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Records -> Dumfriesshire

Gretna 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.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results

Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland

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.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

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 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.
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:
  • £3 for a single minute
  • £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
  • £9 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
Mary BEATTIE 1854 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Jane BIRRELL 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Mary COLTHART 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Margaret FELL 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Jemima FERGUSON 1881 (1)Order imagesRefused - if dissatisfied poorhouse
Widow Jane GORLEY or NELSON 1859 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James GUNIAN 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mary GUNIAN 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
George JACKSON Bogheads1846 (2)Order imagesRefused
George JACKSON 1848 (2)Order imagesRefused
George JACKSON 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Andrew LITTLE 1849 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
George MCCUBBY 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Margaret MILLER 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Margaret ROME 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Robert SCOTT 1858 (2)Order imagesRefused
Robert SCOTT 1860 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Andrew WEILD Annan1846 (2)Order imagesRefused


Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Mary CARRUTHERS
Tordoch, Gretna
John KELLY1 Mar 1875Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Elizabeth CARTNER
Springfield, Gretna
Thomas STEVINSON OR PATTISON11 Dec 1883Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Elizabeth GORDON
Rigg, Gretna
James POOL3 Oct 1875Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Elizabeth HARKNESS
Headlesscross, Gretna
formerly Haggis-Hill
John BELL27 Oct 1884Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Agnes IRVING
East Scales, Gretna
John WARTLEY5 Mar 1909
East Scales, Gretna
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Janet IRVING
Headless Cross, Springfield, Gretna
William HENRY8 Sep 1909
Headless Cross, Springfield, Gretna
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Jessie Dunkeld IRVING
Stonehouse Cottage, Gretna
Robert BOYES4 May 1917
Floshend$ Cottage, Gretna
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Margaret IRVING
Blatwood, Gretna
David COPLAND21 May 1865Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/33
Isabella JOHNSTON
Springfield, Gretna
Peter NICHOLSON27 Jan 1880Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Mary JOHNSTONE
Springfield, Gretna
Robert GRAHAM14 Dec 1896Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Sarah LITTLE
Brecons, Gretna
Charles FERRIES22 Aug 1880Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Susan MANN
9 Springfield, Gretna Green
William MACKENZIE5 Sep 1917
9 Springfield, Gretna Green
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Helen MARTIN
Gretna Green
John HENDRY10 Feb 1901
Gretna Green
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Catherine MCKAY
West Scales Cottage, Gretna
James MURRAY6 Aug 1883Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Jane SCOTT
Old Green, Gretna
Walter ARMSTRONG17 Jun 1879Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Jessie WARWICK
Lee Cottage, Broomhills, Gretna
William MCGEORGE1 Aug 1891Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Mary WILKINSON
Aitchisonbank, Gretna
James SMITH25 May 1900
Aitchisonbank Cottages, Gretna
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37


