Fowlis Wester parish 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.
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.
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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann MORRIS | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow ROSE | 1849-1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Alexander STEWART | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter TAYLOR | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter TAYLOR | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter TAYLOR | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter TAYLOR | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter TAYLOR | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jane WALKER | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary BUCHAN | 24 June 1860 | Catherine BUCHAN | Find the father |
| Mary Anne CAMPBELL | 13 August 1857 | Elizabeth CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Alexander COOK | 20 July 1858 | Jessie COOK | Find the father |
| Jessie Ann COOK | 28 November 1867 | Mary COOK | Find the father |
| Robert Simpson CRERAR | 10 June 1870 | Ann CRERAR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CUMMINGS | 4 July 1869 | Christian CUMMINGS | Find the father |
| Agnes DAWSON | 2 August 1867 | Janet DAWSON | Find the father |
| Ann Stewart DRUMMOND | 10 April 1864 | Ann DRUMMOND | Find the father |
| Christina Ann FLETCHER | 3 August 1870 | Catherine FLETCHER | Find the father |
| John FLETCHER | 3 August 1870 | Catherine FLETCHER | Find the father |
| John Liddle FRASER | 21 October 1866 | Jane FRASER | Find the father |
| Robert GORRIE | 19 January 1856 | Martha GORRIE | Find the father |
| Margaret HORN | 18 April 1872 | Margaret HORN | Find the father |
| William HUNTER | 3 April 1860 | Margaret HUNTER | Find the father |
| Janet KEMP | 19 August 1860 | Mary KEMP | Find the father |
| Robert KEMP | 12 March 1870 | Mary KEMP | Find the father |
| Ann Mary KETTLE | 20 December 1857 | Janet KETTLE | Find the father |
| Alexander Mckeith KINNELL | 9 December 1870 | Helen KINNELL | Find the father |
| Robert Monteith LIVINGSTON | 22 April 1867 | Margaret LIVINGSTON | Find the father |
| Stewart Mary LOWDEN | 12 January 1868 | Jessie LOWDEN | Find the father |
| Alexander MARSHALL | 11 November 1860 | Janet MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Peter Crow MARSHALL | 17 May 1865 | Margaret MARSHALL | Find the father |
| James Tainsh MCARTHUR | 12 February 1861 | Catherine MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| Christina Dewar MCCULLOCH | 7 August 1871 | Christina MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Isabella Marshall MCKAY | 17 April 1867 | Elisabeth MCKAY | Find the father |
| George Todd MCLEAN | 5 May 1868 | Ann MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Janet MCLEAN | 23 January 1863 | Janet MCLEAN | Find the father |
| R. A. Anna MCLEAN | 30 July 1856 | Isabella MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Todd MCLELLAN | 27 June 1855 | Margaret MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Christian MCPHERSON | 15 December 1858 | Christian MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret MCPHERSON | 15 December 1858 | Christian MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Ann MOREIS | 27 June 1868 | Ann MOREIS | Find the father |
| Margaret Mitchell OSWALD | 19 March 1873 | Marjory OSWALD | Find the father |
| John PATERSON | 21 February 1872 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| Henry Winny PEEBLES | 6 December 1869 | Euphemia PEEBLES | Find the father |
| Mary PROUDFOOT | 10 February 1865 | Barbara PROUDFOOT | Find the father |
| Helina Barbara ROBERTSON | 7 December 1857 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robert ROBERTSON | 23 July 1859 | Christian ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| George Blacklaws SORLEY | 25 April 1871 | Elizabeth SORLEY | Find the father |
| Catherine Mcgregor STEWART | 5 December 1860 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| Margaret TOWNSLAY | 15 January 1872 | Betsy TOWNSLAY | 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
