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Kirkpatrick Irongray 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

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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1343/4Minutes and accounts
Includes poor rolls		1773-1818Request lookup
CH2/1343/5Minutes1818-1819Request lookup
CH2/1343/6Minutes1830-1895Request lookup
CH2/1343/7Accounts
Includes mortcloth dues		1783-1818Request lookup
CH2/1343/8Accounts
Includes poor rolls		1818-1837Request 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.

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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
Robert CALLAND Shawbrae1845-1846 (1)Order imagesCase for sheriff
Thomas HIGGINS 1867 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Agnes MAXWELL or HAINING 1875 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth MAXWELL 1848 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth MAXWELL 1851 (2)Order imagesRefused
Edward O'BRIEN 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Elizabeth WELSH 1862-1863 (4)Order imagesRefused

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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Agnes BLACK
Hallhill, Irongray		James MCNAY12 Aug 1876
Hallhill, Irongray		Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Mary Ann COOK
Glen, Irongray		William JOHNSTON20 Aug 1891Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Barbara COWAN
Clouden, Irongray		Joseph Mundell MITCHELL28 Jul 1882Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Barbara COWAN
Ingleston, Irongray		William THOMSON28 Jul 1887Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Mary EDGAR
Ingleston, Irongray		John CLINGANOrder nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Annie HOLMES
Peartree, Irongray		John BLACK6 May 1872Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/15
Maggie HOLMS
Peartree, Shawhead, Irongray		William Matthew GRIERSON29 Mar 1884Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Janet JARDINE
Barnsoul Cottage, Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire		Andrew MUNDELL25 Jan 1890Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Elizabeth LITTLE
Rigghead, Irongray
formerly 72 Friars Vennel, Dumfries and afterwards at High Kelton, Dumfries		John MCNAIRN26 Feb 1866Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/33
Janet MCLEAN
Ingleston, Irongray		William MCDONALD18 Dec 1879Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Sarah SMITH
Scaur, Irongray		William SHANKLAND26 Jun 1854Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/32
Helen STEVENSON
Ingleston, Irongray		John BOYES13 Jan 1883Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Agnes WILSON
Langbeock, Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire		Robert SMITH3 Apr 1877Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36

School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.

