Robert Wilson Duncan
1864 - 1942 (78 years)
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Name Robert Wilson Duncan [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Born 10 Jul 1864 Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Gender Male Baptism 10 Jul 1864 Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland Birth 1865 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire Residence 1871 Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, with parents [9] 26 Wardlawhill St Occupation 1881 bottler Residence 1881 Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, with widowed mother [3] Occupation 1891 General Labourer Residence 1891 Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8] 363 Mordaunt St. Occupation 1901 General Labourer Residence 1901 Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] 363 Mordaunt St. Arrival 1913 [1, 6] 48 Age: 48 Emigration Jun 1914 to Belleville, Ontario, Canada Named After maternal grandfather, Robert Wilson Race Scotch [1] Immigration Abt 1917 to Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Name Robert Wilson [10] Nationality Canada [1] Occupation Steelworker-Brakesman Residence 1 Jun 1921 497 Willson St, Hamilton, Hamilton East, Ontario, Canada [1] 56 Age: 56; Presbyterian Religion: Presbyterian; Municipality: Ward 8; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; ClassOfHouse: Single House; ClassofWorker: 2 Wage Earner; ConstructMaterials: Brick; EnumerationDistrict: 87; HomeOwnership: Owned Residence 1931 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [6] Died 15 Aug 1942 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [4, 7] Buried 18 Aug 1942 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [7] - Woodland Cemetery (sec 7, row 4, grave 68)
Person ID I5225 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Pvt. Abraham Duncan, b. 1839, Ireland, possibly Belfast, Antrim , d. 29 Jun 1874, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Age 35 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1842, Ireland, possibly Belfast, Antrim , d. UNKNOWN, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Relationship natural Married 18 Jan 1861 Free Church, Rutherglen (Glasgow), Lanark, Scotland [11] Family ID F1516 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jane Gilmour, b. 4 Sep 1867, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 17 Aug 1889, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 21 years) Married 16 Jul 1886 Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Children 1. Abraham Duncan, b. 24 Oct 1887, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. Jul 1955, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F1480 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Margaret Harton Hunter, b. 17 Apr 1868, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 18 May 1956, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) Married 31 Dec 1890 Calton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Children 1. John Duncan, b. 22 Dec 1892, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 4 Dec 1962, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years) [natural]2. Margaret Harton Duncan, b. 15 Jan 1894, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 28 May 1975, Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) [natural]3. Samuel Wilson Duncan, b. 25 Dec 1895, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 22 Jun 1973, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) [natural]4. Robert Wilson Duncan, b. 8 Dec 1897, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 9 May 1966, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years) [natural]5. Elizabeth Helen Duncan, b. 27 Feb 1900, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 13 Feb 1952, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 51 years) [natural]6. Jessie Brown Duncan, b. 31 Aug 1902, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 4 Jun 1973, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) [natural]7. William James Hunter Duncan, b. 29 Jun 1905, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1970, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) [natural]8. Janet Orr Duncan, b. 11 Apr 1910, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 28 Jan 1999, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F1479 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Robert Wilson Duncan was born in 1864 in Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland to Abraham Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson.
In 1871, at age 6, Robert Duncan was residing at 26 Wardlawhill St. in Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings.
In 1874, when Robert Duncan was 9 years old, his father, Abraham Duncan, died.
In 1881, at age 16, Robert Duncan was residing at 10 Broad Street in Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his widowed mother and siblings. He was employed as a bottler.
In 1883, Robert's younger brother, Abraham Duncan, was sent to Canada, possibly as a "home child." (Home Children were part of a British Government poverty-relief program that sent impoverished children from Glasgow and elsewhere to Canada to work as farm labourers.)
On 16 Jul 1866, at age 22, Robert Duncan married to Jane Gilmour. They had one son, Abraham, a year later.
In 1889, when Robert Duncan was 25, his wife Jane died.
On 31 Dec 1890, at age 26, Robert Duncan married secondly in Calton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, to Margaret Hunter.
In 1891, at age 26, Robert Duncan was residing at 363 Mordaunt St. in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his second wife. They had no children. He was employed as a general labourer. His 4-year-old son, Abraham, from his first marriage, was living with Abraham's maternal grandmother.
In 1901, at age 35, Robert Duncan was residing at 363 Mordaunt St. in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his second wife and their children, including his son Abraham from his first marriage. Robert was employed as a general labourer.
In 1911, at age 44, Robert Duncan was residing 118 Crail Street, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife, Margaret, and their children, John (19, a general labourer in a steel works), Margaret (17, a hawk winder in a spinning mill), Samuel (15, a hydraulic crane driver in a steel works), Robert (13, in school), Lizzie (11, in school), Jessie (9, in school), William (5, in school), and Janet (11 months). Robert was employed as a locomotive brakesman in a steel works.
In 1913, Robert Duncan and his family immigrated to Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada in order to bring son Bill to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children to be treated for polio. They may have been preceded by their children Samuel and Margaret, who allegedly stayed with Robert's brother, Abraham Duncan, in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada before moving to Hamilton, however family stories conflict on this matter.
In 1921, at age 56, Robert Duncan was residing at 497 Willson St. in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and children. He was employed as a helper for a steam rail company. He earned $1250/year and owned his own brick home.
In 1931, at age 59 (sic, 63), Robert Duncan was residing at 497 Willson St. in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two of their adult children. He was employed as a gateman for a steam railway company.
Robert Duncan died in 1942 at age 78 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. His last known residence was 181 Balmoral Ave. South in Hamilton. He was buried from the Wallace Funeral Home in Hamilton.
- Robert Wilson Duncan was born in 1864 in Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland to Abraham Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson.
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Sources - [S115] 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 62; Census Place: 62, Hamilton East, Ontario; Page Number: 6.
Record for Robert Duncan
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8991&h=3416339&indiv=try - [S69] 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glasgow Bridgeton; ED: 67; Page: 26; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1901_266.
- [S8] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 68; Page: 1; Line: 13; Roll: cssct1881_218.
- [S304] Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1949, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: Ms 935; Series: 693; Reel: M023578.
- [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WS-896 - [S46] 1931 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27268; Census Place: Hamilton East, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 19.
- [S225] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194233595/robert-w-duncan - [S7] 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
- [S163] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Rutherglen; ED: 12; Page: 5; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1871_150.
- [S42] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Jessie Duncan - [S66] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1Z-BB3
- [S115] 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 62; Census Place: 62, Hamilton East, Ontario; Page Number: 6.