Elspeth Nicol

Family/Spouse: William Guthrie. William was born in cir 1730. [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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, North Corsiehill, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland

Margaret married George Alexander in cir 1820. George (son of James Alexander and Jean Willet) was born on 17 Apr 1780 in Dunbarney, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 23 Jan 1851 in Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: shoemaker

Peter married Christian Lorimar on 14 Nov 1813 in Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland. Christian was born in cir 1798 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married James Edward on 26 Oct 1812 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. James was born in cir 1786 in Scotland; died on 11 Sep 1849 in Glen of Pitlowrie, Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 12 Sep 1849 in Kinfauns Churchyard, Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: charwoman

Notes:

At the time of the 1861 census, Helen Guthrie was living at 28 Commercial Street, Perth. She was described as a dress maker, and living with her were Isabella Edwards (age 1, born Kinnoull), a granddaughter, and; Jane (Jean) Merten, her daughter, also a dress maker. In 1881, Helen Guthrie was living at 5 Gower Street, Kinnoull. Living with her were her granddaughters, Isabella and Helen Milne.

Family/Spouse: William Milne. William was born in cir 1800; died before 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Taylor. Robert was born in cir 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: carpenter

Notes:

Alexander and Anne Alexander emigrated to Victoria, Australia, at the time of the gold rush (cir 1851). The informant on Alexander's death certificate was his cousin, Edward Guthrie.

Alexander married Anne GuthriePerthshire, Scotland. Anne (daughter of William Guthrie and Jean Martin) was born on 11 Apr 1818; was christened on 17 Apr 1818 in Dunbarney, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married David Guthrie on 29 Dec 1843 in Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland. David (son of George Guthrie and Jane Mitchell, son of William Guthrie and Jean Martin) was born on 26 Nov 1812 in Dunbarney, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 5 Feb 1893 in Aberuthven, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Christina Reid on 10 Feb 1844. Christina was born in cir 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James and Agnes Watt Alexander had five daughters and two sons.

James married Agnes Watt in 1860 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Agnes was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Fraser Alexander's father was a farmer, and Thomas left home when young because he didn't want to be a farmer, and his father was very strict and hard on him. Some information on Thomas came from his great-grandson Snowy Fox, who knew him as a young child and used to go with him to look for gold on the beach at Birchfield. Thomas carried the gold pan and Snowy carried a special bucket that Thomas had had made for him. It carried the water needed for panning the gold. Thomas's great-granddaughter Maud Gear remembered sitting on Thomas's knee as a small child and being fascinated by his long white beard. Thomas allegedly married twice before he immigrated to New Zealand, the second time aged 25, and was left a widower both times. Possibly, both women died in childbirth.

On 22 September 1863 he married Isabella McLean in Invercargill. On their marriage certificate they are both "over age" meaning over 21, and he is a widower. It was thought they may have met in Otago as the gold rush was on at the time of their marriage and the nearest place to be married was Invercargill, but now it's known they met in Victoria, Australia.

Thomas was a mine manager in Brunner. On 26 March 1896, three weeks after he'd left, a disastrous mine explosion occurred and 67 men lost their lives. Thomas knew them all. It was the highest loss of life in a New Zealand mining disaster.

He'd moved on with his wife and younger daughter Margaret to manage the Mangatini mine, above Millerton, north of Westport. It was early 1896 and he was the first state-appointed mine manager. Also living in Millerton were his daughter Ann & husband William Kidd with their six children. Thomas was now 70 years old.

Thomas Fraser Alexander lived the last 20 years of his life with the Broadfoot family (his daughter Margaret's) in Birchfield. He died at their home on 7 August 1918, aged 93 years.

Thomas always read his Bible on Sundays and never worked on the Sabbath. One particular weekend his daughter Margaret went to her father's bedroom to see if he was all right as he usually rose early in the morning. Thomas was sitting up in bed reading his bible. When Margaret explained it was Saturday, Thomas jumped out of bed and appeared in his working clothes, axe in hand, and was off to the wood pile where he worked for the rest of the morning.

