No information is known of Robert Duncan's or Janet Dunlop's parents.
Robert Duncan is believed to have been born around 1757 (based on him being 84 at the 1841 Census).
Robert Duncan is believed to have been born around 1757 (based on him being 84 at the 1841 Census).
Robert Duncan, a Master Ship builder[1],
married Janet Dunlop on 24 October
1793 at Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland [2].
Robert and Janet had eight (8) children, the first six being born in Campbeltown,
Argyll:
·
Isabella, born 24
July and baptised on 28 July 1794 ;
·
Robert, born 20
December 1795;
·
James, born 8
November and baptised on 8 November 1797;
·
Charles, born 18
January and baptised on 22 Jan 1800;
·
Isabella, born 1
December and baptised on 4 December 1802;
·
Jean, 12
September and baptised on 17 September 1804 (Father was a shipbuilder, living
in Campbeltown); and
·
Dunlop, born
c.1807; and
·
Janet, born abt
1809, both born in Irvine, Ayr
Comment:
- All the above birth / baptism information, other than Dunlop’s and Janet's, taken from OPRs, whilst Dunlop’s and Janet's are based on census information and death registration.
- It is believed that parents' Robert and Janet were born between 1765 and 1776, based on their first child being born in 1794.
Isabella, born in 1794, is thought to have died prior to 1802,
when in December of that year another daughter was born and named Isabella, a
common practice in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
The 1841 Census shows Robert (84 and Independent) living with daughter Janet and her husband John Scott and their daughter Elizabeth at Brougham St, Greenock.[3]
The 1841 Census shows Robert (84 and Independent) living with daughter Janet and her husband John Scott and their daughter Elizabeth at Brougham St, Greenock.[3]
Both Robert (Snr) and Janet are listed as deceased on Charles’
Death Register entry of 1876.
