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Houston and Killellan 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matilda Killochan CAMERON | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Laurence COLLINS | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow HUTTON | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Henry IRVINE | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth JOHNSTON or HOWIE | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John KELLY | 1868 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Nancy MCCAIG or MCGLASHAN | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Christina MCKAY or BLACKWOOD | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Agnes MCKECHNIE | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine TAYLOR or WALKER | Kilbirnie | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused; case for Sheriff |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella CARRUTH Houston | Robert BOYLE | 15 Apr 1853 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
| Margaret CARRUTHERS Barrachan, by Houston | James DUFF | 19 Feb 1887 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/4 |
| Margaret HATTIE Crosslee Farm, Houston | Donald ADAMSON | 18 Aug 1884 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/22 |
| Janet LANG Damside, near Houston | James MARTIN | 22 Dec 1848 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
| Jean MCCARTLEY Houston | James MARTIN | 21 Oct 1850 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
| Bridget MCCONVILLE Greenhill Farm, Houston | John TODD | 3 Feb 1885 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/22 |
| Helen MCCORKINDALE Fullwood, Houston | Matthew RANKIN | 14 Dec 1855 | Order now | Glasgow SC36/14/24 |
| Jane SPEIRS Crosslee, Houston | Robert CRAIG | 24 Feb 1877 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/19 |
| Margaret TAYLOR Elphinstone, Houston | John ARMOUR | 5 Feb 1852 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/12 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James ADAMS | 9 April 1873 | Janet ADAMS | Find the father |
| William AITKEN | 25 February 1871 | Janet AITKEN | Find the father |
| Agnes ALISON | 17 July 1864 | Barbara ALISON | Find the father |
| Sarah ALISON | 26 December 1860 | Barbara ALISON | Find the father |
| James ALLAN | 2 August 1870 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Ann BAIN | 22 November 1861 | Margaret BAIN | Find the father |
| John BLACK | 22 November 1859 | Ellenaor BLACK | Find the father |
| William Docherty BOYD | 16 August 1871 | Margaret BOYD | Father found |
| Alexander BOYLE | 5 June 1862 | Mary BOYLE | Find the father |
| Mary BOYLE | 10 May 1865 | Mary BOYLE | Find the father |
| Robert BRODIE | 5 June 1868 | Jean BRODIE | Find the father |
| James BURNETT | 3 May 1864 | Helen BURNETT | Find the father |
| Mary Clark BURNETT | 9 April 1859 | Mary BURNETT | Find the father |
| Agnes CAIRNIE | 16 February 1864 | Sarah CAIRNIE | Find the father |
| John CAIRNS | 8 February 1859 | Sarah CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Joseph CAMPBELL | 23 September 1855 | Mary CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Walter CAMPBELL | 2 January 1855 | Catherine CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Ann CARLIN | 28 September 1873 | Ann CARLIN | Find the father |
| Isabella CARRUTH | 11 July 1869 | Janet CARRUTH | Find the father |
| James CARRUTH | 26 April 1871 | Elizabeth CARRUTH | Find the father |
| James CARRUTH | 9 March 1872 | Janet CARRUTH | Find the father |
| Jean CARRUTH | 31 December 1862 | Isabella CARRUTH | Find the father |
| Jemina CARRUTH | 12 May 1866 | Janet CARRUTH | Find the father |
| John CARRUTH | 24 January 1867 | Isabella CARRUTH | Find the father |
| John CARRUTH | 23 March 1874 | Janet CARRUTH | Find the father |
| Margaret CARRUTH | 29 October 1864 | Isabella CARRUTH | Find the father |
| William CARRUTH | 21 January 1858 | Isabella Salmon CARRUTH | Find the father |
| William CARRUTH | 7 May 1870 | Isabella CARRUTH | Find the father |
| Archibald CHRISTIE | 8 February 1865 | Elizabeth CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Margaret CHRISTIE | 20 May 1867 | Elizabeth CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Andrew CLARK | 26 February 1857 | Flora CLARK | Find the father |
