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​​Kinloss parish records

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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

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​​​​​​​​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.

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CH2/1357/1Minutes1798-1940Request lookup

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:
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  • £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)
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
Widow Eliz DOUGLAS or TULLOCH 1874 (3)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet MACPHERSON 1857 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Elizabeth MCKENZIE 1847 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary SHEARER or MACPHERSON 1876 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Francis ALLAN12 June 1862Margaret ALLANFind the father
James ALLAN2 January 1868Margaret ALLANFind the father
Jane ALLAN28 May 1857Margaret ALLANFind the father
Ann BROWN8 December 1857Ann BROWNFind the father
Alexander CHRISTIE14 June 1860Isabella CHRISTIEFind the father
Elspet Edwards CUMMING18 August 1864Charlotte Duncan CUMMINGFind the father
William DEY19 September 1868Elizabeth DEYFind the father
Margaret FALCONER9 August 1867Jessie FALCONERFind the father
George FOWLER22 May 1858Ann FOWLERFind the father
John FOWLER13 January 1855Ann FOWLERFind the father
George FRASER12 December 1858Ann FRASERFind the father
Elizabeth GILL30 May 1861Elizabeth GILLFind the father
William GILL3 January 1868Mary Ann GILLFind the father
Mary GRANT23 March 1858Ann GRANTFind the father
Ann INNES7 April 1871Margaret INNESFind the father
James MAIN14 October 1866Elizabeth MAINFind the father
Jane MASON5 July 1866Isabella MASONFind the father
Alexander MASSON17 August 1868Isabella MASSONFind the father
James MASSON11 October 1860Jane MASSONFind the father
Janet MASSON9 November 1860Janet MASSONFind the father
Jessie MASSON22 April 1864Isabella MASSONFind the father
William Glass MATHEW31 August 1863Elspet MATHEWFind the father
John MCBAIN14 July 1861Isabella MCBAINFind the father
John King MCKENZIE15 January 1874Jessie MCKENZIEFind the father
Mary Ann MCKENZIE8 February 1869Margaret MCKENZIEFind the father
Ann MCLEOD9 January 1857Margaret MCLEODFind the father
Robert MCPHAIL23 September 1871Robina MCPHAILFind the father
Ann MCRAE10 March 1862Ann MCRAEFind the father
Jane MUNRO22 August 1863Margaret MUNROFind the father
Robina REES4 August 1870Ann REESFind the father
Elizabeth Ann REID23 June 1871Elizabeth REIDFind the father
Duncan ROBERTSON9 September 1872Annie ROBERTSONFind the father
James ROBERTSON17 December 1864Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Alexander ROSS18 April 1872Elizabeth ROSSFind the father
Elizabeth ROSS8 November 1865Elizabeth ROSSFind the father
Robert ROSS18 July 1868Elizabeth ROSSFind the father
Peter ROY12 August 1860Margt. ROYFind the father
John SMITH23 August 1871Christina SMITHFind the father
Margaret SMITH3 April 1861Margaret SMITHFind the father
Margaret SMITH8 December 1864Christina SMITHFind the father
Elizabeth STORM14 March 1859Isabella STORMFind the father
Elizabeth STORM4 March 1864Jane STORMFind the father
James STORM8 June 1865Janet STORMFind the father
Mary STORM28 July 1860Mary STORMFind the father
Alexander TULLOCH20 September 1873Jessie TULLOCHFind the father
Andrew TULLOCH6 April 1874Catherine TULLOCHFind the father
Catherine TULLOCH5 August 1855Ann TULLOCHFind the father
Catherine TULLOCH2 July 1870Jessie TULLOCHFind the father
John TULLOCH26 May 1861Jessie TULLOCHFind the father
Margaret TULLOCH20 December 1863Jessie TULLOCHFind the father
Robert TULLOCH9 July 1857Ann TULLOCHFind the father
Robina TULLOCH21 June 1868Jessie TULLOCHFind the father
William TULLOCH10 April 1865Ann TULLOCHFind the father
Jessie Fraser WILSON13 February 1873Elizabeth Wells WILSONFind the father
George Calder WRIGHT12 April 1867Elspet WRIGHTFind the father
Jane WRIGHT6 December 1870Janet WRIGHTFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 157-158)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
DavidClark
ThomasDavidson
JohnDunbar
JamesFerguson
PeterFerguson
JamesForsyth
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
WilliamGray
JohnJenkins
JamesKellie
