Janet Flockhart

Dumbarton was Janet's home parish at the time of her marriage to Samuel Duncan. Samuel emigrated to Canada in 1846, leaving her in Scotland. The 1851 census describes her as “unmarried.” One gets the impression that the couple had separated.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1800 (or about 1806).

Place of Birth: Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland.

In the 1851 census of Scotland, Janet is 51 years old and born in Kincardine, Perthshire. The biographical sketches of her sons Archibald and Robert, cited below, both state that Janet died at the age of 48 in 1854. Her sons were presumably the informants for these sketches. The 1841 census states that she was born in Stirlingshire.

Date of Death: 1854.

Place of Death: Scotland.

The biographical sketches of her sons Archibald and Robert, cited below, both state that Janet died in 1854. The sketch of Robert specifies that she died in Scotland.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Samuel Duncan (1800 - 1886). Names given up for 19 November 1825 in Dumbarton, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and married 9 December 1825 in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

The parish registers record the marriage.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Samuel Duncan (born 24 September 1826 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland).

Archibald Duncan (27 September 1827 - 13 April 1901) married Agnes Hill 22 January 1861 in Keppel township, Grey County, Canada West.

John Duncan (born 3 July 1829).

Helen Duncan (born 13 November 1830) married John Patterson.

Janet Duncan (born 16 October 1832) married Alexander Hay 22 June 1851 in Falkirk and 30 June 1851 in Laurieston, Falkirk.

Margaret Duncan (born 28 December (or 28 September) 1834 in Laurieston, Falkirk - died 24 May 1914 in Dorset, Ontario, Canada) married Adam Crozier 20 January 1860 in Galt, Canada West (United Presbyterian Church).

Robert W Duncan (born 8 or 9 August 1837 in Stanrigg, Stirlingshire - died 22 September 1910 in Beresford, Union, South Dakota) married Mary Wallace Meikle 28 July 1858 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Canada West.

Thomas Duncan (born January 1839).

William Duncan (born 20 July 1840 in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire - died 4 February 1925 in Cannon Falls, Goodhue, Minnesota) married Lucy Dinah Harwood 30 August 1865 in Kane, Illinois.

Evidence

1851 census (James Street, Falkirk)

-Janet Flockert, head, unmarried, female, aged 51, [occupation] Flowering Muslin, [born] Kincardine, Perthshire

-William Duncan, son, unmarried, male, aged 10, [born] Muiravonside, Stirling

References

“Archibald Duncan, Sr.” in Memorial and Biographical Record of Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota (Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1897), pp. 90-91.

“Robert Duncan” in Memorial and Biographical Record of Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota (Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1897), pp. 77-79.

Janet Flockert household, 1851 census of Scotland. Piece 479, folio 29, page 46.