Thomas visited Otira to see the tunnel work in progress. His son-in-law William Kidd was an electrician working on the tunnel project.

Thomas married unknown before 1855 in Scotland. unknown was born in cir 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Margaret Duff on 8 Jun 1855 in Condie, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of William Duff and Mary Scobie) was born in cir 1829; was christened on 23 May 1829 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 20 Feb 1860 in Kangaroo Flat, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Isabel McLean on 22 Sep 1863 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Isabel (daughter of Hector McLean and Ann McQueen) was born in cir 1825; was christened on 31 Jan 1825 in Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland; died in 1898 in Waimangaroa, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: egg merchant
• Census: 1891, 8 South Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

Census:
Living with Charles at the time of the 1891 census were his children (George, Margaret, and Mary) and grandchildren (Ellen Black, Maggie Black, Mary Black, and Maggie Miller, age 8).

Charles married Helen Stewart on 29 Jan 1858 in Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland. Helen (daughter of James Stewart and Helen Logie) was born in cir 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Catherine McCrae on 20 Jan 1893 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. Catherine was born in cir 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married James Lees on 24 Apr 1854. James was born in 1826 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 6 Sep 1872 in 33 North Methven Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

The William Edward family was living at 55 West Mill Street, Perth, at the time of the birth of their children, Penelope and Margaret. The family was living at Gateside, Forgandenny, Perthshire, at the time of the 1881 census. They may also have lived at Macbeth Cottage, Birnam.

William married Margaret Buchan on 10 Jan 1836 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of James Buchan and unknown) was born in 1815 in Madderty, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Aug 1815 in Kinfauns, Perthshire, 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

Catherine married Alexander Duff on 16 Dec 1845 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander (son of Robert Duff and Janet Will) was born in 1822 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 4 Aug 1896 in Butter's Loan, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland; was buried in Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Grant. William was born in cir 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This is probably the Janet Edward(s) who was living at Pitrodie Farm, Kilspindie, at the time of the 1841 census. She was listed as a farm laborer, as was Catherine Edward, probably her sister.

Notes:

At the time of the 1851 census of Kinfauns, Perthshire, James was living with his sister, Margaret, and a nephew, David Reid, born c1848.

Margaret married Alexander Reid on 3 Feb 1852 in Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander (son of ? Reid and unknown) was born in cir 1825 in Kinnaird, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland
• Census: 1861, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland
• Census: 1871, Rutherfield, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland

David married Helen Herdman on 16 Mar 1849 in Findo-Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Helen died on 3 Dec 1859 in Williamston, Madderty, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Jannet Taylor on 10 Aug 1860 in Madderty, Perthshire, Scotland. Jannet (daughter of James Taylor and Janet Kay) was born in cir 1831; died on 10 Aug 1865 in Rutherfield, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Mary Keir on 23 Nov 1874 in Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Mary was born in 1846; died on 15 Feb 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This is probably the Robert Edward (age 19) who was living in the parish of Inchture, Perthshire, at the time of the 1851 census. His birthplace was given as Kinfauns.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Jane

Family/Spouse: unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married John Guthrie on 27 Feb 1863 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. John (son of John Guthrie and Helen Arran) was born in cir 1823 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 14 Jul 1896 in 51 Stormont Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: prison warden
• Occupation: ship carpenter

Notes:

In their marriage record, Robert's place of residence was given as Kinnoull, and Ann's was Culross. They were married by Rev. John Anders, the minister of Kinnoull parish.

Robert married Ann Kynoch on 19 May 1854 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ann was born in 1820 in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 8 Jun 1891 in Abbey Road, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown. unknown was born in cir 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Robert McLeish on 5 Dec 1873. Robert was born in cir 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Jean Guthrie

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Ferguson. John was born in cir 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Reid. John was born in cir 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Robert Davidson on 1 Dec 1893 in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. Robert was born in cir 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: ploughman and blacksmith

James married Mary Grace Todd on 7 Sep 1889 in Palmerston, South Island, New Zealand. Mary (daughter of Matthew Todd and Mary Cochrane) was born in cir 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Isabella Gray on 31 Dec 1880. Isabella was born in cir 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary Cochrane in Jul 1863. Mary was born in cir 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown. unknown was born in cir 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Nixon Park. James was born in 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The informant on George's death record was his uncle, Alexander Alexander.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Brakesman in coal mine

Notes:

At the time of their marriage, George's residence was in Brunnerton, and Amelia's was in Greymouth, although her occupation was "household duties" in Auckland. Their marriage occurred at the residence of Thomas Fraser Alexander in Brunnerton, and the officiating minister was Charles W. Jennings, Church of England.

