Muirkirk parish 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.
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.
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 do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John BALLANTINE | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Bridget BOLAND | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Priscilla BROWN | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Grace CAMPBELL | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jane CAMPBELL | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Catherine DELANEY or LOW | 1882 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James DORMAN | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Isabella GIBSON | Glenbuck | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Widow Janet Barrie GIBSON | 1883 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Ellen GRAY | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet LAW or BANKS | 1878 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Fanny MACFARLANE | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Charles MCDONALD | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Neil MCFARLANE | 1876 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mrs Bridget MITCHELL | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Mary MUNSIE or ANGUS | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet MURDOCH | 1848 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Veronica MURDOCH or CALDOW | 1861 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Thomas ORR | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mrs POLLOCK | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Catherine PURDIE | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Elizabeth RAMSAY | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret RANKINE | 1847-1848 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine THOMAS | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Robert TODD | 1866 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| James WILSON | Megs Lea Muirkirk | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| James WILSON | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused; no change of circumstances - See no 729 1846 |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James ADAMSON | 26 July 1858 | Marion ADAMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas ADAMSON | 8 July 1864 | Isabella ADAMSON | Find the father |
| William Craig ALEXANDER | 16 January 1858 | Elizabeth ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| David ANDERSON | 5 November 1859 | Agnes ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ANDERSON | 11 August 1855 | Elspeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Matthew ANDERSON | 29 June 1856 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Matthew ANDERSON | 9 July 1862 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret ANGUS | 2 April 1855 | Jane ANGUS | Find the father |
| Robert ARTHUR | 5 February 1870 | Janet ARTHUR | Find the father |
| James BARR | 16 February 1861 | Catherine BARR | Find the father |
| Sarah Wilson BARR | 8 April 1865 | Catherine BARR | Find the father |
| James BECK | 11 December 1871 | Agnes BECK | Find the father |
| Robina BECK | 10 October 1869 | Agnes BECK | Find the father |
| Margaret BEGG | 2 August 1869 | Margaret BEGG | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BIGGANS | 15 June 1862 | Sarah BIGGANS | Find the father |
| Euphemia BIGGANS | 6 October 1865 | Sarah BIGGANS | Find the father |
| James Vallance BLYTH | 29 November 1864 | Annie BLYTH | Find the father |
| Bridget BOWLING | 6 April 1861 | Mary BOWLING | Find the father |
| Janet BROWN | 13 April 1867 | Agnes BROWN | Find the father |
| John BROWN | 9 January 1859 | Janet BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 10 September 1871 | Mary BROWN | Find the father |
| James BRUCE | 12 May 1862 | Martha BRUCE | Find the father |
| Margaret BYRON | 10 May 1855 | Mary BYRON | Find the father |
| William CALDON | 14 August 1864 | Elizabeth Templeton CALDON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Templeton CALDOW | 22 August 1866 | Barbara CALDOW | Find the father |
| Agnes Cuthbertson CAMPBELL | 7 June 1873 | Marion CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Jessie CAMPBELL | 25 September 1865 | Margaret CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Catherine CLARK | 24 July 1868 | Isabella CLARK | Find the father |
| John CLARK | 27 July 1873 | Ann CLARK | Find the father |
| Susanah Campell CLARK | 31 July 1869 | Mary Findlay CLARK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth COPLAND | 19 March 1864 | Elizabeth COPLAND | Find the father |
| James Mcmath COPLAND | 12 March 1859 | Grace COPLAND | Find the father |
