Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland Genealogy

Stonehouse (#656)

= History =

The New Statistical Account of Scotland (pub. 1834-45) offers uniquely rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including history, agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs. The reports, written by the parish ministers, are available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Click on ‘Browse scanned pages’ then search the parish reports for Stonehouse. Also available at the Family History Library.

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: 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: There are no entries February 1721–April 1758. The record up to 1781 is in the form of memorandum books. The page at June 1802 contains irregular entries of two families, 1802–1822. Single entries on slips of paper attached to the register are not unfrequent in the portion after 1781. There are four pages of omitted entries, 1773–1783 after proclamations December 1791. Marriages: These are marriage proclamations, and there are no entries June 1718–December 1758, November 1801–March 1809 and the record ends July 1810. There is, however, a separate list of proclamation fees from 1767, which supplies the blank 1801–1809 and is continued as the principal register after July 1810. The fees are not inserted in the entries after August 1813. Deaths: There are no death entries 1710–1767, from which latter date there are only Mortcloth Dues, the names for each half year being entered without particular dates until April 1778. There are no entries May 1813–1848. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1696–1761, 1801–1912 Communicants 1831–1842 Proclamations 1845–1914 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/670.

Stonehouse Free Church
History— This congregation was formed at the Disruption. A church was built and opened in December 1843. The manse was erected in 1845 and the school and teachers house in 1853. In 1873 the church was demolished and a new church built, which was opened in October 1874. In 1894 about a third of the members seceded and formed a Congregational church. Membership: 1848, 300; 1900, 220. 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 may be given in the source including a list of ministers.

Records— Deacons Court Minutes 1843–1908 Minutes 1843–1898 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/587.

Stonehouse United Presbyterian Church
History— Certain person’s, resident in Stonehouse applied for and obtained supply of sermon from the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Glasgow about 1783. Interest waned and supply was withdrawn, but was revived again in 1790. Shortly after, certain persons in Chapeltown, 5 miles northwest, petitioned for supply of sermon on alternate Sabbaths, which was also granted. A place of worship was built there. Eventually the church at Chapeltown was taken down and the materials moved to Stonehouse, where it was rebuilt in 1796. This congregation joined the United Secession Church in 1820. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. FHL Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including a list of ministers.

Records—  The extent of records is unknown.

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