Helen Edward Duff

Notes:

Helen's occupation in the 1901 census was "jute weaver."

Helen married Frank James Adams on 23 Aug 1915 in St. Clement, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. Frank (son of Alexander Adams and Catherine McDonald) was born in cir 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer, police constable, spirit dealer

Notes:

The David Duff family was living at 10 Pole Park Road, Liff and Benvie, Forfar, Scotland, at the time of the 1881 census. In 1901, they were living at 13 Balfour Street, St. John, Dundee. David's occupation was "general labourer."

Buried:
Section A, 315

David married Esther Taylor Scott on 28 Jan 1879 in St. Andrew, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. Esther was born in cir 1851 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 28 Jan 1905 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland; was buried in Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Section A, 315

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Estate worker

Notes:

Alexander Duff was listed as a farm servant at Ross, parish of Errol, Perthshire, on his marriage record, and his wife was a resident of Kinfauns. They were married by the Rev. David Black, minister of Kilspindie, at the parish manse. At the time of the 1841 census, both Alexander Duff and Catherine Edward were farm servants at Pitrodie Farm, in the parish of Kilspindie. Alexander's age was given as 17, and Catherine's as 20. At the time of the 1861 census (which gives his birthplace as Kinfauns), the family was living at Muirloch Cottages, parish of Fowlis-Easter, Perthshire, and Alexander's occupation was given as a ploughman. In 1871, the family was living on the Camperdown estate near Lochee, where Alexander was an estate laborer. He is listed on the property valuation rolls of 1871/2, appearing for the last time on the 1897/8 rolls. The property, owned by the Earl of Camperdown, was the cottage on Butter's Loan. At the time of the 1881 census, they were living at Butters Loan Cottage, Liff and Benvie, Lochee, and Alexander was again listed as an estate laborer. Living with Alexander and Catherine Duff were their children; James (railway laborer), Helen (jute factory worker), and Elizabeth (jute factory worker), and his mother, Jessie (Janet Will) Duff. In his death entry, he was described as a woodworkman. The information was given by his son, James Duff, of Wemyss Castle, Fife. In the marriage records of his daughter Elizabeth (1882) and his son Robert (1876), his occupation was given as forester.

Buried:
Section A, 314

Alexander married Catherine Edward on 16 Dec 1845 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. Catherine (daughter of James Edward and Elizabeth Guthrie) was born on 17 Nov 1817 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 29 Jan 1894 in Butter's Loan, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland; was buried in Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1841 census, Catherine Edward was living at Pitrodie Farm in Kilspindie Parish, and her occupation was farm laborer. Also living and working at the farm was Alexander Duff, her future husband, and a Janet Edward(s), who was probably her sister.

Buried:
Section A, 314

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Ploughman

Notes:

Robert Duff's burial record at Kilspindie states that he died "after a few hours of illness." The baptismal record of his daughter, Ann, in Kilspindie, describes him as a servant in Pitrodie (1819). In their marriage record, Robert Duff and Janet Will were both said to be "in Kilspindie".

Robert married Janet Will on 5 Feb 1819 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Alexander Will and Helen Porter) was born in 1796 in Pitrodie, Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Mar 1796 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 2 Jan 1888 in Butter's Loan, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Pitrodie Village, Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

Janet Will Duff was living in Pitrodie Village at the time of the 1841 census. Her age was listed as 42. Her daughter, Helen, was living with her, and her age was listed as 20. Janet Will Duff was an innkeeper in Kilspindie Parish, at the village of Pitrodie. Janet Will Duff was living in Pitrodie Village at the time of the 1841, 1851, and 1861 censuses. Her daughter, Helen, was living with her each year, and in 1871, her granddaughter, Margaret Duff, daughter of Alexander and Catherine Edward Duff, was also living in with her. Janet was described as a former innkeeper in 1851 and as a ploughman's widow in 1861. In 1871, she was living in the home of her nephew, Matthew Will, in Pitrodie, Parish of Kilspindie. Her age was listed as 73, and her birthplace as Kilspindie.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer, ploughman

Notes:

The 1841 census of Glen of Pitlowrie, Kinfauns Parish, shows James Edward, age 55, day labourer; Margaret Edward, age 14; David Edward, age 12; Robert Edward, age 9; Elizabeth Guthrie, age 50, and; William Grant, age 2, the illegitimate son of Catherine Edward. In the christening record of his son, William (1813), James was described as a workman in Nether Durdie, in the parish of Kilspindie. In their marriage record in Kilspindie, James' residence was given as Kilspindie, and Elizabeth's was given as Kinfauns. This may be the James Edward who was born in Forfar in 1787, the son of James Edward and Jean Grant.

