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James DUFF

James DUFF

Male 1783 -

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  • Name James DUFF 
    Born 1783 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 8478ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35CC27 
    Person ID I243  YoungFamily
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2022 

    Father Alexander DUFF,   b. Abt 1763,   d. 24 Mar 1823, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    _UID 2F77ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C3576C8 
    Family ID F118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary LINDSAY,   b. Abt 1784 
    Married 5 May 1806  Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID 2D77ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C3574A8 
    Children 
     1. Ann DUFF,   b. 12 Mar 1807, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1887, Queensbury House, Canongate Street, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Elizabeth DUFF,   b. 22 May 1809, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1851/1861  (Age 51 years)
     3. James DUFF,   b. 5 Jun 1811, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Alexander DUFF,   b. 6 Jun 1813, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. David DUFF,   b. 22 Oct 1815, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861/1871  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 15 May 2022 
    Family ID F33  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • On Marriage entry of James Duff and Mary Lindsay, he is described as a gun maker.

      James Duff on death certificate of Ann, his daughter, says he was a blacksmith.

      James Duff was a gunmaker and a burgess of Edinburgh having obtained his freedom and rights in right of his father (by patrimony), Alexander Duff, a cutler, on 24 March 1815.

      Source: Book: Volume 5. The Register of Marriages. (Marriage) Collection: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses and Guild Brethren 1761-1841, (Abercrombie-Huie)[Batchnum]-B104

  • Sources 
    1. [S23] Old Parish Register, Scotland, General Register Office for Scotland, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 5 May 1806.
      5 May 1806
      James Duff, gun maker and Mary Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay, weaver, gave up their names for marriage. Alexander Duff and David Lindsay