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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Addies | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jean BEGGS or AGNEW | 1849-1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Eliz BICKERSTAFF or DUNLOP | 1863 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Hugh BROWN | 1853 (1) | Order images | Application of too old a date, but may be renewed | |
| William BROWN | 1861 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann CHAMBERS | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow CONCHIE | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow DODDS | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Jane DODDS | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary FINDLAY or CLARK | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary FINLAY or CLARK | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary GALLOWAY or MCCULLOCH | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret MACKIE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Helen MCCANT | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MCCORMICK | 1882 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Joan MCCULLOCH or BROWN | 1877 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William MCCULLOCH | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John MCGARVA | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MCGAW | 1863 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth MCKELVIE | 1877 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary MCKELVIN | 1861 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Robert MCKETTERICK | 1865 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Flora MCTEAR | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret MILROY | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Margaret MILROY | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MORRISON | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused - application for increase to be made to parochial board in first instance | |
| James MURDOCH | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MURDOCH | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MURDOCH | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Arthur O'HARE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth Rowan PATERSON | 1860 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Alexander RODGER | 1869 (4) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow STEVENSON or HASSON | 1882 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella WARWICK | 1857 (1) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James ALEXANDER | 27 December 1868 | Annie ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Jemima ALEXANDER | 17 June 1859 | Mary ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Jessie ALEXANDER | 17 October 1869 | Mary ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Mary ALEXANDER | 20 March 1866 | Annie ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Robert William Stewart ALEXANDER | 16 August 1874 | Agnes ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| William ALEXANDER | 13 June 1864 | Mary ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| William ALEXANDER | 26 May 1873 | Agnes ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| William BAIRD | 1 July 1863 | Mary BAIRD | Find the father |
| James BALLANTINE | 25 February 1870 | Margaret BALLANTINE | Find the father |
| John BALLENTINE | 24 September 1874 | Margaret BALLENTINE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Williamina Andrew BLACK | 28 July 1872 | Isabella BLACK | Find the father |
| John BLAIN | 6 October 1868 | Jane BLAIN | Find the father |
| Agnes BLAIR | 6 November 1859 | Susan BLAIR | Find the father |
| James BLAIR | 2 February 1862 | Mary BLAIR | Find the father |
| Jane BONE | 15 December 1865 | Janet BONE | Find the father |
| Jane BOWMAN | 17 August 1869 | Sarah BOWMAN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BOYD | 31 August 1862 | Isabella BOYD | Find the father |
| Alexander BROWN | 3 August 1859 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Annie BROWN | 4 April 1867 | Annie BROWN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BROWN | 15 September 1861 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 11 December 1862 | Ann Jane BROWN | Find the father |
| Jane Mcchlery BRYAN | 30 July 1861 | Helen BRYAN | Father found |
| Janet Mcclure BRYAN | 22 February 1867 | Maggie BRYAN | Find the father |
| Thomas CALDWELL | 16 September 1866 | Mary CALDWELL | Find the father |
| Agnes Jane CAUCHIE | 20 February 1872 | Martha CAUCHIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CAUFIELD | 15 April 1863 | Janet CAUFIELD | Find the father |
