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Muiravonside records
Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/712/2 | Muiravonside kirk session: Minutes 1805-1906 Births 1824-54 (flyleaf) | 1805-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/712/3 | Muiravonside kirk session: Treasurers book Contains accounts 1740-58 marriages 1741-56 mortcloths 1741-58. Also includes poor rolls | 1740-1758 | Request lookup |
| CH2/712/3 | Muiravonside kirk session: Treasurers book Contains accounts 1740-58 marriages 1741-56 mortcloths 1741-58. Also includes poor rolls | 1740-1758 | Request 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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary BELL or MCAUSLAND | Whitburn | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Joseph FRASER | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Helen MCPHERSON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Joseph MCPHERSON | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow STRANG | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused - too old a date |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet BENNY Candie Colliery, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire | James SNEDDON | 5 Dec 1880 Candie Colliery, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire | Order now | Dunfermline SC21/4/5 |
| Jessie DONALDSON Greenknows, Muiravonside | Alexander HARDIE | 24 Mar 1852 | Order now | Falkirk SC66/6/4 |
| Catherine GRAY Stonerigg, Muiravonside | Alexander MILES | 3 Jun 1888 | Order now | Falkirk SC66/6/7 |
| Jane KERR or NEILSON Blackbraes, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire | Thomas CRAWFORD | 15 Apr 1853 | Order now | Linlithgow SC41/15/2 |
| Mary NEILSON Lochhead, Muiravonside | James TAYLOR | 18 Feb 1861 | Order now | Falkirk SC66/6/4 |
| Agnes ROBERTS Greyrigg, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire | John ORR | 24 Jun 1884 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/51 |
| Catherine RUSSELL Stonerigg Colliery, Muiravonside | William CAMERON | 26 Jan 1857 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/17 |
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| William ABERCROMBIE | 31 January 1860 | Margaret ABERCROMBIE | Find the father |
| Thomas ALLAN | 30 September 1857 | Christina ALLAN | Find the father |
| Bridget ALLISON | 28 August 1873 | Mary Jane ALLISON | Find the father |
| Margaret ALLISON | 12 September 1869 | Mary Jane ALLISON | Find the father |
| Archibald BACHOP | 31 May 1874 | Elizabeth BACHOP | Find the father |
| William BAIRD | 22 September 1868 | Mary BAIRD | Find the father |
| Robert BALLANTYNE | 20 February 1872 | Jane BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BINNIE | 7 December 1872 | Margt. R. BINNIE | Find the father |
| John BOWIE | 15 June 1860 | Janet BOWIE | Find the father |
| William BROCK | 30 March 1861 | Jane BROCK | Find the father |
| Richard BROWN | 20 May 1855 | Ann BROWN | Find the father |
| Thomas BROWN | 27 January 1863 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| Jean Downs CALDER | 31 March 1870 | Mary CALDER | Find the father |
| John CHAPMAN | 18 July 1858 | Agnes CHAPMAN | Find the father |
| Mary DAILLIE | 26 July 1858 | Elizabeth DAILLIE | Find the father |
| James DICKSON | 27 February 1872 | Jane DICKSON | Find the father |
| Mary DRUMMOND | 21 April 1860 | Mary DRUMMOND | Find the father |
| Jane FINLAYSON | 5 July 1869 | Margt. FINLAYSON | Find the father |
| Andrew FLINT | 23 April 1873 | Jessie FLINT | Find the father |
| James FLINT | 28 February 1865 | Ann FLINT | Find the father |
| William Archibald FYFE | 7 October 1864 | Ann FYFE | Find the father |
| Robert GALLOWAY | 16 May 1858 | Agnes GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| Margaret HEEPS | 9 April 1869 | Ann HEEPS | Find the father |
| Mary HEEPS | 8 June 1869 | Mary HEEPS | Father found |
| Thomas HEEPS | 21 December 1872 | Ann HEEPS | Find the father |
| Agnes Chalmers HEWISON | 12 January 1873 | Ann HEWISON | Find the father |
| Matilda INGLIS | 25 January 1869 | Martha INGLIS | Find the father |
| John KAY | 5 October 1860 | Mary KAY | Find the father |
| Ann LAMB | 6 October 1863 | Mary LAMB | Find the father |
| Jane LAMB | 8 June 1867 | Mary LAMB | Find the father |
| Isabella LESLIE | 6 November 1865 | Isabella LESLIE | Find the father |
| James LIDDELL | 25 December 1863 | Catherine LIDDELL | Find the father |
| Marion LOW | 12 January 1859 | Jane LOW | Find the father |
| Andrew LOWE | 20 September 1870 | Jessie LOWE | Find the father |
