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Thank you all - Alex's parents are correct - I got Alex & Eliz's m.cert after my g gran named her step-father on her m.cert - I believe there's no birth record for Elizabeth. I'd seen Alex's b details on FS as well as his parentage on his m.cert to my Eliz. I could then find Alex in 1841:

1841 Census
Piece: SCT1841/218 Place: Longside -Aberdeenshire Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Longside Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 2 Page: 3
Address: Blackhill
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
DUNCAN Lewis M 30 Farmer Aberdeenshire
DUNCAN Margaret F 30 Aberdeenshire
DUNCAN Alexr M 10 Aberdeenshire
DUNCAN Wm M 8 Aberdeenshire
DUNCAN Lewis M 4 Aberdeenshire
DUNCAN Ann F 2 Aberdeenshire
RITCHIE John M 15 Ag Lab Aberdeenshire
RITCHIE Mary F 15 Ag Lab Aberdeenshire

Blackhill is a couple of km N of Rora - it's only 200m S of the creek that forms the Longside-St Fergus boundary.

Jacqueline - yeah, there are Lewis's all over the place Alex has a brother Lewis as well as a son and father. My g gran would also name one of her sons as Lewis.

Erin - sent pm

Erin - Fetterangus is a bit odd county-wise. Pre-1891, There were several detached bits of Banffshire scattered around Aberdeenshire. The largest chunk included the whole parish of St Fergus. which was Eliz's dad's pob (see my posted 1851). However, the county also spilled over into bits of the adjacent parishes, like Lonmay, and Old Deer around Fetterangus. I seem to remember it also spilled into Longside, but I'm not sure. The boundary was regularized early in 1891, and all these detached bits became part of Aberdeenshire.

THANK YOU ALL - you have been most helpful.

The Death Cert shows Parents of Elizabeth Duncan are William Anderson Farmer deceased and Elizabeth Anderson maiden surname Scott.
Alexander Duncan husband general laborer present at the death 7 May 1903 o5.35hrs.Fetterangus
Can let you have cert.mgnv

Valuation Rolls...1905..Dont know if this is Alex.or if there are 2 Alex' ?????

1 1905 Tenant Occupier DUNCAN ALEXANDER. HOUSE. SPECIAL WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT OF FETTERANGUS. OLD DEER. ABERDEEN COUNTY VR87 / 99 / 938

2 1905 Tenant Occupier DUNCAN ALEXANDER. HOUSE. FETTERANGUS. OLD DEER. BANFF COUNTY VR91 / 83 / 312

One is showing under Aberdeen the other Banff.

No sign of Alexander's death in Old Deer on SP, 1901-30.

This is the only one in 1903 in Aberdeenshire:

1903 DUNCAN ALEXANDER M 74 HUNTLY /ABERDEEN 202/00 0017

Elizabeth's death from ScotlandsPeople:

1903 DUNCAN ELIZABETH
Other surname: ANDERSON F 75 OLD DEER /ABERDEEN 228/0A 0019

Looks like the tree quoted by Gins is correct.
Credits on SP would allow you to view the image of the cert to check the other details.

???

First name(s) Alexander
Last name Duncan
Gender Male
Birth year 1829
Birth place -
Baptism year 1829
Baptism date 29 Sep 1829
Baptism place OLD DEER,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s) Lewis
Father's last name Duncan
Mother's first name(s) Margaret
Mother's last name Farquhar
Place Old Deer
County Aberdeenshire
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950


You can cross-refer details with the marriage cert for confirmation - or otherwise

He named a son 'Lewis'

From Stephen Neale's tree

Elizabeth Duncan
Death1903

7 May

Age: 74Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Fibroid Tillisis/ Exhaustion

The tree has Alexander's death the same day

Alexander is in one tree on here, at least. Not yours, though

Only someone researching them will know when they died.

look in search trees..................or see my earlier post

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Fetterangus Village, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Alexr Duncan Head Married Male 71 1830 Labourer General Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
Elizabeth Duncan Wife Married Female 73 1828 Wife Of Labourer Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription

Astra - I think that's her. On my g gran's birth record, it says her dad was from "Adie". in Cruden parish. I think this is a misrecording of Aldie, which is just 5km NE of Easter Auquharney, so this was probably the area she was working when she got pregnant. My g gran was with her grandparents (see 1851 for them).

Chris - looks good.

Thank you both.

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Does anyone have any idea of when they died?
Jacqueline - I can't afford any right now. I thought there was a way of teasing out the year without spending any credits.

