Alexander J. Duff

1906 - 1920  (14 years)

• Name	Alexander J. Duff
  Birth	27 Aug 1906	41 Benvie Road, St. Mary, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland   [1]
  		Birth Record of Alexander Duff
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Nov 1920	Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
  	Cause: appendicitis
  		Alexander Duff obituary
  Burial	2 Dec 1920	Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 2367 E. 65th Street, 6901 Woodland Ave Cleveland Cuyahoga County Ohio  USA
  	Section 14, Lot 52
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  1. Alexander J. Duff,   b. 27 Aug 1906, 41 Benvie Road, St. Mary, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 29 Nov 1920, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA  (Age 14 years)   2. Thomas McIntosh Duff,   b. 12 Dec 1907, 51 Benvie Road, St. Mary, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 30 Nov 1993, Shelton, Mason County, Washington, USA  (Age 85 years) ▻ Othel June Whittenberg,  m. 6 Apr 1933   3. Infant Duff,   b. 29 Apr 1909, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Apr 1909, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Half-siblings	2 half sisters (family of Alexander Duff MacIntosh and Julia Jorgensen)
  1. Regina MacIntosh,   b. 30 Sep 1921, California, USA d. 2 Nov 2016  (Age 95 years)   2. Ruth Duff MacIntosh,   b. 3 Nov 1924, California, USA d. 16 Sep 2017  (Age 92 years) ▻ Living;   Robert Edward Layng
  Half-siblings	1 half sister (family of Alexander Duff MacIntosh and Bertha Caroline Gadke)
  1. Frances Bertha Duff,   b. 30 Dec 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA d. 19 Mar 2009, Kettering, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA  (Age 96 years) ▻ Jerry John Dowd,  m. 1950
  Notes	Alexander Duff was admitted to the Cleveland Christian Orphanage on 5 March 1910, and was discharged on 21 April 1910. Alexander was living with the Albert Eglin family in Spencer, Medina County, Ohio, at the time of the 1920 census. He was described as 14 years old and born in Scotland. The only source that records his middle initial as J. is a border crossing card from 1909, when his father brought Alexander and his brother to the United States from Canada.
  Person ID	I17153	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Alexander Duff MacIntosh,   b. 26 Mar 1880, 20 St. Clement Lane, St. Clement, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 25 Mar 1963, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Grace Ogilvie McIntosh,   b. 25 Jun 1880, St. Peter's, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 29 Apr 1909, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1903	Chalmers Church, St. Peter, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F6567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Aug 1906 - 41 Benvie Road, St. Mary, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland Death - Cause: appendicitis - 29 Nov 1920 - Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Burial - 2 Dec 1920 - Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show	3 Photos
  	Cleveland Christian Orphanage Annex Buidling.jpg
  	Cleveland Christian Orphanage Main Buidling.jpg
  	Alexander Duff Family Back: Alexander Duff and Bertha Gadke Duff Front, seated on ground: Thomas and Alexander Duff

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show	4 Documents
  	Alexander Duff hospital notice
  	Alexander Duff death certificate (1920)
  	Alexander Duff in 1920 census Alexander is on line 89, and his name is erroneously given as Allen. He was living with the Albert Eglin family.
  	Border Crossing Card Record of entering the United States at Detroit, Michigan, from Sarnia, Ontario, in 1909

  
  

• Sources

  [S70] Statutory Register of Births, Scotland, Statutory Register of Births, Scotland.