Duncan family of Restigouche area
DUNCAN William
From the 1851 census
Parish of Addington
William is aged 55 years, listed as Scotch, fisherman and farmer he is married to Elizabeth GERRARD who is listed also as Scotish and age 57
Their children:
1) David who is age 30 (he later married Margaret Ann Mott on April 2/1857
2) Ellen who's 24
3) Alexander is listed as a farmer and fisherman and aged 22
4) Marjory is 20
5) Sarah is 18
6) Christina is listed as being 16
7) Archiblad 14
8) and Arthur is 11
DUNCAN Robert
Parish of Addington
Who's 47 years old, a Scotsman, farmer and fisherman with Mary for a wife who's age 47 also. They only have one child with then and that is adopted Amelia Harrisson who is listed as English and a servant. Robert's brother Alexander is also living with them and he is listed as being a farmer and fisherman and age 44.
DUNCAN John
Parish of Addington
Farmer, fisherman, age 57 and scotish with a 49 year old wife by name of Christina.
1) Adam is listed as being age 30 (he married Marie Chamberlain of Oak Point P.Q. on Oct. 2/1856)
2) Elizabeth aged 28
3) Henry who's 25 (married Jane Adams on Jan. 25/1854)
4) Thomas is 22
5) Robert is 21
6) William listed as being 19
7) George is 15
8) James is age 6
DUNCAN John Jr.,
Parish of Addington
Son of John above is also living with them along with his wife Amelia Armstrong Adams. John Jr. is listed as being 32 and Amelia is 23. they only have on servant girl by name of Eliza Wafer living with them aged 18, no children yet. as they were only married January 13/1851.
DUNCAN David
Parish of Addington
Living with Rev. James Stevens as a 60 year old servant
DUNCAN James
Parish of Dalhousie
He's age 54 with Violet (Adams) for a wife and she's 44. They have the following children:
1) Harvey age 18, (married Mary Ferguson Douglas on July 22/1856)
2) Dorothy aged 15
3) John age 13
4) Eliza aged 11 years (married July 23/1861 to Hugh Adams)
5) Donald who's 9
6) James age 7
7) David who's 8
James GERRARD
Age 55 in 1851, born Oct. 29/1796, died Sept. 18/1865 , Scotish,
married to Ellen (Helen) DUNCAN who was born May 8/1792 died Sept. 13/1874
(at age 82) she is listed as being 58 in 1851.
They had following children:
James Jr., born May 9/1825 and died Aug. 9/1916
David Duncan born ca.1832, died Nov. 7/1894 at age 63 yrs
David Duncan GERRARD
Son of James and Ellen DUNCAN was 18 in 1851
he is 30 in 1861 and 39 in 1871 he died Nov. 7/1894 at age 63 yrs.
so he would have been born around 1831.
He married Nov. 1/1866, Helen BARCLAY who was born 1842, and died 1930
and they have these children in 1871:
Marjory age 3 (1866-1924)
Robert age 1 was born in 1870 and he died 1940.
He married Catherine GIRDWOOD who was born in 1822 and died in 1955.
Helen (probably his mother) is living with them and she is age 79 in 1871..