| Alexander MALCOLM | 1 July 1862 | Elizabeth MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MALCOLM | 1 January 1860 | Agnes MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MALCOLM | 3 May 1862 | Helen MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MALCOLM | 24 January 1863 | Christina MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Margaret MALCOLM | 2 February 1858 | Agnes MALCOLM | Father found |
| Margaret MALCOLM | 30 March 1860 | Helen MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Margaret MALCOLM | 30 October 1868 | Elizabeth MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Thomas MALCOLM | 17 September 1859 | Margaret MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Thomas Fairbairn MALCOLM | 29 December 1872 | Elizabeth MALCOLM | Find the father |
| Janet MASTERTON | 8 July 1872 | Agnes MASTERTON | Find the father |
| Thomas MASTERTON | 8 July 1872 | Agnes MASTERTON | Find the father |
| Alexander MCDONALD | 21 October 1866 | Catherine MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Jane MCFARLAN | 17 February 1861 | Elizabeth MCFARLAN | Find the father |
| Hugh MCLAIG | 8 March 1872 | Catherine MCLAIG | Find the father |
| Binnie MCPHERSON | 15 August 1859 | Janet MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCPHERSON | 19 February 1870 | Jane MCPHERSON | Find the father |
| James MEIKLE | 11 May 1873 | Agnes MEIKLE | Find the father |
| John MEIKLE | 10 May 1872 | Margt. MEIKLE | Find the father |
| Mary MEIKLE | 19 September 1864 | Margaret MEIKLE | Find the father |
| Robert MEIKLE | 4 October 1868 | Margt. MEIKLE | Find the father |
| Matthew MUIR | 29 April 1864 | Mary MUIR | Father found |
| John MUNNOCH | 6 June 1865 | Helen MUNNOCH | Find the father |
| Thomas NEILSON | 9 August 1868 | Mary NEILSON | Find the father |
| William NEILSON | 3 June 1866 | Mary NEILSON | Find the father |
| William NEILSON | 15 December 1870 | Elizabeth NEILSON | Find the father |
| Agnes NIMMO | 12 February 1865 | Jane NIMMO | Find the father |
| James O'NEIL | 25 June 1871 | Agnes O'NEIL | Find the father |
| John O'NEIL | 5 April 1869 | Agnes O'NEIL | Father found |
| William O'NEIL | 10 November 1872 | Margt. O'NEIL | Find the father |
| Ann PATTERSON | 6 October 1859 | Marion PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Robert ROBERTS | 2 October 1858 | Mary ROBERTS | Find the father |
| Jane ROBERTSON | 29 March 1872 | Isabella ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robert ROBERTSON | 17 October 1871 | Margt. ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Agnes RUSSELL | 28 January 1857 | Catherine RUSSELL | Father found |
| Marion RUSSELL | 6 January 1866 | Sarah RUSSELL | Find the father |
| William RUSSELL | 3 November 1863 | Sarah RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Alexander RYAN | 14 April 1862 | Isabella RYAN | Find the father |
| Ann SHAW | 5 December 1866 | Mary SHAW | Find the father |
| John SHAW | 7 January 1874 | Catherine SHAW | Find the father |
| Ruth SHAW | 7 March 1872 | Catherine SHAW | Find the father |
| Jane SHIRRA | 7 November 1873 | Jane SHIRRA | Find the father |
| Janet SPENCE | 7 June 1865 | Christina SPENCE | Father found |
| Robert SPENCE | 2 January 1862 | Christina SPENCE | Find the father |
| Thomas SPENCE | 28 January 1856 | Helen SPENCE | Father found |
| Mary STEELE | 10 July 1863 | Elizabeth STEELE | Father found |
| Jessie Ross SWINTON | 27 September 1868 | Helen SWINTON | Father found |
| John TAYLOR | 10 May 1862 | Janet TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Marion TAYLOR | 8 January 1861 | Marion TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Archibald WADDELL | 29 January 1871 | Jane WADDELL | Find the father |
| Agnes WALKER | 5 October 1873 | Mary WALKER | Find the father |
| Mary WALKER | 5 October 1873 | Mary WALKER | Find the father |
| John Russell WILSON | 4 May 1872 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| William Liddle WILSON | 11 December 1871 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK or DEWAR, Margaret housewife Born about 1865 Widowed Previous residence: North Overgate, Kinghorn Chargeable parish: Kinghorn | 24 Mar 1917 | Order images (2) | Fife District Asylum Stirling District | 1911 |
| DEWAR or CLARK, Margaret housewife Born about 1865 Widowed Previous residence: North Overgate, Kinghorn Chargeable parish: Kinghorn | 24 Mar 1917 | Order images (2) | Fife District Asylum Stirling District | 1911 |
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry | Reid | Haining | ||
| Robt | Borthwick | Almond | ||
| Waddel | Waukmilton | |||
| Robt | Robertson | Mirehead | ||
| Andrew | Bartholomew | Laurence Park | ||
