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Records -> Dumfriesshire

Ruthwell 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:
  • £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)
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
Janet BEATTIE 1861 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Ann FERGUSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert HERON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow KEIR or DOUGLAS 1878-1879 (2)Order imagesRefused
Nancy MCDADE or CARR 1851-1852 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Nancy MCDAID or KERR 1853 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed - see 642 1851
William MCDONALD 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
Edward MUNDELL 1860 (2)Order imagesRefused
Margaret MURDOCH Kirkgate Dumfries1846 (2)Order imagesRefused; struck off roll; case for Sheriff
Janet REDDICK or ARMSTRONG 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused
Samuel RICHARDSON 1849 (2)Order imagesRefused
William STEWART Priestside1845-1846 (1)Order imagesRefused; no application to Parochial Board
Widow Janet WRIGHT 1850 (2)Order imagesRemitted for observations


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
Catherine BEGGS
Ruthwell
James JOHNSTONE25 Dec 1881Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Janet BOYD
Ruthwell
Robert JOHNSTONE29 May 1865Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/33
Mary BROWN or THOMSON
Longbridgemuir, Ruthwell
Robert GRIBBON21 Nov 1892
Collin, Dumfries
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Margaret BRYDEN
Braehill Cottage, Ruthwell
William MCKIE26 Jul 1884Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Janet CLOW
Beckhall, Ruthwell
Thomas THOIMSON30 Jun 1904
King Street, Dumfries
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Janet CURRIE
Thwaith, Ruthwell
James MURRAY6 May 1885Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Maggie GALSTON
Longbridgemuir, Ruthwell
Thomas MCDONALD29 Apr 1915
Braefield, Wamphray
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Mary Soudan GIBSON
Knockhardy, Ruthwell
William STEWART13 May 1913
Knockhardy, Ruthwell
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Janet Anne GRAHAM
Hayberry Mill, Ruthwell
Thomas SMELLIE11 Apr 1903
Woodlands, Lochmaben
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Mary HUTTON
Plans, Ruthwell
James MCKNIGHT24 Dec 1879Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Elizabeth KIRK
Upper Locharwoods, Ruthwell
Robert CARLYLE4 Aug 1872Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/34
Mary Jane MCLEAN
Glebe Cottage, Ruthwell
David JOHNSTONE5 Jul 1888Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/36
Margaret MCMINN
Nether Locharwoods, Ruthwell
John BRYDEN12 Dec 1884Order nowKirkcudbright
SC16/7/16
Sophia MUNDELL
Ruthwell
William CARRUTHERS2 Dec 1840Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/31
Janet MURRAY
Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire
John LINDSAY23 Aug 1896
Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Agnes NOTMAN
Comlongan Cottage, Ruthwell
Francis Herbert Elphinstone DALRYMPLE7 Nov 1883Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Mary PALMER
Clarencefield, Ruthwell
William ARMSTRONG8 Mar 1875Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/35
Hannah SHANNON
Summerfield Cottages, Ruthwell
James TONNER21 Oct 1904
Summerfield Cottages, Ruthwell
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Elizabeth STEEL or THORBURN
Stanhope Cottage, Ruthwell
James GRAHAM5 Jun 1892
Skipmyre, Tinwald
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Elizabeth STEEL or THORBURN
Stanhope Cottage, Ruthwell
James GRAHAM7 Nov 1897
North Middleton, Borthwick, Midlothian
Order nowDumfries
SC15/7/37
Annie TEASDALE
Aiket Cottage, Ruthwell
James KERR19 Sep 1911
Aiket Cottage, Ruthwell
Order nowDumfries
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.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Elisabeth Calvert BEATTIE28 August 1864Jane BEATTIEFather found
Charles BELL14 November 1873Agnes BELLFind the father
John BELL24 April 1867Mary Ann BELLFather found
Margaret Helen BELL16 February 1871Elizabeth BELLFind the father
David BOYD9 July 1859Janet BOYDFind the father
Peter Little BOYD5 February 1872Janet BOYDFind the father
Rachel BOYD29 May 1864Janet BOYDFind the father
