Kirkliston records
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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
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/229/3 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Minutes | 1713-1723 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/5 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Minutes | 1818-1846 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/6 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Minutes | 1846-1902 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/7 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Deaconry book (Accounts) | 1731-1752 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/8 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Baptismal register | 1862-1945 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/9 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Proclamation register | 1883-1904 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/12 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Deaconry book [accounts] | 1751-1781 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/13 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Deaconry book [accounts] | 1781-1821 | Request lookup |
| CH2/229/14 | Kirkliston Kirk Session - Cash book 1853-64 1920-24 | 1853-1924 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth COOK or GIBB | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Janet DUNCAN or DAWSON | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jean GRANT | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jean GRANT | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth ANDERSON Boat Stables, Winchburgh, Kirkliston | Alexander KERR | 17 Dec 1874 Boat Stables, Winchburgh, Kirkliston | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/4 |
| Isabella STEVENSON Wheatlands, Kirkliston | James SHANKS | 2 Jun 1877 Queensferry, West Lothian | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/4 |
| Catherine WHITE Backland, Kirkliston | Alexander MACPHERSON | 24 Aug 1885 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/53 |
| Catherine WHITE Station Road, Kirkliston | Barney MCFADYEN | 8 Nov 1887 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/56 |
| Mary WOOD Backlands, Kirkliston | John STARK | 13 Jan 1881 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/49 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Anatomy register
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella KANE | Lived: Hallyards Farm, Kirkliston Died: Ratho Railway Station | 30 Nov 1912 | Order record |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza ANDERSON | 17 December 1874 | Eliza ANDERSON | Father found |
| Elizabeth Pate ANDERSON | 12 November 1861 | Agnes ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ANDERSON | 14 May 1857 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Peter ANDERSON | 12 July 1862 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert ANDERSON | 25 June 1861 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert ANDERSON | 12 November 1870 | Agnes ANDERSON | Find the father |
| David ANTHONY | 5 September 1862 | Isabella ANTHONY | Find the father |
| Sarah Jane ARBUCKLE | 21 February 1867 | Margaret ARBUCKLE | Find the father |
| Charles AULD | 15 August 1855 | Mary AULD | Find the father |
| James BAILLIE | 10 August 1863 | Helen BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Annabella BEATON | 9 October 1871 | Annabella BEATON | Find the father |
| John BELL | 28 September 1873 | Ann BELL | Find the father |
| Catherine BIRD | 5 January 1862 | Agnes BIRD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BIRD | 27 July 1872 | Marion BIRD | Find the father |
| Marion BIRD | 30 December 1855 | Marion BIRD | Find the father |
| Thomas Wood BIRD | 3 September 1856 | Elizabeth BIRD | Find the father |
| Thomas BLACK | 23 November 1856 | Janet BLACK | Find the father |
| Helen BLAIR | 14 August 1867 | Helen BLAIR | Find the father |