JamesIrvine
JohnLeall
WilliamMatheson
GilliesMcBean
JohnMchenry
DonaldMckinzie
ThomasMasson
RobertMilne
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
WilliamSimpson
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
WilliamThom
CharlesTulloch
JamesTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 172-172)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
DavidClark
ThomasDavidson
JohnDunbar
JamesFerguson
JamesForsyth
JohnFowler
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
WilliamGray
JohnJenkins
AlexanderKellie
JamesKellie
JamesLaing
JohnLeall
GilliesMcBean
JohnMchenry
DonaldMckinzie
ThomasMasson
RobertMilne
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
WilliamThom
CharlesTulloch
JamesTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 176-177)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnBarron
DavidClark
ThomasDavidson
JohnDunbar
JamesFerguson
JamesForsyth
JohnFowler
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
WilliamGray
JohnJenkins
AlexanderKellie
JamesKellie
JohnKing
JamesLaing
JohnLeall
GilliesMacbean
JohnMchenry
DonaldMckinzie
ThomasMasson
RobertMilne
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
JamesStorm
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
CharlesTulloch
JamesTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 180-181)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
GeorgeAsher
JohnBarron
DavidClark
ThomasDavidson
JamesFerguson
JamesForsyth
JohnFowler
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
WilliamGray
JohnJenkins
JohnKing
JamesLaing
JohnLeall
GilliesMacbean
JohnMchenry
DonaldMckinzie
ThomasMasson
RobertMilne
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
JamesStorm
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
JohnThom
CharlesTulloch
WilliamTulloch* beside name
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
JamesTulloch* beside name
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Male Heads of families 1839 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 200-200)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
GeorgeAsher
JohnBarron
AllanDavidson
ThomasDavidson
JamesFerguson
JamesForsyth
JohnFowler
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
PeterkinGrantPeter written beside forename
WilliamGray
JohnJunken
JohnKing
JamesLaing
JohnLeall
GilliesMacbean
JohnMchenry
DonaldMckinzie
ThomasMasson
RobertMilne
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
WilliamRobertson
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
JamesStorm
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
JohnThom
CharlesTulloch
JamesTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Male Heads of families 1840 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 209-210)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
GeorgeAsher
JohnBarron
AllanDavidson
JamesFerguson
JamesForsyth
JohnFowler
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
PeterkinGrantPeter written beside forename
WilliamGray
JohnJuncken
JohnKing
JamesLaing
JohnLeall
GilliesMacbean
JohnMchenry
PeterMcintosh
DonaldMckinzie
ThomasMasson
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
JamesStorm
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
JohnThom
CharlesTulloch
JamesTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Male Heads of families 1841 (NRS Reference: CH2/1357/1 pp. 210-223)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
DavidClarkcommunicated for the rirst time in 1840
AlexanderGrantcommunicated for the rirst time in 1840
AlexanderKelliecommunicated for the rirst time in 1840
JamesMcandiecommunicated for the rirst time in 1840
JamesSkeacommunicated for the rirst time in 1840
AlexanderWhitecommunicated for the rirst time in 1840
GeorgeAsher
JohnBarron
DavidClark
AllanDavidson
JamesFerguson
JamesForsyth
JohnFowler
AlexanderFraser
JamesFraser
WilliamGarrow
GeorgeGill
AlexanderGrant
PeterkinGrantPeter written beside forename
WilliamGray
JohnJunken
AlexanderKellie
JohnKing
JamesLaing
JohnLeall
GilliesMacbean
JohnMchenry
PeterMcintosh
JamesMcandie
DonaldMckenzie
ThomasMasson
JamesNicol
JohnPaul
GeorgeRoss
WilliamSimpson
JamesSkea
LewisSmith
JamesStorm
JohnStorm
RobertStorm
JohnThom
CharlesTulloch
JamesTulloch
WilliamTulloch
JohnWatson
JamesWhite
AlexanderWhite
JamesWright
JohnWright
WilliamWright

Kirk Session Records Index

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