John Campbell

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• Also Known As: Hans

Hans married Mabel Duff on 4 Jun 1930 in First Baptist Church, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mabel (daughter of James Edward Duff and Jane Christie Thomson) was born on 9 Jul 1911 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland; died on 12 Feb 1965 in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 15 Feb 1965 in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 21 May 1927, Canada

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Mabel emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, after her father.

Hans + ? Weber. ? was born in cir 1875 in Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: railway laborer
• Immigration: 26 Jun 1926, Canada
• Residence: 1930, 962 Seymour Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Residence: 1943, 671 Corova Street East, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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James Duff was living at 55 Milnbank Road, Dundee, at the time of his marriage. Jane Thomsom was living at 5 Milnbank Road. Her age was given as 19. At the time of their daughter Susan's birth in 1909, they were living at 11 Kincardine Street, St. Peter, Dundee. His occupation was listed as "spirit dealer's assistant." James Duff emigrated to Canada after World War I and settled in Vancouver, British Columbia.

James married Jane Christie Thomson on 5 Apr 1907 in 10 Laurel Bank, St. Clement, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. Jane (daughter of John Ross Thomson and Susan Elizabeth Morgan) was born on 26 Feb 1888 in Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: police constable
• Residence: 1911, 7 City Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland

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Alexander Duff joined the City of Dundee Police on 2 July 1880, when the family was living at 10, Cleghorn Street, Dundee. He retired from the police force with a pension on 25 November 1911. At the time of the 1881 census, the Alexander Duff family was living at 7, Rosefield Street, Liff and Benvie, Forfar. In 1901, they were living at 20, Benvie Road, parish of Liff and Benvie, Dundee, and in 1911 they were living at 7 City Road, Dundee. Living with them was a granddaughter, Annie Duff, age 6 months, but it's not clear who her parents were. They were living at Shorehead, Kingskettle, Fife, during World War I.

Alexander married Anna Elder Stephenson on 9 Sep 1879 in Barnhill, Monifieth, Forfarshire, Scotland. Anna (daughter of David Stephenson and Susan Elder) was born in cir 1848 in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 30 Jul 1930 in Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susan Elizabeth Morgan on 30 Nov 1883 in Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland. Susan (daughter of Alexander Morgan and Jane Fyffe) was born in cir 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

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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

David + Susan Elder. Susan was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander + Mary Ann Ross. Mary was born in cir 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander + Jane Fyffe. Jane was born in cir 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

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

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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.

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• 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]