Elizabeth Mcmillan Duncan

  General Notes:

Extract from John Duncan's "We Are All Margaret Haldane's Bairns":

Before 1951 they (Alf and Isa.. Isa is Bessie's sister) operated some sort of boarding-house in Albert Park, South Melbourne where Joseph B. Hughes #86 with his sons and daughters lodged when they came to Australia, presumably in 1930.
Joe was a retired fishmonger from Aberdeen where he had a shop, and apparently his wife died there. He was also a lay preacher .
It was at this boarding-house that Joe met Elisabeth "Bessie" McMillan Duncan and they married.
Later, Alf and Isa bought a house in 7 Moylan St., East Bentleigh, and afterwards they moved to the beach suburb of Blairgowrie.
Elizabeth "Bessie" McMillan Duncan was engaged to a son of Keir Hardie, the first British socialist member of Parliament, who was termed the Father of British Socialism. Her fiancee, Duncan Hardie, worked as an electrical engineer with the City of Glasgow, Electricity Supply Department, but unfortunately he was killed by "a switchboard explosion", and Bessie must have decided to emigrate after this event.
Joe and (Isa ) { JD must have meant Bessie here ] had a house at Alphington, but later moved to 2 Stevens St., Queenscliff, where they ended their days.
Joe's son Robert Watson Hughes, MBE, is a classical Composer and Music Arranger/Editor in the Music Department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1946 - 1976 and has had eight orchestral works published. He served with the AIF MID 1942-45 during World War Two. He lives at Bonbeach, Vic. 3196.
Who's Who in Australia advises that Robert was born on 27 Mar 1912 at Leven, Scotland, settled Australia 1930; educated at Robert Gordon's College [Aberdeen] and Melbourne University.
Jim Hughes was another son of Joe's who was involved in the Broadcasting field. He was a Comedian and Announcer with the 3DB company and was a very popular personality and performer. His stage name was Jock McLaughlan.

Elizabeth married Joseph B. Hughes.