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Records -> Fife

Torryburn 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
Agnes BROWN 1847 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Ann BROWN 1856 (2)Order imagesRefused
Ann BROWN 1856 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Catherine HALLEY or SINCLAIR 1877 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Charlotte HAMILTON or STUART 1863 (2)Order imagesRefused
Charlotte HAMILTON 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused
Charlotte HAMILTON 1866 (3)Order imagesRefused
Helen HEMPSEED or DRUMMOND 1856 (2)Order imagesRefused
Helen HEMPSEED 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
Helen HEMPSEED 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
James KEEN 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Daniel SLAVEN 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused
Samuel SPOWART 1873 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Charlotte STEWART or HAMILTON 1865 (3)Order imagesRefused
Widow Janet THOMSON or BEVERIDGE 1847 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed


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
Elizabeth BALFOUR
Torryburn
John MCBETH5 Jul 1855Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/3
Margaret COUSIN or BENNET
Torryburn
James WILKISON16 Apr 1876Order nowCupar
SC20/4/31
Helen HARKENS
Torryburn
James TOSHECK3 Jan 1843Order nowDunfermline
SC21/4/3
Mary MACARTER
Torryburn, Fife
Charles NISBET29 Aug 1841Order nowAlloa
SC64/7/3
Mary RAMSAY
Waulkmill, Torryburn
Thomas HENDERSON2 Oct 1887
Lochore Farm, Ballingry
Order nowDumbarton
SC65/5/3


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
Johanna BALDIE4 April 1873Jane BALDIEFind the father
Alexander BALFOUR19 December 1865Margaret BALFOURFind the father
Alison BALFOUR17 June 1859Louisa BALFOURFind the father
Christina BALFOUR6 July 1871Margaret Ritchie BALFOURFind the father
Isabella BEVERIDGE18 March 1872Jane BEVERIDGEFind the father
Alexander CHALMERS7 August 1858Mary CHALMERSFind the father
David CONNERS16 December 1869Isabella CONNERSFind the father
Mary Bell CONNERS8 November 1873Isabella CONNERSFind the father
Mary Divinie CUNNING20 June 1863Janet CUNNINGFind the father
Alexander CUNNINGHAM26 January 1855Elizabeth CUNNINGHAMFind the father
William DOCCHRY1 October 1865Mary DOCCHRYFind the father
Elizabeth FERGUSON26 November 1870Agnes FERGUSONFind the father
Ellen FORSYTH29 January 1865Ellen FORSYTHFind the father
William HARDIE11 June 1855Elizabeth HARDIEFind the father
Euphemia HODGE3 May 1860Margaret HODGEFind the father
Ann Hutton HUNTER29 January 1871Ann Hutton HUNTERFind the father
Elizabeth HUNTER28 January 1868Elizabeth HUNTERFind the father
Mary HUNTER4 November 1865Betsy HUNTERFind the father
Minie Jane HUNTER23 December 1868Marion HUNTERFather found
Agnes HUTTON5 October 1865Jane HUTTONFind the father
George LANDALE4 February 1862Elizabeth LANDALEFind the father
Margaret LAUDER27 October 1863Dinah LAUDERFind the father
John LOUDEN27 April 1865Isabella LOUDENFind the father
Marion MANCLERK24 January 1871Margaret MANCLERKFind the father
David MASTERTON14 October 1857Marion MASTERTONFind the father
Joseph MASTERTON20 April 1857Janet MASTERTONFind the father
Elizabeth MERCER28 January 1866Elizabeth MERCERFind the father
Isabella MERCER22 November 1864Janet MERCERFind the father
Jane MURRAY10 October 1855Jane MURRAYFather found
John MURRAY16 February 1855Jacobina Thomson MURRAYFind the father
William NEISH8 March 1857Margaret NEISHFind the father
Charlotte NISBET25 March 1864Margaret NISBETFind the father
Thomas Sym SCOULLER5 April 1861Janet SCOULLERFather found
John SIMPSON24 April 1869Janet SIMPSONFind the father
Margaret SLAVEN16 April 1868Ann SLAVENFind the father
Helen Mary TAYLOR13 December 1857Margaret TAYLORFind the father
Margaret Stewart TAYLOR10 February 1866Margaret TAYLORFind the father
David TEMPLEMAN2 March 1866Janet TEMPLEMANFind the father
John WESTWOOD12 January 1859Elizabeth WESTWOODFind the father
Robert WESTWOOD8 September 1856Christian WESTWOODFind the father
Jessie WHITE22 April 1870Mary WHITEFind the father
Lawrence WHYTE20 April 1867Mary WHYTEFind the father
John WILSON7 November 1871Margaret WILSONFind the father
Mary WILSON30 January 1864Mary WILSONFind the father


