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Personal data James Duncan 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of James Duncan

He is married to Sophia Cook.

They got married on May 18, 1877 at 7 Blair Row, Oakley, Fife, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Duncan  1879-????
  2. Janet Duncan  1877-1890

Event (Witness at Marriage) on May 18, 1877 in 7 Blair Row, Oakley, Fife, Scotland : John Wilson, Witness Maggie Cook, Witness.Source 4


Notes about James Duncan

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Ancestry.com. Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1933 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1933. Balgowlah, Australia: W. & F. Pascoe Pty, Ltd. Directories reproduced from microfiche copies courtesy of W. & F. Pascoe Pty, Ltd.
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Contained in this database is a collection of the Sand’s directories for Sydney and New South Wales, Australia from 1861-1933. Available directories are for the years 1861, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930. There are usually several sections in each directory including an index of alphabetical names, street addresses, and commercial addresses.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Duncan

James Duncan
1854-1906

1877

Sophia Cook
1855-1934

Robert Duncan
1879-????
Janet Duncan
1877-1890

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  1. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Ancestry.com, Record for Sophia Duncan
    Record for Sophia Duncan
    Sophia Cook Duncan
    Birth: 11 Oct 1855 Carnock, Fife, Scotland
    Death: 16 Mar 1934 (aged 78) Merewether, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
    Burial: Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
    Plot: General; Section 9; Plot 2
    Memorial #: 178911529
    Family Members
    Spouse
    James Duncan 1854-1906
    Children
    Janet Duncan 1877-1890
    Created by: Stombell (48335209)
    Added: 30 Apr 2017
    URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178911529
    Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 June 2020), memorial page for Sophia Cook Duncan (11 Oct 1855–16 Mar 1934), Find a Grave Memorial no. 178911529, citing Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209) .
    / Ancestry.com
  2. Newspaper Article, 1934 DUNCAN.or COOK, SOPHIA MRS. SOPHIA DUNCAN. 21 March 1934
    MRS. SOPHIA DUNCAN.
    The funeral of Mrs Sophia Duncan left her residence, 19 Berner Street. Merewether on Sunday for the General Cemetery, Sandgate.
    Mr. W. F. Piper, of the Merewether Baptist Church, held services at the house and graveside. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Ashman, Heddles, Caldwell and Davies.
    Mrs Duncan was 78 years old. and was born at Oakley, Scotland. She had been a resident of Merewether for 54 years.
    Her Husband predeceased her 28 years ago.
    She leaves three sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great-grand children.
    Wreaths were recieved from-Kate, Sophia and Ted: Tom, Pat and Norma: Jim. Elsie and Melba: Vera and Cems:
    Ermyr and Joyce; and the Arnold family; and Mr and Mrs Caldwell
  3. UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890, Ancestry.com, 1879 Robert Duncan The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages; Class: BT 158; Piece: 4
    Record for Robert Duncan
    Name: Sophia Duncan
    [Sophia Cook]
    Gender: Female
    Ship: Scottish Knight
    Spouse: James Duncan
    Child: Robert Duncan
    Born at sea 11 April 1879
    / Ancestry.com
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1877 DUNCAN, JAMES (Statutory registers Marriages 414/ 3)
    1877 DUNCAN, JAMES, SOPHIA COOK (Statutory registers Marriages 414/ 3)
    Marriages in the Parish of Carnock in the County of Fife 1877.
    1877 Eighteenth May
    7 Blair Row, Oakley, Carnock.
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Free Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    James Duncan, Ironstone Miner, Single
    Age 22. Store Row, Oakley, Carnock
    Parents: Robert Duncan,
    Miner (Deceased)
    Catherine Duncan M.S, Dryburgh
    (Signed)
    Sophia Cook, Factory Worker. Single
    Age 21. Blair Row, Oakley, Carnock
    Parents: Thomas Cook
    Miner (Deceased)
    Janet Cook M.S. Hutton
    William Gilston,
    Minister of Free Church, Carnock
    (Signed)
    John Wilson, Witness
    Maggie Cook, Witness
    Registered
    1877 21 May, Carnock
    Hendry Anderson
    Registrar

Historical events

Birthday May 21, 1854

  • The temperature on May 21, 1854 was about 11.0 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
    • February 23 » The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
    • May 30 » The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    • June 10 » The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
    • July 13 » In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
    • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.

Day of marriage May 18, 1877

  • The temperature on May 18, 1877 was about 13.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
    • November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
    • November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

Day of death October 8, 1906

  • The temperature on October 8, 1906 was between 8.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
    • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
    • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
    • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
    • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).


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