The parish of Kirriemuir was in two parts: one centred on the burgh of Kirriemuir, and a detached part consisting of much of Glenprosen. The part in Glenprosen made up roughly a third of the area of the civil parish of Cortachy & Clova.
The Common Seal of the
Burgh of Kirriemuir
Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
Abbreviations
NLS | National Library of Scotland |
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NRS | National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314) |
OPR | Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855) |
- See also, for history of the parish:
- The Statistical accounts of Kirriemuir
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 86-121.
David Allan - Historical Sketches, Original and Select of Kirriemuir and its Neighbourhood (Dundee: Robert Park, 1864)
James Matthew Barrie - A Window in Thrums (18th edn: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902)
Thomas Easton - Statements Relative to the Pauperism of Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, from 1814 to 1825 (Forfar: A. Anderson, 1825)
Alan Reid - The Regality of Kirriemuir (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1909)
James Stirton - Thrums and its Glens: Historical Relics and Recollections (2nd ed., Kirriemuir: Wm Jolly & Sons, 1896)
Photo-books - old photographs of Kirriemuir
- Fiona Mackenzie - Old Kirriemuir (Catrine: Stenlake, 2002)
Statistical accounts of Kirriemuir
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 12, p. 187
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 158
Town Plan of Kirriemuir - 1:500 Ordnance Survey Plan - surveyed 1861
1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959
1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1862, published 1865
1:2500 (25 inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1862, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Kirriemuir, see National Library's Maps
See also ScotlandsPlaces: Kirriemuir.
Above: modern street map of Kirriemuir (© OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA)
Click on the map above to go to OpenStreetMap centred on Kirriemuir
Geograph.org: Kirriemuir - recent photographs of Kirriemuir. National Grid ref. NO3853.
Geograph.org: Glenprosen - recent photographs of Glenprosen. National Grid ref. NO3265.
Aerial photos of Kirriemuir & neighbourhood
ScotlandsPlaces: Kirriemuir - recent & old photographs of Kirriemuir; also maps, plans & other records
Located at National Grid ref. NO385538. Built 1787. The mediaeval kirk was dedicated to St Mary and appropriated to the Abbey of Arbroath.
Other churches
Photo of North Free Church, Glengate, Kirriemuir
Photos of St Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir
adm.: admitted, ass.: assistant, bapt.: baptised, contr.: contract, dem.: demitted, dep.: deposed, ind.: inducted, lic.: licensed, mar.: married, min.: minister, ord.: ordained, pres.: presented, rel.: related, res.: resigned, suc.: successor, test.: testament, tr.: translated
George Fletcher | 1561-1566 | vicar |
John Young | 1563 | min. here; also had charge of Kingoldrum |
George Clepen | 1564 | vicar |
Alexander Auchinleck | 1567 | min. in 1567, with Kingoldrum also in the charge |
George Fyfe | 1567 | reader |
David Black | 1571-1580 | entered 2 Feb 1571[-2?]; Nether Airlie was also in the charge; pres. to Kingoldrum 20 Jul 1580 |
Adam Crichton | 1574 | reader |
William Piggot | 1583 | reader |
Alexander Kynnimonth of Meathie (Kinmont) | 1586-1621 | min. of Oathlaw 1585; tr. & adm. 1586; pres. to vicarage 15 Dec 1587; still min. 10 Apr 1621; d. 1630; mar. Anna, dau. of Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity; gave a bell cast at Rotterdam 1617 to the kirk; issue: Alexr, min. here |
John Ogilvy | 1623-1628/9 | M.A.; min. of Kingoldrum 1606; tr. & adm. bef. 22 Apr 1623; dem. 1628/9; d. bef. 20 Aug 1632; mar.; issue: John |
Alexander Kynnimonth (Kinmont) | 1629-1663 | son of above Alexr K.; M.A. St Andrews 1619; pres. 11 Apr 1629; still min. 22 Jul 1663; d. soon thereafter; mar. Cath. Ogilvy |
John Keith | 1663-1668 | b. KCD; ord. to Edzell 13 Dec 1660; tr. & installed 30 Dec 1663; d. bef. 9 Sep 1668 |
Silvester Lyon | 1669-1713 | b. ca. 1641 Kirriemuir, 4th son of John Lyon of Wester Ogil; M.A. St Andrews 1666; adm. to Kinnettles 31 Jan 1667; tr. & adm. 6 Jan 1669; d. 1 May 1713; gave 2 communion cups to the kirk; mar.; issue: David, merchant, Dundee; dau. (mar. James Rait, sometime ass. to his father, later episc. min. here and Dundee, and bishop of Brechin) |
George Ogilvy of Kintyrie | 1713-1771 | b. 1681, prob. son of Thos O., min. of Coupar Angus; M.A. St Andrews 1700; ord. to Benvie 27 Aug 1707; tr. & adm. 13 Sep 1713; d. 3 May 1771; mar. 1712 Janet Trail; issue: Margaret; Geo., min. of Menmuir; Alexr; John; Thos; John; Janet (mar. William Brown, D.D., prof. of Divinity, St Andrews); David; James, min. of Eassie; Susan; Betty; Henry; Wm |
James Rait | 1715-1716 | formerly at Inverkeilor; intruded here from 15 Sep 1715 to Jan 1716 |
William Eadie | 1772-1784 | b. 1740; M.A. St Andrews 1760; ord. 23 Apr 1772; drowned 20 Oct 1784 betw. Forfar & Kirriemuir; mar. 1780 Helen Leslie; issue: Christian; Francis; Wm Carnegie; Mary |
Thomas Ogilvy | 1785-1802 | b. ca. 1756, son of Wm O., wright in Kirriemuir; M.A. 1777; ord. 1 Sep 1785; d. 6 Apr 1802; mar. 1792 Mary Margaret, dau. of Charles Roberts, episc. min. Dundee; issue: Ann; Walter, surgeon H.E.I.C.S.; Mary Lyell; Jean; John; Jean |
