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Records -> Ayrshire

West Kilbride 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
James HALBERT 1865 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John LYONS 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Rose MCGREESH 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused


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
Jean BLACKWOOD
West Kilbride, Ayrshire
Joseph JOHNSTONE5 Dec 1849Order nowPaisley
SC58/7/12
Elizabeth COPPLETON
West Kilbride
Allan SIMPSON5 Dec 1851Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/3
Agnes DICKIE
Main Street, West Kilbride
Thomas JACK10 Jan 1877Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/10
Janet KEAN
West Kilbride
Robert POLLOCK4 Oct 1851Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/4
Margaret KEAN
West Kilbride
James BAILLIE3 Dec 1852Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/3
Elizabeth KERR
West Kilbride, Ayrshire
Thomas DOBBIE2 Feb 1852Order nowAyr
SC6/7/11
Elizabeth LITTLEJOHN
West Kilbride, Ayrshire
George TODD22 Mar 1887
Chapel Lane, Galston, Ayrshire
Order nowPaisley
SC58/7/23
Agnes MCGOWN
West Kilbride
James BAIRD11 Aug 1880
West Kilbride
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Sarah TAYLOR
Bridgend, West Kilbride
John RODGER27 Jul 1883
Bridgend, West Kilbride
Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/13
Margaret WELSH
Ladybog, West Kilbride
formerly South Kilrusken
Robert CALDERWOODOrder nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/3


