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Name	Dob	Birthplace	Occupation	Relationship to Author	Died	Married To	Notes
John Duncan	11/02/1892	Carnoustie	Salmon Fisherman	Grandfather	06/08/1975	Maggie Beattie Bruce	Birth Source - Birth Certificate.Death Source - Death Certificate.
John Duncan	05/07/1862	Johnshaven	Salmon Fisherman	Great-Grandfather	04/05/1956	Betsy Herd	Birth Source - IGI. Death Source - Death Certificate.
Edwin Duncan	Unknown	Johnshaven	Salmon Fisherman/Manager	Great x2 Grandfather	28/11/1928	Margaret Sheret and Elspeth Cargill	Edwin was born in either 1839 or 1840.
James Duncan	Unknown	Johnshaven	Salmon Fisherman/Weaver	Great x3 Grandfather	Unknown	children with Elizabeth Torrie	Born in 1805 or 1806 by using 1841 and 1851 Census for Scotland.

My grandfather although born in Carnoustie was mostly brought up at Easthaven (shown in picture) after the family moved there when he was a small child. However, his father also John Duncan was born in Johnshaven, Kincardine. Two more generations had also hailed from Johnshaven, Edwin Duncan (also pictured) who ended up being the Salmon Fishing Manager for all of the salmon operations in Carnoustie and his father the mysterious James Duncan.

James Duncan who appeared in census' in 1841 and 1851 in Johnshaven and was supposedly born in Johnshaven has proven impossible to track after 1851. There is no birth record in the IGI for him, he never appeared to marry and there is no record of a death for him. Of course Duncan is a common surname and James a common first name which further clouds matters.

A while back I created some morphs of my ancestors with a software package called Morpheus, here is one.		See the animation at the left as Edwin Duncan's face turns into his eldest son John's.

Both photos of Edwin Duncan were provided by Douglas and Joann Beattie. The photo of John Duncan (1862-1956) was supplied by John G Duncan. The photo of Easthaven was taken by the author.