Alexander Umpherston and Jane Cleland 1828
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A parish in Lanarkshire until 1975. A medieval parish and a parish for both civil and religious purposes from the sixteenth century until 1975.
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627/1 B 1657-1819 M 1657-1819 D 1731-1819
627/2 B 1820-54 M 1820-54 D 1820-54
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The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the growing industrialisation of the spinning and weaving trades resulted in high unemployment, particularly in Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire. The government saw emigration as the solution, and offered assisted passages to Canada in 1820-1821. Emigration Societies were set up, and the first group arrived in 1820.