Abraham Duncan
1869 - 1959 (89 years)
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Name Abraham Duncan [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Birth 1869 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire 
[1] Born 23 May 1869 Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9] Gender Male Baptism 23 May 1869 Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland Residence 1871 26 Wardlawhill St, Rutherglen, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Residence 1871 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Residence 1871 Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland, with parents Birth 1872 Scotland [10] Residence 1881 10 Broad Street, Camlachie, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Residence 1881 Barony, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, with mother [3] Arrival 1882 [4] Immigration Between 1882 and 1885 Scotland to Canada Arrival 30 Apr 1883 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [6, 9] Departure Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9] Named After father, Abraham Duncan Sr. Residence 1891 Sydney, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada [10] Occupation 1901 Domestic Servant working for George Phelps Residence 1901 Thurlow, East Hastings, Ontario, Canada Occupation 1911 Labourer Residence 1911 Belleville, West Hastings, Ontario, Canada [2, 4] Immigration Abt 1912 to Belleville, Ont. Name Abram Duncan [9] Name Abram Duncan [10] Religion Presbyterian (Church of Scotland) Residence 1 Jun 1921 72 Frank St, Belleville City, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada [6] Died 1959 Belleville, West Hastings, Ontario, Canada Buried Corbyville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [5, 7] Person ID I5280 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
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. Aft 1881, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age > 40 years) Relationship natural Married 18 Jan 1861 Free Church, Rutherglen (Glasgow), Lanark, Scotland Family ID F1435 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Clarissa Benedict Doughan, b. 9 Dec 1866, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Jun 1928, Belleville, West Hastings, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years) Married 31 Dec 1906 Bellville, West Hastings, Ontario, Canada [2] Children 1. Abraham Donald Duncan, b. 25 Dec 1911, Belleville, West Hastings, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Dec 1998, Ymir, Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (Age 86 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F1436 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Abraham Duncan was born and raised in Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland, a suburb of Glasgow. In 1871 he was 2 years old and residing with his parents and siblings at 26 Wardlawhill St, Rutherglen, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1881 Abraham was residing with his widowed mother and siblings at 10 Broad Street, Camlachie, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Abraham (who went by "Abram") arrived on the ship, Prussian, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from Glasgow, Scotland on 30 Apr 1883. He was travelling without family and was on a shipload consisting almost entirely of teenage boys from Scotland. They are all recorded as "colonists". It appears Abraham may have been "sent away" like a Dr. Bernardo's Child.
Abraham came to Canada in 1886.
In 1891 Abraham was residing in Sydney, East Hasting, Ontario, Canada, age 19, and working as a farm hand for David Gilbert Roblin (who was born in the USA and is no known relation).
In 1911 Abraham was residing in Belleville, West Hastings, Ontario, Canada with his wife. Also residing with them was Abraham's cousin, James Orr and his nephew John Duncan (son of Robert Wilson Duncan).
Abraham was the first Duncan to come to Canada from Scotland. According to the 1911 census he immigrated in 1882 (or 1885 according to 1901). He was only 16 years old. His brother Robert didn't immigrate until 30 years later. It is believed that Abraham may have immigrated with his cousin James Orr and that they may have initially stayed with other relatives no presently identified.
Abraham married in 1906 in the Methodist church in Belleville, Ontario, Canada to Clarissa Benedict Doughan, by Rev. George Brown. The marriage was witnessed by David Joss and L. E. Brown. David Joss may be a cousin. L. E. Brown may be a relative of the minister as she witnessed several marriages by George Brown.
In 1911 Abraham was residing in Belleville with wife and no children. In 1912/13 when his niece and nephew Margaret Hunter "Maggie" Duncan and Samuel Wilson Duncan came over from Scotland they stayed with Abraham before moving to Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario. The 1911 census shows Abraham living in Belleville with his wife and cousin, James Orr (b. Apr 1887 in Scotland) and nephew John Duncan (Dec 1891).
- Abraham Duncan was born and raised in Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland, a suburb of Glasgow. In 1871 he was 2 years old and residing with his parents and siblings at 26 Wardlawhill St, Rutherglen, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1881 Abraham was residing with his widowed mother and siblings at 10 Broad Street, Camlachie, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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Sources - [S82] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
Record for Abraham Duncan - [S12] 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 Abraham Duncan - [S76] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
Record for Abraham Duncan - [S21] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Abraham Duncan - [S1383] Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Canadian Headstones; Canada; Canadian Headstone Photo Project.
https://canadianheadstones.ca/wp/headstone-vendor/?wpda_search_column_idperson=711630 - [S374] 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 64; Census Place: 64, Hastings West, Ontario; Page Number: 1.
- [S2386] Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199702931/abraham-duncan - [S2742] Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 227; Record Group: Rg 80-2.
- [S78] Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Abram Duncan - [S3] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Database online.
Record for Abram Duncan
- [S82] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.