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
ADAMSON, Robert
farm servant
Born about 1848
Single
Previous residence: Tinian, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
1 Apr 1909Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1908
BALFOUR, Isabella
housework
Born about 1818
Single
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
2 Nov 1899Order images (5)Fife
Fife And Kinross
Morningside
1865-1886
BALFOUR, Robert
mineral borer
Born about 1821
Widowed
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
16 Mar 1892Order images (3)Fife
Fife District
1875-1889
BALFOUR, Robert
labourer
Born about 1826
Married
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1889
BELFRAGE, Christina
servant
Born about 1842
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (2)Fife
Morningside
1876-1877
BRADY, Margaret
domestic servant
Born about 1864
Single
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1901
BURT or HAMILTON, Isabella
dressmaker previously
Born about 1859
Married
Previous residence: Fernwoodlea, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
4 Aug 1922Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1897
COUSTON or REID, Agnes
housewife
Born about 1826
Married
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (2)Fife1878-1879
CRAWFORD or CREE, Jessie
colliery fireman's wife
Born about 1869
Married
Previous residence: Red Row, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1905
CREE or CRAWFORD, Jessie
colliery fireman's wife
Born about 1869
Married
Previous residence: Red Row, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1905
EWING, James
none
Born about 1866
Single
Previous residence: New Road, Kennoway
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
3 Dec 1914Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1891
GRAY, James
labourer
Born about 1821
Widowed
Previous residence: Low Torry
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
22 Dec 1891Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1891
GRAY, James
miner
Born about 1878
Single
Previous residence: Low Torry, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (2)Fife District
Fife District Asylum
1896-1904
GRAY, Robert
miner
Born about 1850
Single
Previous residence: Low Torry, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1892
HAMILTON or BURT, Isabella
dressmaker previously
Born about 1859
Married
Previous residence: Fernwoodlea, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
4 Aug 1922Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1897
HARROWER or HASTIE, Catherine
house servant formerly
Born about 1867
Married
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District1895
HASTIE or HARROWER, Catherine
house servant formerly
Born about 1867
Married
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order image (1)Fife District1895
JOHNSTON, Helen
house servant
Born about 1838
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Also known as
Helen Johnstone
30 Mar 1889Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife And Kinross
1863-1866
JOHNSTONE, Helen
house servant
Born about 1838
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Also known as
Helen Johnston
30 Mar 1889Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife And Kinross
1863-1866
LANDALE, George
chemist's assistant
Born about 1862
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (3)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife
Fife District Asylum
1885-1901
RAMSAY, James
joiner
Born about 1838
Widowed
Previous residence: Dunfermline Poorhouse lunatic wards
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
22 Nov 1911Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1909
REID or COUSTON, Agnes
housewife
Born about 1826
Married
Previous residence: Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (2)Fife1878-1879
SPOWART or WATSON, Jane
housewife
Born about 1862
Married
Previous residence: Newmill, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1913-1914
WATSON or SPOWART, Jane
housewife
Born about 1862
Married
Previous residence: Newmill, Torryburn
Chargeable parish: Torryburn
Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1913-1914


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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