David Cannan | 1803-1809 | ord. 24 Mar 1803; tr. to Murroes 3 Aug 1809 |
Thomas Easton | 1810-1856 | b. 1779 Killearn STI, 3rd son of John E., mason; M.A. Glasgow 1798; ord. 22 Apr 1810; D.D. Glasgow 1826; d. 5 Apr 1856; mar. (1) 1810 Jane Brown, eldest dau. of John Alexander, merchant, Glasgow; issue: John; Christina Snodgrass; Thomas Andrew Alexander, min. of Kemback FIF; Andrew Alexander, D.D., min. of St Mary's, Demerara; mar. (2) 1819 Margaret Cruickshank; issue: Henrietta; James Cruickshank, min. of Meldrum; Alexr; Geo., chaplain; Eliz. (mar. George Birrell Blane, Tipperary) |
David Graham Drummond Ramsay (David Graham Drummond Ogilvy Ramsay of Westhall) | 1856-1872 | b. 10 Jan 1832 Alyth PER, son of Wm R., min. of Alyth; bro. of James R., min. of Alyth; ord. 8 Nov 1855; tr. from Kirriemuir South & adm. 14 Aug 1856; tr. to Closeburn 29 Aug 1872; D.D.; d. 25 Jul 1910 Closeburn; mar. 1856 Sarah Mary Maxwell; issue: Annie Maxwell; Wm Jas; Mary; David; Maxwell, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S; Alexr Henderson; Eliza; Sarah |
John Boyd | 1873-1903 | b. 21 Mar 1837 Abernyte PER, son of John B., farmer; M.A. St Andrews 1856; ass. Mains & Strathmartine and Kettins; ord. to Murroes 17 Mar 1864; tr. & adm. 10 Jan 1873; D.D. St Andrews 1898; d. 3 Jul 1903 Arran BUT; mar. 1871 Charlotte Josephine, eldest dau. of Alexr Ramsay, surgeon, Broughty Ferry; issue: John, min. of Menstrie CLK; Alexr Ramsay; Wm; Eleanor Johnstone (mar. Hugh Munro Pattullo, farmer, Meigle PER); Angus, banker |
John Ewing Wallace | 1903-1913 | b. 4 Nov 1866 Auckland N.Z., son of John W., min. (later, min. of Glenbuck); ord. to Rossland, B.C., Canada 4 Dec 1895; tr. to Shelburne, Nova Scotia 2 Aug 1896; tr. to Rockingham, Halifax, N.S. 15 Nov 1899; res. 28 Oct 1902; adm. ordained min. of Ch. of S. 21 May 1903; ass. Whitekirk ELN; adm. here 10 Dec 1903; d. 20 Feb 1913 Perth; mar. 1896 Margaret Anderson, dau. of William Morris Brown, min. of St Margaret's Edinburgh; issue: John Ewing, and others |
George Johnstone Chree | 1913-1921 | b. 14 Jul 1864 Keig ABD, son of Geo. C., schoolmaster; M.A. 1885 B.D. 1888 Aberdeen; ass. Holburn Aberdeen; ord. 3 Jul 1899 to be chaplain, Rawalpindi; further chaplaincies, India to aft. 1906; adm. here 14 May 1913; dem. 18 May 1921; d. 29 Sep 1935 Cults FIF; mar. 1889 Helen Robertson Hay, dau. of William Forsyth Arthur, Aberdeen; issue: Helen Hay Arthur Johnstone; George William Johnstone, M.C.; May Arthur |
William Addison | 1921-1929 | b. 31 May 1891 Dunfermline, only son of rev. Andrew A., Inverkeithing FIF; M.A. Glasgow 1914, Ph.D..; lic. 1920; ass. Lady Glenorchy's Edinburgh; ord. 22 Sep 1921; tr. to Ettrick & Buccleuch 22 Mar 1929; res. Mar 1953; d. 27 Feb 1954 Selkirk; mar. 1922 Edith Margaret, M.A., 2nd dau. of Alfred John, Campbeltown ARL |
Archibald Henderson Mitchell | 1929-1935 | B.D.; b. 1 Oct 1897 Glass, son of Geo. M., gardener; tr. from Chapelshade Dundee 22 Aug 1929; tr. to Mortlach 9 Jan 1935; d. 10 Dec 1941 Mortlach manse; mar. 1926 Jane F. McRae |
Other ministers
Ministers of Kirriemuir South Church quoad sacra
Opened in 1835 and disjoined from Kirriemuir on 28 Feb 1870
William Norval | 1837-1838 | b. 26 Jun 1809 Glasgow, son of James N., merchant; M.A. Glasgow 1829; ord. 5 Jan 1837; pres. to Brechin soon after, but accused of plagiarism of published sermons; dem. 14 Aug 1838; joined Ch. of England; d. 11 Sep 1871 |
Daniel Cormick | 1839-1843 | b. 1808; ord. 18 Apr 1839; joined Free Kirk 1843; min. of South Free Church Kirriemuir 1843-8; d. 24 May 1848; mar. 1834 Cath. Neish |
James Law | 1845-1846 | adm. 24 Apr 1845; tr. to Inverbrothock, Arbroath 29 Jan 1846 |
James Cruickshank Easton | 1846-1852 | b. ca. 1822 Kirriemuir, son of Thos E.; M.A.; ord. 14 May 1846; tr. to Meldrum 23 Sep 1852; mar. 1853 Mary Marion Montgomerie Loudon; issue: Mary Margaret; Geo. Thos; Jas Robt; John L.; Harry M. |
Charles Chree | 1853-1855 | M.A.; ord. 2 Jun 1853; tr. to Lintrathen 20 Jul 1855 |
David Graham Drummond Ramsay (David Graham Drummond Ogilvy Ramsay of Westhall) | 1855-1856 | b. ca. 1831 Alyth PER; ord. 8 Nov 1855; tr. to Kirriemuir 14 Aug 1856 (see above list of parish ministers) |
Alexander Duff | 1856-1894 | b. 17 May 1827, son of Duncan D.; ord. missionary at Clova 26 Oct 1855; tr. & adm. 25 Sep 1856; adm. first min. of parish 28 Feb 1870; d. 26 May 1894; violinist; mar. 1876 Jane Webster, dau. of James Robb, Kirriemuir; no issue |
Andrew Wylie Smith | 1894-1898 | M.A., B.D.; ord. 29 Nov 1894; tr. to Bendochy PER 17 May 1898 |
Alexander Macara | 1898-1904 | b. Airdrie; ord. 10 Nov 1898; tr. to Denny STI 23 Nov 1904; ret. 1942; d. 13 Apr 1944 Woburn, Bucks |
David Nelson | 1905-1910 | M.A.; ord. 20 Apr 1905; tr. to Aberlemno 3 Feb 1910; mar. ; issue: James A. |
Robert Love Hunter | 1910-1915 | ord. 12 May 1910; tr. to Glasgow Townhead 7 Jan 1915 |
Walter Kilgour Black | 1915-1927 | b. 25 Feb 1875 Largo FIF, son of Andw B.; lic. by Free Kirk 4 Jul 1907; ord. to Dudhope Free, Dundee 5 Feb 1909; adm. to Delting & Olnafirth SHI 29 Aug 1912; tr. & adm. 17 May 1915; tr. to Inverarity ll Aug 1927; mar. 1911 Mary Jane, dau. of Geo. Crichton, Largo; had issue |
John Callander Grierson | 1927-1946 | b. 1883, son of John G; pharmacist, M.P.S. 1910; missionary Canada; B.A. Milton Baltimore 1926; ord. to Pontax, Saskatchewan; adm. to Ch. of S. 3 Jun 1926; ord. 8 Dec 1927; dem. 30 Jun 1946; d. 16 Aug. 1947 Hamilton; mar. 1910 Isobel Tripney, dau. of Robert Cowan, Bathgate; had issue |
