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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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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/712/2Muiravonside kirk session: Minutes 1805-1906
Births 1824-54 (flyleaf)		1805-1906Request lookup
CH2/712/3Muiravonside kirk session: Treasurers book
Contains accounts 1740-58 marriages 1741-56 mortcloths 1741-58. Also includes poor rolls		1740-1758Request lookup
CH2/712/4Muiravonside kirk session: Treasurers book
Contains accounts 1758-1805 mortcloth money 1762-90 marriages 1760-90		1758-1805Request 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
Mary BELL or MCAUSLAND Whitburn1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Joseph FRASER 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Helen MCPHERSON 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Joseph MCPHERSON 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow STRANG 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused - too old a date

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
William ABERCROMBIE31 January 1860Margaret ABERCROMBIEFind the father
Thomas ALLAN30 September 1857Christina ALLANFind the father
Bridget ALLISON28 August 1873Mary Jane ALLISONFind the father
Margaret ALLISON12 September 1869Mary Jane ALLISONFind the father
Archibald BACHOP31 May 1874Elizabeth BACHOPFind the father
William BAIRD22 September 1868Mary BAIRDFind the father
Robert BALLANTYNE20 February 1872Jane BALLANTYNEFind the father
Elizabeth BINNIE7 December 1872Margt. R. BINNIEFind the father
John BOWIE15 June 1860Janet BOWIEFind the father
William BROCK30 March 1861Jane BROCKFind the father
Richard BROWN20 May 1855Ann BROWNFind the father
Thomas BROWN27 January 1863Mary BROWNFind the father
Jean Downs CALDER31 March 1870Mary CALDERFind the father
John CHAPMAN18 July 1858Agnes CHAPMANFind the father
Mary DAILLIE26 July 1858Elizabeth DAILLIEFind the father
James DICKSON27 February 1872Jane DICKSONFind the father
Mary DRUMMOND21 April 1860Mary DRUMMONDFind the father
Jane FINLAYSON5 July 1869Margt. FINLAYSONFind the father
Andrew FLINT23 April 1873Jessie FLINTFind the father
James FLINT28 February 1865Ann FLINTFind the father
William Archibald FYFE7 October 1864Ann FYFEFind the father
Robert GALLOWAY16 May 1858Agnes GALLOWAYFind the father
Margaret HEEPS9 April 1869Ann HEEPSFind the father
Mary HEEPS8 June 1869Mary HEEPSFind the father
Thomas HEEPS21 December 1872Ann HEEPSFind the father
Agnes Chalmers HEWISON12 January 1873Ann HEWISONFind the father
Matilda INGLIS25 January 1869Martha INGLISFind the father
John KAY5 October 1860Mary KAYFind the father
Ann LAMB6 October 1863Mary LAMBFind the father
Jane LAMB8 June 1867Mary LAMBFind the father
Isabella LESLIE6 November 1865Isabella LESLIEFind the father
James LIDDELL25 December 1863Catherine LIDDELLFind the father
Marion LOW12 January 1859Jane LOWFind the father
Andrew LOWE20 September 1870Jessie LOWEFind the father
Alexander MALCOLM1 July 1862Elizabeth MALCOLMFind the father
Elizabeth MALCOLM1 January 1860Agnes MALCOLMFind the father
Elizabeth MALCOLM3 May 1862Helen MALCOLMFind the father
Elizabeth MALCOLM24 January 1863Christina MALCOLMFind the father
Margaret MALCOLM2 February 1858Agnes MALCOLMFind the father
Margaret MALCOLM30 March 1860Helen MALCOLMFind the father
Margaret MALCOLM30 October 1868Elizabeth MALCOLMFind the father
Thomas MALCOLM17 September 1859Margaret MALCOLMFind the father
Thomas Fairbairn MALCOLM29 December 1872Elizabeth MALCOLMFind the father
Janet MASTERTON8 July 1872Agnes MASTERTONFind the father
Thomas MASTERTON8 July 1872Agnes MASTERTONFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD21 October 1866Catherine MCDONALDFind the father
Jane MCFARLAN17 February 1861Elizabeth MCFARLANFind the father
Hugh MCLAIG8 March 1872Catherine MCLAIGFind the father
Binnie MCPHERSON15 August 1859Janet MCPHERSONFind the father
Elizabeth MCPHERSON19 February 1870Jane MCPHERSONFind the father
James MEIKLE11 May 1873Agnes MEIKLEFind the father
John MEIKLE10 May 1872Margt. MEIKLEFind the father
Mary MEIKLE19 September 1864Margaret MEIKLEFind the father
Robert MEIKLE4 October 1868Margt. MEIKLEFind the father
Matthew MUIR29 April 1864Mary MUIRFind the father
John MUNNOCH6 June 1865Helen MUNNOCHFind the father
Thomas NEILSON9 August 1868Mary NEILSONFind the father
William NEILSON3 June 1866Mary NEILSONFind the father
William NEILSON15 December 1870Elizabeth NEILSONFind the father
Agnes NIMMO12 February 1865Jane NIMMOFind the father