| Lilias Mcclilland COPLAND | 19 July 1861 | Grace COPLAND | Find the father |
| William CRINZEAN | 14 October 1855 | Margaret CRINZEAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DARROCH | 17 February 1864 | Agnes DARROCH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth DAVIDSON | 31 July 1863 | Agnes DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| James DEMPSTER | 29 March 1858 | Marion DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Jane DEMPSTER | 30 June 1866 | Margaret DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| John Wilson DEMPSTER | 11 November 1859 | Agnes DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Mary DEMPSTER | 5 August 1855 | Flora DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Robert Baird DOCHERTY | 26 April 1873 | Jane DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Agnes DOUGLAS | 31 July 1869 | Anne DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Andrew Mckie DRENNAN | 9 March 1866 | Jean DRENNAN | Find the father |
| Agnes FERGUSON | 25 March 1856 | Sarah FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Charlotte FERGUSON | 24 September 1857 | Charlotte FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Jane FERGUSON | 28 November 1868 | Agnes FERGUSON | Find the father |
| John Campbell FREEBAIRN | 21 July 1869 | Jane FREEBAIRN | Find the father |
| John GALL | 15 April 1855 | Janet GALL | Find the father |
| Jane GEMMELL | 6 March 1864 | Jane GEMMELL | Find the father |
| Mary Love GIBB | 23 October 1868 | Elizabeth GIBB | Find the father |
| David GIBSON | 13 April 1856 | Isabella GIBSON | Find the father |
| James GIBSON | 20 January 1859 | Jean GIBSON | Find the father |
| Margaret GIBSON | 31 July 1856 | Jean GIBSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Hunter GIBSON | 30 May 1864 | Ann GIBSON | Find the father |
| David GILFILLAN | 12 December 1862 | Marion GILFILLAN | Find the father |
| Matthew GILFILLAN | 18 April 1858 | Marion GILFILLAN | Find the father |
| Agnes GRAHAM | 5 April 1859 | Agnes GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Alexander GRAHAM | 9 August 1871 | Catherine GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Hugh GRAHAM | 22 May 1861 | Annie GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Isabella GRAY | 23 February 1868 | Isabella GRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Scott GRAY | 14 June 1864 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret Alexander HAIR | 4 June 1869 | Agnes HAIR | Find the father |
| Margaret Russell HAIR | 6 August 1871 | Agnes HAIR | Find the father |
| Margaret Vallance HAIR | 15 October 1871 | Janet HAIR | Find the father |
| Janet HARDIE | 2 January 1864 | Elizabeth HARDIE | Find the father |
| Esther HARKNESS | 6 February 1855 | Barbara HARKNESS | Find the father |
| George Baird HARKNESS | 2 August 1870 | Mary HARKNESS | Find the father |
| James Murdoch HARKNESS | 13 August 1866 | Mary HARKNESS | Find the father |
| William HENDERSON | 6 April 1867 | Marion HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Charles HOWATSON | 2 May 1856 | Agnes HOWATSON | Find the father |
| Christina Templeton HOWIE | 6 February 1869 | Barbara HOWIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Howard HOWIE | 31 May 1865 | Barbara HOWIE | Find the father |
| Robert Thomson HOWIE | 11 February 1865 | Mary HOWIE | Find the father |
| Janet INGRAM | 8 August 1860 | Mary INGRAM | Find the father |
| Janet JAMIESON | 14 December 1860 | Jean JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Daniel Robertson JOHNSTON | 12 December 1864 | Hellen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| George JOHNSTON | 8 May 1870 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Marion JOHNSTON | 14 February 1866 | Mary JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 25 January 1868 | Helen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Thomas Kay JOHNSTONE | 11 September 1868 | Jane JOHNSTONE | Find the father |
| William KAY | 14 July 1874 | Maggie KAY | Find the father |
| Thomas KERR | 22 December 1858 | Janet KERR | Find the father |
| Mary Mathieson KILPATRICK | 9 July 1872 | Agnes KILPATRICK | Find the father |
| Grace KIRK | 1 August 1855 | Grace KIRK | Find the father |
| John KIRK | 28 December 1855 | Margaret KIRK | Find the father |
| John KIRKLAND | 16 May 1874 | Grace KIRKLAND | Find the father |
| John KIRKPATRICK | 30 September 1855 | Susanah KIRKPATRICK | Find the father |
| John LAPRAIK | 16 January 1858 | Marion LAPRAIK | Find the father |
| Mary LOGAN | 19 November 1860 | Margaret LOGAN | Find the father |
| Jane MAIR | 20 December 1856 | Marion MAIR | Find the father |