School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


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

Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
David ARMSTRONG14 January 1857Margaret ARMSTRONGFind the father
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG7 October 1864Agnes ARMSTRONGFather found
Francy Irving ARMSTRONG9 May 1856Mary Irving ARMSTRONGFind the father
Jane ARMSTRONG14 May 1857Jane ARMSTRONGFind the father
Jane ARMSTRONG14 February 1863Catherine ARMSTRONGFind the father
Nancy ARMSTRONG18 August 1861Elizabeth ARMSTRONGFind the father
Janet BARCLAY18 February 1861Isabella BARCLAYFind the father
Ann BEATTIE8 August 1855Mary BEATTIEFind the father
Jane BEATTIE9 June 1870Janet BEATTIEFind the father
Joseph Ewart BEATTIE14 January 1864Mary BEATTIEFind the father
Mary BEATTIE13 July 1873Janet BEATTIEFind the father
Williamina BEATTIE15 August 1866Janet BEATTIEFind the father
Elizabeth BELL19 September 1871Margaret BELLFind the father
Irving BELL16 February 1858Mary BELLFind the father
James Hamilton BELL25 March 1871Jane Isabella BELLFind the father
Janet BELL30 November 1871Margaret BELLFind the father
Margaret BELL4 December 1857Agnes BELLFind the father
Margaret BELL2 January 1860Isabella BELLFind the father
Jane BIRRELL5 February 1855Jane BIRRELLFind the father
Joseph Lowther BRYSON13 January 1867Dina BRYSONFind the father
Mary BRYSON28 January 1855Jane BRYSONFind the father
Francis Ann CARRUTHERS14 December 1858Jane CARRUTHERSFind the father
George CARRUTHERS20 June 1865Jane CARRUTHERSFind the father
Margaret Robertson CARRUTHERS22 October 1870Eliza CARRUTHERSFind the father
Robert CARRUTHERS19 September 1861Agnes CARRUTHERSFind the father
Robert CARRUTHERS9 May 1871Margaret CARRUTHERSFind the father
Barbara CLARK13 May 1868Margaret CLARKFind the father
Elizabeth Stephenson CLARK18 September 1866Margaret CLARKFind the father
George CLARK20 February 1859Agnes CLARKFind the father
James CLARK18 April 1863Margaret CLARKFind the father
Janet CLARK15 January 1874Elizabeth CLARKFind the father
Mary Moffit CLARK15 June 1861Margaret CLARKFind the father
Thomas CLARK5 June 1864Margaret CLARKFind the father
William CLARK13 May 1868Margaret CLARKFind the father
Maurice CLERK14 May 1860Helen CLERKFind the father
Isabella COLVIN7 August 1874Janet COLVINFind the father
James Geddies COLVIN17 September 1866Janet COLVINFind the father
Janet Rachel COULTHARD1 March 1867Sarah COULTHARDFind the father
Mary Jane COULTHARD17 June 1874Margaret COULTHARDFind the father
James CRON26 March 1856Agnes CRONFind the father
Elizabeth DAVIDSON29 June 1869Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
John DAVIDSON23 April 1866Mary DAVIDSONFind the father
Mary DAVIDSON25 November 1867Joan DAVIDSONFind the father
William DAVIDSON26 January 1859Janet DAVIDSONFind the father
William DAVIDSON1 March 1872Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
Agnes DICKSON25 October 1857Jannet DICKSONFind the father
John DIXON1 December 1856Fanny DIXONFind the father
Margaret Johnston DOW25 April 1869Janet DOWFind the father
Isabella Irving EDGAR20 July 1870Jane EDGARFind the father
Robert EDGAR30 September 1867Jane EDGARFind the father
Margaret Irving Saunders ELLIOT1 July 1858Jane ELLIOTFind the father
David FARISH9 May 1861Mary FARISHFind the father
John FARRISH24 October 1870Jane FARRISHFind the father
Alexander Johnstone FERGUSSON21 October 1874Mary FERGUSSONFind the father
Fanny FOSTER27 February 1858Jane FOSTERFind the father
Andrew GASS17 December 1862Helen GASSFather found
Ann GIBSON14 November 1856Isabella GIBSONFind the father