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.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Elizabeth Mcwilliam BLACK20 July 1857Helen BLACKFind the father
Jane BLACK6 April 1862Helen BLACKFind the father
John BOYES22 February 1863Jane BOYESFind the father
Margaret BOYES23 December 1861Janet BOYESFind the father
Robert BOYES6 July 1860Jessie BOYESFind the father
Sarah Mcclair BOYES20 May 1859Mary BOYESFind the father
Mary Jane BROWNRIGG26 July 1872Agnes BROWNRIGGFind the father
Henry BYERS26 October 1871Janet BYERSFind the father
James BYERS12 February 1865Janet BYERSFind the father
Janet Johnston BYERS2 March 1867Janet BYERSFind the father
Margaret BYERS3 June 1861Janet BYERSFind the father
Thomas BYERS29 June 1862Mary BYERSFind the father
Thomas BYERS4 November 1871Elizabeth BYERSFind the father
Richard Cain CAIN16 February 1860Agnes CAINFind the father
Agnes Jessie CROSBIE18 February 1860Mary CROSBIEFind the father
Mary CROSBIE18 January 1862Deborah CROSBIEFind the father
Robert CROSBIE6 September 1868Janet CROSBIEFind the father
Robert CURRIE3 April 1871Janet CURRIEFind the father
Jessie Mary DOCHRAY12 October 1873Agnes DOCHRAYFind the father
James DOUGLAS12 July 1859Janet DOUGLASFind the father
Janet DOUGLAS20 July 1856Janet DOUGLASFind the father
Thomas DOUGLAS7 February 1863Mary DOUGLASFather found
James Wallace EDGAR2 March 1859Margaret EDGARFind the father
Margaret FERGUSON5 June 1864Elisabeth FERGUSONFind the father
Isabella GILLESPIE4 July 1861Isabella GILLESPIEFind the father
James GILLESPIE10 July 1862Sarah GILLESPIEFind the father
William Alexander GILLESPIE20 July 1867Elisabeth GILLESPIEFather found
James GLENDINNING18 July 1861Margaret GLENDINNINGFind the father
Georgina GOLDIE20 February 1870Grace GOLDIEFind the father
Robert James GRACIE18 August 1869Jane GRACIEFind the father
Sarah Jane GRACIE23 November 1864Catherine GRACIEFather found
William Alexander HALLIDAY3 December 1867Catherine HALLIDAYFather found
Elizabeth HIGGINS22 February 1858Mary HIGGINSFind the father
Jane HOLMES8 September 1868Mary HOLMESFather found
Jessie HOLMES18 December 1865Margaret HOLMESFind the father
Mary HOLMES26 May 1872Ann HOLMESFind the father
Elizabeth JOHNSTON16 October 1872Sarah JOHNSTONFind the father
John KIMM10 February 1872Margaret KIMMFind the father
William MARSHALL7 May 1872Agnes MARSHALLFind the father
Thomas MATHIESON12 November 1855Grace MATHIESONFind the father
Robert MATHISON15 September 1862Jane MATHISONFind the father
James MCCALL30 March 1873Margaret MCCALLFind the father
James MCCARDLE15 September 1859Margaret MCCARDLEFind the father
Elizabeth MCKEND17 March 1858Margaret MCKENDFind the father
Janet Henderson MCKIE7 November 1863Mary MCKIEFind the father
William MCKIE10 February 1866Mary MCKIEFind the father
David MCMURRAY31 January 1860Mary MCMURRAYFind the father
Helen MCQUAID18 February 1861Catharine MCQUAIDFind the father
John MENZIES8 September 1874Margaret MENZIESFind the father
Elizabeth MOFFAT15 July 1872Mary MOFFATFind the father
Janet MOFFAT24 November 1873Catherine MOFFATFind the father
John MOFFAT24 November 1873Catherine MOFFATFind the father
Thomas Hastings MURRAY6 December 1864Isabella MURRAYFather found
Robert NICHOLSON30 July 1868Rachel NICHOLSONFind the father
William PARKER14 April 1873Janet PARKERFind the father
Francis PREACHER3 April 1856Frances PREACHERFind the father
Elizabeth RICHARDSON20 July 1870Joanna RICHARDSONFind the father
John RITCHIE12 November 1868Elizabeth RITCHIEFind the father
Robert Kennedy ROSS1 September 1859Janet ROSSFind the father
John SMITH6 February 1857Sarah SMITHFind the father
Robert SMITH9 February 1869Mary SMITHFind the father
Joseph SWAN19 August 1868Mary SWANFind the father
John THOMSON7 October 1872Susan THOMSONFind the father
Margaret Carruthers THOMSON31 July 1873Janet THOMSONFind the father
Robert THOMSON13 July 1865Janet THOMSONFind the father
William THOMSON28 October 1863Janet THOMSONFind the father
George WALLACE1 June 1865Elisabeth WALLACEFind the father
James WALLACE18 October 1871Janet WALLACEFind the father
James WAUGH24 September 1865Elizabeth WAUGHFind the father
James WAUGH2 November 1873Jemima WAUGHFind the father
John WAUGH17 March 1871Agnes WAUGHFind the father
Agnes WELLS22 June 1856Margaret WELLSFind the father
Isabella Carson WILSON14 April 1874Agness WILSONFind the father
John WILSON3 April 1864Catherine WILSONFind the father
John WILSON2 October 1869Jane WILSONFind the father
Mary Ann Henderson WILSON6 August 1874Isabella WILSONFather found

