[Index]
Duncan MCINNES (1844 - 1912)
boundary rider, shearer, teamster, storekeeper
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary Anne MCINNES (1868 - 1868)
Annie Eliza (Dolly) MCINNES (1869 - 1942)
John Patrick MCINNES (1871 - 1905)
Archibald Joseph MCINNES (1874 - 1962)
Catherine Agnes MCINNES (1876 - 1891)
Sarah Jane MCINNES (1878 - 1969)
Maria Josephine Janet MCINNES (1880 - 1958)
James Gilbert J MCINNES (1883 - 1962)
Hugh Duncan MCINNES (1885 - 1886)
Mary Ann MCINNES (1885 - 1958)
Donald Argyle (Gyle) MCINNES (1888 - 1962)
Robert Blair MCINNES (1890 - 1954)
Sidney Duncan MCINNES (1894 - 1960)
 Duncan MCINNES (1844 - 1912)

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Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN (1850 - 1932)
 Gilbert MCINNES (1810 - 1886) John MCINNES



Agnes MCLEAN



Mary MCINTYRE (1812 - 1856) Nicol MCINTYRE



Janet CAMPBELL



Duncan MCINNES Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN
Duncan MCINNES
Duncan MCINNES Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN Duncan MCINNES
b. 01 Apr 1844 at Duntroon, ACT, Australia
m. 1867 Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN (1850 - 1932) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
d. 15 Nov 1912 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 68
Near Relatives of Duncan MCINNES (1844 - 1912)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John MCINNES
Grandmother Agnes MCLEAN
Grandfather Nicol MCINTYRE
Grandmother Janet CAMPBELL

Father in Law John CRINIGAN 1817 Co Westmeath, Ireland 06 Apr 1899 Canberra, ACT, Australia 82
Mother in Law Maria MANSFIELD abt 1820 Norfolk, England 08 Feb 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 43

Father Gilbert MCINNES 1810 Cladich Inishail Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland 12 Dec 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 76
Mother Mary MCINTYRE 1812 Inveryusachan, Scotland 07 Aug 1856 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 44

Self Duncan MCINNES 01 Apr 1844 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 15 Nov 1912 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 68

Wife Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1850 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1932 Harden, New South Wales, Australia 82

Daughter Mary Anne MCINNES 05 May 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Nov 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Daughter Annie Eliza (Dolly) MCINNES 10 Dec 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 06 Oct 1942 Canberra, ACT, Australia 72
Son John Patrick MCINNES 17 Nov 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 22 Oct 1905 Uriarra, New South Wales, Australia 33
Son Archibald Joseph MCINNES 06 Dec 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26 Jul 1962 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 87
Daughter Catherine Agnes MCINNES 19 Oct 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1891 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 15
Daughter Sarah Jane MCINNES 02 Aug 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 04 Jan 1969 Canberra, ACT, Australia 90
Daughter Maria Josephine Janet MCINNES 14 Oct 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 08 Nov 1958 Canberra, ACT, Australia 78
Son James Gilbert J MCINNES 13 Mar 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1962 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia 79
Son Hugh Duncan MCINNES 06 Oct 1885 Duntroon, ACT, Australia Nov 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Daughter Mary Ann MCINNES 06 Oct 1885 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 19 Dec 1958 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 73
Son Donald Argyle (Gyle) MCINNES 28 May 1888 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 28 Jun 1962 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 74
Son Robert Blair MCINNES 06 Apr 1890 Belconnen, ACT, Australia 09 Jul 1954 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 64
Son Sidney Duncan MCINNES 14 Feb 1894 Belconnen, ACT, Australia 30 Dec 1960 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 66

Brother John MCINNES 1840 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 31 Dec 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 61
Brother Archibald MCINNES 1842 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 36
Sister Mary MCINNES 1845 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 25 Apr 1915 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 70
Sister Ann MCINNES 1847 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 10 Dec 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 27
Brother Nicolas (Nicol) MCINNES 1847 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 26 Jan 1927 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
Sister Catherine (Kate) MCINNES 1849 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1929 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
Sister Janet MCINNES 1850 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 47
Brother Peter Ryan MCINNES 1852 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 27 Nov 1905 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 53
Brother Donald MCINNES 1853 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jul 1936 Hay, New South Wales, Australia 83
Sister Mary McIntyre MCINNES 1856 Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 18