Isabella GILCHRIST27 June 1865Catherine GILCHRISTFind the father
Jane GILCHRIST5 December 1859Sarah GILCHRISTFind the father
Janet Bell GILCHRIST6 August 1859Catherine GILCHRISTFind the father
John GILCHRIST16 January 1865Sarah Bell GILCHRISTFind the father
John GLOVER24 June 1860Barbara Janet GLOVERFind the father
William GLOVER11 June 1855Jane GLOVERFind the father
William GLOVER24 June 1860Barbara Janet GLOVERFind the father
Annie GRAHAM11 June 1860Rosana GRAHAMFind the father
Helen GRAHAM12 October 1859Helen GRAHAMFind the father
Isabella GRAHAM11 July 1861Isabella GRAHAMFind the father
Joseph GRAHAM12 September 1867Janet GRAHAMFind the father
Richard Bell GRAHAM16 August 1871Jane GRAHAMFather found
William GRAHAM30 September 1870Joan GRAHAMFind the father
John HALLIDAY3 September 1866Williamina HALLIDAYFind the father
Henry HARKNESS22 April 1855Janet HARKNESSFind the father
Mary HOLLIDAY21 October 1866Margaret HOLLIDAYFind the father
Thomas HOPE27 June 1856Charlotte HOPEFind the father
George IRVING22 September 1873Mary IRVINGFind the father
Helen IRVING12 August 1855Isabella IRVINGFind the father
Irving IRVING30 November 1857Margaret IRVINGFind the father
James IRVING9 July 1857Joan IRVINGFind the father
James IRVING14 March 1866Margaret IRVINGFind the father
John IRVING16 June 1855Margaret IRVINGFind the father
Margaret IRVING11 September 1861Mary IRVINGFind the father
Margaret Agnes IRVING15 October 1865Janet IRVINGFind the father
Rebecca IRVING27 May 1860Joan IRVINGFind the father
John George JACKSON6 April 1863Barbara JACKSONFind the father
Alexander JOHNSTON21 July 1866Elizabeth JOHNSTONFind the father
Andrew JOHNSTON3 May 1864Jane JOHNSTONFind the father
Catherine JOHNSTON26 April 1867Jane JOHNSTONFind the father
Catherine JOHNSTON3 October 1873Jane JOHNSTONFind the father
Janet Agnes JOHNSTON19 June 1872Jane Ann JOHNSTONFind the father
Jessie JOHNSTON29 May 1868Elizabeth JOHNSTONFind the father
Margaret JOHNSTON27 March 1856Margaret JOHNSTONFind the father
William JOHNSTON17 March 1859Catherine JOHNSTONFind the father
Francis John JOHNSTONE16 September 1870Jane JOHNSTONEFind the father
George Peter JOHNSTONE22 April 1870Catherine JOHNSTONEFather found
William JOHNSTONE14 July 1871Jane JOHNSTONEFind the father
William JOHNSTONE11 December 1874Isabella JOHNSTONEFind the father
Sarah KERR25 January 1857Sarah KERRFind the father
Janet LEVEL24 March 1862Rosanna LEVELFind the father
Sarah LEVEL15 February 1864Rosana LEVELFind the father
Barbara Thomson LINDSAY10 July 1855Mary LINDSAYFind the father
Nancy LINDSAY15 August 1865Agnes LINDSAYFind the father
Elizabeth Nicholson LITTLE19 September 1861Agnes LITTLEFind the father
Helen LITTLE26 March 1859Agnes LITTLEFind the father
Robert Armstrong LITTLE7 March 1863Jane LITTLEFind the father
John LOCKART24 April 1869Agnes LOCKARTFind the father
Ann LOCKHART10 January 1871Agnes LOCKHARTFind the father
Hannah LOCKHART31 July 1873Agnes LOCKHARTFind the father
Mary LOCKHART5 November 1859Agnes LOCKHARTFind the father
Helen MARTIN6 November 1866Irving MARTINFind the father
William MCCOURT10 April 1869Margaret MCCOURTFind the father
Mary Ann MCKAY23 September 1860Margaret MCKAYFind the father
William MCKAY29 August 1858Helen MCKAYFind the father
Thomas MCKENZIE29 November 1865Jane MCKENZIEFind the father
Jane MCVITIE16 December 1864Elizabeth MCVITIEFind the father
Helen Wilson MILLER7 November 1872Helen MILLERFind the father
Jane MILLER20 July 1864Janet MILLERFind the father
John MILLER27 February 1866Jane MILLERFind the father
Robert MILLER4 September 1860Jane MILLERFind the father
John Nelson MILLICAN28 June 1873Ellen MILLICANFind the father