James Edward was a ploughman in Whiteriggs of Clashbenny at the time of his daughter Jean's birth in 1814. In 1829, he was a foreman at Fala. In addition to the marriage record at Kilspindie, there is also a marriage record for James Edward and Elizabeth Guthrie at Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland, just five days later, on 31 October 1812.

James married Elizabeth Guthrie on 26 Oct 1812 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of William Guthrie and Jean Tait) was born in 1791 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 12 Nov 1791 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 12 Sep 1849 in Glen of Pitlowrie, Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 13 Sep 1849 in Kinfauns Churchyard, Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith

Notes:

There is also a marriage record for Alexander Will and Helen Porter on 7 July 1783, in Kilspindie, Perthshire. In that record, Alexander's residence was given as Kilspindie, and Helen Porter's as Collace. Alexander was a blacksmith in the village of Pitrodie.

Occupation:
This occupation was recorded on the death record of his daughter, Janet Will Duff.

Alexander married Helen Porter on 30 Jun 1781 in Collace, Perthshire, Scotland. Helen (daughter of George Porter and Helen Maney) was born in 1759; was christened on 23 Dec 1759 in Collace, Perthshire, Scotland; died in Dec 1834 in Pitrodie, Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 9 Dec 1834 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Agricultural laborer
• Census: 1841, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland
• Census: 1851, Garry Cottage, Barnhill, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

William Guthrie was described as a workman at Pow of Errol (1788), Mains of Errol (1790 and 1791), and Lorny (1794) in the baptismal records of his children. The marriage of William and Jean Tait was recorded in the minutes of the Kirk session of 9 July 1787. At the time of the 1841 census, he was living in the parish of Kinfauns. Living with him were his daughter, Helen, and her three children, Robert, Alexander, and Jean. At the time of the 1851 census, these same people were living together at Garry Cottage, Barnhill, Kinnoull Parish, Perthshire. There is no proof that three of the children (Anne, Charles, and James) listed for William and Jean Tait Guthrie were in fact their children. This may be the William Guthrie recorded in the parish records of Dunbarney as having had a child in 1804. This William Guthrie was identified as a servant to John Archer, tenant at Easter Kinmonth, which seems to differentiate him from the William Guthrie identified as a weaver in other Dunbarney baptismal records.

William married Jean Tait on 9 Jul 1787 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland. Jean (daughter of William Tait and Helen Croyle) was born in 1764; was christened on 23 Aug 1764 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 18 Jul 1836 in Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the death record of her daughter, Margaret Guthrie Alexander, Jean's name is given as Jane Tait. This is probably the Mrs. Guthrie whose death and burial are recorded in the parish records of Kinnoull Parish. Her burial date was 18 July 1836, and the mortcloth fee was paid on 6 July 1836. Cause of death was old age (73), and the burial was in Kinnoull.

Notes:

In their marriage record, James' residence is given as the parish of Kilspindie, and Margaret's as the parish of Collace. They were married "in the Kirk of Collace." The baptismal record of his daughter Helen in Collace states that James' residence was Bowhouse in the parish of Kilspindie. The baptismal records of his other children give his residence as Kinrosssie, in Collace. James Will lived at Thorngreen, in the parish of Collace, Perthshire, Scotland.

James + Margaret Will. Margaret (daughter of John Will and unknown) was born in 1734 in Collace, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Oct 1734 in Collace, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Porter lived in Kinrossie, Collace, Perthshire, in 1759.

George married Helen Maney in cir 1752. Helen (daughter of James Maney and Margaret Smith) was born in 1727; was christened on 23 Apr 1727 in Collace, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William + Elspeth Nicol. Elspeth (daughter of James Nicol and Elspeth Campbell) was born on 24 Jul 1742; was christened on 25 Jul 1742 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Helen Croyle on 6 Feb 1757 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland. Helen (daughter of George Croyle and Katherine Jackson) was born in 1729; was christened on 20 Apr 1729 in Abernyte, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]