| Agnes COCHRAN | 22 October 1869 | Elizabeth COCHRAN | Find the father |
| James COLLINS | 12 September 1862 | Roseanne COLLINS | Find the father |
| Mary COLLINS | 21 January 1856 | Catherine COLLINS | Find the father |
| Robert Gilmour CRAIG | 22 May 1860 | Helen CRAIG | Find the father |
| William CRAIG | 18 December 1863 | Helen CRAIG | Find the father |
| Isabella CRAWFORD | 25 August 1861 | Isabella CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| William John DEVELIN | 20 November 1856 | Isabella DEVELIN | Find the father |
| Grace DOCHERTY | 21 January 1873 | Rachel DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Thomas DOCHERTY | 27 August 1871 | Mary DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Barbara DONALDSON | 6 June 1873 | Margaret DONALDSON | Find the father |
| John DUNCAN | 31 May 1870 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Mary DYNON | 14 August 1856 | Bridget DYNON | Find the father |
| Catherine EARLY | 25 April 1868 | Mary EARLY | Find the father |
| Joseph EARLY | 8 January 1863 | Mary EARLY | Find the father |
| Christina FERRIER | 4 January 1868 | Margaret FERRIER | Find the father |
| James FISHER | 25 May 1864 | Ann FISHER | Find the father |
| Frank FRAZER | 28 May 1860 | Janet FRAZER | Find the father |
| John Gallocher GAITENS | 23 January 1868 | Mary Gallocher GAITENS | Find the father |
| Jean Stewart GALBRAITH | 26 March 1874 | Margaret GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Jessie GALBRAITH | 4 June 1871 | Margaret GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| John GALBRAITH | 13 July 1868 | Margaret GALBRAITH | Find the father |
| Helen GARDNER | 7 June 1858 | Jean GARDNER | Find the father |
| James GIBB | 11 January 1870 | Mary GIBB | Find the father |
| Robert GLOVER | 28 July 1871 | Margaret GLOVER | Find the father |
| Alexander GRAY | 28 February 1855 | Esther GRAY | Find the father |
| John Wylie HOLMES | 4 May 1874 | Janet HOLMES | Find the father |
| Mary HUTCHISON | 29 October 1857 | Agnes HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| Eliza HUTTON | 3 April 1863 | Find the father | |
| Catherine INGLES | 9 October 1859 | Ann INGLES | Find the father |
| Margaret INGLIS | 23 January 1864 | Ann INGLIS | Find the father |
| Mary INGLIS | 19 June 1869 | Ann INGLIS | Find the father |
| Patrick INGLIS | 26 May 1873 | Ann INGLIS | Find the father |
| Sarah INGLIS | 1 April 1857 | Ann INGLIS | Find the father |
| Margaret JOHNSTON | 24 April 1859 | Margaret JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| John Hendry JONES | 1 August 1868 | Sarah JONES | Find the father |
| Sarah KEAN | 29 March 1873 | Sarah KEAN | Find the father |
| Samuel KELLOCHAN | 13 May 1865 | Matilda KELLOCHAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KELLY | 23 June 1867 | Maria KELLY | Find the father |
| James KELLY | 12 April 1863 | Maria KELLY | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Ramage KERR | 29 January 1873 | Helen KERR | Find the father |
| Charles KIRK | 29 April 1860 | Sarah KIRK | Find the father |
| James KIRK | 20 May 1865 | Sarah KIRK | Find the father |
| John KIRK | 27 June 1862 | Sarah KIRK | Find the father |
| Mary KIRKWOOD | 16 June 1860 | Mary KIRKWOOD | Find the father |
| James Muir KNOX | 19 May 1867 | Jane KNOX | Find the father |
| William Wright KYLE | 23 August 1864 | Martha KYLE | Find the father |
| Margaret LANG | 7 May 1859 | Margaret LANG | Find the father |
| Mary LANG | 7 September 1856 | Elisabeth LANG | Find the father |
| Mary LOGAN | 9 March 1864 | Mary LOGAN | Find the father |
| John LYNCH | 15 December 1865 | Margaret LYNCH | Find the father |
| Martha MARTIN | 1 November 1869 | Elizabeth MARTIN | Find the father |
| Hugh MCANULTY | 16 June 1870 | Mary MCANULTY | Find the father |
| Alexander MCARTHUR | 4 January 1873 | Ann MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| Annabella Carruth MCCLATCHIE | 16 October 1868 | Agnes MCCLATCHIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCCOLL | 29 April 1864 | Mary MCCOLL | Find the father |
| Alexander MCEWING | 6 October 1866 | Ann MCEWING | Find the father |
| Gilbert MCEWING | 25 April 1859 | Marion MCEWING | Find the father |
| James MCGILVRAY | 6 October 1866 | Margaret MCGILVRAY | Find the father |
