Duncan family of Restigouche area
From the 1861 census
1861 Census Addington parish

DUNCAN John Sr, esq.,
aged 67 with his wife, Christina who is listed as being age 59, they are presbyterians and native to Canada.
their children living with them were:

1) William who's 28, a farmer and a fisherman.
2) George who is 26 also a farmer and a fisherman.
3) James who's still in school and aged 16.
4) Elizabeth who is age 37
5) Henry lives with them with his family, he is listed with his wife Jane Adams, he is 35 and she is 30. Henry's children are with them and they are: Henrietta who is 6, Emeline Maria who is 4, Thomas Robert who is 2 and a 7 month un-named son.

DUNCAN Adam
age 40 is listed with wife Maria Chamberlain of Oak Point, P.Q. she is listed as being age 32. they have a 5 year old niece named Helen with them.

DUNCAN John Jr.,
is a farmer, aged 42 and living with his wife Amelia who's 32. Their children are listed as being:
1) Robert Lewis age 9
2) Annabella Steven age 6
3) John Lawrence age 3
4) William Lindsay age 1

DUNCAN Robert
aged 58 a farmer and fisherman, with wife Mary who is 57 and they have an adopted son William Henry Smith with them.

DUNCAN William
aged 63 a farmer and fisherman with wife Elizabeth Gerrard who is aged 61. The children listed living with them were:
1) Helen aged 35
2) Alexander who is aged 33 and also a fisherman and farmer
3) Marjory Jane aged 27
4) Sarah Gerrard who's 25
5) Christina is 23
6) Archibald listed as being 24
7) Arthur James is 21
8) David who's 39 is also living with them with his wife Margaret Mott and she is age 30. their children William David who is age 3 and Margaret Gordon who is 6 months old is with them so is Elizabeth Gerrard's brother Ebenezer and he is listed as being age 50.

1861 Census in Dalhousie parish

DUNCAN James
age 65 farmer with wife Violet Adams. Their children listed with them were:
1) Donald aged 16
2) James age 13
3) Mary aged 11 (she later married George Elis Asker on May 30/1871)

DUNCAN Harry
aged 30 and his wife Mary who is listed as being 21. Their children are:
1) James age 4
2) Barbara Ann age 2

DUNCAN Christy Ann
age 42, wife of Edmund Hoar who is listed as being 69. Their children are listed as being a 7 year old son James Stevens. Edmund's sister Lucinda is aged 67.

David DUNCAN
39 years old in 1861, he married Margaret Ann MOTT, Apr. 2/1857, and in 1861 they have two children:
William David age 3
Margaret Gordon age 6 months)