| Ellen MAXWELL | 13 November 1867 | Ellen MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Marion MAXWELL | 22 November 1873 | Marion MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Helen MCBRIDE | 3 March 1869 | Margaret MCBRIDE | Find the father |
| James MCBRIDE | 6 May 1865 | Margaret MCBRIDE | Find the father |
| Susan MCBRIDE | 2 February 1859 | Mary MCBRIDE | Find the father |
| Mary MCCALL | 28 September 1867 | Nicholas MCCALL | Find the father |
| William Clark Miller MCCALL | 11 December 1863 | Mary MCCALL | Find the father |
| Hugh Clark MCCARTNEY | 7 January 1861 | Lillias MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| James MCCARTNEY | 26 December 1861 | Agnes MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| James MCCARTNEY | 10 July 1869 | Janet MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Lillias MCCARTNEY | 31 October 1864 | Agnes MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| Lillias MCCARTNEY | 6 March 1865 | Lillias MCCARTNEY | Find the father |
| James Allison MCCAUL | 28 November 1863 | Nicholas MCCAUL | Find the father |
| Thomas Morrison MCCRONE | 9 January 1859 | Janet MCCRONE | Find the father |
| Agnes Brown MCDONALD | 20 December 1860 | Margaret MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James Ford MCDONALD | 3 October 1868 | Janet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| James Mckerrow MCDONALD | 5 February 1867 | Janet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Margaret Brown MCDONALD | 8 February 1865 | Janet MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Agnes MCFARLANE | 6 February 1865 | Euphemia MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| Alexander MCFARLANE | 23 November 1856 | Jane MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| Grace Hunter MCFARLANE | 28 May 1860 | Euphemia MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| James MCFARLANE | 26 June 1867 | Euphemia MCFARLANE | Find the father |
| Thomas MCGLADRIE | 13 March 1865 | Sarah MCGLADRIE | Find the father |
| Ellen MCGLADRY | 16 December 1871 | Elizabeth MCGLADRY | Find the father |
| Jane MCKENZIE | 4 June 1865 | Janet MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Thomas MCKINNON | 7 March 1858 | Agnes MCKINNON | Find the father |
| Janet Steel MCVEY | 29 September 1870 | Margaret MCVEY | Find the father |
| James MEIKLE | 14 April 1867 | Annie MEIKLE | Find the father |
| Duncan Mckenzie MILLER | 6 October 1856 | Catherine MILLER | Find the father |
| James MILLER | 25 February 1855 | Mary MILLER | Find the father |
| Margaret MILLER | 27 March 1863 | Mary MILLER | Find the father |
| John MILLIGAN | 24 February 1867 | Isabella MILLIGAN | Find the father |
| Mary Miller MORRAN | 9 May 1867 | Letitia MORRAN | Find the father |
| Sarah Logan MORRAN | 10 August 1868 | Janet MORRAN | Find the father |
| Jane MORRISON | 7 January 1866 | Jane MORRISON | Find the father |
| Marion Henderson MUIR | 28 June 1864 | Catherine MUIR | Find the father |
| John MULLEN | 23 November 1873 | Ellen MULLEN | Find the father |
| Cecilia MULLIN | 1 December 1868 | Ellen MULLIN | Find the father |
| Andrew Bain MURDOCH | 7 December 1871 | Ann MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Annie Bain MURDOCH | 27 March 1873 | Ann MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Daniel Gilfillan MURDOCH | 23 February 1870 | Janet MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MURDOCH | 30 August 1870 | Margaret MURDOCH | Find the father |
| George MURDOCH | 9 January 1868 | Ann MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Hugh MURDOCH | 15 February 1870 | Ann MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Jane MURDOCH | 1 April 1856 | Mary MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Jane Muir MURDOCH | 27 December 1872 | Janet MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Margaret MURDOCH | 14 August 1864 | Elizabeth MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Marion MURDOCH | 13 August 1855 | Elizabeth MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Robert MURDOCH | 30 April 1856 | Varonica MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Thomas MURDOCH | 17 November 1863 | Ann MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Thomas Osborne MURDOCH | 7 December 1863 | Margaret MURDOCH | Find the father |
| William MURDOCH | 5 August 1858 | Elizabeth MURDOCH | Find the father |
| Hugh MURRAY | 3 December 1865 | Bridget MURRAY | Find the father |
| John MURRAY | 24 February 1871 | Bridget MURRAY | Find the father |
| David PARK | 2 December 1864 | Ellen PARK | Find the father |
| Ellen PARK | 4 August 1867 | Ellen PARK | Find the father |
| John PARK | 4 July 1858 | Catherine PARK | Find the father |
| Robert PARK | 27 February 1855 | Catherine PARK | Find the father |
| William PARK | 29 January 1861 | Ellen PARK | Find the father |
