John William DUKE

1866 - Aft 1937  (71 years)

• Name	John William DUKE  [1]
  Born	1866	Middlesex, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Address	1881  [4]
  	29 Hollingworth St., Islington, London
  Address	1891  [5]
  	9 Noel St., Islington, London
  Address	1892  [2]
  	21 Rahin St., St. Luke, Middlesex
  	Address prior to his marriage on 17 April 1892. [Unsure if address was in St. Luke or not; a photograph shows a Radnor Street close to Ironmonger Row where Faith was living.]
  Died	Aft 14 Jun 1937  [6]
  Notes	He was most likely the son of Caroline. [4]
  Person ID	I3280	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Unknown DUKE,   b. Abt 1823,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Caroline SIMMONS,   b. 8 Nov 1824, St. Sepulchre, London, England ,   d. 1899, Islington, London, England  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F2507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Faith TARRY,   b. Abt 1864, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 14 Jun 1937, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1892	St. Luke, Old Street, Islington, London, England   [3, 7]
  	John William DUKE, age 26, Bachelor, Rocking Horse Maker, residing at 21 Rahin St., son of John William DUKE, Crockery warehouseman; married Faith TARRY, age 25, Spinster, French Polisher, residing at 21 Ironmonger St., daughter of John TARRY, Bootmaker. Married 17 April 1892 St. Luke, Old Street. Marriage by banns; both signed. Witnesses Harry PAYNE and Maria DUKE. [Maria would have been John's twin sister. John states his father's name was the same as his own; this may be significant when there is some cause to believe he and his siblings might be illegitimate. He might have done this for propriety's sake. No DUKE / SIMMONS marriage has been found in the indexes.] (Anne Brooks) [7]
  Address	1893  [7]
  	51 Mindon ? St., Islington, Middlesex
  	Address at the time of Marie's baptism on 2 April 1893. [ Record states Islington was a borough in the Parish of Finsbury St. Luke where she was baptised.]
  Address	1894  [8]
  	38 Hyde Rd., London.
  	Address at the baptism of John William on 20 July 1894.
  Address	1896  [9]
  	9 Huntingdon St., Shoreditch, London
  	Address at the baptism of their son, William John, on 18 October 1896.
  Address	1900  [10]
  	68 Lr. Paul's Buildings, Clerkenwell, London
  	Address at the baptism of their son George Edgar on 28 January 1900.
  Address	1901  [1]
  	No. 68, Clerkenwell, London
  Address	1902  [10]
  	72 St. Paul's Buildings, Clerkenwell St. Paul, London
  	Address at the baptism of Helena Faith on 7 September 1902.
  Address	1905  [10]
  	70 St. Paul's Building, Clerkenwell, London
  	Address at the baptism of Ernest Arthur on 19 January 1905.
  Address	1911  [11]
  	31 Kingsbury Rd., Balls Pond Rd N., Islington, London
  Address	24 Jul 1915  [12]
  	1237 King St. W. Toronto, Ontario
  	Address at the time William enlisted.
  Address	1921  [13]
  	118 Lappin Ave., Parkdale, Ontario
  Address	1937  [14]
  	142 Wright Ave., Toronto, Ontario
  	Address at the death of Faith DUKE on 14 June 1937.
  Children	1. Marie Caroline DUKE,   b. 7 Feb 1893, Hoxton, London, England ,   d. Bef 21 Feb 1983  (Age 90 years)   2. John William DUKE,   b. 9 Jun 1894,   d. 1895, London City, London, England  (Age 0 years)   3. William John DUKE,   b. 25 Jul 1896, Hoxton, London, England ,   d. Abt Jan 1940  (Age 43 years)   4. Florence Faith DUKE,   b. 1897, Middlesex, England ,   d. Abt 1900, Middlesex, England  (Age 3 years)   5. George Edgar DUKE,   b. 17 Dec 1899, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England ,   d. 8 Mar 1967, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   6. Helena Faith "Lena" DUKE,   b. 3 Aug 1902, Holborn, London, England ,   d. 21 Feb 1983, Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   7. Ernest Arthur DUKE,   b. 7 Dec 1904, Holborn, London, England ,   d. 28 Sep 1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   8. Charles DUKE,   b. 1906, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1906, Middlesex, England  (Age 0 years)
  Documents		Marriage: Duke and Tarry John William Duke married Faith Tarry on 17 April 1892 at the Parish Church of St. Luke, Old Street, in Islington.
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Immigration: Duke and Warwick John William Duke sailed on the S. S. Teutonic with his son, William, and his son in law, Joseph Warwick to Canada in 1913. They arrived in Quebec on 14 September 1913.

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] Census of England, 1901. [S692] London Parish Records, London Metropolitan Archives, (online at Ancestry.com). [S168] England and Wales Registration Index. [S71] Census of England, 1881 (3 April 1881). [S193] Census of England, 1891 (5 April 1891). [S816] Index: Deaths - Ontario 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947, (www.familysearch.org). [S788] Parish Register, St. Luke's, Old Street, Islington, London. [S847] Parish Register, Hoxton St. Saviour, London. [S794] Parish Register, St. Leonard Shoreditch, London. [S792] Parish Register, Saint Paul, Clerkenwell, London. [S579] Census of England, 1911, (1 April 1911). [S121] Attestation Paper, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, (original images online at Canadian Archives.). [S984] Census of Canada, 1921, (Enumerated 1 June 1921). [S200] Registration of Death.