Francis DUNCAN

1850 - 1932  (81 years)

• Name	Francis DUNCAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	6 Oct 1850	New Dear, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	18 Mar 1867  [10, 11]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	18 Mar 1867  [10]
  	3184, Francis Duncan
  	Name: Francis Duncan Date of Birth: 06/10/1850 Date Joined OS: 18/03/1867 Date Left OS: 6/10/1910 Superannuated Date of Death: 3/7/1932
  1871 Census	1871	Camden Street, Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   [7]
  	Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Friars Croft Lane, Wymondham, Forehoe, Norfolk, England   [3]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Boarder
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, York, Yorkshire, England   [11]
  	Examiner on the Ground
  	Name: F Duncan Rank: CA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 9th Division (York) Pay per diem: 6s 2d Length of service: 23y 0m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 5d Remarks: Superintendent
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	High Field, Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  	Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	8, Grove View, York, Yorkshire, England   [2, 6]
  	Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	6 Oct 1910  [10]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1911 Census	1911	8, Grove View, York, Yorkshire, England   [4, 5]
  	Pensioner Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	8, Grove View, York, Yorkshire, England   [8]
  	Civil Service Retired Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Death	3 Jul 1932	Rose House, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England   [9, 10]
  Probate	19 Jul 1932	Birmingham, England   [9]
  Person ID	I52473	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Louisa DUNCAN,   b. 1865, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England
  Children	1. Kathleen L H DUNCAN,   b. 1887, Boston, Lincolnshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1891 Census. Details: 1901 Census. Details: 1881 Census. Details: 1911 Census. [S44] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Record for Francis Duncan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=31222879&indiv=try [S111] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 4436; Folio: 51; Page: 35. Record for Eleanor L Duncan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=34048948&indiv=try [S53] Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Kiltearn; ED: 1; Page: 16; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1871_13. Record for Francis Duncan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1104&h=929370&indiv=try Details: 1921 Census. [S82] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Principal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Record for Francis Duncan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=2761594&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.