| Janet CAUFIELD | 15 March 1858 | Margaret CAUFIELD | Find the father |
| Jessie CAUFIELD | 8 January 1871 | Janet CAUFIELD | Find the father |
| Thomas CAUFIELD | 19 March 1855 | Margaret CAUFIELD | Find the father |
| Euphemia CHALMERS | 6 August 1856 | Grace CHALMERS | Find the father |
| Alexander CHAMBERS | 30 May 1867 | Ann CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| John CHAMBERS | 23 December 1857 | Ann CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| Robert CHAMBERS | 19 June 1855 | Ann CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| Robert CHAMBERS | 1 July 1870 | Agnes CHAMBERS | Find the father |
| Maggie CLARK | 1 July 1874 | Mary CLARK | Find the father |
| Jane COCHRANE | 19 March 1867 | Annie COCHRANE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CRAIG | 5 October 1867 | Sarah CRAIG | Find the father |
| James CURRIE | 23 March 1863 | Mary CURRIE | Find the father |
| John CURRIE | 7 October 1863 | Jane CURRIE | Find the father |
| Mary CURRIE | 22 July 1865 | Mary CURRIE | Find the father |
| Jane Sutton DICKSON | 14 October 1866 | Elizabeth DICKSON | Father found |
| Mary DIGNEY | 26 October 1869 | Elizabeth DIGNEY | Find the father |
| Mary DIXON | 30 June 1871 | Elizabeth DIXON | Find the father |
| Mary DOWDS | 6 January 1864 | Sarah DOWDS | Find the father |
| Helen Jane EDGAR | 20 February 1865 | Janet EDGAR | Find the father |
| John EDGAR | 5 February 1873 | Janet EDGAR | Find the father |
| Robert EDGAR | 4 June 1869 | Janet EDGAR | Find the father |
| James FERROL | 6 August 1868 | Agnes FERROL | Find the father |
| Robert FERROL | 15 March 1874 | Margaret FERROL | Find the father |
| William FERROL | 12 November 1871 | Margaret FERROL | Find the father |
| Agnes GIBSON | 12 August 1861 | Helen GIBSON | Find the father |
| Agnes GIBSON | 13 August 1861 | Sarah GIBSON | Find the father |
| James GIBSON | 11 May 1856 | Margaret GIBSON | Find the father |
| James GIBSON | 27 March 1873 | Sarah GIBSON | Find the father |
| Jeanie GIBSON | 14 August 1859 | Annie GIBSON | Find the father |
| John GIBSON | 27 September 1874 | Elizabeth GIBSON | Find the father |
| Mary GIBSON | 16 July 1862 | Jane GIBSON | Find the father |
| Peter GIBSON | 25 September 1864 | Sarah GIBSON | Find the father |
| Samuel GIBSON | 28 April 1868 | Sarah GIBSON | Find the father |
| Samuel GIBSON | 8 April 1869 | Helen GIBSON | Find the father |
| Sarah Jane Agnew GIBSON | 18 May 1862 | Helen GIBSON | Find the father |
| Susanna GIBSON | 25 January 1858 | Jane GIBSON | Find the father |
| Agnes Elizabeth GRAHAM | 10 July 1874 | Annie GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Annie GRAHAM | 19 November 1866 | Agnes GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Mary Helen GRAHAM | 18 May 1872 | Agnes GRAHAM | Find the father |
| William Alexander GRAHAM | 9 July 1870 | Annie GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Agnes GURLES | 13 January 1865 | Margaret GURLES | Find the father |
| Mary GURLS | 26 February 1856 | Elizabeth GURLS | Find the father |
| James HANNAH | 10 July 1873 | Sarah HANNAH | Find the father |
| James HARKNESS | 4 May 1863 | Jane HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Robert HARKNESS | 18 November 1870 | Elizabeth HARKNESS | Find the father |
| William HARKNESS | 3 October 1860 | Jane HARKNESS | Find the father |
| John JENKINS | 25 July 1861 | Elizabeth JENKINS | Father found |
| William JENKINS | 14 June 1857 | Elizabeth JENKINS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KEAIN | 26 May 1874 | Susan KEAIN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KELLY | 1 June 1864 | Alice KELLY | Find the father |
| Grace Maggie Jane KELLY | 17 April 1873 | Alice KELLY | Find the father |
| James KELLY | 15 May 1858 | Alice KELLY | Find the father |
| Margaret KELLY | 20 March 1860 | Isabella KELLY | Find the father |
| Thomas John KELLY | 5 March 1871 | Alice KELLY | Find the father |
| William KELLY | 30 August 1861 | Alice KELLY | Find the father |
| Agnes KENNEDY | 25 May 1873 | Catherine KENNEDY | Find the father |
| George KENNEDY | 18 November 1868 | Mary KENNEDY | Find the father |
| Mary Calderwood KENNEDY | 22 October 1864 | Mary KENNEDY | Father found |
| John KIRKWOOD | 21 June 1872 | Helen KIRKWOOD | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann KIRKWOOD | 14 September 1868 | Helen KIRKWOOD | Find the father |
| Mary KIRKWOOD | 30 June 1862 | Helen KIRKWOOD | Father found |
| Thomas LAMONT | 12 June 1874 | Maggie LAMONT | Find the father |
| Robert LAURIE | 22 January 1869 | Mary LAURIE | Find the father |
| Mary Campbell LIGHTBODY | 2 April 1859 | Elizabeth LIGHTBODY | Find the father |
| William LIGHTBODY | 10 July 1862 | Elizabeth LIGHTBODY | Father found |
