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Penpont 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.
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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth DAVIES | 1853 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Elizabeth DAVIES | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 99 1853 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Goodin CARSON Princes Street, Penpont | David MUNDELL | 19 Apr 1911 Princes Street, Penpont | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Margaret GLENCORSE Brierbush, Penpont | James BROWN | 14 Jun 1891 Brierbush, Penpont | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Margaret GLENCORSE Brierbush, Penpont | James BROWN | 14 Jun 1891 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Lizzie HYSLOP Townhead, Penpont | Samuel EDGAR | 24 May 1900 Townhead, Penpont | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Margaret HYSLOP Woodend, Penpont, by Thornhill | Alexander CARRUTHERS | 17 May 1911 8 Campbell Street, Johnstone | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Jessie KIRKPATRICK Tibbers, Penpont | David PAGAN | 22 Nov 1877 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Martha MCGOWAN Floors, Penpont | James WATRET | 14 Mar 1887 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/36 |
| Annie PATTERSON Townhead, Penpont | Robert WALLACE | 24 Jun 1901 Townhead, Penpont | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
| Helen PEARSON Burnhead, Penpont | Peter MURPHY | 18 Jul 1876 | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 |
| Mary SHARP Penpont | Thomas DOBIE | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/35 | |
| Elizabeth THOMSON Virginhall, Penpont, Dumfriesshire | Thomas HAMILTON | 20 May 1880 Virginhall, Penpont | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/16 |
| Janet WILSON or DICKSON Pringleton, Penpont | Robert MORRISON | 7 Mar 1906 Pringleton, Penpont | Order now | Dumfries SC15/7/37 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Saiddler BROWN | 22 August 1869 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| Josephina BROWN | 4 January 1857 | Jane BROWN | Find the father |
| Thomas BROWN | 3 June 1869 | Margaret BROWN | Find the father |
| John BRYDON | 7 February 1867 | Agnes BRYDON | Find the father |
| Samuel CALLANDER | 19 October 1862 | Find the father | |
| John CANDLISH | 26 August 1866 | Isabella CANDLISH | Find the father |
| Mary Agnes CARMICHAEL | 6 March 1858 | Margaret CARMICHAEL | Find the father |
| Thomas CARSON | 1 March 1855 | Jean CARSON | Find the father |
| William Clark CARSON | 17 June 1860 | Margaret CARSON | Find the father |
| David CRAIG | 17 May 1857 | Margaret CRAIG | Find the father |
| Helen CRAIG | 31 October 1873 | Margaret CRAIG | Father found |
| James CRAIG | 6 July 1862 | Margaret CRAIG | Find the father |
| Jane CRAIG | 31 October 1873 | Margaret CRAIG | Father found |
| James DAVERS | 24 March 1864 | Elizabeth DAVERS | Father found |
| John DAVIDSON | 5 August 1872 | Jane DAVIDSON | Father found |
| Thomas Crawford DAVIDSON | 24 November 1874 | Elizabeth DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| John DEMPSTER | 10 November 1856 | Jessie DEMPSTER | Find the father |
| Andrew DOBIE | 22 September 1861 | Helen Elizabeth DOBIE | Find the father |
| Mary FALLAS | 4 October 1862 | Barbara FALLAS | Find the father |
| David FALLAWS | 4 November 1865 | Janet FALLAWS | Find the father |
| Robert FALLOWS | 31 December 1860 | Janet FALLOWS | Find the father |
| Adam Wightman FERGUSON | 23 November 1865 | Nicholas FERGUSON | Find the father |
| William FERGUSON | 6 May 1857 | Janet FERGUSON | Find the father |
| John Ann GRIERSON | 7 August 1862 | John Ann GRIERSON | Find the father |
| Janet HISLOP | 1 August 1871 | Isabella HISLOP | Find the father |
| Jean HOGG | 10 February 1862 | Jean HOGG | Find the father |
