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 
[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Gender Male Baptism 10 Jul 1864 Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland Birth 1865 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire [1] Residence 1871 Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, with parents [1] 26 Wardlawhill St Occupation 1881 bottler Residence 1881 Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, with widowed mother [4] Occupation 1891 General Labourer Residence 1891 Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9] 363 Mordaunt St. Occupation 1901 General Labourer Residence 1901 Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] 363 Mordaunt St. Arrival 1913 [2, 7] 48 Age: 48 Emigration Jun 1914 to Belleville, Ontario, Canada Named After maternal grandfather, Robert Wilson Race Scotch [2] Immigration Abt 1917 to Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Name Robert Wilson [10] Nationality Canada [2] Occupation Steelworker-Brakesman Residence 1 Jun 1921 497 Willson St, Hamilton, Hamilton East, Ontario, Canada [2] 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; IllnessWeeksOutOfWork: 2; Income: 1250; Industry: ?? B; MonthlyRental: BB; MonthsAtSchool: 5052; NumberRooms: (6) 10; OutOfWork: No; SpeaksFrench: No; SubEnumerationDistrict: 53; SubEnumerationDistrictName: Polling Division No 53; WeeksOutOfWork: 02; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head; Helper Occupation: Helper Residence 1931 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [7] Died 15 Aug 1942 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [5, 8] Buried 18 Aug 1942 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [8] - Woodland Cemetery (sec 7, row 4, grave 68)
Person ID I5395 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 12 Feb 2025
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 1 Jane Gilmour, b. 4 Sep 1867, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 17 Aug 1889, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Age 21 years) Married 16 Jul 1886 Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Children 1. Abraham Duncan, b. 24 Oct 1887, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland , d. Jul 1955, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) [natural]Last Modified 12 Feb 2025 Family ID F1468 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 12 Feb 2025 Family ID F1469 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - As a child Robert worked as a bottler. (1881 Census)
In 1891 Robert was living with his second wife, Margaret Hunter, however his son, Abraham, from his first marriage, was living with his maternal grandmother.
The family came to Canada in order to bring son Bill to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in order to be treated for polio.
Robert was buried from the Wallace Funeral Home in Hamilton. His last known residence was 181 Balmoral Ave South, Hamilton, Ontario.
Robert and Margaret lived on Wilson Street in Hamilton. Whether the street name had anything to do with a member of Robert's mother's family or is pure coincidence is not known.
- As a child Robert worked as a bottler. (1881 Census)
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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 - [S224] 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 - [S100] 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.
- [S76] 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.
- [S2753] 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.
- [S380] 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 - [S2569] 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.
- [S2461] 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 - [S85] 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
- [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 Jessie Duncan
- [S82] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.