |
| Archibald | Scott | Heriot Row | occupation illegible | |
| Willm | Sheppherdd | last maker | Leith Wynd | |
| Thoms | Shiells | Sir W Forbes Bt | 17 Archibald Place | |
| Malcolm | Sinclair | wright | Society | |
| Willm | Smith | bookbinder | Society | |
| Andw | Smith | wright | Howe Street | |
| Henry | Steele | writer | London Street | |
| Willm | Stewart | baker | Howe Street | |
| James | Storey | smith | St James Place | |
| John | Tawse | Advocate | 49 Queen Street | |
| James | Taylor | 6 Ingliston Street | ||
| Thoms | Taylor | carver and gilder | Calton Hill | |
| Willm | Taylor | grocer | 6 Union Street | |
| Willm | Todd | gardener | Newton House | |
| Thoms | Thomson | 22 Elm Row | ||
| Walter | Thorburn | baker | Bristo Street | |
| Turner | teacher | Stockbridge | ||
| John | Turnbull | tailor | Mrs Gray's 10 Middle Arthur Place | |
| Traquair | WS | |||
| David | Wallace | door keeper | Fountain Bridge | |
| Jas | Wallace | builder | 10 St Vincent Street | |
| Thoms | Warden | brass founder | Chessell's Court | |
| Robt | Wemyss | 12 Cumberland Street | ||
| Willm | Whitson | shoemaker | Pleasance | |
| Thoms | Whyte | Gayfield Square | ||
| Willm | Whyte | bookseller | George Street | |
| Willm | Wright | cabinet maker | East Claremont Street | |
| Robt | Wilson | wright | Antigua Street | |
| Jas | Wood | flesher | Nicolsons Street | |
| Willm | Young | grocer | Head Of Canongate |