| Margaret HOGG | 10 March 1857 | Jean HOGG | Find the father |
| Mary HOWAT | 12 June 1860 | Margaret HOWAT | Find the father |
| Jessie HUTSON | 21 August 1874 | Marion HUTSON | Find the father |
| Isabella HYSLOP | 24 July 1862 | Janet HYSLOP | Find the father |
| James HYSLOP | 16 January 1868 | Janet HYSLOP | Find the father |
| William HYSLOP | 23 June 1874 | Marion HYSLOP | Find the father |
| Samuel KELLOCK | 30 November 1857 | Jean KELLOCK | Find the father |
| Allan KIRKPATRICK | 4 September 1857 | Rebecca KIRKPATRICK | Find the father |
| Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK | 24 March 1871 | Allison KIRKPATRICK | Find the father |
| James LAURIE | 12 March 1861 | Barbra LAURIE | Find the father |
| Agnes LOCKERBIE | 19 December 1871 | Mary LOCKERBIE | Find the father |
| David LOCKERBY | 3 December 1863 | Jane LOCKERBY | Find the father |
| Sarah LOCKERBY | 29 October 1873 | Elizabeth LOCKERBY | Find the father |
| Thomas LOCKERBY | 31 December 1870 | Agnes LOCKERBY | Find the father |
| Jane MAXWELL | 20 June 1857 | Mary MAXWELL | Find the father |
| William MAXWELL | 28 June 1858 | Margaret MAXWELL | Find the father |
| Mary Jean MCCLELLAN | 2 April 1867 | Jane MCCLELLAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MCGINELY | 23 June 1873 | Margaret MCGINELY | Find the father |
| Jessie MCGOWAN | 21 July 1861 | Mary MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| Mary MCGOWAN | 28 March 1859 | Mary MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| William MCGOWAN | 12 October 1858 | Margaret MCGOWAN | Find the father |
| James MCKAY | 2 June 1859 | Jean MCKAY | Find the father |
| William MCLEAN | 16 April 1864 | Henrietta MCLEAN | Find the father |
| Agnes MORRISON | 17 May 1860 | Helen MORRISON | Find the father |
| James MORRISON | 5 October 1864 | Helen MORRISON | Find the father |
| James Lorimer MORRISON | 17 June 1872 | Margaret MORRISON | Find the father |
| Maggie Ann MORRISON | 13 October 1866 | Margaret MORRISON | Find the father |
| Robert MORRISON | 18 December 1871 | Helen MORRISON | Find the father |
| Thomas MORRISON | 26 June 1858 | Agnes MORRISON | Find the father |
| William MORRISON | 23 September 1874 | Harriot MORRISON | Find the father |
| Margaret MURRAY | 30 December 1863 | Marion MURRAY | Find the father |
| Janet NEWELL | 18 March 1856 | Grace NEWELL | Find the father |
| William REID | 8 November 1856 | Isabella REID | Find the father |
| Margt Jannet ROSS | 22 August 1859 | Margt ROSS | Find the father |
| Charles SHARPE | 21 January 1874 | Mary SHARPE | Find the father |
| James Wilson SHARPE | 12 September 1868 | Mary SHARPE | Find the father |
| Ellen Wilson SHIELDS | 10 October 1863 | Margaret SHIELDS | Find the father |
| John SHIELDS | 11 October 1867 | Margaret SHIELDS | Find the father |
| Margaret Hardie WALLACE | 30 September 1863 | Agnes WALLACE | Find the father |
| Robert WALLACE | 17 January 1871 | Agnes WALLACE | Find the father |
| William John WALLACE | 29 June 1866 | Williemina WALLACE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WILSON | 18 March 1859 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 6 July 1874 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Janet WILSON | 14 October 1871 | Sarah WILSON | Find the father |
| Jean WILSON | 29 September 1855 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Margaret Wood WILSON | 8 February 1860 | Jane WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 31 December 1866 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Robert WILSON | 2 May 1864 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Thomas WILSON | 4 October 1858 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Thomas WILSON | 15 December 1868 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| James Mccall WOOD | 18 January 1860 | Ann WOOD | Find the father |
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.
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.
