Duncan Dunbar (my great, great, great grandfather) was born in Cromdale, Inverness-shire on 10 April 1784 his parents were John Dunbar and Janet Nairn. Duncan was in the Army 74th Foot Regiment for 7 years. He lost an arm from gun shot wounds in Pamplona in Northern Spain on 30 July 1813. He was discharged from the Army on 10 September 1814. He married Janet Grant on 4 June 1818 and they had seven children, Ellen (my great, great Grandmother), Duncan, Margaret, Janet, Donald, James and Elspet. Duncan died on 2 January 1857 and is buried in Dallas Churchyard. Ellen (my great, great Grandmother) married James Kelly, they had seven children, Helen or Ellen (my great Grandmother), James, Duncan, Margaret, Jessie, Donald and Thomas. Helen (my great Grandmother), married Robert Webster Royan.
Duncan was in the Army 74th Foot Regiment for 7 years.
He lost an arm from gun shot wounds in Pamplona in Northern Spain on 30 July 1813.
He was discharged from the Army on 10 September 1814.
He married Janet Grant on 4 June 1818 and they had seven children, Ellen (my great, great Grandmother), Duncan, Margaret, Janet, Donald, James and Elspet.
Duncan died on 2 January 1857 and is buried in Dallas Churchyard.
Ellen (my great, great Grandmother) married James Kelly, they had seven children, Helen or Ellen (my great Grandmother), James, Duncan, Margaret, Jessie, Donald and Thomas. Helen (my great Grandmother), married Robert Webster Royan.
Army Discharge Papers for Duncan Dunbar
Extract from the Register of Deaths of Duncan Dunbar
Transcription:
Erected
To
The Memory of
Duncan Dunbar
Late of the 74th Regiment of Foot
Who departed this Life
At Braeside of Kellas
On 2nd January 1857
Aged 74 Years
Also of his Wife
Janet Grant
Who died at Bunoch Cottage, Kellas on
8th July 1868 aged 78 years
In Loving Memory of
John Mackay who died at Bunoch Cottage, Kellas on 24th August
1907 Aged 82 years and of his daughter
Jessie who died 21 October 1907 aged 47 years
Jessie Dunbar wife of
John Mackay
Who died at Braeside of Kellas 25 March 1913 aged 86 years
I am a descendant of Duncan Dunbar b. 1784 and Janet Grant b1790.
Their son Duncan married Margaret Milne on 07.07.1843. Their son James b 1859 married Elizabeth Ross b.13.06.1863. Their son Duncan b.25.12.1893
married Betsy Cameron ( My Grandfather and Grandmother)
Their son James Duncan Alexander b03.07.1922 (my father died 04.02.2016) married Joyce Freed on 08.12.1945 I was born 25.10.1950
So Duncan Dunbar b.1784 was my g. g. g. grandfather.
Regards
Keith Dunbar
Thank you for this information on Duncan Dunbar, who is my ancestor, as well, through his daughter, Janet.
Ah, I see you have John MacKay, my ancestor, in your records! He was born in 1823 in Achilty, Contin, Ross-Cromarty. He got into an argument with his dad and crossed the water to Kellas, where he met Janet. He died in 1907.
A interesting thing about Janet Dunbar, which my aunt told me, and which I’m trying to find documentation on, is that she attended a six week maternity/women’s diseases course in Aberdeen in around 1856.
Hi Kellas, good to hear from you. Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, I was on holiday. The information on Janet’s career would make interesting reading, I do hop you are successful in finding this. If there is any information you would like on this branch of my tree, please let me know.
Irene