James Duncan

  General Notes:

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

James was a Master Umbrella Maker with a shop at Bridgeton Cross, Glasgow, and, according to family advice, he was the leading manufacturer in Glasgow. The shop was sold to one of his apprentices, and was still trading during the compiler's stay there.

In the 1881 Census at 6 Springfield Road, Barony, [Glasgow], Scotland. Lived:

James Duncan [#2], Head, 55, Umbrella Maker. Born, Glasgow
[ The compiler's great- grandfather]
Elizabeth Duncan [#3], Wife, 53. Born Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
[ The compiler's great-grandmother ]
Jane Duncan [#9], Daur. 33, Umbrella Sewer, born Glasgow,
[ Probably Jean Duncan ]
Dugald Duncan . [#5], Son, 26, Art Student, born Glasgow.
Malcolm Duncan . [#6] Son, 23, born Glasgow.
John Duncan [#8]. Son, 21 Umbrella Maker, born Glasgow.
[The grandfather of Nicola & Gavin Whiteside]
Archibald Duncan [#7], Son, 18, born Glasgow. [never married]
Ann Duncan [#12], Daur, 14, Housekeeper, born Glasgow.
[married/divorced Mr. Cowper]

James married Elizabeth McMillan on 11 Oct 1846 in Bridgeton, Barony, Lanark, Sct. (Elizabeth McMillan was born circa 1828 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Sct.)