Maplehurst was a destination for many single lads before moving on the to their jobs. It is now part of Regina. But then it was about a mile or so east of the city. Jobs were normally arranged by the agency who facilitated the immigration assistance program in Scotland.
Cupar...nothing like Fife and its pronounced "cup" not "coop." Its flat as in you can see the curvature of the earth flat. Winter, you put the items you want to freeze along the outside wall of your home 2 feet on the inside. Milk is kept in the middle of the living room and butter on top of the stove. Summers that have mosquitoes and flies that bite for the entire 3 months but you can BBQ a your beef on the spit without a fire. Walk 10 feet and you have passed 10 Gopher holes. Be visual, many twisted and broken ankles by man and his beast. Twenty Gopher tails = 1 shinny penny.
https://cuparmuseum.blogspot.com/ email under contact info and ask about if Duncan is mentioned in "Taking Root and Growing" which was published in the 1980's but includes the families and people form 1905. His death might be in the local paper which would tie to whom he worked for. If you get that information the I can find the farm for you from RM maps that go back too to that era.
Don