Son in Law William MOORE 19 Oct 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jun 1967 Canberra, ACT, Australia 92
Daughter in Law Jane MITCHELL 1878 Bedelluck, New South Wales, Australia 13 Feb 1935 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 57
Son in Law Ernest CADOGAN 1867 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 19 Dec 1915 Cairo, Egypt 48
Son in Law Francis Maitland MORLEY 1878 Adelaide, SA, Australia 16 Dec 1930 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 52
Son in Law Cornelius Archibald GOISER 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19 Apr 1945 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 79
Son in Law Henry William POBJE 1867 Enfield, New South Wales, Australia 14 Dec 1919 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 52
Son in Law Frederick Walter DOOLAN 1884 Harden, New South Wales, Australia 16 Sep 1962 Harden, New South Wales, Australia 78
Daughter in Law Alice Loanna WARREN 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jun 1972 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 84
Daughter in Law Elizabeth (Lil) OLDFIELD 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 03 Feb 1974 Canberra, ACT, Australia 86
Daughter in Law Lucy J RYAN 1902 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jun 1972 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 70

Grandson Cecil Lindsay MOORE 1894 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 22 Aug 1969 Canberra, ACT, Australia 75
Granddaughter Lavinia Catherine MOORE 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 12 Nov 1979 Canberra, ACT, Australia 83
Granddaughter Louisa Jane MOORE 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Alexander McKenzie MOORE 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson John James Robert MOORE 1902 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Jospeh MCINNES 1897 1898 1
Granddaughter Lavinia Mary Kathleen MCINNES 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Doris Edith MCINNES 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Phillis M MCINNES 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Rebecca Jane MCINNES 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary Martha CADOGAN 1899 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Merrion Maria CADOGAN 1900 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Francis Henry James CADOGAN 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Winifred Isobel MAITLAND 1907 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Kathleen Lenna MAITLAND 1909 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Grace Lillian MAITLAND 1910 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Richard George MAITLAND 1912 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Francis John Victor MAITLAND 03 Dec 1914 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jan 1988 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 73
Granddaughter Leonora Jean MCINNES 1901 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson James A GOISER 1907 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Mervyn Cornelius GOISER 1910 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Maria GOISER 1911 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1912 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Granddaughter Iris May (Pat) GOISER 1914 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Albert Duncan GOISER 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson John Douglas POBJE 1909 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 20 Feb 1989 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
Granddaughter Eileen Agnes POBJE 1911 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Archibald Henry POBJE 1913 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Sidney James POBJE 1915 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary Elizabeth POBJE 1918 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Robert Argyle POBJE 1920 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Walter Joseph DOOLAN 1922 Harden, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Frederick John MCINNES 1913 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Lorraine Alice MCINNES 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Beryl Joan MCINNES 1922 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Leonard Joseph MCINNES 1914 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Selywn Robert MCINNES 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter Hazel MCINNES 1917 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1918 1
Grandson Ronald Frederick MCINNES 1919 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Myra Veronica (Marie) MCINNES 1921 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased

Nephew Gilbert Andrew MCINNES 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1951 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 88
Niece Ann MCINNES 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1865 1
Niece Mary MCINNES 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Oct 1907 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia 42
Nephew John James MCINNES 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 Sep 1913 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 46
Niece Catherine MCINNES 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29 Mar 1945 Majura, New South Wales, Australia 76
Niece Elizabeth MCINNES 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jan 1920 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 49
Nephew William MCINNES 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Sarah MCINNES 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Anne Jane MCINNES 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew George Lockart Nairn MCINNES 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Andrew MCINNES 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1948 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia 69
Nephew Charles Duncan MCINNES 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Robert Alexander Steel MCINNES 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 01 Jan 1968 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 86
Niece Australia Janet MCINNES 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Lillian May (Top) (Maisie) MCINNES 1885 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11 Aug 1976 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 91
Nephew Gilbert NAYLOR 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Nephew Peter NAYLOR 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Niece Elizabeth NAYLOR 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Agnes Ann NAYLOR 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jun 1908 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 35
Nephew William John NAYLOR 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 4
Niece Catherine Mary Edith NAYLOR 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Louisa Janet NAYLOR 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary Jane NAYLOR 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1890 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11
Niece Alice Maud NAYLOR 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Peter Gilbert NAYLOR 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 08 Oct 1965 Canberra, ACT, Australia 83
Nephew John Henry NAYLOR 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1954 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 71
Niece Florence Charlotte NAYLOR 1885 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Maria Hall Adelaide NAYLOR 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Ruby NAYLOR 18 Dec 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 07 Apr 1941 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia 53
Nephew Walter William NAYLOR 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1959 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 70
Niece Kate WEBB 1870 1870 0
Nephew John WEBB 1873 Canberra, ACT, Australia 02 Apr 1917 France 44
Nephew William John MCINNES 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1939 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 65
Niece Nicolas (Nicol) MCINNES 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1939 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia 63
Nephew John MCINNES 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Michael MCINNES 1882
Nephew Edward Peter MCINNES 1888
Niece Mary Emma SMALLHORN 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 30 Aug 1945 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 72
Niece Annie Eliza (Sis) SMALLHORN 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 10 May 1951 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 77
Nephew John James SMALLHORN 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Ernest Robert SMALLHORN 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Warrie Gilbert SMALLHORN 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26 Aug 1951 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 72
Niece Alice Kate SMALLHORN 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Thomas William SMALLHORN 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Nephew Wilfred Thomas SMALLHORN 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1900 16
Nephew William Arnold MCINNES 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Peter Gilbert Joseph MCINNES 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1957 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 59

