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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles BLAKELY or SMITH | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John BOYD | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused, on the understanding that his allowance is to be 2s 6d a week | |
| John BOYD | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - see no 118 1847 | |
| Agnes CRAIG | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| David CRAIG | 1864-1865 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James DAVIDSON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Barbara EDGAR or HOUSTON | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal | |
| Barbara EDGAR or HOUSTON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused - informal - see 468 1851 and 242 1852 | |
| Barbara EDGAR or HOUSTON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused - incompetent | |
| Widow Barbara EDGAR or HOUSTOUN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth GIRVAN | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth GRIFFITHS or LEE | 1870 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | Hillhead Stranraer | 1845 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed, on the understanding that he is still to receive bread and soup | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused; and intimate that the application may be renewed if necessary at Whitsunday | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1849 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed - see 174 1849 | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 174 and 400 1849 | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1853 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Andrew HOUSTON | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Margaret JOLLY | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Samuel LAURIE | Clachan Pluck | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Widow Catherine LYONS | 1848 (2) | Order images | Refused, on the understanding that she is receiving 2s 6d a week | |
| Hugh MCBRIDE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Hugh MCBRIDE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Hugh MCBRIDE | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 265 1847 | |
| Catherine MCBRYDE | Aird | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1847 (3) | Order images | Refused, on the understanding that, if his disorder increases, the parochial board will take care that he is properly attended to - See no 352 1846 | |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused - see no 442 1847 | |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 265 1847 and 429 1850 | |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 79 1851 | |
| Hugh MCBRYDE | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Catherine MELVIN or ALEXANDER | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 263 1851 | |
| Catherine MILWAIN or ALEXANDER | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine MILWAN | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 13 1852 | |
| John RODDIE | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Arthur TRACY | Galla Hill Stranraer | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Widow Susan WHITTLE or SMITH | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Alexander WOOD | 1852 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Donaldson AIRDRIE | 12 December 1872 | Jessie AIRDRIE | Find the father |
| Robert BENNOCH | 5 September 1866 | Jane BENNOCH | Find the father |
| William BENNOCH | 5 March 1860 | Jane BENNOCH | Find the father |
| Agnes BIRCH | 29 July 1860 | Margaret BIRCH | Find the father |
| Mary BIRCH | 17 October 1869 | Ann BIRCH | Find the father |
| William BIRCH | 22 July 1866 | Sarah BIRCH | Find the father |
| Agnes BLACK | 1 January 1859 | Mary BLACK | Find the father |
| Jane Blain BLACK | 21 July 1858 | Jessie BLACK | Find the father |
| John BLAIN | 24 September 1871 | Joanna BLAIN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BLAIN | 22 December 1858 | Grace BLAIN | Find the father |
| Jane BLAINEY | 16 July 1860 | Catherine BLAINEY | Find the father |
| Agnes BROWN | 18 July 1856 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| Isabella BROWN | 31 July 1864 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 31 July 1873 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| Sarah BROWN | 7 November 1861 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BRUCE | 24 January 1873 | Marion BRUCE | Find the father |
| Catherine BRYCE | 14 December 1874 | Elizabeth BRYCE | Find the father |
