Symington parish records
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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
Lookups
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List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane ANDERSON | 9 December 1857 | Janet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary BLANE | 29 October 1864 | Catherine BLANE | Find the father |
| Isabella BROWN | 16 January 1866 | Janet BROWN | Find the father |
| Robert BROWN | 8 September 1871 | Janet BROWN | Find the father |
| Margaret Weir CARRUTHERS | 22 April 1873 | Ann CARRUTHERS | Find the father |
| David CHAPMAN | 29 April 1868 | Agnes CHAPMAN | Find the father |
| Daniel Ramage CLAMISON | 3 October 1869 | Marion CLAMISON | Find the father |
| Georgina DEACHMENT | 2 December 1867 | Helen DEACHMENT | Find the father |
| John DEACHMENT | 2 December 1867 | Helen DEACHMENT | Find the father |
| John DUGLES | 3 November 1873 | Jane DUGLES | Find the father |
| William Horsburgh FORREST | 23 December 1862 | Marion FORREST | Find the father |
| Helen GILBERT | 25 December 1864 | Helen GILBERT | Find the father |
| John GLASGOW | 25 July 1873 | Mary GLASGOW | Find the father |
| William GLASGOW | 31 May 1870 | Mary GLASGOW | Find the father |
| Mary GRAHAM | 22 July 1856 | Jane GRAHAM | Find the father |
| William GRAHAM | 30 October 1858 | Janet GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Simon HARKNESS | 20 September 1864 | Janet HARKNESS | Find the father |
| Janet Mcall HUNTER | 27 May 1868 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
| Janet KENNEDY | 10 September 1858 | Margaret KENNEDY | Find the father |
| James Tennant LOCKHART | 20 August 1868 | Margaret LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Marion Tennant LOCKHART | 29 January 1872 | Margaret LOCKHART | Find the father |
| Helen MERCER | 24 July 1874 | Helen MERCER | Find the father |
| Adam MITCHELL | 2 February 1867 | Jane MITCHELL | Find the father |
| James MITCHELL | 20 July 1865 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jane MITCHELL | 18 December 1860 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Jane MITCHELL | 7 February 1872 | Janet MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Margaret MITCHELL | 15 November 1870 | Jane MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MOFFAT | 12 November 1859 | Elisabeth Thomson MOFFAT | Find the father |
| James MOFFAT | 25 July 1866 | Elizabeth MOFFAT | Find the father |
| James MOFFAT | 6 October 1872 | Jane MOFFAT | Find the father |
| William MOFFAT | 1 May 1871 | Elizabeth MOFFAT | Find the father |
| William NEWBIGGING | 6 May 1866 | Margaret NEWBIGGING | Find the father |
| John Parker RENTON | 23 August 1874 | Phillis RENTON | Find the father |
| Mary RENTON | 24 December 1865 | Phillis RENTON | Find the father |
| William Ritchie RENTON | 29 March 1866 | Elizabeth RENTON | Find the father |
| Jane SMITH | 22 August 1855 | Elisabeth SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert Young SMITH | 11 February 1857 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Helen Hamilton THOMSON | 7 June 1870 | Helen Hamilton THOMSON | Find the father |
| James THOMSON | 27 July 1868 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret WEIR | 20 April 1856 | Janet WEIR | Find the father |
| Helen Anderson WIGHT | 25 February 1866 | Agnes WIGHT | 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