Brother in Law John DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1844 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1844 0
Sister in Law Mary DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1845 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1845 0
Sister in Law Catherine DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1846 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1846 0
Sister in Law Sarah Jane HORROCKS 1843 New South Wales, Australia 29 Aug 1925 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 82
Brother in Law William John NAYLOR 1845 New South Wales, Australia 16 Jul 1909 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 64
Brother in Law Thomas WEBB 1845 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 23 Feb 1934 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia 89
Sister in Law Catherine SHEEDY 1852 Yarralumla, ACT Australia 09 Jan 1927 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75
Brother in Law John James SMALLHORN 1846 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 06 Apr 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 45
Sister in Law Bridget MCNAMARA
Events in Duncan MCINNES (1844 - 1912)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
01 Apr 1844 Duncan MCINNES was born Duntroon, ACT, Australia V18444608 47/1844 6
07 Aug 1856 12 Death of mother Mary MCINTYRE (aged 44) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 3166/1856 6
1867 23 Married Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN (aged 17) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2924/1867, CRINNIGAN 6
05 May 1868 24 Birth of daughter Mary Anne MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15521/1868 6
21 Nov 1868 24 Death of daughter Mary Anne MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6293/1868 6
10 Dec 1869 25 Birth of daughter Annie Eliza (Dolly) MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17255/1869 6
17 Nov 1871 27 Birth of son John Patrick MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16674/1871 6
06 Dec 1874 30 Birth of son Archibald Joseph MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 18125/1874 6
19 Oct 1876 32 Birth of daughter Catherine Agnes MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19257/1876 6
02 Aug 1878 34 Birth of daughter Sarah Jane MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20961/1878 6
14 Oct 1880 36 Birth of daughter Maria Josephine Janet MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23166/1880 6
13 Mar 1883 38 Birth of son James Gilbert J MCINNES Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29189/1883 6
06 Oct 1885 41 Birth of son Hugh Duncan MCINNES Duntroon, ACT, Australia 31666/1885 6
06 Oct 1885 41 Birth of daughter Mary Ann MCINNES Duntroon, ACT, Australia 31665/1885 6
Nov 1886 42 Death of son Hugh Duncan MCINNES (aged 1) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13517/1886 6
12 Dec 1886 42 Death of father Gilbert MCINNES (aged 76) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13507/1886 6
28 May 1888 44 Birth of son Donald Argyle (Gyle) MCINNES Duntroon, ACT, Australia 6
06 Apr 1890 46 Birth of son Robert Blair MCINNES Belconnen, ACT, Australia 6
1891 47 Death of daughter Catherine Agnes MCINNES (aged 15) Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 80
14 Feb 1894 49 Birth of son Sidney Duncan MCINNES Belconnen, ACT, Australia 27947/1894 Queanbeyan 6
22 Oct 1905 61 Death of son John Patrick MCINNES (aged 33) Uriarra, New South Wales, Australia 14026/1905
15 Nov 1912 68 Duncan MCINNES died Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17680/1912 6
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 63 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 206 (Death)
- Reference = 63 (Marriage)
- Reference = 206 (Birth)
- Reference = 207 (Name, Notes)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3893/duncan-mcinnes.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1844; Died: 1912; Married: Eliza Jane [Crinigan]

Duncan McInnes
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Duncan was born at Duntroon on 1 April 1844. The son of Scottish immigrants Gilbert McInnes and Mary McIntyre, he married Eliza Jane Crinigan (Jane) daughter of John and Maria Crinigan [nee Mansfield]. Duncan's mother died in 1856 only days after the birth of her 11th child. Aged twelve, Duncan was then employed with his older brother John (16) and Archibald (14) at Dirty Swamp, Kowen, until his marriage in 1867.

Duncan and Jane lived at Stone Hut, Ginninderra, a marriage gift from her father, John Crinigan, where their first four children were born:

Mary ('Polly') 5 May 1868, died 21 November 1868
Annie ('Dolly') 10 December 1869
John Patrick 17 November 1871
Archibald Joseph ('Archie') 6 December 1874
Three more children were born at 'Glenwood':

Catherine Agnes (Kate) 19 October 1876
Sarah Jane 2 August 1878 and
Maria Josephine 14 October 1880.
It is possible Duncan was a dummy selector for McCarthy on part of his property at 'Glenwood', near Selection Creek. Duncan had to live there for three years to built a hut. Stones marked the spot.