| Agnes Samson Mcinnes PERCY | 30 June 1863 | Marion PERCY | Find the father |
| John Jamieson PIERCY | 7 March 1860 | Marion PIERCY | Find the father |
| Hugh Riddell PROBART | 9 September 1873 | Mary PROBART | Find the father |
| James PROBART | 30 August 1870 | Mary PROBART | Find the father |
| John PROBERT | 8 November 1864 | Mary PROBERT | Find the father |
| Robert Dempster PROBERT | 12 July 1866 | Mary PROBERT | Find the father |
| Annie PURDIE | 14 April 1865 | Janet Mckie PURDIE | Find the father |
| Mary RAE | 28 November 1868 | Catherine RAE | Find the father |
| Alexander REID | 19 December 1866 | Marion REID | Find the father |
| John REID | 21 February 1865 | Marion REID | Find the father |
| Margaret Wood REID | 24 November 1872 | Margaret REID | Find the father |
| James Kirkhope RICHMOND | 5 June 1867 | Ann RICHMOND | Find the father |
| Janet RICHMOND | 27 November 1870 | Ann RICHMOND | Find the father |
| Janet Mcilwraith RICHMOND | 9 January 1861 | Elizabeth RICHMOND | Find the father |
| Agnes RIDDELL | 10 June 1863 | Isabella RIDDELL | Find the father |
| Allison RIDDELL | 13 February 1856 | Janet RIDDELL | Find the father |
| Grace RIDDELL | 19 June 1856 | Mary RIDDELL | Find the father |
| Janet RIDDELL | 26 April 1861 | Janet RIDDELL | Find the father |
| Helen RITCHARDSON | 24 July 1863 | Helen RITCHARDSON | Find the father |
| Helen Fisher RITCHARDSON | 31 July 1866 | Helen RITCHARDSON | Find the father |
| James ROSS | 8 January 1857 | Jane ROSS | Find the father |
| Symington ROSS | 8 July 1868 | Elizabeth Pearson ROSS | Find the father |
| Thomas RUSSELL | 29 October 1870 | Annie RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Jane SCOTT | 6 June 1862 | Elizabeth Forsyth SCOTT | Find the father |
| Annie Biggins SERVICE | 30 December 1869 | Janet SERVICE | Find the father |
| Jeanie Sloan SERVICE | 7 March 1869 | Mary SERVICE | Find the father |
| William Miller SEYMOUR | 26 November 1871 | Liley SEYMOUR | Find the father |
| Alexander SHAW | 4 January 1874 | Mary SHAW | Find the father |
| James SHAW | 29 December 1874 | Jane SHAW | Find the father |
| Marion SHAW | 9 May 1873 | Jane SHAW | Find the father |
| Mary SHAW | 26 November 1873 | Janet SHAW | Find the father |
| William Walker SHAW | 26 August 1869 | Jane SHAW | Find the father |
| Martha SIMPSON | 27 August 1867 | Martha SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Jean SIMSON | 8 July 1856 | Margaret SIMSON | Find the father |
| Alexander SPENCE | 22 July 1871 | Marion SPENCE | Find the father |
| David Clark SPENCE | 8 December 1872 | Margaret SPENCE | Find the father |
| James Mcdougall SPENCE | 26 January 1870 | Margaret SPENCE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STEELE | 31 December 1874 | Mary STEELE | Find the father |
| John Dalrymple TAIT | 20 February 1867 | Sarah TAIT | Find the father |
| Thomas TAIT | 18 September 1856 | Janet TAIT | Find the father |
| James Steel TEMPLETON | 7 May 1873 | Pearson TEMPLETON | Find the father |
| Marion TEMPLETON | 16 December 1860 | Elizabeth TEMPLETON | Find the father |
| Jane THOMAS | 13 February 1864 | Catherine THOMAS | Find the father |
| Janet THOMSON | 28 September 1861 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 21 December 1857 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert Brown Samson THOMSON | 27 June 1871 | Grace THOMSON | Find the father |
| James VALLANCE | 5 April 1858 | Elisabeth VALLANCE | Find the father |
| James WADDELL | 7 October 1860 | Margaret WADDELL | Find the father |
| James WALKER | 14 December 1861 | Euphemia WALKER | Find the father |
| Janet WALKER | 21 May 1863 | Annie WALKER | Find the father |
| Jemima Morrison WATSON | 20 September 1870 | Maitland WATSON | Find the father |
| Joseph Alexander WATSON | 1 May 1864 | Jane WATSON | Find the father |
| Mary WATSON | 8 September 1866 | Maitland WATSON | Find the father |
| Jane Park Sloan WEIR | 30 July 1868 | Grace WEIR | Find the father |
| James WHITE | 22 July 1863 | Margaret WHITE | Find the father |
| James Park WHITE | 5 November 1862 | Helen WHITE | Find the father |
| Jane WHITE | 29 November 1861 | Jane WHITE | Find the father |
| Jessie WHYTE | 10 December 1867 | Agnes WHYTE | Find the father |
| Margaret Kirkhope WILLIAMSON | 20 June 1859 | Marjory WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Mitchell WILLIAMSON | 2 June 1870 | Ann WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WILSON | 30 August 1864 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 2 June 1863 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Thomas WILSON | 21 January 1868 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Thomas Bone WILSON | 9 December 1868 | Jean 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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