George married Amelia Augusta Sander on 22 Jul 1884 in Brunnerton, West Coast, New Zealand. Amelia (daughter of Conrad Alvino Sander and Maria Lowe) was born in cir 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Presbyterian

Notes:

It was in Brunnerton that Ann McQueen Alexander met William Kidd. Their marriage certificate lists William as a coalminer and Ann's mother, Isabella McLean Alexander, as a witness.

Around 1909-1910, work was beginning on the building of the Otira tunnel through the Southern Alps, connecting Westland and Canterbury. It was in 1914 that Ann Kidd died in Westport of breast cancer. William Kidd was an electrician at this time and went to Otira to work on the Otira tunnel project. His youngest daughter, Elizabeth Ann, went with him, presumably to keep house for her father.

Ann was born at Stafford, Hokitika during the gold rush era. Situated on the bar-bound mouth of the Hokitika River on the West Coast of the South Island, Hokitika sprang into life in 1864 when gold was found at her back door and despite its hazardous entrance and the snags that infested the river, Hokitika was officially gazetted as a port on 8 March 1865 by the Canterbury Provincial Government which was desperate for revenue. It developed into a thriving mining town and an important port. The first settlers were John Hudson and James Price who set up a store on the banks of the Hokitika River in 1865 to cater for the miners pouring in following the gold strike in 1864. In 1866, with a population of more than 6,000, the town was almost twice its present size. People were either digging for gold along the banks of the river or servicing the gold mining industry that had spread along rivers in the region. By 1866 Gibson Quay was usually crowded with small ships - or at least those that had survived the ordeal of entering port. Despite this, more overseas vessels and more immigrants arrived at Hokitika than at any other New Zealand port in 1867. Between 1865 and 1867 there were 108 strandings - 32 of which were total wrecks. River floods joined the surf in making difficulties. Food and supplies came by sea by many coasting-craft which broke their backs crossing the bars or which ended their working-life on the north or south. Hundreds of adventurers were willing to pay £5 apiece for the 12-hours passage from Nelson and the high rates of insurance did not deter ship owners. The Hokitika Harbour Board did not come into existence until 1876 and the Hokitika Harbour limped on long after the gold ran out, trade dwindled and the port was closed in 1954. Hokitika was the largest "port of value" between 1865 and 1867.

In 1948 there were still several banks, hotels, boarding houses, a hospital, newspaper, breweries, dairy factory, a whitebait canning factory, etc., and the largest gold dredge in the world was still working three miles from the town. The population of the Hokitika borough was 2,840 with gold mining (sluicing and dredging), saw milling and farming the chief support for the town.

Ann was a self-taught nurse and midwife. It must be remembered that they always lived in mining communities that were quite small and most had no doctor, and the nearest hospital was far away. Ann's grandson Frederick "Snowy" Fox had grown up with his grandparents close by. Snowy told how his grandmother Ann was often out at nights attending sick people or delivering babies.

When Snowy himself was born his mother Frances (nee Kidd) was very sick and they could not get Snowy to breathe. He was premature and weighed only two and a half pounds. Ann put him under the kitchen tap and ran warm water over his face; after two minutes of this he cried. She oiled him, wrapped him in cheesecloth, tucked him under her coat and took him to her home, which was just along the road. Despite his troublesome beginning, Snowy lived till his nineties.

Ann got her skills from delivering many babies over many years and looking after sick people. With her daughter Elizabeth "Ann", she also lay out the bodies of anyone who died. "Ann" was about 15 when her mother died so she was pretty young to be doing this.