| Robert John MCGLAUCHLAN | 12 April 1862 | Margaret MCGLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Jean MCGLINCHIE | 26 August 1871 | Matilda MCGLINCHIE | Find the father |
| John MCGRORTY | 20 February 1857 | Rose Ann MCGRORTY | Find the father |
| William MCGRORTY | 21 November 1862 | Helen MCGRORTY | Find the father |
| James MCINDOE | 27 August 1865 | Mary MCINDOE | Find the father |
| Jane MCINTYRE | 28 October 1871 | Marjory MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Samuel MCINTYRE | 3 December 1872 | Margaret MCINTYRE | Find the father |
| Helen MCKECHNIE | 14 June 1860 | Agnes MCKECHNIE | Find the father |
| Robert MCKENDRICK | 13 July 1868 | Elizabeth MCKENDRICK | Find the father |
| Agnes Thomson MCLEOD | 8 October 1873 | Bridget MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Mary Thomson MCLEOD | 23 July 1872 | Bridget MCLEOD | Find the father |
| James MCMILLAN | 24 January 1864 | Agnes MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| John MCMILLAN | 3 June 1871 | Jean MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Catherine MCPHERSON | 30 January 1857 | Euphemia MCPHERSON | Father found |
| David MCQUILTER | 11 June 1866 | Mary MCQUILTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCQUILTER | 16 April 1861 | Mary MCQUILTER | Find the father |
| Martha MCQUILTER | 21 January 1863 | Mary MCQUILTER | Father found |
| Charles MCVICAR | 23 July 1863 | Janet MCVICAR | Find the father |
| Jessie MCVICAR | 18 November 1867 | Janet MCVICAR | Find the father |
| John MCVICAR | 26 May 1871 | Janet MCVICAR | Find the father |
| Mary MCVICAR | 5 June 1861 | Janet MCVICAR | Find the father |
| William MCVICAR | 8 October 1855 | Jean MCVICAR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MEIKLENE | 9 June 1869 | Elizabeth MEIKLENE | Father found |
| William MITCHELL | 22 November 1861 | Eliza MITCHELL | Find the father |
| James MONALIS | 9 May 1869 | Bridget MONALIS | Find the father |
| Charles MULLEN | 21 July 1864 | Catherine MULLEN | Find the father |
| Mary MURDOCH | 30 August 1861 | Margaret MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Patrick NORRIS | 22 December 1863 | Ann NORRIS | Find the father |
| Thomas Liddel PATRICK | 25 June 1860 | Margaret PATRICK | Find the father |
| Mary PHIN | 27 June 1862 | Margaret PHIN | Find the father |
| James PHINN | 9 January 1855 | Margaret PHINN | Find the father |
| Alexander RAE | 11 July 1861 | Mary RAE | Find the father |
| James RAE | 6 April 1857 | Mary RAE | Find the father |
| Rebecca RAE | 21 July 1866 | Mary RAE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann ROBERTS | 31 January 1866 | Helen ROBERTS | Find the father |
| Martha RODGER | 27 October 1868 | Helen RODGER | Find the father |
| Mary ROSS | 27 July 1868 | Mary ROSS | Find the father |
| James ROY | 20 November 1870 | Margaret ROY | Father found |
| Elizabeth Holmes SERVICE | 27 November 1861 | Isabella SERVICE | Find the father |
| Jessie Kirkwood SERVICE | 21 February 1858 | Isabella SERVICE | Find the father |
| John Scougal SERVICE | 20 September 1859 | Janet SERVICE | Find the father |
| Jane SHIVERS | 1 March 1866 | Jane SHIVERS | Find the father |
| William SHIVERS | 1 January 1872 | Jane SHIVERS | Find the father |
| George SIMPSON | 9 April 1874 | Elizabeth SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Christina SPEIRS | 20 September 1869 | Jane SPEIRS | Find the father |
| William SPEIRS | 6 July 1868 | Mary SPEIRS | Find the father |
| Alexander STEVENSON | 27 January 1857 | Margaret STEVENSON | Find the father |
| John STEVENSON | 18 October 1857 | Margaret STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Charles Alexander Gladstone Low TAYLOR | 6 February 1874 | Agnes TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Ann Mcniel WALKER | 14 November 1869 | Catherine WALKER | Find the father |
| John WALKER | 17 June 1855 | Elisabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Margaret WALKER | 22 July 1857 | Elisabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Ann WHITE | 13 July 1870 | Elizabeth WHITE | Find the father |
| Janet WHITE | 3 May 1864 | Margaret Jane WHITE | Find the father |
| Mary WHITE | 21 April 1860 | Mary WHITE | Find the father |
| William WYLIE | 31 May 1860 | Janet WYLIE | Find 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.