| Jeanie MACKIE | 7 August 1859 | Mary MACKIE | Find the father |
| Robert MACKIE | 15 September 1860 | Agnes MACKIE | Find the father |
| Sarah MAXWELL | 20 November 1871 | Mary MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Thomas MAXWELL | 16 December 1872 | Margaret MAXWELL | Find the father |
| James Burns MCCANN | 22 May 1868 | Margaret MCCANN | Father found |
| John MCCLELLAND | 17 November 1871 | Margaret MCCLELLAND | Find the father |
| James MCCLURE | 4 January 1862 | Helen MCCLURE | Find the father |
| John MCCLURG | 15 August 1859 | Agnes MCCLURG | Find the father |
| Agnes MCCOLM | 5 October 1869 | Jemima MCCOLM | Find the father |
| James MCCOLM | 19 December 1862 | Margaret MCCOLM | Find the father |
| Jessie MCCOLM | 26 September 1860 | Mary MCCOLM | Find the father |
| Jessie Miles MCCOLM | 1 January 1864 | Margaret MCCOLM | Find the father |
| Martha Corkran MCCOLM | 18 October 1868 | Mary MCCOLM | Find the father |
| Robert MCCOLM | 22 November 1858 | Margaret MCCOLM | Find the father |
| William MCCOLM | 31 May 1869 | Margaret MCCOLM | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCCORMICK | 29 December 1868 | Margaret MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Jeanie MCCORMICK | 19 December 1868 | Margaret MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| John Evans MCCORMICK | 10 May 1867 | Mary MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Margaret Helen MCCORMICK | 10 August 1874 | Susan MCCORMICK | Find the father |
| Janet MCCREA | 15 December 1860 | Mary MCCREA | Find the father |
| Janet MCCUBBIN | 5 July 1869 | Agnes MCCUBBIN | Find the father |
| Robert MCCUBBIN | 27 February 1866 | Agnes Johnston MCCUBBIN | Find the father |
| Sarah MCCUBBIN | 29 March 1866 | Isabella MCCUBBIN | Find the father |
| David MCCULLOCH | 5 September 1871 | Margaret MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCCULLOCH | 5 May 1864 | Margaret MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane MCCULLOCH | 22 June 1868 | Jessie MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Mary Lawrie MCCULLOCH | 5 August 1874 | Maggie MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Robert MCCULLOCH | 24 March 1870 | Jessie MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| John MCCUNE | 24 July 1874 | Jane MCCUNE | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCUTCHEON | 29 October 1856 | Ann MCCUTCHEON | Find the father |
| Jane Harkness MCDOWALL | 24 April 1861 | Annie MCDOWALL | Find the father |
| John MCGARVIE | 13 May 1868 | Mary MCGARVIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCGAW | 3 June 1872 | Elizabeth MCGAW | Find the father |
| James MCGAW | 27 October 1864 | Elizabeth MCGAW | Find the father |
| Jane MCGAW | 21 February 1868 | Elizabeth MCGAW | Find the father |
| Jeanie MCGAW | 6 February 1870 | Agnes MCGAW | Find the father |
| Margaret MCGAW | 25 April 1861 | Margaret MCGAW | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCGUFFOG | 1 October 1865 | Janet MCGUFFOG | Find the father |
| James Clanaghan MCGUFFOG | 17 July 1865 | Sarah MCGUFFOG | Find the father |
| Janet Clanachan MCGUFFOG | 22 July 1861 | Margaret MCGUFFOG | Find the father |
| James MCKEAND | 5 September 1869 | Jane MCKEAND | Find the father |
| James MCKENZIE | 16 May 1860 | Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Agnes MCKIE | 18 December 1865 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| David MCKIE | 10 May 1864 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCKIE | 7 June 1863 | Grace MCKIE | Find the father |
| Garlies MCKIE | 15 August 1862 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| James MCKIE | 13 June 1867 | Elizabeth MCKIE | Find the father |
| Janet MCKIE | 27 September 1855 | Margaret MCKIE | Find the father |
| Janet MCKIE | 23 June 1864 | Elizabeth MCKIE | Find the father |
| John MCKIE | 19 October 1874 | Grace MCKIE | Find the father |
| Maggie MCKIE | 13 June 1867 | Elizabeth MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary MCKIE | 16 July 1861 | Elizabeth MCKIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MCKIE | 20 November 1868 | Grace MCKIE | Find the father |
| Samuel MCKIE | 5 June 1857 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| Thomas MCKIE | 4 August 1867 | Agnes MCKIE | Find the father |
| William MCKIE | 14 July 1872 | Grace MCKIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCLAUCHLAN | 14 February 1872 | Jane MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| James MCLAUCHLAN | 16 May 1867 | Jane MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Janet MCLAUCHLAN | 2 February 1861 | Mary MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| John MCLAUCHLAN | 8 October 1869 | Rosanna MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| William MCLAUCHLAN | 19 April 1865 | Jane MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Thomas MCLEAN | 4 December 1861 | Helen MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Agnes MCMASTER | 14 March 1874 | Elizabeth MCMASTER | Find the father |