| Andw | Frazer | Sighthill | ||
| David | Inglis | Manuel | ||
| Robt | Roberts | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| Alexr | Taylor | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| Robt | Crawford | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| James | Davie | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| Archd | Dales | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| James | Crawford | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| Wilm | Braes | Lithgow Bridge | ||
| Robt | Marshall | Limestones | ||
| Alexander | Russell | Limestones | ||
| Allan | Forrester | Manuel Bridge | ||
| David | Wood | Manuel Bridge | ||
| Alexr | Taylor | Manuel Bridge | ||
| Geo | Miller | Manuel Bridge | ||
| James | Taylor | Manuel Bridge | ||
| John | Broom | Manuel Bridge | ||
| John | Michie | Manuel Bridge | ||
| David | Miller | Manuel Bridge | ||
| John | Scott | Manuel Bridge | ||
| Wilm | Brock | Manuel Bridge | ||
| Alexr | Brock | Manuel Bridge | ||
| John | Binnie | Crownerland | ||
| Robt | Taylor | Crownerland | ||
| John | Forgie | Causey End | ||
| Robt | Forgie | Causey End | ||
| John | Steel | Little Compston | ||
| Jas | Leslie | Muiravonside Garden | ||
| John | Gardner | Newpark | ||
| Henry | Black | Newhouse | ||
| John | Meikle | Castlehill | ||
| John | Forgie | Loan | ||
| John | Duncan | Loan | ||
| Robt | Morton | Loan | ||
| John | Forgie | Loan | ||
| James | Morton | Muirside | ||
| John | Walker | Muirside | ||
| John | Hardie | Easter Bowhouse | ||
| Thos | Duncan | Greenknows | ||
| Robt | Forgie | Lochhead | ||
| John | Leslie | Lochhead | ||
| Wilm | Johnstone | Gilandersland | ||
| Patk | Calder | Schoolhouse | ||
| Wm | Forrester | Gilmeadowland | ||
| Robt | Bowie | Gilmeadowland | ||
| Pearson | Vellore | |||
| John L | Learmonth | Parkhall | ||
| Thos | Baird | Caberton | ||
| Willm | Baird | Madiston | ||
| Willm | Taylor | Madiston | ||
| Andw | Dick | Madiston | ||
| Willm | Finlayson | Madiston | ||
| Willm | Simpson | Connymount | ||
| Patk | Taylor | Madiston | ||
| Wilm | Scott | Madiston | ||
| Thos | Baird | Madiston | ||
| Andw | Scott | Madiston | ||
| Willm | Hutton | Madiston | ||
| Thos | Robertson | Madiston | ||
| Andw | Rintoul | Madiston | ||
| Robt | More | Madiston | ||
| David | Robertson | Manuelrig | ||
| John | Wright | Glenend | ||
| Alexr | Taylor | Blackbraes | ||
| David | Anderson | Rumford | ||
| Robt | Walker | Rumford | ||
| Wilm | Pollock | Greenwells | ||
| John | Stirling | Croy | ||
| Geo | Hunter | Rumford | ||
| Michael | Donaldson | Rumford | ||
| John | Bartholomew | Rumford | ||
| Jas | Bartholomew | Nicolton | ||
| Saml | Carmichael | Nicolton | ||
| Thos | Malcolm | Glenplace | ||
| John | Nelson | Redford | ||
| Alexr | Malcolm | Broadhead | ||
| John | Forsyth | Woodside | ||
| John | Liddel | Woodside | ||
| Alexr | Henderson | Hillmill | ||
| John | Corner | Hillmill | ||
| John | Calder | Hill | ||
| Archibald | Fife | Hill | ||
| John | Marshall | Hill | ||
| Alexr | Hamilton | Kaemuir | ||
| Walter | Mcfarlane | Candyhead | ||
| Robt | Brown | Candyhead | ||
| Christopher | Meikle | Candie | ||
| Jas | Graham | Coxhill | ||
| David | Humphrey | Whiterig | ||
| Alexr | Nimmo | Snabhead | ||
| Alexr | Nimmo | Standburn | ||
| Thos | Calder | Gateside | ||
| Willm | Merton | Candyend | ||
| Henry | Wilson | Candyhead | ||
| Geo | Hean | Whatstonedge | ||
| Willm | Robertson | Knowhead | ||
| Allan | Bryce | Ballenbriech | ||
| Willm | Bell | Hillhead | ||
| Colin | Henderson | Blackstone | ||
| Willm | Young | Newlees | ||
| Robt | Gray | Heatherstacks | ||
| Allan | Bryce | Drumbrother | ||
| Willm | Brown | Drumbrother | ||
| Willm Colville | Learmonth | Craigend | ||
| James | Leechman | Craigend | ||
| Willm | Robertson | Craigend | ||
| James | Morton | Thatchrig | ||
| Robert | Johnston | Blackrig | ||
| George | Waddel | Blackrig | ||
| James | Waddel | Blackrig | ||
| Robt | Taylor | Moss | ||
| Wm | Salmond | Boxtonrighead | ||
| James | Meikle | Boxtonrighead | ||
| James | Anderson | North Bankhead | ||
| Joseph | Young | North Bardowie | ||
| Willm | Gray | Windyyett | ||
| Willm | Black | Hairburn | ||
| Jas | Brown | Birniehill | ||
| Matt | Anderson | Muirhead | ||
| Robt | Gardiner | Burnside | ||
| James | Black | Brownhill | ||
| Matt | Anderson | Lintmill | ||
| Henry | Dunmore | Foggermountain | ||
| Alexr | Reid | Mounthooly | ||
| James | Fleming | Browhouse | ||
| Willm | Robertson | Vellore | ||
| John | Stevord | Parkhall | ||
| John | Tripney | Parkhall |
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.