| Jessie BURNS | 11 October 1868 | Elizabeth BURNS | Find the father |
| William BYERS | 13 April 1874 | Mary BYERS | Find the father |
| John CAIN | 5 April 1855 | Mary CAIN | Find the father |
| John CALDWELL | 16 December 1857 | Mary CALDWELL | Find the father |
| Christina Telfer CAMPBELL | 13 December 1873 | Esther CAMPBELL | Father found |
| William CAMPBELL | 20 August 1869 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Jane CEAUGHIE | 26 November 1859 | Isabella CEAUGHIE | Find the father |
| Annie Jane CHALMERS | 16 November 1871 | Annie CHALMERS | Find the father |
| John CLANACHAN | 14 June 1855 | Sarah CLANACHAN | Father found |
| James CLAVE | 7 March 1873 | Maryann CLAVE | Find the father |
| Jane CLAVE | 30 May 1872 | Jane CLAVE | Find the father |
| Mary CRAWFORD | 7 October 1868 | Janet CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| William CUMMING | 18 January 1874 | Helen CUMMING | Find the father |
| Isabella DENHAM | 27 July 1857 | Mary DENHAM | Find the father |
| Mary DONNACHIE | 15 May 1863 | Agnes DONNACHIE | Find the father |
| Margaret DRYNAN | 30 October 1869 | Rosana DRYNAN | Find the father |
| Robert James DURHAM | 22 March 1867 | Agnes DURHAM | Find the father |
| David Blain EDMONDS | 6 August 1873 | Margaret EDMONDS | Find the father |
| Isabella ERSKINE | 29 December 1861 | Jane ERSKINE | Find the father |
| John FARRALS | 15 March 1862 | Margaret FARRALS | Find the father |
| Maryann FINLAY | 28 November 1873 | Maryann FINLAY | Find the father |
| Helen FISHER | 23 April 1861 | Catherine FISHER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FRYER | 7 March 1857 | Susan FRYER | Find the father |
| Easther GALLOWAY | 21 May 1857 | Isabella GALLOWAY | Father found |
| William Espie GORDON | 19 January 1860 | Sarah GORDON | Find the father |
| Margaret GRAY | 21 July 1856 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 19 May 1861 | Janet GRAY | Find the father |
| Isabella HALL | 7 December 1859 | Mary HALL | Find the father |
| Maryann HALL | 16 December 1862 | Mary HALL | Father found |
| James Colburn HAMILTON | 14 September 1858 | Rosanna HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Robert HAMILTON | 1 February 1856 | Agnes HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Jessie Gordon IRVING | 24 August 1867 | Margaret IRVING | Father found |
| Margaret IRVING | 28 July 1869 | Elizabeth IRVING | Find the father |
| William KELLY | 17 February 1862 | Jane KELLY | Find the father |
| Janet KERRY | 5 March 1862 | Mary KERRY | Find the father |
| John KERRY | 20 December 1859 | Mary KERRY | Find the father |
| Mary KERRY | 12 June 1856 | Mary KERRY | Find the father |
| James KIRK | 29 March 1861 | Jane KIRK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KYLE | 10 November 1862 | Elizabeth KYLE | Find the father |
| John Connell KYLE | 24 August 1872 | Annie KYLE | Find the father |
| Jamima LAWRIE | 24 September 1860 | Elizabeth Taylor LAWRIE | Find the father |
| William LOCHARY | 31 January 1863 | Helen LOCHARY | Find the father |
| Alexander LOCHRAY | 29 May 1860 | Helen LOCHRAY | Find the father |
| Alexander MATTHEWS | 13 July 1855 | Janet MATTHEWS | Find the father |
| Williamina MATTHEWS | 10 December 1855 | Agnes MATTHEWS | Find the father |
| Mary MCANN | 2 August 1867 | Agnes MCANN | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCAMMOND | 11 August 1862 | Margaret MCCAMMOND | Find the father |
| Helen MCCAMON | 15 July 1858 | Williamina MCCAMON | Find the father |
| James MCCAW | 31 December 1861 | Jessie MCCAW | Find the father |
| Jane MCCAW | 14 January 1865 | Jessie MCCAW | Find the father |
| James MCCLELLAND | 19 February 1856 | Annie MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCCLINTON | 4 February 1863 | Margaret MCCLINTON | Father found |
| Helen MCCLINTON | 7 May 1858 | Margaret MCCLINTON | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCLINTON | 20 July 1868 | Martha MCCLINTON | Find the father |
| Helen MCCONCHIE | 17 July 1863 | Helen MCCONCHIE | Find the father |
| Jane Mcadam MCCORMICH | 29 October 1855 | Elizabeth MCCORMICH | Find the father |
| Margaret Mcmaster MCCORMICK | 29 October 1855 | Elizabeth MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Robert MCCORMICK | 15 October 1862 | Catherine MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| William MCCORMICK | 6 June 1865 | Ann MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Hannah MCCREADIE | 14 November 1860 | Elizabeth MCCREADIE | Find the father |
| Andrew MCCREDIE | 5 November 1856 | Margaret MCCREDIE | Find the father |
