Name :- Duncan, Daniel
Nationality :- UK
Age :- 43
Rank :- Chief Engineer
Number :-
Medal :-
Service :- Mercantile Marine
Regiment / ship :- S.S. Semantha
Date of death :- 14th October 1917 (killed at sea)
Cemetery / Memorial :- Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Area of cemetery / memorial :-
Family information :- Son of Adam and Jane Neish Duncan
Extra information :-
In the 1881 Census is the following entry...
Dwelling: Duncans Land
Census Place: Rattray, Perth, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203514 GRO Ref Volume 389 EnumDist 1 Page 12
Adam DUNCAN M 34 M Rattray, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Slater
Jane DUNCAN M 31 F Dundee, Forfar, Scotland
Rel: Wife
William DUNCAN 8 M Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Daniel DUNCAN 7 M Rattray, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Adam DUNCAN 5 M Rattray, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Son
David DUNCAN 3 M Rattray, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Son
Catherine DUNCAN 9 m F Rattray, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Daur
1891 Census ... (it looks like Jane has died, and Adam has remarried)
Mill Road, Rattray, Perthshire
Adam Duncan, head, 44, slater, b. Rattray
Catherine Duncan, wife, 38, b. Rattray
William Duncan, son, 18, slater, b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Daniel Duncan, son, 17, Agricultural Engineer's Apprentice, b. Rattray
Adam Duncan, son, 15, Draper's Apprentice , b. Rattray
David Duncan, son, 13, Slater's Apprentice , b. Rattray
John Duncan, son, 9, scholar, b. Rattray
George Duncan, son, 7, scholar, b. Rattray
Charles Duncan, son, 4, scholar, b. Rattray
Harry Duncan, son, 3, b. Rattray
Elizabeth Duncan, daughter, 9 months, b. Rattray
1901 Census
Rattray Village, Rattray, Perthshire
Adam Duncan, head, 54, slater, b. Rattray
William Duncan, son, 29, slater, b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire
John Duncan, son, 19, mechanical engineers apprentice, b. Rattray
George Duncan, son, 17, slater’s apprentice, b. Rattray
Charles Duncan, son, 14, photographic apprentice, b. Rattray
Harry Duncan, son, 13, scholar, b. Rattray
Elizabeth Duncan, daughter, 10, scholar, b. Rattray
Ernest Duncan, son, 8, scholar, b. Rattray
Helen Grace, servant, 33, shopkeeper, b. Brydekirk, Dundee, Dumfres.
There is no mention of Daniel in either the Scottish or English 1901 census. Perhaps he had joined up, and was abroad.
In Rattray Cemetery
A Military History of Perthshire 1899 - 1902
Here is mentioned the service record of Adam Duncan of Blairgowrie, Daniel's father.
"31st Battalion (Fincastle's Horse)"
Enlisted 1902. Served in South African War 1902 (Queen's medal, with clasps "Cape Colony," and "South Africa 1902").
Confermations & Inventories 1918
Duncan, Daniel, Marine Engineer, Sidlaw View, Rattray, Blairgowrie, died 14 October 1917, at Sea, intestate. Confirmation granted at Perth, 11 February, to Adam Ross Duncan, Sidlaw View aforesaid. Executor dative qua father. Value of Estate £ 1744 1s 4d
(2006 value using average earning is £289,455.97p)