Farnell parish records
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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.
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 do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| John BROWN | 10 December 1865 | Catherine BROWN | Find the father |
| James CAIRN | 10 July 1856 | Isabella CAIRN | Find the father |
| John Stirling CARNEGIE | 9 October 1869 | Anne CARNEGIE | Find the father |
| Maryann Morton CRABB | 29 December 1873 | Jane CRABB | Find the father |
| William Dakers EDWARDS | 27 December 1859 | Jane EDWARDS | Find the father |
| Jane Buchan Wilkie FRASER | 3 January 1866 | Mary FRASER | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina Cambell FRASER | 29 March 1865 | Isabella Watson FRASER | Find the father |
| Jessie GORDON | 24 February 1856 | Margaret GORDON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Brown GRANT | 29 January 1872 | Elisabeth GRANT | Find the father |
| Walter GRANT | 7 March 1873 | Helen GRANT | Find the father |
| James Sievwright HILL | 31 July 1860 | Catherine HILL | Find the father |
| William Manson Clark LUKE | 20 November 1860 | Margaret LUKE | Find the father |
| William Paton LUKE | 25 December 1858 | Ann LUKE | Find the father |
| John Guild MATHERS | 3 May 1870 | Isabella MATHERS | Find the father |
| Charles MILNE | 1 October 1859 | Jane MILNE | Find the father |
| James Milne MOLLISON | 23 November 1873 | Elisabeth MOLLISON | Find the father |
| Jane Ann Buchan PATON | 10 May 1861 | Mary PATON | Find the father |
| James PEARSON | 20 February 1862 | Christina PEARSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane ROBERTSON | 7 May 1868 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Susan SMITH | 11 February 1859 | Janet SMITH | Find the father |
| William Loudon SMITH | 14 February 1873 | Ann SMITH | Find the father |
| Alexander VALENTINE | 30 December 1869 | Elisabeth VALENTINE | Find the father |
| Peter VALENTINE | 30 December 1869 | Elisabeth VALENTINE | Find the father |
| Alexander Blackie WEIR | 25 February 1871 | Maryanne WEIR | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Gold Davidson WIER | 21 September 1874 | Maryanne WIER | Find 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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
