DUKE

 

The DUKE family has so far been tracked back to Greenwich, London.

Mary Ann DUKE was the daughter of William James DUKE and Mary PERRY who were married in

On the 1841 census, William James DUKE is listed as a shoemaker; an occupation which he retained throughout the subsequent census returns.  The ages on the 1841 census tended to be rounded down/up for adults but he was born c. 1816, Middlesex.  (Later census returns will refine the date and place).

On the 1851 census, the family is living at 31 Bennett Street, Greenwich and they now have another two daughters: - Elizabeth, who was born in 1842, and Eliza born in 1846, Greenwich.  Mary Ann is not with the family on census night but is likely working in service.  She would be aged 13.

Mary Ann was born 8th Dec 1837, Highgate, Greenwich

Jane DUKE was born in 1840 (Greenwich, VOL 5 p.221 - mother's maiden name PERRY)

Elizabeth DUKE was born 1842 (Greenwich, VOL 5 p. 231 - mother's maiden name PERRY)

Eliza DUKE was born 12th May 1846, Greenwich

On the 1861 census, the family is living at 14 Albert Place, Greenwich.  Mary Ann is back with the family and William James Duke (aged 1) is her illegitimate son.  Barbara is her sister Jane's illegitimate son.  Eliza isn't living with the family on the 1861 census, as she is a servant in the Glover household, Claremount Street, Greenwich.  Eliza married Arthur TWEED (1842-1908).

Contrary to subsequent certificates stating that Mary Ann DUKE (mother of Hugh GORMAN/GORDON) was deceased, she was actually incarcerated in the asylum from 1872 onwards.  She died in 1904.