A.G.M. Mackenzie | 1947-1955-? | M.A.; ass. New Kilpatrick; army chaplain 1941; mar. |
Ministers of Glenprosen quoad sacra
Glenprosen was detached from the parish of Kirriemuir and erected quoad sacra on 12 Jan 1874; united with Clova Q.S. 31 Mar 1946
John McGregor Ferguson | 1860-1869 | b. ca. 1834 Kirkmichael PER; M.A.; ord. 8 Nov 1860; tr. to New Pitsligo ABD 19 Mar 1869; tr. to Fern 7 Jan 1875; d. 6 Aug 1907 Edinburgh; unmar. |
John Watt | 1869-1892 | b. 1 Feb 1836 Glenisla, son of James Watt, min. of Cortachy; ord. (ass.) at Tannadice 22 Dec 1865; appointed missionary here Jul 1869; 1st min. of par. 21 Jan 1874; res. 1 Jun 1892; mar. 1870 Janet Watt |
John Strachan | 1892-1894 | tr. from Clova; adm. 25 Aug 1892; tr. to Cortachy 15 Nov 1894 |
David Gowans Young | 1895-1899 | M.A., B.D.; b. 1862 Crail; ord. 16 Apr 1895; tr. to Moneydie PER 28 Sep 1899; d. 1938 Newtyle; mar. 1896 Eliz. G. Hart |
Archibald James Miller | 1900-1907 | M.A.; b. 4 Sep 1868 Dundee, son of Wm B.M.; ord. 1 Mar 1900; tr. to Stirling West 13 May 1907; d. 7 May 1928 Stirling; mar. 1908 Rachel Foster; issue: Robert F.; Arch. J.S. |
James Dalgety | 1907-1943 | b. 10 Jun 1866 Dundee, son of Geo. D; ass. Whiting Bay, Woodside Aberdeen, Waterside and Lethanhill, Dalmellington 1902; ord. 19 Sep 1907; dem. 30 Sep 1943; d. 2 Jun 1945 Cortachy |
Ministers of Kirriemuir North Free Church
John Petrie Thomson | ?-1851-1861-? | b. Jan 1811 Kirriemuir; ord. Nov 1844; d. 13 May 1881; mar. (1) Sarah Craig Young; issue: James; Mary; mar. (2) Catherine Thomson; issue: Wm; Cath.; Geo. Ballingall; Alfred John; Fredk; Annie Burns Macintyre |
Ministers of Kirriemuir South Free Church
South United Free Church from 1900; Livingstone Church of Scotland from 1929
Daniel Cormick | 1843-1848 | see above list of ministers of South Church |
William Livingstone | 1849-1884 | b. ca. 1819 Dundee; ass. Uphall WLN; ind. Jan 1849; dem. 1884; mar. 1852 Cath. Robertson; issue: John; Margaret Smith Angus; Lilias Blair |
William Kirkpatrick | 1884-1925 | ind. Dec 1884; tr. to Leadhills LKS 1925 |
Peter Lockhart | 1927-1930 | M.A.; tr. to Princes St, Port Glasgow RFW 6 Feb 1930 |
William Baildon Taylor | 1930-1936 | ind. 19 Jun 1930; tr. to Strathmiglo FIF 15 Jun 1936 |
Francis Gordon McLaren | 1937-1960 | b. 2 Mar 1902 Dunfermline FIF; M.A. Edinburgh 1933; ass. Musselburgh Northesk MLN 1936-7; ord. here 1 Jul 1937; tr. to Strichen ABD 27 Apr 1960; dem. 30 Sep 1975 |
Ministers of Kirriemuir (New Licht Antiburgher), later West U.P. Church, later First U.F. Church, later St Ninian's
James Aitken | 1778-1806 | [same man as was Orig. Secess. min. here later; see below] b. ca. 1756; from Perth (North); teacher at Kinclaven; ord. 29 Dec 1778; adhered to "Auld Licht" & thus dep. 28 Aug 1806; d. 24 Sep 1834; mar. Isabella, dau. of James Ferguson of Kinmundy; issue: Eliz.; Isabella; John, min. of Original Secession Church, Aberdeen; James, Orig. Secession min. here [see below] |
John France | 1810-1816 | b. 1774, son of Rev. John F. of Buchlyvie; ord. 11 Apr 1810; dem. 5 Nov 1816; went to USA in May 1819; pastor, Butler County, Penn. Apr 1820; retired 1841; d. 1861 |
William Ramage | 1819-1850 | b. ca. 1786; res. Sanday OKI; ind. 13 Apr 1819; res. 5 Feb 1850; d. 4 Sep 1857 |
Alexander McLean | 1851-1885 | b. ca. 1820 Greenlaw BEW; ord. 4 Mar 1851; d. 21 Nov 1885; mar. 1851 Lillias Hart Spence |
George Robb | 1886-1918 | b. 28 Nov 1859 New Spynie MOR, son of James R., farmer; from Elgin (Moss Street); assistant to above Mr McLean; ord. 14 Jan 1886; res. 1918; d. 26 Jul 1921 Aberdeen; mar. 1898 Isabella Esslemont; issue: Isabella E. |
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James Gemmell Marr | 1924-1943 | M.A.; b. 15 Jul 1883 Seafield BAN, son Arch. M., U.P. missionary; bro. of rev. W.I.H. Marr, Kilmacolm & rev. H.J. Marr, Ayr; from Caledonia Road Ch., Glasgow; ind. 19 Mar 1924; d. 2 Sep 1943 St Ninian's manse, Kirriemuir; mar. 1917 Isabella A. Brown; issue: Cyril |
J. Wilson Anderson | 1944-1951-? | M.A.; son of rev. T.W.A.; from Bonhill; mar.; had issue |
Ministers of Kirriemuir (Relief)
Thomas Meek | 1793-1794 | ord. 2 Oct 1793; dem 28 Apr 1794 |
John Eadie | 1795-1798 | ord. 14 Jan 1795; dep. Sep 1798; classical teacher for over 30 years; d. 17 Nov 1841 Glasgow |
Ministers of Kirriemuir Bank Street (Relief)
James Stirling | 1831-1870 | b. ca. 1805 Glasgow; from East Campbell Street, Glasgow; ord. 20 Jul 1831; d. 28 Mar 1870; mar. 1838 Abigail Hedley Neilson; issue: Agnes; Jas; Wm N.; John; Isabel; Robt M.; Abigail; Hugh A.; Geo. G. |
John A. Murray | 1871-1900 | b. ca. 1834 Perth, son of David M., shoemaker; res. Burntisland 1868; inducted 10 May 1871; d. 26 Jun 1900 |
Ministers of Kirriemuir Original Secession Church, Newton Road
James Aitken elder | ?-1834 | [same man as had been Antiburgher min. here, 1778-1806; see above] b. ca. 1756; d. 24 Sep 1834; mar. Isabella, dau. of James Ferguson of Kinmundy; issue: Eliz.; Isabella; John, min. of Original Secession Church, Aberdeen; James, min. here [see below] |
James Aitken yr | ?-1844 | A.M.; b. 1822, son of above; d. 28 Dec 1844 Dundee |
Robert Craig | ?-1861-? | b. ca. 1827 Pollokshaws RFW; mar. Jane --; issue: Eliz. |
Ministers of the Congregational Church in Kirriemuir
See Congregational ministers in Kirriemuir.