To find details of deaths, you'll need to get credits for Scotlands people site

1891 (Find My Past)
Alexr Duncan Head Married Male 62 1829 Gen Lab Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Duncan Wife Married Female 62 1829 Gen Lab Wife Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
House name Fetterangus
Parish Old Deer
County Aberdeenshire
Registration district Deer or Old Deer
Archive reference RG12

Chris :)

1861 maybe. Age is out.


Name:
Elizabeth Anderson
Age:
27
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1834
Relationship:
Fellow Serv (Employee)
Gender:
Female
Where born:
Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
Registration Number:
185
Registration district:
Cruden
Civil Parish:
Cruden
County:
Aberdeenshire
Address:
Easter Auquharney
Occupation:
Housekeeper
Alexander Daniel 58
Alexander Mitchell 22
Alexander Park 18
Elizabeth Anderson 27
Isabella Milne 18

Elizabeth Anderson b 1829-ish was my gg gran. Please, I'ld like 1861 & 1891 census data for her. She wed Alex Duncan 1866.

Here's what I have (skipping 1841 which I have also):


1851 Census
Piece: SCT1851/219 Place: Lonmay -Aberdeenshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Lonmay Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 179 Page: 11 Schedule: 39
Address: Corsekellie Links
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
ANDERSON William Head M M 55 Farm Labourer Banffshire - St Fergus
ANDERSON Elizabeth Wife M F 55 Farm Lab's Wife Aberdeenshire - Rathen
ANDERSON Elizabeth Dau U F 22 Formerly House Servt Aberdeenshire - Lonmay
ANDERSON Jane Dau U F 11 Scholar (At Home) Aberdeenshire - Rathen


1861 ??? - I think she was a servant working somewhere SE-ish of Lonmay, prob in Aberdeenshire as I don't see her in St Fergus (Banffshire until 1891).

Name:Alexander Duncan
Spouse's Name:Elizabeth Anderson
Event Date:21 Aug 1866
Event Place:Old Deer,Aberdeen,Scotland
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJM-TH3


1871 Scotland Census
Gender: Male
Where born: Old Deer, Banffshire
Registration Number: 228
Registration district: Old Deer
Civil parish: Old Deer
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Pitfour Paster Lodge
ED: 4

Alexander Duncan 41 Old Deer, Banffshire Head Foresters Labr
Elizabeth Duncan 39 Lonmay, Aberdeenshire Wife Foresters Lab Wife
Alexander Duncan 3 Old Deer, Banffshire Son
Louis Duncan 1 Old Deer, Banffshire Son

Source Citation: Parish: Old Deer; ED: 4; Page: 11; Line: 21-24; Roll CSSCT1871_42; Year: 1871.



1881 Scotland Census
Registration Number: 228
Registration district: Old Deer
Civil parish: Old Deer
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: North East Lodge
Occupation: Ag-Labourer'S Wife
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 39

Elizabeth Duncan 50 Lonmay, Aberdeenshire Head Ag-Labourer's Wife
Alexander Duncan 13 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Son Scholar
Lewis Duncan 11 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Son Scholar
William Duncan 7 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Son Scholar
Andrew B Duncan 5 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Son Scholar

Source Citation: Parish: Old Deer; ED: 4; Page: 9; Line: 15-10; Roll cssct1881_66; Year: 1881.
[Obv got line #s wrong - either 5-10 or 15-20]

In 1881, Alex was working nearby, a couple of pages later
...
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 46

Alexander Lamb 46 Longside, Aberdeenshir Head Overseer Of 720 Acres Of Which 500 Arable Empl 13 Men 5 Girls
Isabella Lamb 48 St Fergus, Banffshire Wife
...etc...
Alexr Duncan 51 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Servant Farm Labourer

Source Citation: Parish: Old Deer; ED: 4; Page: 11; Line: 1-17; Roll cssct1881_66; Year: 1881.



1891 ????


1901 Scotland Census
Registration Number: 228A
Registration district: Old Deer
Civil parish: Old Deer
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Fetterangus Village
ED: 6

Alexr Duncan 71 Old Deer, Abdnsh Head Labourer General
Elizabeth Duncan 73 Lonmay, Abdnsh Wife Wife Of Labourer General

Source Citation: Parish: Old Deer; ED: 6; Page: 5; Line: 7-8; Roll CSSCT1901_74; Year: 1901.

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It would also be nice to know when she and Alex died.