Kemback parish records
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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
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/204/2 | Kemback Kirk Session - Minutes | 1700-1732 | Request lookup |
| CH2/204/3 | Kemback Kirk Session - Minutes | 1732-1775 | Request lookup |
| CH2/204/5 | Kemback Kirk Session - Minutes | 1775-1845 | Request lookup |
| CH2/204/6 | Kemback Kirk Session - Minutes | 1776-1796 | Request lookup |
| CH2/204/7 | Kemback Kirk Session - Minutes | 1844-1847 | Request lookup |
| CH2/204/8 | Kemback Kirk Session - Parochial Board minutes (poor law) | 1845-1875 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BROWN | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Catherine ELDER | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth MACKAY | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth MACKAY | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret MORTON | 1855 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MURDOCH | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John ROBERTSON | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John ROBERTSON | 1856 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Janet WYLLIE | 1864 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Carruthers BAIRD | 15 June 1868 | Euphemia BAIRD | Find the father |
| Jessie BELL | 12 August 1869 | Ann BELL | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BELL | 9 October 1866 | Ann BELL | Find the father |
| George BROWN | 18 August 1866 | Jean Walker BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 4 August 1858 | Catherine BROWN | Find the father |
| Janet BUTTERCASE | 1 January 1872 | Margaret E. BUTTERCASE | Find the father |
| Thomas BUTTERCASE | 26 August 1870 | Johanna Young BUTTERCASE | Find the father |
| Andrew CALDER | 19 April 1862 | Betsy CALDER | Find the father |
| James COCHRANE | 31 July 1860 | Margaret COCHRANE | Find the father |
| Janet DANDIE | 31 July 1870 | Jessie DANDIE | Find the father |
| Mary DUFF | 23 September 1864 | Mary DUFF | Find the father |
| William DUFF | 13 February 1860 | Jean DUFF | Find the father |
| Marjory FARNIE | 27 October 1874 | Marjory FARNIE | Find the father |
| William Allan HUTT | 2 June 1867 | Helen HUTT | Find the father |
| James KINLOCH | 25 December 1863 | Jane KINLOCH | Find the father |
| Eliza METHVEN | 13 February 1869 | Jane METHVEN | Find the father |
| James MILLER | 26 February 1871 | Margaret MILLER | Find the father |
| Maria MUIR | 20 February 1864 | Mary MUIR | Find the father |
| David MURDOCH | 17 October 1861 | Euphemia MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Johan OGILVIE | 19 December 1859 | Janet OGILVIE | Find the father |
| Mary PATERSON | 18 May 1860 | Cathraine PATERSON | Find the father |
| Janet SEATH | 17 January 1868 | Hellen SEATH | Find the father |
| Margaret Honeyman SEATH | 11 May 1866 | Susan Gillespie SEATH | Find the father |
| Thomas SEATH | 6 April 1869 | Susan Gillespie SEATH | Find the father |
| Christinia SIMPSON | 26 June 1869 | Christinia SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 1 August 1865 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
| Andrew THOMSON | 24 July 1866 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| David THOMSON | 20 March 1866 | Catherine THOMSON | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 5 June 1863 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas THOMSON | 1 March 1864 | Catherine THOMSON | Find the father |
| Agnes WALLACE | 6 January 1866 | Agnes WALLACE | Find the father |
| Alexander WALLACE | 12 March 1861 | Agnes WALLACE | Find the father |
| William WANNAN | 25 September 1873 | Ann WANNAN | Find the father |
| Balfour WESTWATER | 23 June 1866 | Euphemia WESTWATER | Find the father |
| Alexander WILSON | 31 May 1860 | Agnes WILSON | Find the father |
| Ann Stewart YOUNGER | 19 April 1871 | Euphemia YOUNGER | Find the father |
| William YOUNGER | 3 October 1874 | Euphemia YOUNGER | Find the father |
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 1832 [NRS Reference CH2/204/5]
Name:
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation: Presbytery Beadle
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Details: 'Apr 1832'
Other names:
Name:
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 15s
Details: '12 poor scholars'
Other names:
Name:
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 11s 6d
Details: 'shipwrecked sailors & poor strangers
Other names:
Name: J Anderson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: J Anderson
Name: James Anderson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 11s
Details: James Anderson Derdam
Other names: James Anderson
Name: M Angus
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: M Angus
Name: Margaret Angus
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 15s 6d
Details: '£ 1.5[s] coals 10/6'
Other names: Margaret Angus
Name: W Angus
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: W Angus
Name: Widow Ch Balbernie
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 1s
Other names: Widow Ch Balbernie
Name: Elspet Baldie
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 12s 4d
Details: '2/4 coals 10/'
Other names: Elspet Baldie
Name: El Band
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: El Band
Name: Elspet Band
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 13s
Details: '£2 2[s] 6[d] coals 10/6'
Other names: Elspet Band
Name: William Barclay
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 12s/4
Other names: William Barclay
Name: H Bayne
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: H Bayne
Name: M Bell
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: M Bell
Name: Bisset
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Bisset
Name: Bisset
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: supply: strait jacket; distress
Cash amount: £1 11s 0 1/2d
Details: '1 L.[£] Strait Jacket & distress 11[s] 0 1/2 [d]'
Other names: Bisset
Name: Jean Braid Widow
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 2s 6d
Other names: Jean Braid Widow
Name: A Buntheron
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: A Buntheron
Name: Agnes Buntheron
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 10s 6d
Details: '£1 coals 10/6'
Other names: Agnes Buntheron
Name: Is Coull
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: Is Coull