Ministers of St Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir
James Lyall | ?-? | b. ca. 1710, uncle of Charles Lyell of Kinnordy (d. 1796); d. 15 Feb 1794 |
John Buchan | ?-1825-? | b. ca. 1766; d. 14 May 1851 Elgin MOR; min. here 40 years; mar. Janet Ritchie; issue: Chas, David, John, James, Geo., Clementina |
James John Douglas | ?-1861-1899 | b. ca. 1820 Carmarthenshire; d. 13 Mar 1899 Kirriemuir; mar. Henrietta M. --; issue: Gertude A.; Henrietta M. B.; Adela H. S. L. |
John A. Philip | ?-1901-? | b. ca. 1870 ABD; mar. Lilias A. E. R. --; issue: Thos V. R. |
Monuments in Kirriemuir Parish Kirkyard (ca. 100 stones), Kirriemuir Cemetery (ca. 70 stones), St Mary's Episcopal Kirkyard (at NO385541) (10 stones) and at the Kinloch Mausoleum (6 stones) bearing pre-1855 information are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 1: Strathmore" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1993), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 1. Pre-1855 Strathmore" in their online shop.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Kirriemuir in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 2, pp. 357-65.
Details and photographs of all monuments in Kirriemuir Parish Kirkyard are at Gravestone Photographic Resource: Old Barony, Kirriemuir.
Glenprosen war memorial
Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1855 to present
Indexes and actual records for Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths, beginning 1 Jan 1855, are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
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Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1855 - 1856 for the Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/1302/9]
- 1871 - 1872 for Associate Session [NRS CH3/1398/2]
- 1855, 1860, 1869 - 1960 for Kirriemuir South Free Church (later Livingstone Church of Scotland) [NRS CH3/899/2]
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- 1821 - 1854
Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1855 - 1867 for the Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/1302/9]
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Online access to cemetery records is at Deceased Online - payment required to see actual records
Births, Marriages & Deaths, before 1855
Indexes and actual records for all extant Old Parish Registers (OPRs) (pre-1855) of the Established Church of Scotland are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
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- 1716 - 1854
Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1778 - 1824 for Associate Session [NRS CH3/1398/1]
- 1824 - 1843 for Associate Session [NRS CH3/1398/2]
- 1849 - 1855 for Kirriemuir South Free Church (later Livingstone Church of Scotland) [NRS CH3/899/2]
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- 1821 - 1854
Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1805 - 1814 for the Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/1302/2]
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- 1788 - 1791
- 1830 - 1854
Church Session Records of Kirriemuir Old Kirk (Barony Kirk)
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/1302/... |
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Minutes & accounts | 1716-1744 | 1 |
Accounts | 1762-1782 | 2 |
Minutes & accounts | 1783-1790 | 2 |
Treasurer's book | 1799-1801 | 2 |
Marriages | 1805-1814 | 2 |
Accounts | 1850-1854 | 2 |
Minutes & accounts | 1790-1850 | 3 |
Loose papers | n.d. | 4 |
Minutes | 1835-1841 | 5 |
do | 1841-1873 | 6 |
do | 1873-1903 | 7 |
Scroll minutes | 1866-1883, 1909-1910 | 8 |
Baptisms | 1855-1856 | 9 |
Marriages | 1855-1867 | 9 |
Baptisms | 1873-1908 | 10 |
Marriages | 1861-1927 | 11 |
Communion roll | 1867-1871 | 12 |
do | 1873-1881 | 13 |
do | 1882-1895 | 14 |
do | 1896-1905 | 15 |
Church Session Records of Glenprosen Church quoad sacra
Disjoined from Kirriemuir and erected quoad sacra in 1874
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/1420/... |
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Papers re erection of parish | 1871-1874 | 1 |
Treasurer's book | 1898-1906 | 2 |
Accounts | 1899-1901 | 3 |
do | 1907-1943 | 4 |
Collections for American organ | n.d. | 5 |
Subscriptions towards building manse | 1861 | 6 |
Papers relating to church and manse | 19th-20th century | 7 |
Papers concerning Glenprosen war memorial | 1920-1921 | 8 |
Miscellaneous papers | 19th-20th century | 9 |
Papers relative to parish of Clova | 1860-1946 | 10 |
Letters concerning proposed memorial pulpit, and drawing of bracket lamp, at Glenprosen church (including letter from R S Lorimer); and copy letter concerning stained glass windows | 1899-1928 | 11 |
Church Session Records of Kirriemuir United Original Secession Kirk
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH3/1398/... |
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Accounts | 1779-1820 | 1 |
Baptisms | 1778-1824 | 1 |
Accounts | 1820-1848 | 2 |
Baptisms | 1824-1843 | 2 |
Baptisms | 1871-1872 | 2 |
Accounts | 1848-1874 | 3 |
do | n1874-1895 | 4 |