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
Agnes ADAM10 December 1873Agnes ADAMFind the father
David ANDERSON18 October 1866Jessie ANDERSONFind the father
Mary Ann ANDERSON28 January 1866Jane ANDERSONFind the father
Andrew Drinnan ARMSTRONG5 February 1873Margaret ARMSTRONGFind the father
Archibald BARBOUR17 May 1869Janet BARBOURFind the father
Eleanor Hunter BARBOUR23 June 1872Janet BARBOURFind the father
Elisabeth BARBOUR6 December 1866Janet BARBOURFind the father
Marion BARBOUR6 June 1864Janet BARBOURFind the father
Mary BARBOUR6 September 1862Janet BARBOURFind the father
Matthew CALDWELL20 April 1856Ann Small CALDWELLFather found
Archibald CAMERON6 May 1857Margaret CAMERONFind the father
Duncan CAMERON4 May 1869Mary CAMERONFind the father
Hughina CAMERON15 September 1859Christiana CAMERONFind the father
Janet CLELAND24 September 1865Janet CLELANDFind the father
Margaret CONNELL20 August 1874Jane CONNELLFind the father
Robert CRAIG12 November 1855Bridget CRAIGFind the father
Hugh CROSKRAY7 September 1867Margaret CROSKRAYFind the father
Roseann DEVLIN27 June 1865Margaret DEVLINFind the father
Agnes DICKIE29 May 1855Janet DICKIEFind the father
James DICKIE12 August 1855Agnes DICKIEFind the father
Mary Jane King DICKIE19 August 1864Ann King DICKIEFind the father
Robert DICKIE21 August 1857Elisabeth DICKIEFind the father
Margaret DOCHARTY10 August 1859Margaret DOCHARTYFind the father
James FRATER2 June 1869Elizabeth FRATERFind the father
Mary GALLICHAR28 September 1865Agnes GALLICHARFind the father
Ann GALLOCHER7 November 1859Helen GALLOCHERFind the father
Henry GALLOCHER20 September 1867Helen GALLOCHERFind the father
Michael GALLOCHER21 November 1869Agnes GALLOCHERFind the father
William GALLOCHER28 October 1870Helen GALLOCHERFind the father
James GEMMILL14 August 1861Ann GEMMILLFind the father
Margaret GEMMILL18 October 1863Ann GEMMILLFather found
Robert GEMMILL26 May 1861Margaret GEMMILLFind the father
John GENNON29 May 1860Mary GENNONFind the father
William GILLILAND18 July 1872Mary GILLILANDFind the father
John Montgomery GLASS1 January 1856Margaret GLASSFind the father
James GREIG20 May 1874Helen GREIGFind the father
James GRIER25 August 1864Jane GRIERFind the father
John GULLOCHER12 December 1860Helen GULLOCHERFind the father
Marion HALBERT25 July 1861Jean HALBERTFind the father
Charles HAMILTON17 November 1872Janet HAMILTONFind the father
David HARPER2 April 1861Mary HARPERFind the father
Mary HENDERSON28 November 1869Catharine HENDERSONFind the father
Robert Haliday HENDERSON14 July 1871Catharine HENDERSONFind the father
Janet HENDRY5 June 1857Margaret HENDRYFather found
Margaret HENDRY24 July 1861Margaret HENDRYFather found
Jean HOLLINGSWORTH24 November 1866Elisabeth HOLLINGSWORTHFind the father
John HUGHES16 March 1874Jane HUGHESFind the father
Isabella HUMES15 May 1864Jean HUMESFind the father
Hugh Mcleod IRVINE21 July 1870Mary IRVINEFind the father
James KEAN6 January 1862Agnes KEANFind the father
Jane KEAN7 December 1865Agnes KEANFind the father
Jane KEAN26 July 1871Mary KEANFind the father
John KEAN12 September 1870Agnes KEANFind the father
Margaret KEAN4 August 1857Janet KEANFind the father
Margaret KEAN16 November 1859Rebecca KEANFind the father
Margaret KEAN12 November 1873Martha KEANFind the father
Peter KEAN14 July 1856Mary KEANFind the father
Robert KEAN7 December 1865Agnes KEANFind the father
William KING28 August 1867Mary KINGFind the father
Hugh KIRKWOOD20 October 1866Janet KIRKWOODFind the father
John MALCOLM21 October 1866Janet MALCOLMFind the father
Agnes Jane Limeburn MALCOME16 March 1868Agnes MALCOMEFind the father
William MALLIN31 May 1863Mary Ann MALLINFind the father
Elisabeth MARSHALL3 October 1872Jeanie MARSHALLFind the father
Janet MARSHALL6 January 1867Margaret MARSHALLFind the father
John MCCLISH23 January 1874Susan MCCLISHFind the father
Mary MCCLISH13 February 1871Susan MCCLISHFind the father
Jane MCFARLANE9 November 1871Margaret MCFARLANEFind the father
John MCFARLANE3 April 1866Margaret MCFARLANEFind the father
Janet MCGOWN25 November 1863Agnes MCGOWNFind the father
Margaret MCGOWN9 December 1859Mary MCGOWNFind the father
Peter MCGOWN7 August 1866Agnes MCGOWNFind the father
Jean MCGUIRE25 April 1860Barbara MCGUIREFind the father
Mary MCGUIRE17 April 1857Mary MCGUIREFind the father
John MCINNES24 October 1862Mary MCINNESFind the father
James MCINNIES21 February 1860Roseanna MCINNIESFind the father
Elizabeth MCKELVIE11 June 1859Elizabeth MCKELVIEFind the father
Matthew MCKINNIES17 May 1856Mary MCKINNIESFind the father
Daniel Campbell MCLARTY3 April 1871Catherine MCLARTYFind the father
Lilias Howie MCMILLAN11 February 1874Jessie MCMILLANFind the father
William MCMILLAN28 February 1865Catharine MCMILLANFind the father
Hugh MCNEINCH20 January 1860Mary MCNEINCHFind the father
Mary MCSHERRY31 December 1873Susan MCSHERRYFind the father
Robert MILLAR13 October 1865Janet MILLARFather found
John MONTGOMERY7 July 1856Mary MONTGOMERYFind the father
Margaret MONTGOMERY24 November 1858Mary MONTGOMERYFind the father
Margaret MOTION25 March 1860Mary MOTIONFind the father
Margaret MUIR23 June 1855Mary MUIRFind the father
Margaret MURIE18 May 1864Margaret MURIEFind the father
James POLLOCK12 July 1863Margaret POLLOCKFind the father
Mary QUEENE9 September 1858Susan QUEENEFind the father
James RANKIN25 February 1866Ann RANKINFind the father
Janet RANKIN25 February 1866Ann RANKINFind the father
John RANKIN9 October 1863Ann RANKINFind the father
John RICHMOND26 May 1855Jean RICHMONDFind the father
Eliza Jane SHANNON11 October 1857Mary SHANNONFind the father
Agnes Workman SHEDDEN4 April 1874Margaret SHEDDENFather found
John SHORT22 September 1863Margaret SHORTFind the father
Agnes SPEIR1 February 1864Jean SPEIRFind the father
Jean SPEIRS24 December 1862Jean SPEIRSFind the father
John SPEIRS27 October 1857Elisabeth SPEIRSFind the father
Robert SPEIRS3 February 1869Jean SPEIRSFind the father
John STIRLING19 May 1867Jean STIRLINGFind the father
Janet TEMPELTON19 June 1863Janet TEMPELTONFind the father
John TEMPELTON6 October 1860Janet TEMPELTONFind the father
Alexander THOMSON9 May 1855Helen THOMSONFind the father
Daniel WARD26 August 1865Ann WARDFind the father
George Young WATT4 September 1858Jean WATTFind the father
Adam WELSH20 August 1872Jane WELSHFind the father
Robert WELSH1 August 1856Mary WELSHFind the father
James WHITE21 July 1869Janet WHITEFind the father
John WHITE25 August 1870Mary WHITEFather found
Christina WHITEFORD5 October 1871Margaret WHITEFORDFind the father
John WILSON21 February 1868Jane WILSONFind the father
James WORKMAN27 December 1861Margaret WORKMANFind the father
Margaret WORKMAN1 September 1864Margaret WORKMANFind 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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