Eleanor Duncan

[Flattybasher9]

My mistake, I read it that she was born in 1901. Apologies and back to the drawing board.

Regards

Malky

[heatherjulie]

Ignore Margaret Eleanor, she is the daughter of Francis Brand Duncan and Eleanor.
Heather

[heatherjulie]

There is a marriage for Eleanor Duncan and William H Palmer A-M-J 1912 Ecclesall Bierlow Derbyshire, Yorks-West Riding.

Do you know if her siblings married in Derbyshire or back in Liverpool?
Heather

[Kincaid444]

Ok Malky . . . Hi Heather . . . That's a good hit . . .I never found that . . . The siblings did marry in Derby . . . The descendants I found who never answered my social media probings were all in Bradford are, but of course that was a couple of generations away from Eleanor.

That really is a good hit, Heather - I will get back to you both after I follow it up

Kincaid

[heatherjulie]

Did the siblings marry in Derby, Derbyshire or West Derby Liverpool?
On the Lancs B M D site there are marriages for similar names to her siblings in west Derby, Liverpool.

Heather

[Kincaid444]

Hi Heather,

They married in Derby, Derbyshire . . .

Kincaid

[glossoplass]

 I have an alternative theory. Eleanor is in London training as a teacher in 1911 and I think she travels to India and becomes a teacher in a mission http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/REL/Christ/St_Aidans_Mission.pdf.

There are a couple of photos of her, and one does look possibly right for age frame, however there is no other information.

Just a suggestion;-)

[Kincaid444]

Good morning Glossoplas,
I have just surfaced on this very cold Cumbrian morning and it will take me some to get into my research mode, but you pose an intriguing  theory.

I had wondered, given the name of her training college, if she had perhaps gone abroad, though I would have expected her to have returned at some time.   In fact unless she formally emigrated to Canada or Australia I am certain she would have come back, but of course, once your searching takes you past the 1911 census, your work becomes much harder, or at least mine does, being a bit of an amateur at this.

I will run with your suggestion and Heather's today and see what comes up - thanks very much for the web link, that will be a very interesting lead to follow - I have written to the archivist of the British and Foreign Schools Society to see if they have anything in the Stockwell College archives that might help - it may even support your Indian theory.

Best regards,

Kincaid

[heatherjulie]

Hi
There is a Duncan family showing on A******* passenger lists coming from Bombay to England.
London and Liverpool
Mrs E W Duncan
Ann E Duncan
Eleanor Duncan
Mrs E E Duncan
Mr W E Duncan
E G Duncan
Charles H Stewart Duncan

There are lots of them

I don't have a subscription to view these.

Heather