Kilmory, Buteshire, Scotland Genealogy

Kilmory, Bute, Scotland (#554)

This parish includes Shisken and Lochranza. See also Lochranza parish.

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered               FHL Film Number Births:       1701-1854 - Kilmory       1041084 items 1-3                 1785-1854 - Shisken      1041084 items 1-3 Marriages:' 1701-1854 - Kilmory       1041084 items 1-3                 1785-1854 - Shisken       1041084 items 1-3 Deaths:'      No Entries

Condition of Original Registers—
Births: There are no birth entries for May 1717–March 1762, except one for 1770, May 1768–June 1771. There is a separate register for Shisken, a hamlet and district in the parish after 1785. Also, there is a separate register of births for Lochranza after 1732. Marriages: The marriage records prior to 1776 are on alternate columns of the register of births. At 1728 some entries are partially destroyed. No entries for December 1728–August 1762. Separate registers of marriages for Shisken and Lochranza begin from 1785. Deaths: There are no deaths entries except one entry only for 1798. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1702-1723, 1762-1853 Accounts 1830–1861 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/214.

Shiskine Free Church
History— In response to a memorial from the Free Church residents in the district, from which it appeared that they were 15 miles distant from the Free Church of Kilmory, a new charge was sanctioned here in 1844. The church was erected, and opened in March 1847. The congregation lost some thirty families when the Bennecarrigan station was opened. It also suffered through emigration. Membership:1848, 407; 1900, 171. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. FHL Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.

Kilmory Free Church
History— The minister of the parish and the majority of his congregation "came out" at the Disruption. The church was built in 1843 at the south end of the island. Until the church was ready the people worshiped in the open air at Lagg. Membership: 1848, 280; 1900, 111. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— There are no known pre-1855 records.

Lochranza, Lenimore and Pirnmill Free Church
History— In August 1844 there were some 800 adherents of the Free Church in the northern district of Arran; the nearest Free Church being 15 miles distant. Their church was built at Lenimore Point, about 4 miles west of Lochranza. After the first minister's death in 1847, there was a long vacancy, and much uncertainty as to the future. The vacancy was not filled until 1857. This congregation split in 1886. The western congregation became known as Lenimore and Pirnmill. Membership: 1859, 70; 1900, 53 (Lochranza) and 44 (Lenimore and Pirnmill). Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.

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