Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (#465)

= History =

The name of his parish, also spelled Alloway, means 'the way to the sea.' The parish is small, containing only 7 3/4 square miles. The River Forth, which rises at the eastern side of Ben Lomond, extends along the south side of the parish by a very circuitous course, a distance of four and a half miles to the west of the town of Alloa, and about one mile to the east, where it ceases to be a river and becomes a firth. There are several collieries in the parish. Before 1775, the colliers were attached to the properties in which they were born and were vertual serfs or slaves, supported by the master. After the Act of Parliament which abolished the system, the colliers could move between collieries at will and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          This parish includes Sauchie

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered                  FHL Film Number  Births:        1609–1740                        1040205 items 3–4                  1740–1804                        1040206                  1804–1854                        1040207 items 1–2 Marriages: 1609–1804                         1040206                  1804–1854                         1040207 items 1–2 Deaths:      1825, 1849, 1854–1860       1040207 items 1–2

Condition of Original Registers
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may also be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The record prior to August 1622 is tabulated; also May 1646–April 1653, December 1663–March 1712, and July 1782–December 1800. The record for December 1657–July 1659 is defective. There are two imperfect pages after March 1775. At February 1783 are found three pages of omitted entries for 1776–1782. Marriages: There are only six entries for January 1610–January 1613. There are no entries for November 1621–January 1623, March 1641–April 1645, and December 1657–November 1659. June 1767–April 1807, the fact of marriage is often not added to the entry of Proclamation. Early portions are much injured by damp. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, Pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23B.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Various Minutes 1609–1926 - with gaps Stent Roll of Town and Barony 1620, assessment of the value of land held directly of the King by Barons and Burghs. Accounts 1611–1634, 1645–1652 Poors’ Fund Distributions 1762–1769 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH2/942.

Sauchie/Sauchey

Seat Rental Book 1842 Managers Minutes, Papers, etc. 1839–1932 Accounts 1843–1886 Other Post -1855 records Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, records CH2/1512.

Alloa First Associate, Anti-burgher Church, later Townhead United Presbyterian
History—

About 1738, the Seceders in and about Alloa adhered to the Associate Presbytery and were attached to a congregation at Stirling. In 1746 they were disjoined and formed into a separate congregation. At the breach in 1747, the majority of the congregation adhered to the General Associate, Antiburgher Synod. Following the forced settlement of an unpopular new minister in the parish church of Alloa in 1750, many of the parishioners withdrew from the Established Church and joined with the recently-formed Alloa General Associate congregation. This congregation joined the United Presbyterian Synod in 1847.

Membership: 1788, 512; 1791, 376. This is from the Statistical Account of c.1795.

Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details are given in the source.

Records

There are no known early records
 * Minutes 1851–1871

Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/1057.

Alloa West, or Bedford Place Burgher Church, later Second United Presbyterian
History— In 1765, due to the settlement of an unpopular new minister, a number of persons resident in Alloa applied to the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Dunfermline for regular supply of sermon, which was granted. Membership: 1788, 392; 1791, 263. This is from the Statistical Account of c.1795. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details are given in the source.

Records— Various Minutes 1765, 1769–1963 Communion Rolls 1779–1792, 1853–1958 Correspondence 1838–1920 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/613.

Alloa Burgher, later East Free Church Congregation
History— This congregation, of the Original Associate Burgher Synod, may have been founded about 1809. It joined the Church of Scotland in 1839 when quoad sacra parish designation was assigned to it as the east parish of Alloa. The congregation adhered to the Free Church in 1843. Membership: 1841, 750; 333 communicants. This is from Statistical Account of 1841; 1848, 233; 1900, 182. 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— Minutes 1809–1909 Accounts 1830–1854 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/1227.

Alloa West Free Church, later Chalmers Church of Scotland
History— The minister of Alloa did not adhere to the Free Church in 1843. Those parishioners who did formed a Free Church congregation and built a place of worship. This congregation became a United Free church in 1900 and rejoined the Church of Scotland in 1929. Membership: 1848, 430; 1900, 423. 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— Minutes 1843–1970 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/1263.

Tullibody Free Church
History— This congregation dates from the Disruption in 1843. Membership: 1848, 200; 1900, 167. 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— Minutes 1843–1881 Accounts 1840–1888 Deacons’ Court Minutes 1844–1902 Church Door Collections 1843–1847 Note: Available at the Stirling Council Archives, Stirling, Scotland, record CH3/655.

Alloa Congregational Church
History— This church was formed in 1810. Of its early history nothing is known. A chapel was built in Castle Street in 1839. The congregation joined the Evangelical Union in 1844 but ceased by 1855. Source: A History of Scottish Congregationalism, by Harry Escott. Glasgow: Congregational Union of Scotland, 1960; FHL British Book 941 K2es.

Records— The extent of records is unknown. For more information write to: The United Reformed Church, Scottish Synod Office PO Box 189 240 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 2BX Scotland

Alloa Baptist Church
History— In 1838, some members of the Stirling Baptist Church formed the Alloa Baptist Church. The congregation purchased a former Episcopal chapel for their church. Source: The Baptists in Scotland, edited By D. W. Beddington, Glasgow: Baptist Union of Scotland. FHL British Book 941 K2bs.

Records— The extent of records is unknown. For more information write to: The Baptist Union of Scotland 12 Aytoun Road Glasgow G41 5RT Scotland

Alloa Episcopal Church
History— No history is available. Membership: 1788, 52; 1791, 32. This is from the Statistical Account of c.1795.

Records— Registers of Christenings and Marriages 1775–1854 Registers of Burials 1839–1854 Note: The records may still be in the hands of the minister. For information write to: St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church c/o 18 Alexandra Drive Alloa FK19 2DQ Scotland

Alloa Roman Catholic Church
History— This church opened in1850. It was earlier served from Stirling. Source: Catholic Missions and Registers, 1700–1880, volume 6, 'Scotland,' by Michael Gandy, pub. 1993. FHL Brit Ref. Book 942 K24gm, vol. 6.

Records— There are no pre-1855 records. See Stirling, Stirlingshire for earlier records.