| Alexander BORTHWICK | 10 November 1862 | Mary BORTHWICK | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 12 April 1874 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| Robert BROWN | 4 March 1862 | Jane BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 15 January 1855 | Janet BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 19 October 1871 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| William Duncan BROWN | 26 June 1872 | Jane BROWN | Find the father |
| Meikle Strachan Jenkinson BRUCE | 3 January 1868 | Margaret BRUCE | Find the father |
| Duncan CAMERON | 17 February 1855 | Sarah CAMERON | Find the father |
| Mitchell CAMERON | 29 July 1859 | Sarah CAMERON | Find the father |
| Thomas CARMICHAEL | 4 May 1872 | Mary CARMICHAEL | Father found |
| Margaret CASSIE | 3 March 1863 | Euphemia CASSIE | Find the father |
| Agnes CHALMERS | 24 February 1860 | Agnes CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Mary CHAPMAN | 8 July 1871 | Christian CHAPMAN | Find the father |
| Peter Russell CHARLSTON | 8 April 1857 | Elizabeth CHARLSTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CHORLESTON | 25 August 1867 | Elizabeth CHORLESTON | Find the father |
| Barbara Brown CONQUER | 13 June 1866 | Elizabeth CONQUER | Find the father |
| Mary CRAWFORD | 26 April 1873 | Mary CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| James DICKSON | 16 February 1867 | Isabella DICKSON | Find the father |
| Jessie DUNCAN | 16 February 1872 | Catherine DUNCAN | Find the father |
| David DUTHIE | 25 November 1874 | Margaret DUTHIE | Find the father |
| Catherine ELDER | 1 October 1856 | Catherine ELDER | Find the father |
| Helen ELDER | 30 March 1866 | Catherine ELDER | Find the father |
| William Menzies ELLIOT | 2 September 1863 | Agnes ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Helen FAIRLEY | 22 March 1858 | Janet FAIRLEY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FARRIE | 19 August 1862 | Janet FARRIE | Father found |
| Janet Lawson FARRIE | 24 January 1861 | Martha FARRIE | Find the father |
| Jane Mary Agnes FINLAYSON | 20 January 1866 | Jane FINLAYSON | Find the father |
| Douglas FOLEY | 13 August 1868 | Agnes FOLEY | Find the father |
| Margaret Lawrie FORREST | 4 May 1868 | Caroline FORREST | Father found |
| Margaret GARLAND | 30 December 1856 | Grace GARLAND | Find the father |
| James GIBSON | 4 February 1859 | Alison GIBSON | Find the father |
| John GIBSON | 1 September 1857 | Alison GIBSON | Find the father |
| Robert Dowie GIBSON | 17 June 1857 | Janet GIBSON | Find the father |
| John GOURLAY | 11 July 1863 | Agnes GOURLAY | Find the father |
| George GRADY | 25 December 1870 | Margaret GRADY | Find the father |
| James GRAY | 14 July 1864 | Julian GRAY | Find the father |
| John GRAY | 5 June 1874 | Jane GRAY | Find the father |
| Helen GREIG | 11 November 1863 | Helen GREIG | Find the father |
| James HAMILTON | 19 February 1871 | Margaret HAMILTON | Find the father |
| James Steel HARDY | 29 April 1867 | Alison HARDY | Find the father |
| Agnes Lockie HARRISON | 15 September 1866 | Margaret HARRISON | Find the father |
| Isabella HASTON | 29 January 1862 | Isabella HASTON | Find the father |
| Marion HASTON | 18 November 1858 | Margaret HASTON | Find the father |
| Marion HAY | 20 January 1862 | Jane HAY | Find the father |
| David HENDERSON | 16 November 1866 | Elizabeth HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Walter Thomas HENDERSON | 10 April 1862 | Margaret HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Prudence HOOK | 23 January 1856 | Helen HOOK | Find the father |
| Agnes HUNTER | 6 November 1860 | Agnes HUNTER | Find the father |
| Alexander HUNTER | 18 February 1872 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Barbara HUNTER | 21 December 1868 | Barbara HUNTER | Find the father |
| Margaret HUNTER | 29 June 1865 | Catherine HUNTER | Find the father |
| Margaret HUTCHISON | 11 September 1874 | Margaret HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| Adam JOHNSTON | 22 August 1864 | Jemima JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| James JOHNSTON | 10 February 1869 | Isabella JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 3 February 1855 | Janet JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Isabella KIDD | 20 May 1855 | Jane KIDD | Find the father |