Duncan and Jane McInnes had a further six children:

James Gilbert John (13 March 1883 in Queanbeyan)
Twins Hugh Duncan and Mary Ann (6 October 1885 at Duntroon) (Hugh died November 1886)
Donald Argyle ('Gyle') (28 May 1888 at Duntroon)
Robert Blair (6 April 1890 at Belconon (sic)) and
Sidney Duncan (14 February 1894 at Belconon).
Duncan moved around the district as a shearer and farm labourer. Their small place on Ginninderra Creek (now conserved as the Crinigans Hut ruins in Wanderer Circuit, Amaroo) could not support a family. This land passed into the Cavanagh family, step-cousins of Jane. The ruin of the three roomed stone cottage Crinigan's Hut was entered on the ACT Heritage Register in 1994 after excavation by the Canberra Archaeological Society and family members and friends.

Duncan worked for Fred Campbell at 'Yarralumla' for over 18 years, as a boundary rider. In 1889 he was at 'Yarralumla' when his son Archie, aged fifteen, had to be treated for a hip problem after a fall from a horse; he was training to be a groom. Archie (J.A.) married Jane Mitchell of 'Homebush', Hall, and died 26 July 1962 in Queanbeyan. Archie became a boot maker and operated his business from his home in Morrisett Street in Queanbeyan. He and his wife are buried in the old Tharwa Road Cemetery Queanbeyan.

For some years Duncan operated the punt at Urriara Crossing. Their son John died there in 1905. After that they bought Barracks Flat at Queanbeyan. Duncan died on 5 November 1912 in the Queanbeyan Hospital. In 1918 Jane married again - to Charles Boyd - and moved to Kileevy at Harden in 1922. She died there in 1932. Duncan and Jane are buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Queanbeyan.

Like many locals Duncan occasionally appeared in the newspapers. He was at living at 'Glenwood' in 1875 when he was kicked in the stomach by a young horse 'he incautiously approached', at the One Tree Hill Pub. Another horse incident involved Duncan 'Magennis' in December 1862 when he was thrown from a young horse "with such violence", although he escaped "without breaking a bone or any worse injury". In 1892 at a hare drive on McCarthy's 'Glenwood' run Duncan was shot in the eye with several stray pellets – "which gives to prove that some at least of the shooters present were not as careful as they ought have been." In 1904 together with W. Rule, Mark Southwell and James McInnes, Duncan killed a "fine specimen" of an 8ft 4ins diamond snake, at the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Queanbeyan [Molonglo?] Rivers.

Duncan and Jane's daughter Kate McInnes was killed in 1891 near Ginninderra Falls after she was dragged by a horse she was leading by the bridle. She was only just 15 years old. Not all reports make interesting or happy reading. In 1896 Duncan appeared before the Queanbeyan Police Court charged with severely assaulting his 16 year old daughter Maria with a loaded whip handle. Found guilty he was ordered to be on good behaviour for twelve months. A happier report was of Maria at the annual shearers ball organised by James McCarthy at his 'Glenwood' shearing shed to celebrate the finish of shearing operations in 1895.

In 1883 Duncan unsuccessfully sued Gribble for agistment owing. The Courts in those times were obviously available to all for their grievances, at little cost. In 1902 Duncan unsuccessfully sued ('Captain') Samuel Southwell for libel over payment for a horse which Duncan had taken back. Witnesses included Edward Clarke, Richard Vest, Frederick Campbell and Daniel Gifford. Duncan mentioned that his cottage was about 10 miles from Yarralumla homestead.

Duncan and Jane's children mostly married into well known local families:

Annie married William Moore and died in 1942. Descendants include Moore, Bingeman, Southwell
Archibald Joseph married Jane Mitchell and died in 1962. Descendants include Hill.
Sarah Jane married (1) Ernest Cadogan (2) Francis Herbert Maitland (Morley) and died in 1969. Descendants include Cadogan, Maitland/Morley, Harris, Ball, Keenan, Lewis
Maria Josephine married Cornelius Archibald Goiser and died in 1958. Descendants include Goiser, Doolan, Lynch, Burton, Leggett
Mary Ann married (1) Henry William Pobje (2) Frederick Walter Doolan and died in 1958. Descendants include Jeffery, Humphries
Donald Argyle (Gyle) married Alice Loanna Warren and died in 1962. Descendants include McInnes, Spencer, Monck, Hapgood. Alice was a granddaughter of John Gale the "Father of Canberra".
Robert Blair married Elizabeth (Lil) Oldfield and died in 1954.Descendants include McInnes, Sauverain
Sidney Duncan married Lucy Ryan and died in 1960. Descendants include McInnes.
[Contributed by Marilyn Folger January 2020]

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