Minutes, incl. communion rolls | 1775-1801 | 5 |
Minutes | 1801-1835 | 6 |
do | 1835-1842 | 7 |
Church Session Records of Kirriemuir South Free Kirk
Later United Free, then Livingstone Church of Scotland
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH3/899/... |
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Minutes | 1873-1936 | 1 |
Baptisms | 1849-1855, 1860, 1869-1960 | 2 |
Minutes | 1843-1873 | 3 |
Deacons' Court minutes | 1877-1884 | 4 |
do | 1890-1921 | 5 |
do | 1942-1960 | 6 |
Declaration of adherence (to the Free Kirk), 410 names | 1843 | 7 |
Communion rolls | 1849-1960 | 8 to 11 |
Roll of young persons | 1904-1937 | 12 |
Association treasurer's accounts | 1843-1849 | 13 |
Congregational treasurer's accounts | 1843-1933 | 14 to 17 |
Collections | 1933-1960 | 18 |
Women's Guild minutes | 1939-1961 | 19 |
Women's Guild cash book | 1942-1960 | 20 |
Sunday school accounts | 1927-1960 | 21 |
Jubilee fund accounts | 1951-1953 | 22 |
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR479/... |
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Minutes (loose) | 1839-1890 | 1 |
Minute Book (with accounts) | 1877-1932 | 2 |
Accounts | 1843-1927 | 3 |
Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse, glebe, school, churchyard, public hall) | 1782-1923 | 4 |
Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees (file) | 1926-1928 | 5 |
Miscellaneous papers | 1778-1854 | 6 |
Minutes | 1840-1845 | 7 |
The principal proprietors of land in the parish in 1822:
- Charles Lyell of Kinnordy
- John Kinloch, & his feuars
- G. L. Meason of Lindertis
- Col. the hon. Donald Ogilvy of Clova, & his feuars
- Francis Graham of Morphie
- Miss H. Brown of Glasswell
- John Adamson of Hillhead, & his feuars
Papers of Ogilvie of Inverquharity - National Library Acc.5012 - Inventory
Papers of Charles Hector Ogilvy Maclean of Balnaboth - NRAS1750
Information, maps & photographs of Kirriemuir Almshouse.
Records of the official censuses of the parish in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921 are held in Register House, Edinburgh and are open to the public on payment of a fee.
Indexes to all the original census records, and the records themselves, can be accessed online at modest charge at ScotlandsPeople.
Microfilm copies are also widely available in libraries. The 1881 census is available on CD-ROM.
The early censuses of 1801-31 do not name individuals.
Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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1755 | 3409 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
1790 | 4000-5000 | Old Statistical Account | ||
1801 | 4421 | |||
1811 | 4791 | |||
1821 | 2400 | 2656 | 5056 | |
1831 | 6425* | |||
1841 | ||||
1851 | 7617 | |||
1871 | 2820 | 3600 | 6420 | |
1881 | 2975 | 3641 | 6616 |
After transfer of Glenprosen to parish of Cortachy & Clova:
Year | male | female | total |
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1891 | 2751 | 3339 | 6090 |
1901 | 2653 | 3249 | 5902 |
1911 | 2393 | 2998 | 5391 |
1921 | 2154 | 2920 | 5074 |
* of whom, 4014 were in the town of Kirriemuir, 236 in Marytown and Ellenertown, 2125 in the landward part of the parish
Kirriemuir was in the Commissariot of St Andrews.
Indexes to all extant pre-1926 testamentary records (wills & inventories of moveable property) can be searched free of charge at ScotlandsPeople. Digital (and paper) copies of the documents can be purchased at that site. See further the introduction to Angus & Kincardineshire at Testaments.
Testaments of Kirriemuir people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
Margaret Adam | spouse to David Barnett, in Over Inche | 16 Jan 1618 |
John Adamson | cordiner, lawful son of umquhile Alexander Adamson, cordinar in Kirriemure | 5 Dec 1634 |
Margaret Adamson | spouse to Thomas Mitchell, merchant in Kirriemuir | 20 Jul and 21 Sep 1705 |
Isobel Alexander | spouse to William Hutcheon, in Kirriemuir | 6 Apr 1620 |
William Angus | tenant of Muirhouses & Inch | 8 Oct 1819 |
John Annan of Kingquhyrrie | late bailie of Kirriemuir | 7 Aug 1717 |
Margaret Arbuthnot | spouse to David Ogilvie of Persie | 25 Jun 1614 |
Edward Barron | writer in Kirriemuir | 24 Jul 1786 and 22 May 1788 |
Margaret Bowak | spouse to John M'Creich, in Plukerstoun | 7 Dec 1614 |
David Brechin | braboner in Kirriemuir | 18 Jan 1621 |
David Brown | sometime miller at Meikle-Miln of Kirriemuir | 6 Dec 1717 |
Janet Brown | at the Brig of Daisie | 11 May 1624 |
Hercules Bruce | shoemaker in Kirriemuir | 19 Apr 1796 |
Janet Bursie | spouse to George Cabill, in Kirriemuir | 13 May 1615 |
Elspet Butchart | spouse to Alexander Ogilvie, in Langbank | 25 Jun 1616 |
George Cabill | in Kirriemuir | 27 May 1619 |
Janet Cant | spouse to John Symsoun, in Migve | 15 Aug 1620 |
James Cardean | in Kirriemuir | 20 Jun 1689 |
Patrick Carnegie | in Cottoun of Glaswall | 18 Jan 1615 |
Jean Chaplain | daughter to the deceased John Chaplain, in Lochniglo, spouse to James Webster, merchant, Kirriemuir | 11 May 1715 |
James Clerk | in Kynnatie | 22 Oct 1638 |
Janet Collier | spouse to James Blyth, cotter in Lalathin | 9 Jul 1616 |
