Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon, Argyl, Scotland

Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon, Argyl, Scotland (#542)

History
Established Church—Old Parochial Registers ==

There are no entries for Kilfinichen

Condition of Original Records—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births and Marriages: These records are intermixed throughout. They appear to have been carefully kept and were kept under the single parish name of Kilfinichen. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b. Note: From the Statistical Account of Scotland, for Kilfinichen and Kilviceon for 1842: “There was no register of any kind kept in the parish until the year 1780, when the then incumbent commenced one, but that only extended to marriages and baptisms. There being no less than thirteen burial places in the parish, and at a great distance from each other, and from the incumbents’ residence, deaths were not recorded.” Apparently the earliest registers have been lost.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1842–1916 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/687.

Ross and Brolas Free Church
History— The southern part of the Island of Mull was, from the Disruption, in charge of the minister of Iona. A church was built at Torosay in 1845. An unsuccessful application was made in 1849 to have Kilfinichan, Brolas and Torosay sanctioned as a united charge. In 1890 Ross was disjoined from Iona, and united with Brolas as one charge. Membership: 189, 157 (including adherents); 1900, 39. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

Records— Extent of pre-1855 records is unknown.

Iona Free Church
History— The minister of the united charge of Iona and Ross of Mull left the Established Church at the Disruption. He suffered hardship from lack of a proper dwelling until 1847. In the years succeeding the Disruption the population of Iona was seriously diminished. In 1890, in consideration of the difficulty of working the two districts together on opposite sides of the Sound, the historical associations of Iona, and its importance as a resort for summer visitors, Iona was sanctioned as a separate charge. Ross and Brolas then became a new charge for the southern district of the Island of Mull. The church was built in 1845 and the manse in 1894. Membership: 1848, 40; 1900, 16. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

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