| Charles MCDONALD | 20 January 1870 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Margaret MCDONALD | 6 August 1866 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Charles MCDOWALL | 20 September 1856 | Jane MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| Thomas MCDOWALL | 9 August 1864 | Mary MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| Andrew MCFADZEAN | 5 June 1869 | Margaret MCFADZEAN | Find the father |
| James MCGIBBNEY | 11 December 1872 | Helen MCGIBBNEY | Find the father |
| Annie MCGRAW | 19 December 1868 | Annie MCGRAW | Find the father |
| Jane MCGRAW | 12 November 1866 | Helen MCGRAW | Find the father |
| William MCGRAW | 13 September 1865 | Ann MCGRAW | Find the father |
| Margaret MCGUFFOG | 1 May 1856 | Janet MCGUFFOG | Find the father |
| James Wilson MCHARG | 19 January 1864 | Mary MCHARG | Find the father |
| Thomas MCHARG | 10 October 1873 | Mary MCHARG | Find the father |
| William MCJANNET | 27 January 1867 | Margaret MCJANNET | Find the father |
| John MCKAIL | 26 October 1865 | Jane MCKAIL | Find the father |
| Helen MCMEIKAN | 13 June 1861 | Elizabeth MCMEIKAN | Find the father |
| Mariah MCNAIRRIE | 14 March 1857 | Catherine MCNAIRRIE | Find the father |
| William MCNISH | 6 May 1860 | Jane MCNISH | Find the father |
| John MCWHIRTER | 28 April 1864 | Jane MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Margaret MCWHIRTER | 25 July 1866 | Jane MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Janet Mcewing MEIKLE | 10 August 1872 | Jane MEIKLE | Find the father |
| James MILROY | 24 September 1866 | Maryann MILROY | Find the father |
| Mary MILROY | 19 March 1855 | Agnes MILROY | Find the father |
| Alexander Carnochan MORRISON | 13 August 1874 | Sarah MORRISON | Find the father |
| Matilda MORRISON | 29 October 1868 | Alice MORRISON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane Alexander MURRAY | 30 December 1868 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| Lawrence Donnely NEILSON | 10 June 1870 | Janet NEILSON | Find the father |
| James NISH | 13 February 1863 | Jane NISH | Find the father |
| Alexina O'NEIL | 26 February 1858 | Bridget O'NEIL | Find the father |
| Archibald PRICE | 20 August 1870 | Elizabeth PRICE | Find the father |
| Samuel Davidson PRICE | 2 February 1872 | Eliza PRICE | Find the father |
| Agnes RAFFERTY | 24 February 1866 | Ann RAFFERTY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth REID | 5 December 1861 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| James REID | 19 February 1859 | Margaret REID | Find the father |
| James William REID | 3 March 1874 | Jane REID | Find the father |
| William REID | 16 August 1873 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Mary Jessie RENNIE | 21 September 1873 | Mary RENNIE | Find the father |
| Georgina Gordon RITCHIE | 5 February 1866 | Jane RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Helen ROSS | 17 July 1865 | Helen ROSS | Find the father |
| Jane Blain ROSS | 2 June 1869 | Susan ROSS | Find the father |
| Susan ROSS | 30 September 1859 | Susan ROSS | Find the father |
| Matilda SIMPSON | 16 August 1862 | Susan SIMPSON | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 10 March 1856 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 30 July 1855 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMPSON | 2 June 1867 | Grace THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Catherine THOMPSON | 25 November 1865 | Marion THOMPSON | Find the father |
| Jessie THOMSON | 15 March 1871 | Marion THOMSON | Find the father |
| Grace THORBURN | 26 March 1865 | Mary THORBURN | Find the father |
| Thomas Mcmorland THORBURN | 29 May 1867 | Mary THORBURN | Find the father |
| John TULLY | 9 May 1864 | Helen TULLY | Father found |
| Grace TURNER | 11 March 1863 | Elizabeth TURNER | Find the father |
| William WALKER | 28 August 1869 | Jane WALKER | Father found |
| Kenneth Mcculloch WATERSON | 9 January 1872 | Mary WATERSON | Find the father |
| William WATERSON | 25 February 1871 | Susan WATERSON | Find the father |
| Annie WEIR | 18 July 1865 | Margaret WEIR | Find the father |
| James WEIR | 21 June 1862 | Elizabeth WEIR | Find the father |
| Jane WEIR | 3 April 1869 | Elizabeth WEIR | Find the father |
| William WEIR | 3 November 1869 | Margaret WEIR | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WILSON | 9 March 1857 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| Jessie WITHER | 22 June 1874 | Margaret WITHER | 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.
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.
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