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Inverkip 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret MCCARTNEY | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella PIRRIE | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane FERGUSON 9 Tobago Street, Gourock | John LOGUE | 6 Nov 1881 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/3 |
| Mary GALLACHER 1 Anderson Place, Cove Road, Gourock | William ISBISTER | 20 Jul 1889 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/5 |
| Penelope KING 27 Cove Road, Gourock | James KEAN | 15 May 1890 | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/5 |
| Annie MCGRATH 20 Shore Street, Gourock | George THOMSON | 31 Oct 1893 Maternity Hospital, Glasgow | Order now | Greenock SC53/7/5 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order now link.
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel I M ADAM | 10 Dec 1896 | Gourock Central Higher Grade Public School | 1912 | Order now |
| Mary GUTHRIE | 1 Sep 1897 | Gourock Central Higher Grade Public School | 1912 | Order now |
| Mary MACKIE | 5 Oct 1896 | Gourock Central Higher Grade Public School | 1912 | Order now |
| Agnes MCGREGOR | 18 Jun 1895 | Gourock Central Higher Grade Public School | 1912 | Order now |
| William S TARBET | 23 Aug 1897 | Gourock Central Higher Grade Public School | 1912 | Order now |
| Norman G WILSON | 20 Sep 1896 | Gourock Central Higher Grade Public School | 1912 | Order now |
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 AITKEN | 29 July 1862 | Catherene AITKEN | Find the father |
| Allan John ALLAN | 24 April 1856 | Eleazbeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary ANDERSON | 30 June 1869 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Helen Jane BAILEY | 28 July 1867 | Helen BAILEY | Find the father |
| Margaret BEITH | 7 January 1863 | Jane BEITH | Find the father |
| Thomas BLAIKIE | 10 June 1862 | Margaret BLAIKIE | Find the father |
| John BOYLE | 5 January 1874 | Ann Jane BOYLE | Find the father |
| Marion BROADFOOT | 8 August 1862 | Jane BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Robert Mcfarlane BROADFOOT | 30 August 1872 | Jane BROADFOOT | Find the father |
| Christina Gardner BROWN | 18 June 1873 | Janet BROWN | Find the father |
| Christina Jane BROWN | 9 June 1866 | Jane BROWN | Father found |
| Jessie BROWN | 21 June 1865 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| Robina BRUSH | 10 November 1870 | Agnes BRUSH | Find the father |
| Alexander Mcdonald BUCHANAN | 2 September 1872 | Jessie BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Hugh CAMPBELL | 27 February 1873 | Flora CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| James CAMPBELL | 5 February 1863 | Helen CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Mary CARRELL | 16 October 1874 | Elizabeth CARRELL | Find the father |
| Ross CARRUTHERS | 12 September 1871 | Agnes CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| Leslie Ogilvie CLARKE | 26 August 1866 | Alice CLARKE | Find the father |
| John CORNFOOT | 19 September 1873 | Elizabeth CORNFOOT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Lindsay COWAN | 2 April 1862 | Margaret COWAN | Find the father |
| Margaret CRAWFORD | 16 June 1857 | Flora CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Mary CRUDEN | 28 May 1862 | Ann CRUDEN | Find the father |
| William Clark CRUDEN | 25 November 1870 | Agnes CRUDEN | Find the father |
| Mary CURRAN | 27 January 1866 | Mary CURRAN | Find the father |
| Emma CURRIE | 29 July 1862 | Agness CURRIE | Find the father |
| Annie DONALD | 6 April 1871 | Jane DONALD | Find the father |
| Thomas DONNELLEY | 1 December 1866 | Annie DONNELLEY | Find the father |
| Alexander DRYSDALE | 26 May 1856 | Ann DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Marion DUNCAN | 23 February 1872 | Mary DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Willimina DUNN | 14 September 1870 | Mary Gib DUNN | Find the father |
| Walter Rowland FERGUSON | 11 November 1868 | Catherine FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Mary FINLAY | 27 September 1862 | Mary FINLAY | Find the father |
| John GALLETLY | 1 July 1871 | Margaret GALLETLY | Find the father |
| Isabella Lawson GALLOWAY | 10 March 1856 | Ann GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| William GARLAND | 20 June 1870 | Janet GARLAND | Find the father |
| James GILCHRIST | 11 September 1873 | Jane GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| Agnes GIVAN | 10 February 1864 | Janet GIVAN | Find the father |
| Robert GODFREY | 8 December 1873 | Janet GODFREY | Find the father |
| Jane Ann GRAHAM | 15 November 1867 | Catherine GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Mary HAMILTON | 16 June 1863 | Maria HAMILTON | Find the father |
