Margaret Duff m. John Bruce

[Waikiwi]

I am trying to find the Duff family, one daughter, Margaret married John Bruce at Montrose,  2/5/1874.  Her sister, Ann (Gt Grandmother) married James Blyth in Montrose, 1863.

[LindsaySiam]

Hello Waikiwi, I suppose that you know that their parents were Peter Duff and Ann Keill?

The IGI has the following:

Margaret Duff born 11 JUN 1844 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Isabel Duff Christened 25 JUL 1852 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Betsy Duff born 06 JUL 1857 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
John Laird Duff born 23 NOV 1847 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Andrew Neilson Duff born 27 FEB 1860 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Peter Duff christened 26 MAY 1850 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Robert Millar Duff born 13 JAN 1855 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Jessy Duff christened 27 NOV 1842 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Ann Duff christened 04 JUL 1840 Cargill, Perth, Scotland
Robert Duff christened 18 DEC 1837 Cargill, Perth, Scotland


I would check Robert Millar Duff born 1855 on ScotlandsPeople. 1855 are the best certificates for info - they have everything on.

regards,

Lindsay

[Waikiwi]

Kia Ora, LindsaySiam, many thanks for your prompt reply.  I have all the data on the Duff family, so far I haven't been able to track any one of the family down.  Ann Duff married James Blyth in Montrose, 1863 and immigrated to New Zealand in the same year.  Thanks again for your interest.

[LindsaySiam]

Tena Koe, Waikiwi,

How do you mean track them down? Are you looking for descendants in Scotland or sorry, where are you stuck please? Happy to have a look for you.

regards,

Lindsay

[Waikiwi]

Good morning, LindsaySiam, I guess 'tracking them down' is a Kiwi was of saying 'finding out more'.  Why I am trying to find out more about the Duff family, is that Ann Duff was my Gt Grandmother and I did not know of her existance until about two years ago.  She arrived in N.Z.1863 and died in 1874.  I thought maybe that some of her brothers and sisters families could be around to shed some light about her.  I have her family listed under 'Duffs of Montrose' on this site.  Thanks again.

[LindsaySiam]

Hi Waikiwi, don't know if you know this .. when Robert Millar Duff died in 1922, in Montrose, his death was registered by his brother Andrew Neilson Duff of 31, Kings Mount, Birkenhead, England.

regards,

Lindsay

[LindsaySiam]

Stop me if you know this, don't want to duplicate your work   

The 1901 Census shows

Andrew Neilson Duff aged 41, Foreman Mechanical Engineer, born Montrose, Scotland, living at 31, Kings Mount, Birkenhead with

Elizabeth, wife aged 38 and born in Birkenhead, Cheshire
Doris Hannah, daughter aged 5, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire
Baby daughter, aged under 1 month, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire

There is also

Elizabeth Moreton, aged 70, a visitor and a widow living on her means, born in Liverpool
Louisa Davies, aged 21, servant from Bristol

Census Ref RG13/3392 Crown Copyright, National Archives, England

Andrew and Elizabeth married December quarter, 1885 in Birkenhead

Lindsay