Name: Isabel Coull
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 12s 4d
Details: '£2 2[s] 4[d] coals 10/6'
Other names: Isabel Coull
Name: B Dewar
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: B Dewar
Name: B Dewar
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: B Dewar
Name: D Dingwall
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: D Dingwall
Name: Widow Dryden
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Widow Dryden
Name: Mr Gray
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: salary
Cash amount: 11s 1 1/2 d
Details: '1832'
Other names: Mr Gray
Name: Agnes Hardie
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Agnes Hardie
Name: A Heggie
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: A Heggie
Name: Agnes Heggie
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 2s 10d
Details: '£1 12[s] 4[d] coals 10/6'
Other names: Agnes Heggie
Name: T Henderson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: T Henderson
Name: J Hutton
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: J Hutton
Name: Janet Hutton
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 10s
Other names: Janet Hutton
Name: R Johnstown
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: R Johnstown
Name: Robert Johnstown
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 5s
Other names: Robert Johnstown
Name: W Key
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: W Key
Name: Eu Laing
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: Eu Laing
Name: Euphan Laing
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 0s 6d
Details: '£1 10s coalls 10/6'
Other names: Euphan Laing
Name: E Lawson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: E Lawson
Name: Elisabeth Lawson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 10s
Other names: Elisabeth Lawson
Name: W Lumsden
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: W Lumsden
Name: Walter Lumsden
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 10s
Other names: Agnes Murdoch; Walter Lumsden
Name: Andrew Martin
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1 0s 6d
Details: '10/ coals 10/6'
Other names: Andrew Martin
Name: A Matheson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: A Matheson
Name: Ann Matheson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: house rent
Cash amount: 12s
Details: 'house rent 1830'
Other names: Ann Matheson
Name: Ann Matheson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 10s 6d
Details: '£1.5[s] coals 10/6'
Other names: Ann Matheson
Name: J Mcdonald
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: J Mcdonald
Name: J Mcdonald
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Name: G Melville
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 3s
Other names: G Melville
Name: Is Melville
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: Is Melville
Name: Isabel Melville
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 15s
Other names: Isabel Melville
Name: C Mitchell
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: C Mitchell
Name: C Mitchell
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 5s 10
Details: 'Feb:May.Aug Novr:1832 and coals
Other names: C Mitchell
Name: Cal Mitchell
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rent
Cash amount: £2
Details: 'hous[e] rent Martinmas 1831 and 1832'
Other names: Cal Mitchell
Name: A Murdoch
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: A Murdoch
Name: Agnes Murdoch
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £1
Other names: Agnes Murdoch; Walter Lumsden
Name: A Orme
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: A Orme
Name: Alex Orme
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: £2 3s 6d
Other names: Alex Orme
Name: W Paterson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: W Paterson; M Rintoul
Name: M Rintoul
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: W Paterson; M Rintoul
Name: M Robertson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s6d
Other names: M Robertson
Name: Margaret Robertson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 10s
Other names: Margaret Robertson
Name: J Rodger
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: J Rodger
Name: James Rollo
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: James Rollo
Name: Dr Sellars
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: visit
Cash amount: 5s
Details: 'Dr Sellars visit 5/'
Other names: Dr Sellars
Name: A Smith
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 3s
Other names: A Smith
Name: B Smith
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: B Smith
Name: Baby Smith
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 10s 6d
Details: 'coals 10/6'
Other names: Baby Smith
Name: D Smith
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: D Smith
Name: James Taylor
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: board
Cash amount: £2 5s 6d
Details: 'board from Novr 1831 to May 1832'
Other names: James Taylor
Name: Tibbie Terrace
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 10s
Other names: Tibbie Terrace
Name: Tibbie Terrace
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 3d
Other names: Tibbie Terrace
Name: Widow Thomson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Widow Thomson
Name: D Thomson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: D Thomson
Name: Widow J Thomson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Widow J Thomson
Name: J Turnbull
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: J Turnbull
Name: Jo Turnbull
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Jo Turnbull
Name: J Watson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: precenting
Cash amount: £3 3s
Details: 'to Martinmas 1832'
Other names: J Watson
Name: John Watson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 4s
Other names: John Watson
Name: J Watt
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: J Watt
Name: James Watt
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 7s
Other names: James Watt
Name: Al Wedderspoon
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Al Wedderspoon
Name: J Wilson
Date: 25/06/1832
Case type: Distribution at Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: J Wilson
Name: Widow John Wilson
Date: 30/11/1832
Case type: Distribution
Occupation:
Address:
Role: recipient
Cash amount: 2s 6d
Other names: Widow John Wilson