| John HILL | 18 October 1864 | Elizabeth HILL | Find the father |
| Matthew HILLHOUSE | 1 June 1874 | Janet HILLHOUSE | Find the father |
| Jeanie Lang HUNTER | 27 December 1868 | Annie HUNTER | Find the father |
| George Wyllie Brown JAMESON | 11 February 1863 | Mary JAMESON | Find the father |
| Andrew KERR | 25 September 1869 | Jane KERR | Find the father |
| Finlay KERR | 26 September 1867 | Mary KERR | Find the father |
| James LAIRD | 27 August 1871 | Euphemia LAIRD | Find the father |
| Jane LAMONT | 12 January 1864 | Jane LAMONT | Find the father |
| Robert LANGMORE | 6 February 1856 | Susannah LANGMORE | Find the father |
| Samuel LOGAN | 21 December 1865 | Catheren LOGAN | Find the father |
| Mary LORD | 17 October 1867 | Mary LORD | Find the father |
| John MACLELLAN | 29 August 1866 | Margaret MACLELLAN | Find the father |
| Donald MACRAE | 22 August 1873 | Catharine MACRAE | Father found |
| John MATHESON | 20 June 1863 | Margaret MATHESON | Find the father |
| David MATHISON | 5 December 1865 | Margaret MATHISON | Find the father |
| Catherine MCARTHUR | 24 March 1858 | Catherine MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| Mary MCCLYMONT | 19 September 1871 | Marion MCCLYMONT | Find the father |
| Joanna MCDOUGALL | 6 January 1856 | Johanna MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| John MCDOUGALL | 21 August 1857 | Elizabeth MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| Margaret MCDOUGALL | 22 March 1860 | Elezabeth MCDOUGALL | Find the father |
| John MCFADYEN | 30 January 1873 | Mary Ann MCFADYEN | Find the father |
| Agnes MCFAYDEN | 13 July 1874 | Mary Ann MCFAYDEN | Find the father |
| John MCKANE | 4 May 1857 | Elizabeth MCKANE | Find the father |
| Janet Murdoch MCKEAN | 7 March 1859 | Janet MCKEAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCKELLAR | 17 May 1873 | Elizabeth MCKELLAR | Find the father |
| George MCKINNON | 28 May 1866 | Mary MCKINNON | Find the father |
| Janet MCKINNON | 17 February 1861 | Ann Jean MCKINNON | Find the father |
| Alexander MCLELLAN | 23 March 1863 | Margaret MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Margory MCLELLAN | 7 June 1872 | Susan MCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Robert MCLELLAN | 31 December 1868 | Susan MCLELLAN | Father found |
| John MCMEEKAN | 23 August 1868 | Ellen MCMEEKAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Copland MCMILLAN | 10 June 1874 | Helen MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Catherine MCNEILL | 11 March 1860 | Catherine MCNEILL | Find the father |
| Alexander MCNICOL | 7 April 1873 | Margaret MCNICOL | Find the father |
| Gabriel MCPHAIL | 3 July 1866 | Jessie MCPHAIL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann Holm MCPHERSON | 8 January 1859 | Anne MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Elezabeth MENECE | 27 November 1868 | Elezabeth MENECE | Find the father |
| George MORTON | 19 April 1869 | Ellen MORTON | Find the father |
| Robert MORTON | 2 January 1873 | Ellen MORTON | Find the father |
| John MUIR | 25 October 1874 | Jane MUIR | Find the father |
| Robert NICOL | 18 January 1863 | Mary Ann NICOL | Find the father |
| Robert O'DONELLEY | 17 October 1872 | Annie O'DONELLEY | Find the father |
| James PEARSON | 8 December 1866 | Margaret PEARSON | Find the father |
| William PEARSON | 19 December 1869 | Margaret PEARSON | Find the father |
| Agness PIRRIE | 12 July 1861 | Jessie PIRRIE | Find the father |
| John SHEARER | 5 June 1866 | Margaret SHEARER | Find the father |
| Mary Anne SHERIDAN | 7 February 1870 | Anne SHERIDAN | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann Elliot SIMPSON | 28 May 1868 | Jane SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Catherine SMITH | 13 March 1869 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Jessie STEWART | 21 January 1871 | Jessie STEWART | Find the father |
| Euphemia Nisbet SUTHERLAND | 31 May 1862 | Catheren SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
| James TODD | 12 May 1868 | Agnes TODD | Find the father |
| Cathrine TOUGH | 28 November 1855 | Janet TOUGH | Find the father |
| Thomas WARK | 20 December 1868 | Janet WARK | Find the father |
| James WEBSTER | 5 December 1867 | Margaret Millar WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Agnes WEIR | 10 July 1868 | Mary WEIR | Find the father |
| Peter Bell WHITE | 18 November 1867 | Margaret WHITE | Find the father |
| William Adams WHITE | 6 December 1871 | Martha WHITE | Find the father |
| Isabella WHYTE | 11 July 1872 | Mary WHYTE | Find the father |
| Hugh WILSON | 18 January 1866 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 14 June 1869 | Elizabeth WILSON | 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.