| Mary MCMASTER | 7 October 1871 | Elizabeth MCMASTER | Find the father |
| Alexander MCNALLY | 26 August 1864 | Elizabeth MCNALLY | Find the father |
| Jane MCNALLY | 11 December 1867 | Elizabeth MCNALLY | Find the father |
| James MCNEIL | 28 November 1871 | Janet MCNEIL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCTEAR | 1 February 1866 | Helen MCTEAR | Find the father |
| James MCTEAR | 4 February 1862 | Elizabeth MCTEAR | Find the father |
| Margaret MCTEAR | 28 October 1859 | Helen MCTEAR | Find the father |
| Robert MCTEAR | 12 April 1862 | Helen MCTEAR | Find the father |
| Jane Edgar MCVIE | 18 August 1871 | Maggie MCVIE | Find the father |
| Helen MCWHIRTER | 24 September 1855 | Susan MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Janet Martin MCWHIRTER | 14 December 1857 | Susan MCWHIRTER | Find the father |
| Agnes Alexina Mcdowall MILES | 2 December 1870 | Mary Jessie MILES | Find the father |
| Agnes MILLIGAN | 13 December 1869 | Mary MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| Susan MILLIGAN | 31 October 1868 | Mary MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| William MILROY | 24 February 1860 | Jessie MILROY | Find the father |
| William MOFFAT | 29 August 1858 | Mary MOFFAT | Find the father |
| Maggie Ann MORRISON | 13 March 1874 | Alice MORRISON | Find the father |
| John MURDOCH | 4 December 1874 | Agnes MURDOCH | Find the father |
| James MURRAY | 5 February 1864 | Agnes MURRAY | Find the father |
| John MURRAY | 10 September 1869 | Janet MURRAY | Find the father |
| Agnes Kelly NIBLOE | 28 July 1859 | Agnes NIBLOE | Find the father |
| Agnes O'HARE | 5 November 1873 | Catherine O'HARE | Find the father |
| Patrick O'HARE | 22 December 1856 | Elizabeth O'HARE | Find the father |
| Janet Mcclumpha OUGHTERSON | 25 February 1866 | Ellen OUGHTERSON | Find the father |
| John OUGHTERSON | 18 March 1863 | Ellen OUGHTERSON | Find the father |
| James PATTIE | 14 May 1864 | Jane PATTIE | Find the father |
| William RANKINE | 10 July 1863 | Mary RANKINE | Find the father |
| Agnes Mcculloch ROBERTSON | 14 April 1859 | Mary Ann ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Ethelinda Amelia ROBERTSON | 6 April 1857 | Marion ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERTSON | 4 January 1861 | Barbara ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SHANNON | 5 May 1859 | Margaret SHANNON | Find the father |
| Isabella SHANNON | 10 April 1858 | Margaret SHANNON | Find the father |
| Samuel SHANNON | 20 July 1857 | Agnes SHANNON | Find the father |
| William SHIELDS | 9 April 1859 | Rosanna SHIELDS | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 3 March 1869 | Agnes SMITH | Find the father |
| Alexander Ramsay STEVENSON | 28 September 1867 | Helen STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Georgina Ramsay STEVENSON | 28 July 1873 | Helen STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Mary STEVENSON | 18 July 1858 | Isabella STEVENSON | Find the father |
| Annie STEWART | 19 December 1864 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Janet STEWART | 29 September 1859 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| John STEWART | 15 March 1863 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Mary STEWART | 2 April 1863 | Jane STEWART | Find the father |
| Janet Maxwell TORRANCE | 10 October 1874 | Elizabeth TORRANCE | Find the father |
| Margaret TORRANCE | 11 August 1859 | Janet TORRANCE | Find the father |
| Margaret Maxwell TORRANCE | 1 February 1873 | Elizabeth TORRANCE | Find the father |
| William Maxwell TORRANCE | 16 August 1871 | Elizabeth TORRANCE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth TURNBULL | 23 February 1864 | Mary TURNBULL | Find the father |
| James TURNBULL | 22 July 1866 | Elizabeth TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Joseph TURNBULL | 1 October 1869 | Elizabeth TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Mary TURNBULL | 4 June 1870 | Jane TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Mary Jane TURNBULL | 4 June 1860 | Elizabeth TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Agnes Jane WILSON | 12 June 1872 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 1 October 1855 | Catherine WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 2 July 1873 | Mina WILSON | Find the father |
| Sarah Keenan WILSON | 7 June 1856 | Agnes WILSON | 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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