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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/1343/6 pp. 45-48)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesAndersonlabourerInglestone
WilliamAndersonlabourerBarncleugh
RobertAndersonlabourerFosterhall
WilliamAndersonlabourerVilla
ThomasArmstrongof Hillheadtick next to name
JohnBerwickshoemakerRighead Cottage
ThomasBiggarfarmerHallhill
JosephBoyescarterBoreland
JamesBrownfarmerInglestone
ThomasBrowningcarterBurngrains
RobertCallandservantBraco
JosephCarnochanschoolmasterShawheadtick next to name
JamesClarkShawheadtick next to name
JamesCoplandhouseholderBrae
JosephCoplandschoolmasterRoughtreetick next to name
RobertCorriefarmerBraco
AntonyCostineroad makerNewmains
JamesCrierielabourerNewmainstick next to name
RobertCowanfarmerBarncleughtick next to name
RobertCrocketfarmerKillylour
WilliamDobiefarmerBirkbush
ThomasDouglasservantInglestone
JohnDouglaslabourerBrae
ThomasDouglaslabourerRosebank
JohnDrummondblacksmithShawheadtick next to name
WilliamEdgarfarmerLong Beoch
JohnEdgarfarmerMaxwellton
ThomasEdgarfarmerCaptainton
JohnFergusonservantDrumclyer
JamesGalllabourerShawbrae
WilliamGriersonservantGlen
JohnGunningjoinerInglestone
RobertHalllabourerSaughtree
JamesHainningmasonShawhead
AlexanderHainningRigheadtick next to name
JohnHallidayfarmerPark
JohnHannayfarmerDalquhairn
JohnHastiemillerCluden
JohnHopetaylorKnockshinnoch
RobertHyslopfarmerMidtowntick next to name
JamesJardinejoinerShawheadtick next to name
JohnJohnstonlabourerGlenhead
JamesKirklabourerLarbreck
WilliamKirktaylorDrumclyer
JohnKerrblacksmithShawhead
JamesKissockfarmerSkarr
JohnKissockdykerShawheadtick next to name
RobertLennoxservantBraco
CharlesLatimerfarmerLarbreck
AndrewMcKinnelfarmerCluden
JamesMcmillanmillerCluden
JohnMcmillanservantCluden
JohnMathesonweaverCluden
RobertMathisonweaverCluden
AlexanderMcgeorgelabourerRoughtree
RobertMcburniefarmerCrochmore
JohnMuirlabourerMalabay
WilliamMurraytaylorBraco
JohnMilliganmasonBurnside
JamesMontgomeryfarmerPeartree
WilliamMcburniefarmerBarnsoul
AlexanderMclaganfarmerThreapnook
GeorgeMaxwellDrumpark
JamesMclachlanfarmerBent
JamesMaxwellfarmerGatehead
JohnMuirlabourerShawhead
RobertMcgeorgehosierRosebank
JamesMcknightfarmerSkeoch
SamuelMcburniefarmerKnockshinnochtick next to name
WilliamMcviniefarmerMidrig
WilliamParkerlabourerDalquhairn
JohnPreacherwood foresterChapelcroft
JohnShanklandfarmerSkarr
PeterSmithservantSkarrtick next to name
JohnSmithlabourerBraco
JohnSmithlabourerHolmheadtick next to name
JamesSmithlabourerBraehead
RobertSmithgrocerShawhead
WilliamStewartlabourerBurnside
JohnTurnerlabourerMalabay
WilliamTwynholmdykerBraco
DavidWatsonstocking makerCluden
DavidWalkerweaverBurngrains
SamuelWalkerdealerKirkland
ThomasWatsonfarmerCluden
JohnWatsongrocerShawhead
AlexanderWelshSkarr
AlexanderWelshfarmerGlenkiln
WilliamWrightfarmerShawhead
DavidWrightmillerBarnsoul Mill
JamesYounggardenerGrove

Kirk Session Records Index

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

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