Thomas Duncan came to Yorkshire from Lesmahagow about 1860

[DanD86]

Thomas Duncan moved from Lesmahgrow to Goven with his family sometime in the late 1850s then nothing is herd of him until 1881 when he is living in Sheffield and married to Eliza Duncan, she is from Sheffield and died around 1909. I believe they had 4 children Thomas J Duncan, Absolom Duncan, Christiana Duncan and Alexander Duncan who is my fathers grandfather who died in 1952.

[keyboard86]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat, is he the Thomas Duncan aged 30 b Scotland at Granville Street, Sheffield with a Housekeeper Eliza Blackburne and children ?
Census ref RG10/4689/97/52
Maybe not born Glasgow later?
Keyboard86

PS it may help if we knew your Grandfather 's name and where he was born?

Hi this Thomas Duncan seems to have married an Eliza Blackburn Dec qtr 1885 Sheffield 9c 788?

If them they were married 13th December 1885 Wicker:-

Thomas Duncan 45 Batchelor occ Labourer  Father Alexander Duncan occ Mechanic
Eliza Blackburn 46 Widow Father Matthew Smith occ File Forger
Witnesses James Blackburn and Mary Ann Cook
Both residing at 81, Wicker Lane
Keyboard86

[DanD86]

Hi..my grandfather was Alexander Duncan born 1930 and died 1965 he was married to my grandmother Margaret Stancliffe born 1936 and died 1997

[keyboard86]

Hi again the 1881 you have for Thomas cannot be the father of an Alexander b c 1930?
Can you give us the  1881 household you believe contain your Thomas and wife Eliza?
Keyboard86

PS This couple I showed had a son Alexander Duncan b 1872 who is on the 1891 but not 1881 census ?
Think this is the Absolom you show?

The Alexander Duncan b 1930 had a Mothers maiden name Bishop. do you know the parents names?

[Skoosh]

Not unusual for English enumerators to confuse Scotland & Ireland.

Skoosh.

[DanD86]

Yes I have the census from 1891 which Alexander is on...I believe he may have changed his name from Absolom

[DanD86]

Cyril Duncan and violet Bishop are the parents of Alexander b 1930

[keyboard86]

  OK getting there, who have you as parents of Cyril?
Keyboard86

[DanD86]

Cyril's parents are Alexander Duncan b 1872 and Emma Duncan b1874 am not sure of Emma's maiden name