Elizabeth Craig | spouse to David Dickson, in Nether Megvie | 17 Jan 1745 |
Janet Craik | spouse to John Kyd, in Logic | 18 Feb 1637 |
William Craik | in Quhinnaydrume | 18 Jul 1650 |
Thomas Crichton | sometime clerk in Kirriemuir, and Janet Raitt, his spouse | 4 Apr 1711 |
Patrick Crowden (Cruden) | in Frankfrie | 26 Feb 1675 |
James Cuthbert | wright in Kirriemuir | 29 Jul 1696 |
John Cuthbert | in Garlabank | 14 Nov 1618 |
James Doig | kirk-officer in Kirriemuir | 26 Oct 1791 |
William Doig | in Kirriemuir | 24 Oct 1687 |
Alexander Donald | in Luddinche | 8 Apr 1648 |
Christian Douglas | spouse to Thomas Bursy, in Kirriemuir | 4 Aug 1621 |
Catherine Duncan | spouse to Alexander Mitchell, in Cleiffe | 10 Nov 1618 |
James Duncan | son to John Duncan, in Craigmig | 22 Jan 1724 |
Alexander Farquharson of Ballo | 3 Jan, 2 May and 22 Oct 1683 | |
Gilbert Fentoun | in Kintyrie | 26 Aug 1640 |
John Fentoun | in Balloch | 3 Mar 1618 |
William Finlay | sometime in Woodhead of Balenchall | 23 Nov 1720 |
Andrew Fletcher | second lawful son to the deceased Robert Fletcher, of Ballinsho | 7 Oct 1707 |
John Fordell, portioner of Wester Kingquhirrie | 10 Feb 1685 | |
Isobel Forrest | spouse to John Moncur, in Balmukketie | 28 Nov 1616 |
John Fraser | maltman in Kirriemuir | 10 Jan 1724 |
Agnes Fullarton | relict of Robert Bruce, merchant in Kirriemuir | 28 & 29 Sep 1820 |
John Fyfe | elder in Kentyrie | 25 Oct 1687 |
John Gilbert | in Carmuire | 16 Oct 1673 |
Katherine Gilbert | sometime spouse to William Richardsoune, in Nether-Chill | 24 Apr 1598 |
Agnes Guild | spouse to George Phiipe, in Blackbairwall, par. of Kirrimuir | 22 Nov 1627 |
Alexander Guild | 13 Jan 1620 | |
Thomas Halkett | weaver in Kirriemuir | 5 May 1790 |
William Hanton | in Glenprossine, par. of Kirremuir | 25 Jan 1699 |
David Hay | in Ballindarg | 3 Feb 1686 |
George Henry | cordiner in Kirriemuir | 7 Apr 1697 |
Isobel Henry | spouse to James Stratoun, braboner in Kirriemuir | 24 Sep 1640 |
John Henry | lawful son to umquhile John Henry, in Hayestoun | 18 Oct 1649 |
David Herald | in Lidnathy | 27 Aug 1791 |
David Hill | in Memiss | 29 Oct 1613 |
Alexander Hog | in Locardstoun | 28 Nov 1616 |
Janet How | spouse to Thomas Duthie, braboner in Kirriemuir | 24 Sep 1640 |
Isobel Howie | spouse to Richard Symsone, in Migivie | 18 Mar 1619 |
Adam Hutcheon | in Hirdhill | 16 Oct 1673 |
David Hutcheon, elder | cordiner in Kirriemuir | 27 Jul 1635 |
James Hutcheon | son to umquhile David Hutcheon, in Kirriemuir | 1 Aug 1662 |
William Hutcheon | in Kirriemuir | 28 Jul 1620 |
Robert Kendow | in Glenorg | 15 Aug 1617 |
Agnes Kinninmonth (Kinninmond) | spouse to Olipher Fentoun, in Balloch | 19 Nov 1613 |
Patrick Lambie | in Ballindarg | 5 Sep 1621 |
David Leonard | in Kilhill | 22 Dec 1683 |
Alexander Leslie of Glaswall | 30 Jul 1685 | |
Andrew Lindsay | litster in Kirriemuir | 1 Feb 1710 |
John Lindsay | in Easter Ballinscho | 15 Aug 1617 |
Robert Lindsay | sometime merchant in Dundee, living in Kirriemuir | 27 Nov 1703 |
Robert Loudoun | in Glenprossen | 20 Apr 1637 |
James Lyell | in Justinhauche | 18 Jul 1637 and 18 Apr 1651 |
Margaret Lyell | spouse to Thomas Annand, in Kinquhirrie | 27 Mar 1616 |
James Mann | stampmaster in Kirriemuir | 14 Aug 1823 |
William Mathie | in Caldhame of Bannagarour | 9 Jan 1617 |
Andrew Mearns | merchant in Kirriemuir | 12 Oct 1681 and 7 Nov 1706 |
Thomas Megiesone | in Kinnordie | 7 Feb 1617 |
John Mitchell | merchant in Kirriemuir | 21 Oct 1713 |
Robert Mitchell | merchant in Kirriemuir | 19 Dec 1744 |
Thomas Mitchell | in Logie | 26 May 1620 |
Thomas Mitchell | baker in Kirriemuir | 14 Sep 1792 |
James Mollison | merchant in Kirriemuir | 18 Feb 1790 |
Finlay Monro | quarrier in Kirriemuir | 14 Feb 1791 |
Henrie Moyle | in Cowle | 1 Jun 1624 |
Alexander Murdo | in Kirriemuir | 15 Feb 1638 |
Patrick Murieson | in Kirriemuir | 16 Nov 1616 |
Janet Murray | spouse to John Brechen, in Gask | 25 Jun 1616 |
Abrahame Mylne | in Chapeltoun | 20 Nov 1640 |
Thomas Neave | at Innerquharrity | 24 May 1721 |
Alexander Newton | sometime in Lendinch, in the Braes of Innerquarritie | 25 Feb 1699 |
John Newton of Kilhill | 5 Jun 1635 | |
James Nicoll | in Logie Wishart | 7 May 1617 |
Alexander Ogilvie | in Crawmond | 12 Jul 1624 |
David Ogilvie of Glasswall | 12 Oct 1613 | |
David Ogilvie | at the Myln of Bondarg | 26 Oct 1685 |
James Ogilvie of Logie | 26 Feb 1675 | |
Sir John Ogilvie of Innerquharetie, knight | 2 Mar 1618 | |
John Ogilvie | late bailie of Kirriemuir | 19 Jul 1684 |
Margaret Ogilvie | spouse to David Douglas, at the Milne of Kirriemuir | 28 Dec 1613 |
Margaret Ogilvie | spouse to Patrick Gledny (Glendy), in Langbank | 11 Dec 1617 |
Mrs Margaret Ogilvie | eldest lawful daughter of Sir John Ogilvie of Innercaraity | 14 Mar 1750 |
Janet Palmer | spouse to John Mackie, in Blokerstan | 11 Dec 1617 |
Robert Paterson | candlemaker in Kirriemuir | 19 Feb 1718 |
Eupham Paull | relict of John Leonard, in Bow | 5 Aug 1674 |
Margaret Peddie | relict of James Ogilvie, late bailie depute of the Regality of Kirriemuir | 17 Jun 17l4 |
