Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families

Share Print Bookmark

Charles Edward Duff

Male 1844 - 1888  (44 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Charles Edward Duff 
    Birth 31 May 1844  Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Naturalization 9 Oct 1882  Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1883  2 Home Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 7 Aug 1883  [3
    Cleveland policeman 
    Death 8 Jul 1888  Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 10 Jul 1888  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Section 4, Lot 157, NW 1/2 - purchased by Mrs. Annie Duff on 9 July 1888.
    Siblings 4 brothers and 4 sisters 
    Notes 
    • At the time of the 1861 census, Charles Duff was living at Bothy of Charleston, Liff and Benvie, Angus, and his occupation was given as ploughman. In their 1868 marriage record, Charles Duff and Ann Nolan were both recorded as living in Lochee and working as farm servants in the parish of Liff and Benvie. On the death record of their first child, Alexander, in 1868, Charles' occupation was given as police constable in Dundee. Charles apparently came to the United States before the rest of his family, as his record in the Declarations of Aliens (Volume 8, p. 398, 9 October 1880) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, states that he arrived in the United States in September 1868. His wife and children arrived in New York from Glasgow on 31 October 1872, on the S.S. California. The California was built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Glasgow and was launched on 12 March 1872. Its maiden voyage was 15 June 1872, and it was scrapped in 1904. Charles probably came first to find employment, and then returned to Scotland to prepare his family for emigration. He is listed in the 1871 census of St. Mary, Dundee, with the occupation of police officer. There is no date on the census record. Again, he must have returned to the United States before his wife and children. He is probably the Charles Duff listed on the passenger manifest for the S.S. Anglia, which arrived in New York from Glasgow on 16 September 1871. On 7 August 1883, Charles was appointed a patrolman (Patrolman 160, at $840 per year) with the Cleveland Police Department, and took his Oath of Office the same day. His previous occupation was given as "paver," and his address was 6 Home Street.
    Person ID I1448  Test | Charles Duff
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2011 

    Family ID F549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S402] Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

    2. [S405] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Probate Court Records.

    3. [S432] Cleveland Plain Dealer, (8 August 1883).