Isabella (Cruickshank) Duncan (abt. 1841 - 1912)

Born about 1841 in KEITH Banffshire Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of William Duncan — married 29 Sep 1866 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1912 at about age 71 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland

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Biography

Isabella was born about 1841 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. Her parents were Robert Cruickshank, a master shoemaker and Isobel Smith. Her mother died and her father remarried in 1845 to Elizabeth McKenzie.

She worked as a domestic servant and had two sons before marriage: George Cruickshank Smith and Robert Cruickshank Ogg.

She married William Duncan, a shoemaker in 1866 on the day their son William Duncan was born. They subsequently had another son Alexander Duncan. After William died she worked as a 'cadger' and 'hawker', which are descriptions of travelling around selling things from a basket or cart.

She died aged 72 on 1st August 1912 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland, still working as a 'fish hawker'.

Sources

• Birth record not found but she's recorded as 2 months old on the 1841 Census

• Marriage

• Death

• 1841 Census

• 1851 Census

• 1861 Census

• 1871 Census

• 1881 Census

• 1891 Census

• 1901 Census

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