Christian Peter | spouse to Alexander Fylming, in Woodhead | 2 Apr 1628 |
Gidion Peter | in Hauch of Ballincho | 27 Sep 1705 |
Bessie Pirie | in Blechinhill | 25 Jun 1616 |
Robert Pitcuthlie | merchant in Kirriemuir | 8 Jun 1686 |
John Playfair | litster in Kirriemuir | 23 Aug 1717 and 16 Jan 1718 |
George Reid | in Caildhame | 17 Jan 1589-90 |
John Robertson | residing at New Kilrie | 4 Dec 1812 |
Helen Rodger | spouse to Andrew Leuchars, in the Bow | 26 Oct 1685 |
Robert Rodger | in the Bowhouse | 4 Mar 1687 |
James Roy | in Muirhouses of Balmukkitie | 15 Aug 1617 |
Christopher Samson | in Cottertoun of Benschi | 10 Mar 1614 |
Elizabeth Shepherd | spouse to John Stalker, in Kirriemuir | 24 Sep 1640 |
James Shepherd | merchant in Kirriemuir | 12 Feb 1814 |
David Simpson | in Little Migvie | 4 Aug 1621 |
Mrs Elizabeth Skene | residenter in Forfar, only living lawful child of the Rev. Mr George Skene, minister of the Episcopal Congregation at Forfar, relict of Mr William Jolly, minister of the Episcopal Congregation at Kirriemuir | 31 Jan 1818 |
Isobel Smith | spouse to Thomas Wilkie, in Muirhouses | 5 Jan 1641 |
John Smith | in Cottoun of Glasuell | 8 Jan 1621 |
John Smith | in Ballindarge | 23 Mar 1621 |
Katherine Smith | spouse to James Stratoune, in Kirriemuir | 23 Oct 1649 |
Margaret Smith | spouse to Walter Green, smith in Drumclum | 16 Jul 1613 |
Thomas Smith | in Schillhill | 23 Sep 1619 |
John Stalker | braboner in Kirriemuir | 29 Sep 1641 |
John Strachan | in Criss | 31 Aug 1613 |
John Strachan, | in Creisse | 20 Jan 1619 |
John Strachan | in Creiffe | 9 Mar 1619 |
John Taylor | in Drumclune | 3 Sep 1617 |
James Thane | at Dragonhall | 22 Jul, 17 & 25 Aug 1815 |
Christian Wallace | spouse to Robert Green, in Muirhouse | 30 Mar 1615 |
Isobel Watson | spouse to George Winter, in Hudhill | 15 Aug 1620 |
Alexander Watt | weaver in Ballinshoe | 10 Oct 1796 |
Agnes Webster | relict of Andrew Croll, sometime in Cremond Inch | 6 Apr 1710 |
James Wilkie | merchant in Kirriemuir | 11 Sep 1780 |
Charles Wilson | tenant in Bastard Brae | 16 Nov 1786 |
Elizabeth Wilson | spouse to Andrew Donald, in Cruikit-bank | 4 Jul 1637 |
Robert Wilson | in Dollinche | 22 Sep 1617 |
Catherine Wishart | lawful daughter to umquhile Thomas Wishart, in Balnadarg | 13 Jun 1616 |
Catherine Wood | and Alexander Layng, in Shilhill | 31 Jul 1662 |
Grissell Wood | spouse to Robert Cowll, in Balmuckelie | 20 Jun 1637 |
Margaret Wood | lawful daughter to umquhile Andrew Wood, sometime cordlner in Kirriemuir | 25 Oct 1683 |
Donald Young | at the Mylne of Kirriemuir, thereafter in Forfar | 22 Oct 1713 |
Mrs Helen Young | residing at Scouringburn, par. of Liff, widow of Andrew Anderson, weaver in Kirriemuir | 31 May 1819 |
John Young | in Beanstie | 24 Oct 1685 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that may have been lost, for which entries in the minute books are extant.
William Aldie | at Miln of Logie, and spouse | 15 Feb 1727 |
David Barron | writer in Kirriemuir | 13 Mar 1764 |
Agnes Carnegie | spouse of Mr William Gray, minister at Kirriemuir | 3 Aug 1737 |
John Cossins | chapman in Kirriemuir | 22 Feb 1738 |
James Donaldson | in Kirriemuir | 4 Jul 1739 |
Andrew Edward | tenant in Herdhill | 10 Jul 1728 |
James Fraser of Kintyre | 10 May 1738 | |
Euphemia Fyfe | spouse of Andrew Steill, merchant in Kirriemuir | 13 Apr 1737 |
Isobel Greig | relict of John Peacock | 14 Jan 1730 |
John Howie | in Cotton of Glaswell | 24 Mar 1725 |
Andrew Hunter, sometime of Restennet | and Margaret Hunter, relict of John Campbell stamp-master at Kirriemuir | 27 Oct 1764 |
James Johnston | at Miln of Balindarg | 18 May 1726 |
Andrew Lindsay | in Kirriemuir | 14 Dec 1742 |
William Lindsay | at Logiewishart | 5 May 1725 |
Jean Low | in Balloch | 7 May 1729 |
Thomas Mitchell | merchant in Kirriemuir | 23 Nov 1737 |
Alexander Ogilvie | late shipmaster in Rotterdam, thereafter residenter at Kirrimuir | 1 Jun 1765 |
John Ogilvie | in Formeill | 11 Aug 1742 |
Thomas Ogilvie | writer in Kirriemuir | 13 May 1737 |
Thomas Ogilvie | clerk in Kirriemuir | 18 Aug 1737 |
Henry Rodger | merchant in Kirriemuir | 5 Jun 1728 |
James Skerling | maltman in Kirriemuir | 19 Nov 1729 |
James Valentine | in Muirhead of Logie | 23 Jun 1725 |
Andrew White | merchant in Kirriemuir | 24 Nov 1764 |
Robert White | merchant in Kirriemuir | 2 Nov 1737 |
James Wilson | merchant in Kirriemuir | 22 Aug 1768 |
John Wright | in Balnaboth | 13 Aug 1729 |
Testaments of Kirriemuir people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1823
James Hanton | in Balloch, par. of Kirriemuir | 12 Jun 1656 |
Margaret Herris (Hares) | spouse to umquhile Adam Gibson, in Woodhead of Bainshoe, par. of Kirriemuir | 28 Jul 1658 |
William Lindsay | merchant in Montrose, only lawful son to the deceased William L., in Logy Wishart, late bailie of the Regality of Kirrimuir | 24 Dec 1725 and 23 Mar 1726 |
Giles Ogilvy | relict of the Rev. James Lyall, minister of the Episcopal Congregation at Kirriemuir | 16 Sep 1812 |
Testaments of Kirriemuir people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
