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We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes BROWN | 1847 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann BROWN | 1856 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann BROWN | 1856 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Catherine HALLEY or SINCLAIR | 1877 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Charlotte HAMILTON or STUART | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charlotte HAMILTON | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Charlotte HAMILTON | 1866 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen HEMPSEED or DRUMMOND | 1856 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen HEMPSEED | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen HEMPSEED | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James KEEN | 1847 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Daniel SLAVEN | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Samuel SPOWART | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Charlotte STEWART or HAMILTON | 1865 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet THOMSON or BEVERIDGE | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johanna BALDIE | 4 April 1873 | Jane BALDIE | Find the father |
| Alexander BALFOUR | 19 December 1865 | Margaret BALFOUR | Find the father |
| Alison BALFOUR | 17 June 1859 | Louisa BALFOUR | Find the father |
| Christina BALFOUR | 6 July 1871 | Margaret Ritchie BALFOUR | Find the father |
| Isabella BEVERIDGE | 18 March 1872 | Jane BEVERIDGE | Find the father |
| Alexander CHALMERS | 7 August 1858 | Mary CHALMERS | Find the father |
| David CONNERS | 16 December 1869 | Isabella CONNERS | Find the father |
| Mary Bell CONNERS | 8 November 1873 | Isabella CONNERS | Find the father |
| Mary Divinie CUNNING | 20 June 1863 | Janet CUNNING | Find the father |
| Alexander CUNNINGHAM | 26 January 1855 | Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| William DOCCHRY | 1 October 1865 | Mary DOCCHRY | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FERGUSON | 26 November 1870 | Agnes FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Ellen FORSYTH | 29 January 1865 | Ellen FORSYTH | Find the father |
| William HARDIE | 11 June 1855 | Elizabeth HARDIE | Find the father |
| Euphemia HODGE | 3 May 1860 | Margaret HODGE | Find the father |
| Ann Hutton HUNTER | 29 January 1871 | Ann Hutton HUNTER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HUNTER | 28 January 1868 | Elizabeth HUNTER | Find the father |
| Mary HUNTER | 4 November 1865 | Betsy HUNTER | Find the father |
| Minie Jane HUNTER | 23 December 1868 | Marion HUNTER | Father found |
| Agnes HUTTON | 5 October 1865 | Jane HUTTON | Find the father |
| George LANDALE | 4 February 1862 | Elizabeth LANDALE | Find the father |
| Margaret LAUDER | 27 October 1863 | Dinah LAUDER | Find the father |
| John LOUDEN | 27 April 1865 | Isabella LOUDEN | Find the father |
| Marion MANCLERK | 24 January 1871 | Margaret MANCLERK | Find the father |
| David MASTERTON | 14 October 1857 | Marion MASTERTON | Find the father |
| Joseph MASTERTON | 20 April 1857 | Janet MASTERTON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MERCER | 28 January 1866 | Elizabeth MERCER | Find the father |
| Isabella MERCER | 22 November 1864 | Janet MERCER | Find the father |
| Jane MURRAY | 10 October 1855 | Jane MURRAY | Father found |
| John MURRAY | 16 February 1855 | Jacobina Thomson MURRAY | Find the father |
| William NEISH | 8 March 1857 | Margaret NEISH | Find the father |
| Charlotte NISBET | 25 March 1864 | Margaret NISBET | Find the father |
| Thomas Sym SCOULLER | 5 April 1861 | Janet SCOULLER | Father found |
| John SIMPSON | 24 April 1869 | Janet SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Margaret SLAVEN | 16 April 1868 | Ann SLAVEN | Find the father |
| Helen Mary TAYLOR | 13 December 1857 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Margaret Stewart TAYLOR | 10 February 1866 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| David TEMPLEMAN | 2 March 1866 | Janet TEMPLEMAN | Find the father |
| John WESTWOOD | 12 January 1859 | Elizabeth WESTWOOD | Find the father |
| Robert WESTWOOD | 8 September 1856 | Christian WESTWOOD | Find the father |
| Jessie WHITE | 22 April 1870 | Mary WHITE | Find the father |
| Lawrence WHYTE | 20 April 1867 | Mary WHYTE | Find the father |
| John WILSON | 7 November 1871 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 30 January 1864 | Mary 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.
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.