On 20 October 1914 Ann Kidd died in Westport of breast cancer. Work had begun around 1909-10 on the building of the Otira tunnel through the Southern Alps, connecting Westland and Canterbury. William Kidd was an electrician at this time and went to Otira to work on the Otira tunnel project. His youngest daughter "Ann" went with him, presumably to keep house for her father.

William's granddaughter Maud Sophia Gear, living with her family in Blackball at the time, also visited Otira. She remembered travelling by horse-drawn coach from Otira to Arthur's Pass, sitting on a knee of a soldier, on his way to the First World War. Her Aunty Elizabeth "Ann" Kidd went with her and together they made the return trip to Otira with the coachman. Maud was very young at this time but her memory of her visit to Otira was always very vivid and remained with her all her life. Otira tunnel was opened on 4 August 1923.

Elizabeth "Ann" Kidd's son, Jack Burgess, stated his mother was the first woman to go through the Otira tunnel. When the viaduct across the Otira Gorge was built, my Aunty Della walked across it on the day it was opened in 1999 and before it was open to traffic.

Ann married William Kidd on 18 Jul 1885 in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand. William (son of Alexander Kidd and Frances Crawford) was born on 5 Sep 1860 in Glasgow, Scotland; died in 1925 in Wellington, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Broadfoot. John was born in cir 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married William Black on 8 Dec 1882 in 25 High Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. William (son of Samuel Black and Jane Elliott) was born in cir 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1901, 10 Canal Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

Living with George Alexander at the time of the 1901 census was his niece, Maggie Alexander. The informant on his death certificate was his niece, Mrs. Margaret Smith.

Birth:
The 1901 census states that George was born in Almonbank, Perthshire, Scotland.

Christina married Andrew Peter Kelt on 18 Apr 1876. Andrew was born in 1852 in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1881; Shopman, fancy goods

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1881; Blacksmith's apprentice

James married Agnes Wallace on 2 Jan 1866. Agnes was born in cir 1833 in Ratho, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Peter Edward family was living at 39 Princes Street, Perth, at the time of the birth of their children, John and Margaret.

Peter married Mary Taylor on 26 Jan 1869 in Findo-Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of Robert Taylor and Issabella Gould) was born in cir 1849; died on 20 Feb 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Edward lived (?) at Macbeth Cottage, Birnam.

William married Grace Dewar on 21 Nov 1867 in Findo-Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Grace was born in cir 1849; died on 2 Mar 1927; was buried in Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Naturalization: 9 Oct 1882, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1883, 2 Home Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Occupation: 7 Aug 1883; Cleveland policeman

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.

Buried:
Section 4, Lot 157, NW 1/2 - purchased by Mrs. Annie Duff on 9 July 1888.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Kerr. Elizabeth (daughter of William Kerr and Mary King) was born in cir 1839; died on 30 Oct 1871 in Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Ann Nolan on 26 Jun 1868 in St. John the Baptist's Catholic Church, 20 Melville Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ann (daughter of Francis Nolan and Catherine Nolan) was born in 1847 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 2 Sep 1898 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 5 Sep 1898 in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer

Notes:

Robert and Ann Dewar Duff were married at Ann's home, 8 New Row, Perth. The marriage was performed after Banns according "to the forms of the Free Church." Robert's place of residence was given as Butters Land, Camperdown Street, Lochee. Robert's occupation was given as Labourer, and Ann's as Domestic Servant. Witnesses were David Duff and Isabelle Dewar, presumably Ann's sister. At the time of the 1881 census, the Robert Duff family was living 33 Newrow, Perth, Scotland. In 1891, they were living at 146 Barossa (?) Street, St. Andrew's Parish, Perth. On his death certificate, Robert's occupation was given as "Calender Worker."

Robert married Ann Campbell Dewar on 30 May 1876 in 8 New Row, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ann (daughter of Peter Dewar and Ann Campbell) was born on 15 May 1842 in Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 Sep 1913 in Victoria Hospital, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The informant on Margaret Duff Benvie's death record was her granddaughter, Emma M. Anderson.