George Adamson | in Langbank, par. of Kirremure, sher. of Perth [?] | 30 Oct 1594 |
William Bursie | in Kirremure in Angus | 9 Jun 1595 |
Jonet Guthrie | sometime spouse to James Spalding, in Balmuckatie, par. of Kirremuir, sher. of Forfar | 31 Jul 1595 |
Thomas Henry | and Elspeth Patoun, his relict, in Creise, par. of Kirremure, sher. of Forfar | 8 Feb 1594-5 |
William Hood | in Kirremure | 14 Feb 1583-4 |
Andro Kay | in Over-Inche, par. of Kirremure in Angus | 23 Sep 1586 |
John Mylne | in Doldoway, par. of Kyremure | 8 Dec 1578 |
John Neische | in Ballindarge, par. of Kirriemuir | 23 Apr 1593 |
Isobel Ogilvy | sometime spouse to Thomas Ogilvy, in the Newtoun of Kirremure in Angus | 11 Sep 1583 |
Gilbert Smyth | and Helen Newton, his spouse, at the Mylne of Bandarg, par. of Kirremure, sher. of Forfar | 6 Jul 1597 |
Donald Steill | in Cragyemaok, par. of Kirremure, in Angus | 9 Aug 1576 |
John Tempilman | in Litill-Mygvie, par. of Kiremure | 20 Apr 1581 |
John Wilson | in Glenwik, par. of Kirremure | 5 Nov 1588 |
Testaments of Kirriemuir people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
Helen Adam | sometime spouse to James Fyff, in Sandefuird, par. of Kirremuir, in Angus | 29 Jun 1602 |
George McReche | in Plocaidstoun, par. of Kirremuir, in Angus | 17 Feb 1609 |
Adam Mowbray or Moubray | in Logie, par. of Kirremuir, in Angus | (vol. 45) 26 Jul 1609 |
Grissell Scrymgeour | lawful daughter of umquhile James Scrymgeour of Glaswell, par. of Kirremure, in Angus | 19 Feb 1605 |
Marion Scrymgeour | sometime spouse to Thomas Wischart, in Ballindarg, par. of Kirriemuir, in Angus | 13 Jul 1608 |
George Wishart | in Ballindarg, par. of Kirrimuire, sher. of Forfar | 11 Feb 1601 |
Testaments of Kirriemuir people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1701-1800
David Doig | sometime tailor in Montrose, lawful son to William Doig, sometime in Kirriemuir | 20 Apr 1754 |
Images of the original records for Kirriemuir ("Kerrymuir"):
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Superiors of the Burgh of Kirriemuir
Name | In office | Born | Died | Info |
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Charles Lyell of Kinnordy | ?-1846-1847-? |
Name | In office | Born | Died | Info |
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Duncan Wilkie | ?-1846-1847-? | |||
J. A. carnegie | ?-1923-? |
Provosts of Kirriemuir, to 1975
Name | In office | Born | Died | Info |
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James Sandeman, M.R.C.V.S | ?-1893-1895-? | 1860/1 | 31 Mar 1900 Kirriemuir | M.R.C.V.S. (veterinary surgeon); first provost |
-- Ogilvy | ?-1896-1898-? | |||
David Wilkie | ?-1899-1904 | ca. 1845 Kirriemuir | 24 Dec 1914 Noranside | linen manufacturer |
David Savege | 1904-1907 | 1851/2 | 4 Feb 1931 Kirriemuir | |
William Ogilvy | 1907-1919-? | 1849/50 | 16 Jan 1926 Kirriemuir | |
Charles John Mill Wilkie | ?-1920-1922-? | 1878 Kirriemuir | missing in London, 1931 presumed to have died 27 Feb 1938 | |
George Duke McNicoll | ?-1925-1926 | 1864/5 | Dec 1937 Kirriemuir | |
James Moir | 1926-1929 | 1870/71 Edzell | 28 Oct 1946 Kirriemuir | |
Henry Ernest Peacock | 1929-1935 | 1855/6 | 13 Apr 1941 Kirriemuir | headmaster, St Mary's School |
James Doig | 1935-1936 | 1870/1 Kirriemuir | 4 Sep 1936 Kirriemuir | joiner |
James Hosie Joiner | 1936-1947 | 1870/1 | 8 Feb 1951 Kirriemuir | |
William Lowson | 1947-1952-? | |||
A. Reid | ?-1958-? |
Name | In office | Born | Died | Info |
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Archibald Smith | ?-1879-1915 | 1846/7 Ayr | 8 Dec 1915 Kirriemuir | |
Capt. Robert Adam Smith, O.B.E. alias Robert Barclay | 1916-1926 | 1875/6 Kirriemuir | also town chamberlain; disappeared Sep 1926 deposed 24 Nov 1926; arrested in Aberystwyth for embezzlement, 1929 | |
David S. Smith | 1927-1946-? | |||
David Smith | ?-1952-1965-? | same man? | ||
W. G. H. Smith | ?-1966-? |
Valuation rolls of properties in Kirriemuir, 1856, 1908-9, 1919-20, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1926-27 are held in Kirriemuir Library.
Valuation rolls of properties in the County of Angus, for the years 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1920, 1925 and 1930 only, can be seen at ScotlandsPeople.
- Kirriemuir Herald - web-site of the current newspaper
Holdings of Kirriemuir Library
Newspaper Years held
(bound copies)Years held
(microfilm)Indexed years Kirriemuir Free Press 1885, 1901-1975 (except 1903,07,09,21,38) 1915-1975 1915-1975 Kirriemuir Herald Aug 1984-1986 1957-present 1957-present Kirriemuir Observer & Braes of Angus Reporter Mar-Jul 1874 Mar-Jul 1874 Kirriemuir Observer & General Advertiser 1918-1949 1918-1949 Kirriemuir Observer & Local Advertiser 1884-Mar 1885 1884-Mar 1885
- Camera Obscura, Kirriemuir
- J.M. Barrie's Birthplace, Kirriemuir
- Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum
- ScotlandsPlaces: Kirriemuir - an extensive collection of photographs, maps and records
- Kirriemuir on Wikipedia
- J. M. Barrie on Wikipedia
Portraits
- Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity, bart. (1803-1890)