John BROATCH30 May 1873Mary Swan BROATCHFind the father
David BRYSON24 May 1864Johanna BRYSONFind the father
Mary BRYSON20 August 1863Mary BRYSONFind the father
Sarah Carnichan BRYSON16 November 1861Annie BRYSONFind the father
Ann Wilson BURNIE21 July 1867Grace BURNIEFind the father
David Johnston BURNIE9 May 1870Grace BURNIEFind the father
Jane BURNIE5 March 1868Isabella BURNIEFind the father
Maggie BURNIE16 January 1871Isabella BURNIEFind the father
James COWAN14 February 1867Barbara COWANFind the father
Mary Jane COWAN1 September 1867Sarah COWANFind the father
George DEMPSTER24 December 1862Ellen DEMPSTERFind the father
John James Carruthers DICKIE29 December 1871Helen DICKIEFind the father
Andrew DICKSON25 August 1863Janet DICKSONFind the father
Isabella DICKSON10 October 1859Mary DICKSONFind the father
Davidina DUNBAR27 December 1869Margaret DUNBARFind the father
Arthur William DUNCAN1 July 1865Christina DUNCANFind the father
Janet Feaks DUNCAN8 January 1869Christina DUNCANFind the father
Barbara FERGUSON30 October 1872Margaret FERGUSONFind the father
Elisabeth FERGUSON11 September 1861Mary FERGUSONFind the father
David GARDINER16 July 1864Jane GARDINERFind the father
James Geddies GARDINER27 January 1868Jane GARDINERFind the father
Janet Ann Kennedy GRAHAM15 February 1869Jane GRAHAMFind the father
Janet GRIERSON11 April 1856Elizabeth GRIERSONFind the father
Janet Little GRIERSON12 May 1858Isabella GRIERSONFind the father
Jane HALL3 June 1864Ann HALLFind the father
Jessie HALL28 July 1865Jane Agnes HALLFind the father
John HALL11 February 1866Ann HALLFind the father
Margaret Jane HALL24 January 1866Mary Agnes HALLFather found
Janet Steel Beattie HARKNESS28 March 1867Helen HARKNESSFind the father
Margaret Jane HUNTER11 June 1871Elisabeth HUNTERFind the father
Jane Craig HUTTON13 December 1870Janet HUTTONFind the father
William HUTTON16 February 1874Mary HUTTONFather found
William Macglasson HUTTON6 August 1868Janet HUTTONFind the father
Andrewina Muir IRVING5 February 1870Elisabeth IRVINGFind the father
John Wallace IRVING14 July 1872Mary IRVINGFind the father
Samuel IRVING27 September 1857Jessie IRVINGFind the father
Andrewina JACKSON10 May 1864Jane JACKSONFind the father
Jemmima Carruthers JACKSON21 March 1861Janet JACKSONFind the father
Mary Jane JACKSON21 June 1861Jane JACKSONFather found
James JOHNSTON13 November 1873Grace JOHNSTONFind the father
William JOHNSTON30 September 1867Janet JOHNSTONFind the father
David JOHNSTONE2 June 1871Margaret JOHNSTONEFind the father
Douglas KIRK3 October 1864Elisabeth KIRKFind the father
James LITTLE22 January 1866Jane LITTLEFind the father
Margaret LITTLE16 January 1858Jane LITTLEFind the father
Mary LITTLE29 April 1871Jane LITTLEFind the father
Mary Agnes MACINTOSH21 December 1868Helen MACINTOSHFind the father
David MACLEAN2 December 1857Margaret MACLEANFind the father
David MACLEAN17 May 1862Jane MACLEANFind the father
David Kennedy MACLEAN18 January 1872Janet MACLEANFind the father
Elisabeth Stewart MACLEAN28 April 1866Janet MACLEANFind the father
Mary MACLEAN26 May 1861Janet MACLEANFind the father
William MACLEAN27 December 1871Thomasina MACLEANFind the father
David MACMINN28 December 1861Jessie MACMINNFind the father
William MACORMICK16 August 1865Jane MACORMICKFind the father
John MOLLINS15 August 1869Elisabeth MOLLINSFind the father
Edward Dunbar MUNDLE29 November 1866Elisabeth MUNDLEFind the father
Agnes MURRAY21 October 1873Mary MURRAYFind the father
Jane Marion PAGAN1 April 1866Jane PAGANFind the father
Catherine RICHARDSON26 September 1858Eliza RICHARDSONFind the father
Samuel RICHARDSON25 June 1874Elisabeth RICHARDSONFind the father
William RICHARDSON20 July 1865Mary RICHARDSONFind the father
Henry Grieve RIDDOCK20 March 1869Mary RIDDOCKFind the father
Jane RITCHIE14 November 1868Grace RITCHIEFind the father
David Mackay SLOANE5 April 1874Elisabeth SLOANEFind the father
John Ross SMITH14 January 1872Elisabeth SMITHFind the father
Mary Carruthers STEWART26 April 1866Mary STEWARTFind the father
Elisabeth WILKIN29 June 1858Elisabeth WILKINFind the father
James Brown WILKIN16 October 1869Elisabeth WILKINFind the father
William WILKIN30 March 1866Isabella WILKINFind the father
Andrew Black WILSON12 May 1862Ann WILSONFind the father
Charles WILSON18 October 1857Margaret WILSONFind 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.


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