Margaret married William Benvie on 11 Aug 1871 in Pitrodie, Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland. William (son of James Benvie and Elizabeth Robertson) was born on 30 Oct 1851 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; died before 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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]

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:

Helen Duff lived in Kingskettle, Fife, after her marriage. On 25 May 1914, Helen Moyes arrived in the United States aboard the S.S. Caledonia. On the passenger list, she gave her brother, Alexander Duff of Shorehead, Fife, as her contact person and Canton, Ohio, as her destination. She returned to Scotland later that year, arriving at Glasgow on 27 Dec 1914 aboard the S.S. Ausonia. On the passenger list, she stated that her residence would be The Coors, Kingskettle, Fife.

Helen married Thomas Moyes on 17 Mar 1899 in Kettle, Fifeshire, Scotland. Thomas (son of David Moyes and Agnes Smart) was born in cir 1837 in Kettle, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 24 Nov 1902 in Kingskettle, Kettle, Fifeshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1882; Powerloom weaver

Notes:

In her marriage record, Elizabeth Duff was identified as a powerloom weaver, living at Butters Loan, Dundee.

Occupation:
This occupation was given on her marriage record.

Elizabeth married James Bruce on 25 Aug 1882 in Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. James (son of William Bruce and Hellen Ramsay) was born in 1855; died on 15 Jan 1930 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland; was buried in 1930 in Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The marriage of James Mudie and Jessie Duff was performed, according to their marriage record, "after publication according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland." James's occupation was given as a mechanic, and Jessie's as a weaver. James place of residence was stated to be Denhead, Lochee, while Jessie's was Butters Loan, Lochee. Witness were James Duff and Elizabeth Mudie, presumably James's sister.

Janet married James Mudie on 31 Dec 1886 in Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. James (son of James Mudie and Mary Phin) was born in cir 1864 in Liff and Benvie, Forfar, Scotland; died on 14 Aug 1930 in Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John Marshall on 21 Jun 1878 in Buchanan, Perthshire, Scotland. John was born in cir 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Jane McLellan on 14 Dec 1876 in Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Jane was born in cir 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Annie Tait Pinkerton on 15 Jun 1877 in Cardross, Dunbarton, Scotland. Annie was born in cir 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jane Liddell on 25 Nov 1875 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Jane was born on 14 Feb 1836 in Port of Monteith, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 17 Mar 1919 in Yamanroia, Port of Monteith, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Eve Constance SheaBengal, India. Eve was born in cir 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Duncan. Margaret was born in cir 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Dow on 26 Oct 1888 in St. Ninian's. Mary (daughter of William Dow and Isabella Dickson) was born in cir 1868 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Jessie Edward

Janet married William McAdam on 5 Jun 1908 in Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. William (son of Daniel McAdam and Agnes Steel) was born in cir 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Katherine Edward

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Helen

Ellen married David Henry Haldane in cir 1900. David (son of John Haldane and Margaret Dickie) was born on 22 Nov 1859 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died in cir 1936 in Worcester, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Duncan Edwards served in the Canadian Army during World War I.

Margaret married John Donald on 30 Dec 1911 in Blythswood, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland. John was born on 14 Jun 1881 in Mill of Fiddes, Foveran, Aberdeen, Scotland; died in 1916 in Flanders, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Thomas Stewart Yeamans on 10 Jun 1887. Thomas was born in 1863 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 25 Apr 1915 in 10 Market Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married James Speedie on 31 Dec 1898. James was born in 1873; died on 13 Feb 1950 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louisa married David Heron on 2 Jul 1880. David was born in 1856 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert J. Taylor was living in Montrose at the time of his father's death in 1877.

Robert married Isabella Low Valentine on 25 Aug 1885. Isabella was born in 1862 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Annie Ness on 1 Oct 1889. Annie was born in 1863 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 1 May 1898 in 232 High Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Rebecca Robertson on 1 Jun 1899. Rebecca (daughter of William Robertson and Rebecca McCutcheon) was born in 1872 in Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 25 May 1933 in Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]