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From: gordon mcleod <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-KINCARDINE] Any assistance welcome
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:28:16 -0600


The 1841 census has a James Duncan 25, Elizabeth Duncan 35, and William Duncan 3 in Johnshaven. There is an older 35 year old James Duncan, same area.

Possibly looking for William Duncan's birth might give some clues.

Gordon McLeod

----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Cargill <>
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:04 am
Subject: [SCT-KINCARDINE] Any assistance welcome

> Hi Everyone,
>
> This is related to some of my Johnshaven/Benholm ancestors (no pun
> intended).
>
> My great-great-great grandfather James Duncan who has proven the most
> mysterious of all my ancestors was supposedly born circa 1806 in
> Johnshaven(according to the 1851 census) but there is no sign of
> him in the IGI. I
> have also never found any record of a marriage or a death for him.
> The name
> is quite common in the Kincardine area, which can pose a problem.
>
> He lived with Elizabeth Torrie/Mather in Johnshaven at least between
> 1840-1844, and they had two children. Elizabeth was either
> married/widowedwhen living with James as she had several children
> to James Mathers (another
> person who has been impossilbe to trace). To my knowledge most
> childrenborn outwith marriage at that time appear to have been
> registered anyway.
> Yet like their father the two sons are nowhere to be seen. I know
> thatElizabeth was Church of Scotland and wondered if anyone
> thought that James
> could well have been catholic. This would have probably stopped a
> potentialmarriage (assuming neither was married) and I would think
> stop the births
> being registered with the Church of Scotland.
>
> I went to the National Archives in Edinburgh yesterday to check
> the catholic
> records for Blairs but they were few and far between.
>
> I would love any fresh thoughts or perspective from any kind
> person out
> there!
>
>
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