| James LAWRIE | 23 October 1871 | Helen LAWRIE | Find the father |
| John LEE | 30 November 1872 | Catherine LEE | Find the father |
| Peter MACABE | 19 September 1874 | Janet MACABE | Find the father |
| Anne Macnab MACGREGOR | 17 June 1873 | Mary MACGREGOR | Find the father |
| Mary MAGINNES | 26 April 1872 | Mary MAGINNES | Find the father |
| William MARSHALL | 5 May 1869 | Isabella MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Alexander MASTERTON | 19 December 1871 | Mary MASTERTON | Find the father |
| George Storie MASTERTON | 27 August 1871 | Eliza MASTERTON | Find the father |
| John MASTERTON | 10 July 1865 | Eliza MASTERTON | Find the father |
| Joseph MCCABE | 14 November 1867 | Helen MCCABE | Find the father |
| John MCCANNAH | 23 July 1858 | Bridget MCCANNAH | Find the father |
| Margaret MCFARLINE | 19 October 1872 | Catherine MCFARLINE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCGIVREN | 5 May 1872 | Mary Ann MCGIVREN | Find the father |
| Jane MCLACHLAN | 9 April 1855 | Jane MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| John MCLACHLAN | 9 April 1855 | Jane MCLACHLAN | Find the father |
| John MCLEAN | 27 January 1870 | Elizabeth MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Jane MCNAB | 31 January 1863 | Jane MCNAB | Find the father |
| Ann MIDDLEMAS | 8 April 1864 | Isabella MIDDLEMAS | Father found |
| Robert MILLS | 13 April 1861 | Janet MILLS | Find the father |
| Margaret MORRISON | 1 May 1869 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Mary MORRISON | 1 May 1869 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Robert MORRISON | 28 May 1864 | Mary MORRISON | Find the father |
| Robert MUIR | 23 May 1870 | Charlotte MUIR | Find the father |
| Mary NEILSON | 20 December 1867 | Agnes NEILSON | Father found |
| Alexander PATERSON | 21 December 1863 | Jessie PATERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander PATERSON | 3 June 1865 | Jessie PATERSON | Find the father |
| James PATERSON | 14 February 1857 | Elizabeth PATERSON | Find the father |
| Christina Gardner PAUL | 3 February 1872 | Christina PAUL | Find the father |
| Jane PENDER | 25 December 1861 | Janet PENDER | Find the father |
| George POTTER | 27 January 1863 | Janet POTTER | Find the father |
| James POTTER | 30 June 1870 | Margaret POTTER | Find the father |
| John Kerr POTTER | 7 October 1861 | Christina POTTER | Find the father |
| George POUTHERER | 4 September 1859 | Christina POUTHERER | Find the father |
| Marion PRESTON | 9 May 1870 | Jessie PRESTON | Find the father |
| Margaret REID | 25 June 1872 | Elizabeth REID | Father found |
| James RITCHIE | 20 October 1867 | Janet RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Janet Wood RITCHIE | 15 October 1859 | Janet RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Mary Wight RITCHIE | 6 December 1869 | Anne RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Peter RITCHIE | 21 February 1866 | Janet RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Barbara SHANKS | 17 September 1855 | Barbara SHANKS | Find the father |
| Thomas SHANKS | 25 December 1861 | Barbara SHANKS | Find the father |
| Janet SHAW | 19 August 1860 | Janet SHAW | Father found |
| Henry SHORE | 3 March 1874 | Elizabeth SHORE | Find the father |
| Margaret Carwells SMELLIE | 12 March 1866 | Jane SMELLIE | Find the father |
| Robert SMELLIE | 18 July 1866 | Christina SMELLIE | Find the father |
| John Alexander SMITH | 1 June 1869 | Isabella SMITH | Father found |
| John SPEIRS | 25 August 1869 | Elizabeth SPEIRS | Find the father |
| Ann STEWART | 7 September 1864 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Janet STEWART | 5 October 1867 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| John STORK | 3 June 1872 | Janet STORK | Find the father |
| William STUART | 26 April 1867 | Margaret STUART | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 25 February 1855 | Barbara THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert THOMSON | 13 February 1856 | Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 1 June 1866 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| John WEBSTER | 5 January 1863 | Jane WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Ann WHITE | 29 November 1860 | Christina WHITE | Find the father |