Isabella NEILSON9 January 1855Helen NEILSONFind the father
Ann NELSON20 May 1857Mary NELSONFind the father
Harriot Irving NELSON13 August 1867Mary Jane NELSONFind the father
James NELSON29 September 1862Rachel NELSONFind the father
Jane Mckay NELSON14 November 1866Fhelas NELSONFind the father
Margaret Mckay NELSON6 December 1866Mary Jane NELSONFind the father
Mary NELSON4 August 1870Ellen NELSONFind the father
Mary Irving NELSON6 December 1864Isabella NELSONFind the father
Mary Jane NELSON20 September 1872Felis NELSONFind the father
Thomas NELSON4 November 1872Mary Jane NELSONFind the father
Frances NICHOLSON16 January 1872Margaret NICHOLSONFind the father
James Armstrong NICHOLSON20 July 1868Margaret Ann Cowper NICHOLSONFind the father
Janet NICHOLSON25 December 1857Esther NICHOLSONFind the father
Joseph NICHOLSON21 January 1864Margaret NICHOLSONFind the father
Mary Ann NICHOLSON2 February 1862Esther NICHOLSONFind the father
Mary Ann NIXON21 February 1864Elizabeth NIXONFind the father
Janet Helen PARK15 January 1858Elizabeth PARKFind the father
Jemima Clark PARK2 September 1870Mary PARKFind the father
Elizabeth PEACOCK13 September 1857Mary PEACOCKFind the father
James Armstrong QUEEN28 December 1869Elizabeth QUEENFind the father
Jane REAY24 December 1857Mary REAYFind the father
Ann RICHARDSON18 January 1855Jane RICHARDSONFind the father
Francis RICHARDSON8 December 1869Agnes RICHARDSONFind the father
Mary Jane ROBERTSON3 October 1860Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
David Scott ROME18 February 1874Agnes ROMEFind the father
Janet ROME26 December 1870Agnes ROMEFind the father
William James ROME15 December 1874Ruth ROMEFind the father
Mary Jane ROSS10 June 1860Janet ROSSFind the father
Margaret SCOTT13 April 1874Jane SCOTTFather found
Peter SCOTT23 May 1861Helen SCOTTFind the father
Robert SCOTT21 October 1859Mary SCOTTFind the father
Elizabeth Stephenson Irving SHIMMINGS10 February 1864Jane SHIMMINGSFind the father
Elizabeth Irving SHIMMINS22 May 1873Jane SHIMMINSFind the father
Margaret SHIMMINS3 June 1870Jane SHIMMINSFind the father
Richard SIDDERDALE19 March 1857Janet SIDDERDALEFind the father
John STEEL12 August 1856Jane STEELFind the father
Catherine STEPHENSON13 August 1860Mary STEPHENSONFind the father
Janet TAGGART16 June 1863Mary TAGGARTFind the father
Mary TAYLOR18 July 1866Elizabeth TAYLORFind the father
Agnes TELFORD16 November 1864Margaret TELFORDFind the father
Agnes TELFORD24 July 1868Margaret TELFORDFind the father
David John TELFORD17 January 1857Mary TELFORDFind the father
George TELFORD10 December 1865Agnes TELFORDFind the father
James TELFORD29 April 1873Jane TELFORDFind the father
Jane TELFORD9 August 1863Ellen TELFORDFind the father
Margaret TELFORD5 June 1861Helen TELFORDFind the father
Mary Elizabeth TELFORD16 July 1860Margaret TELFORDFind the father
William TELFORD2 October 1864Jane TELFORDFather found
John James THOMPSON28 January 1858Eleanor THOMPSONFind the father
Janet THOMSON27 March 1860Mary THOMSONFind the father
John THOMSON19 June 1863Janet THOMSONFind the father
Margaret THOMSON31 January 1869Helen THOMSONFind the father
David WARTLEY12 January 1873Martha WARTLEYFind the father
James WEAL17 June 1873Janet WEALFind the father
William YOUNG18 September 1872Mary YOUNGFind the father


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.


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.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish


Kirk Session Records Index

Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.

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


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