James O'NEIL25 June 1871Agnes O'NEILFind the father
John O'NEIL5 April 1869Agnes O'NEILFind the father
William O'NEIL10 November 1872Margt. O'NEILFind the father
Ann PATTERSON6 October 1859Marion PATTERSONFind the father
Robert ROBERTS2 October 1858Mary ROBERTSFind the father
Jane ROBERTSON29 March 1872Isabella ROBERTSONFind the father
Robert ROBERTSON17 October 1871Margt. ROBERTSONFind the father
Agnes RUSSELL28 January 1857Catherine RUSSELLFind the father
Marion RUSSELL6 January 1866Sarah RUSSELLFind the father
William RUSSELL3 November 1863Sarah RUSSELLFind the father
Alexander RYAN14 April 1862Isabella RYANFind the father
Ann SHAW5 December 1866Mary SHAWFind the father
John SHAW7 January 1874Catherine SHAWFind the father
Ruth SHAW7 March 1872Catherine SHAWFind the father
Jane SHIRRA7 November 1873Jane SHIRRAFind the father
Janet SPENCE7 June 1865Christina SPENCEFind the father
Robert SPENCE2 January 1862Christina SPENCEFind the father
Thomas SPENCE28 January 1856Helen SPENCEFind the father
Mary STEELE10 July 1863Elizabeth STEELEFind the father
Jessie Ross SWINTON27 September 1868Helen SWINTONFind the father
John TAYLOR10 May 1862Janet TAYLORFind the father
Marion TAYLOR8 January 1861Marion TAYLORFind the father
Archibald WADDELL29 January 1871Jane WADDELLFind the father
Agnes WALKER5 October 1873Mary WALKERFind the father
Mary WALKER5 October 1873Mary WALKERFind the father
John Russell WILSON4 May 1872Jane WILSONFind the father
William Liddle WILSON11 December 1871Elizabeth WILSONFind 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: CH2/712/2 pp. 76-77)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
HenryReidHaining
RobtBorthwickAlmond
WaddelWaukmilton
RobtRobertsonMirehead
AndrewBartholomewLaurence Park
AndwFrazerSighthill
DavidInglisManuel
RobtRobertsLithgow Bridge
AlexrTaylorLithgow Bridge
RobtCrawfordLithgow Bridge
JamesDavieLithgow Bridge
ArchdDalesLithgow Bridge
JamesCrawfordLithgow Bridge
WilmBraesLithgow Bridge
RobtMarshallLimestones
AlexanderRussellLimestones
AllanForresterManuel Bridge
DavidWoodManuel Bridge
AlexrTaylorManuel Bridge
GeoMillerManuel Bridge
JamesTaylorManuel Bridge
JohnBroomManuel Bridge
JohnMichieManuel Bridge
DavidMillerManuel Bridge
JohnScottManuel Bridge
WilmBrockManuel Bridge
AlexrBrockManuel Bridge
JohnBinnieCrownerland
RobtTaylorCrownerland
JohnForgieCausey End
RobtForgieCausey End
JohnSteelLittle Compston
JasLeslieMuiravonside Garden
JohnGardnerNewpark
HenryBlackNewhouse
JohnMeikleCastlehill
JohnForgieLoan
JohnDuncanLoan
RobtMortonLoan
JohnForgieLoan
JamesMortonMuirside
JohnWalkerMuirside
JohnHardieEaster Bowhouse
ThosDuncanGreenknows
RobtForgieLochhead
JohnLeslieLochhead
WilmJohnstoneGilandersland
PatkCalderSchoolhouse
WmForresterGilmeadowland
RobtBowieGilmeadowland
PearsonVellore
John LLearmonthParkhall
ThosBairdCaberton
WillmBairdMadiston
WillmTaylorMadiston
AndwDickMadiston
WillmFinlaysonMadiston
WillmSimpsonConnymount
PatkTaylorMadiston
WilmScottMadiston
ThosBairdMadiston
AndwScottMadiston
WillmHuttonMadiston
ThosRobertsonMadiston
AndwRintoulMadiston
RobtMoreMadiston
DavidRobertsonManuelrig
JohnWrightGlenend
AlexrTaylorBlackbraes
DavidAndersonRumford
RobtWalkerRumford
WilmPollockGreenwells
JohnStirlingCroy
GeoHunterRumford
MichaelDonaldsonRumford
JohnBartholomewRumford
JasBartholomewNicolton
SamlCarmichaelNicolton
ThosMalcolmGlenplace
JohnNelsonRedford
AlexrMalcolmBroadhead
JohnForsythWoodside
JohnLiddelWoodside
AlexrHendersonHillmill
JohnCornerHillmill
JohnCalderHill
ArchibaldFifeHill
JohnMarshallHill
AlexrHamiltonKaemuir
WalterMcfarlaneCandyhead
RobtBrownCandyhead
ChristopherMeikleCandie
JasGrahamCoxhill
DavidHumphreyWhiterig
AlexrNimmoSnabhead
AlexrNimmoStandburn
ThosCalderGateside
WillmMertonCandyend
HenryWilsonCandyhead
GeoHeanWhatstonedge
WillmRobertsonKnowhead
AllanBryceBallenbriech
WillmBellHillhead
ColinHendersonBlackstone
WillmYoungNewlees
RobtGrayHeatherstacks
AllanBryceDrumbrother
WillmBrownDrumbrother
Willm ColvilleLearmonthCraigend
JamesLeechmanCraigend
WillmRobertsonCraigend
JamesMortonThatchrig
RobertJohnstonBlackrig
GeorgeWaddelBlackrig
JamesWaddelBlackrig
RobtTaylorMoss
WmSalmondBoxtonrighead
JamesMeikleBoxtonrighead
JamesAndersonNorth Bankhead
JosephYoungNorth Bardowie
WillmGrayWindyyett
WillmBlackHairburn
JasBrownBirniehill
MattAndersonMuirhead
RobtGardinerBurnside
JamesBlackBrownhill
MattAndersonLintmill
HenryDunmoreFoggermountain
AlexrReidMounthooly
JamesFlemingBrowhouse
WillmRobertsonVellore
JohnStevordParkhall
JohnTripneyParkhall

Kirk Session Records Index

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