| Christina WHITE | 3 May 1869 | Annie WHITE | Find the father |
| David WHITE | 17 August 1863 | Christina WHITE | Find the father |
| James WHITE | 13 May 1865 | Anne WHITE | Find the father |
| William WHITE | 4 February 1868 | Margaret WHITE | Find the father |
| Peter WHYTE | 17 April 1864 | Margaret WHYTE | Find the father |
| Agnes WILSON | 22 December 1868 | Janet WILSON | Father found |
| Andrew WILSON | 23 October 1866 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Christina WILSON | 12 June 1862 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAITH, Janet domestic servant Born about 1845 Single Previous residence: North Queensferry Chargeable parish: Dunfermline | 2 Oct 1916 | Order images (6) | Fife Linlithgow Poorhouse Stirling Stirling District | 1873-1915 |
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | Fortune | elder | Birdsmill | |
| John | Baird | elder | Kirkliston | |
| Alexander | Hill | elder | Niddry Castle | |
| John | Adams | Swineburn | ||
| John | Aitken | Niddry | Forename changed to George | |
| Robert | Allan | Muirend | ||
| John | Allan | Oldliston | ||
| Alexr | Anderson | Birdsmill | ||
| John | Anthony | Birdsmill | ||
| William | Auld | Braehill | ||
| John | Binnie | Blackhill | ||
| Alexr | Barron | Kirkliston | ||
| George | Baxter | Burnside | ||
| Alexander | Bell | Carmelhill | ||
| Hugh | Bell | Clifton Mains | ||
| John | Binnie | Almondhill | ||
| George | Binnie | Muiryhall | ||
| James | Bishop | Look About Ye | ||
| Robert | Bishop | Dundas Lodge | ||
| William | Bishop | Overtown | ||
| Alexr | Bisset | Kirkliston | ||
| James | Black | Kirkliston | ||
| James | Black | Winchburgh | ||
| Peter | Black | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Blair | Winchburgh | ||
| Robert | Bowsie | Slatebarns | ||
| John | Brock | Overtown | ||
| James | Brodie | Glendeven | ||
| James | Boswel | Kilpunt | ||
| Robert | Brotherston | Boathouse | ||
| Robert | Borthwick | Braekiln | ||
| George | Borthwick | Niddry Mains | ||
| John | Brown | Haugh | ||
| William | Brown | Muiryhall | ||
| William | Brown | Kirkliston | ||
| David | Brown | Clifton Mains | ||
| John | Brash | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Bruce | Niddry | ||
| Jeremiah | Burnet | Kirkliston | ||
| George | Burnet | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Burns | Kirkliston | ||
| D C | Cameron | Foxhall | ||
| Duncan | Cameron | Kirkliston | ||
| George | Cassy | Winchburgh | ||
| George | Cassy | Winchburgh | ||
| William | Campbell | Winchburgh | ||
| David | Chalmers | Carmelhill | ||
| Charles | Clarkson | Boathouse | ||
| George | Comb | Kirkliston | ||
| Andrew | Cunningham | Loupolees | ||
| Thomas | Davidson | Winchburgh | ||
| Thomas | Dick | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Dickson | Wheatlands | ||
| John | Dickson | Millrig | ||
| George | Douglas | Cliftonhall | ||
| Archibald | Dowie | Slatebarns | ||
| Archibald | Dowie | Clifton | ||
| John | Dowie | Kirkliston | ||
| Alexr | Drysdale | Kirkliston | ||
| Alexander | Duncan | Glendeven | ||
| John | Dudgeon | Almondhill | ||
| George | Dudgeon | Humbie | ||
| Alexander | Erskine | |||
| David | Falconar | Carlaurie | ||
| William | Ferguson | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Ferrier | Kirkliston | ||
| William | Finlayson | Niddry | ||
| Alexr | Forrester | Carlaurie | ||
| Thomas | Forrest | Humbie | ||
| Thomas | Forrester | Kirkliston | ||
| Charles | Frazer | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Fairley | Haugh | ||
| James | Gardener | Brankin | ||
| David | Gibb | Newbridge | ||
| James | Glen | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Gordon | Foxhall | ||
| William | Grant | Wester Ingliston | ||
| James | Gray | Glendeven | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Kirkliston | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Niddry | ||
| Walter | Gibson | Wheatlands | ||
| Alexr | Hamilton | Carmelhill | ||
| Archd | Hamilton | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Hay | Glendeven | ||
| James | Headrick | Ingliston | ||
| John | Henderson | Kirkliston | ||
| Thomas | Henderson | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Hetherton | Slatebarns | ||
| Alexander | Hill | Winchburgh | ||
| James Maitland | Hog | Newliston | ||
| Andrew | Hunter | Humbie | ||
| George | Hunter | Winchburgh | ||
| James | Hunter | Haugh | ||
| Peter | Hutchie | Niddry Mains | ||
| Robert | Hutchie | Winchburgh | ||
| Andrew | Hutchison | Kirkliston | ||
| David | Irving | Millrig | ||
| Gavin | Johnstone | Braekiln | ||
| John | Johnstone | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Johnstone | Clifton Mains | ||
| Alexander | Kerr | Broomhouse | ||
| John | Kerr | Niddry | ||
| John | Kerr | Humbie Quarry | ||
| Robert | Kerr | Slatebarns | ||
| John | Kinnaird | West Farm | ||
| James | Laing | Priestmill | ||
| Thomas | Laing | Priestmill | ||
| James | Laurie | surgeon | Kirkliston | |
| Alexander | Laurie | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Laurie | Almondhill | ||
| Robert | Laurie | Newbridge | ||
| Archd | Laurieston | Newbridge | ||
| Robert | Lawson | Kirkliston | ||
| James | Linn | Newbridge | ||
| Matthew | Linn | Kirkliston | ||
| Francis | Manly | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Marshall | Ingliston | ||
| Thomas | Marshall | Birdsmill | ||
| William | Marshall | Kirkliston | ||
| George | Mason | Almondhill | ||
| James | Masterton | Boathouse | ||
| William | Mather | Cliftonhall | ||
| John | Mill | Winchburgh | ||
| James | Millar | Briggs | ||
| Thomas | Millar | Clifton Mains | ||
| Andrew | Morris | Millcraig | ||
| James | Muir | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Muir | Winchburgh | ||
| John | Munro | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Nelson | Eastfield | ||
| Walter | Omit | Swineburn | ||
| John | Orrock | Muiryhall | ||
| Anthony | Palmer | Newbridge | ||
| William | Paris | Haugh | ||
| James | Paterson | Haugh | ||
| James | Paterson | Eastfield | ||
| Robert | Pender | Winchburgh | ||
| Robert | Pender | Braekiln | ||
| Andrew | Philp | Kirkliston | ||
| Thomas | Potter | Humbie | ||
| George | Provan | Loanhead | ||
| John | Provan | Haugh | ||
| Joseph | Purdie | Clifton | ||
| Robert | Redford | Kirkliston | ||
| Alexander | Reid | Slatebarns | ||
| David | Ritchie | Brankin | ||
| William | Richie | Newmains | ||
| Walter | Ritchie | Kirkliston | ||
| William | Ritchie | Brankin | ||
| Alexr | Robertson | Oldliston | ||
| David | Robertson | Humbie | ||
| James | Robertson | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Robertson | Winchburgh | ||
| Henry | Ronald | Burnside | ||
| John | Ronald | Kirkliston | ||
| William | Russell | Newhouses | ||
| James | Sadler | Newliston | ||
| James | Samuel | Broomhouse | ||
| Dundas | Samuel | Kirkliston | ||
| Walter | Samuel | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Shanks | Kirkliston | ||
| William | Sharp | Kirkliston | ||
| James | Simpson | Kirkliston | ||
| Archd | Sinclair | Carmelhill | ||
| John | Spaldie | Muiryhall | ||
| John | Spence | Humbie Quarry | ||
| Andrew | Stein | Newliston | ||
| James | Stevenson | Cliftonhall | ||
| John | Stevenson | Cliftonhall | ||
| Alexander | Stewart | Kirkliston | ||
| James | Stewart | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Stewart | Overtown | ||
| Peter | Stewart | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Swan | Wheatlands | ||
| Alexr | Stevenson | Glendeven | ||
| James | Stevenson | Easter Ingliston | ||
| James | Taylor | Burnhall | ||
| William | Tod | Clifton Mains | ||
| James | Tod | Clifton Mains | ||
| Andrew | Thomson | Niddry | ||
| James | White | Kirkliston | ||
| John | Walker | Hiddlefolds | ||
| David | West | Eastfield | ||
| George | West | Winchburgh | ||
| Robert | White | Ingliston | ||
| James | Young | Loanhead | ||
| James | Young | Kirkliston | ||
| George | Young | Kirkliston | ||
| Robert | Young | Niddry | ||
| Thomas | Young | Kirkliston |
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.