Shanks Family Tree Page

Welcome to the SHANKS family Page

Let me take you back over seven generations of the Shanks family starting in 1765 with James Kindred and ending with my son Stuart Duncan in 1987.

To visit any of the seven family’s click on the links below

James Kindred & Janet Torbet (1783)

James Shanks & Jean Maxwell Kindred (1827)

Archibald Shanks & Jane Buchan (1851)

Archibald Shanks & Barbara Hodge (1882)

Jane Shanks & John Wallace Duncan (1907)

Barbara Hamilton Shanks James Geddie Duncan (1935)

James Geddie Duncan & Margaret Diana Duncan (1972)

James Kindred

Born: 7 July 1765, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Married: 31 Jan 1783, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Died:

Janet Torbet

Born:

Died:

Children

Jean Maxwell Kindred, 18 Oct 1792, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

I have not checked but I am sure that there would be more children

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James Shanks

Born: 25 April 1798, Livingston West Lothian Scotland

Married: 10 May 1818, Livingston West Lothian Scotland

Died: 25 August 1874, Muirhouses West Lothian Scotland

Jean Maxwell Kindred

Born: 18 Oct 1792, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Died: 14 January 1858, Muirhouses West Lothian Scotland

Children

Janet, 15 Sep 1819,Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Margaret, 01 Jul 1821,Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Jean, 26 Jan 1823,Carriden West Lothian Scotland

James, 21 Aug 1825,Carriden West Lothian Scotland

ARCHIBALD, 18 Feb 1827, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Alexander, 15 Mar 1829,Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Elizabeth, 17 Oct 1830,Carriden West Lothian Scotland

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Archibald Shanks

Born: 18 Feb 1827, Livingston West Lothian Scotland

Married: 15 Feb 1851, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Died: 4 Feb 1894, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Jane Buchan

Born: 1830, Tranent E Lothian

Died: 8 Mar 1897 Seafield Rows, Livingston

Children

Ann, 31 May 1851, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Jane, 15 Aug 1854, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Margaret, 13 May 1856, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Elizabeth, 6 Apr1858, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

ARCHIBALD, 30 Mar 1860, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Walter, 15 Jun 1862, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

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Archibald Shanks

Born: 30 Mar 1860, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Married: 3 Mar 1882, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Died: 21 Oct 1927 4 Aitken Place Leven Fife Scotland

Barbara Hodge

Born: 9 Aug 1863, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland

Died: 16 Mar 1940 4 Aitken Place Leven Fife Scotland

Children

Archibald, 1882, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

James, 1885, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

Margaret, 1886, Carriden West Lothian Scotland

JANE 1889, Burntisland Fife Scotland

Robert Wilson, 1892 Burntisland Fife Scotland

Elizabeth, 13 Oct 1895 Seafield Row Livingston

George

Walter

Ann

Barbara,

Robina,

I am not sure of dates for the rest of the children if you know any please E-Mail Me

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Jane B Shanks

Born: 1889 Burntisland Fife Scotland

Married: 6 Dec 1907, Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

Died: 24 Jul 1931, Edinburgh Scotland

John Wallace Duncan

Born: 27 July Cairns Mill, St Andrews Fife Scotland

Died: Dec 1944

Children

George, Wemyss Fife Scotland

Archibald, 1910, Wemyss Fife Scotland

Barbara Hamilton Shanks, 2 Jan 1915, Wemyss Fife Scotland

John Wallace 1921, Wemyss Fife Scotland

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Barbara Hamilton Shanks Duncan

Born: 2 Jan 1915, Wemyss Fife Scotland

Married: 1935

Died: 11 Aug 1986, Leven Fife Scotland

James Geddie Duncan

Born: 15 Jul 1912, Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

Died:

Children

William, 17 Jul 1935 Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

John Wallace, 1939, Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

James Geddie Duncan, 2 Feb 1943, Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

Andrew, 14 Feb 1945, Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

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James Geddie Duncan

Born: 2 Feb 1943 Scoonie Leven Fife Scotland

Married: 4 Mar 1972 Woodingdean Brighton England

Died:

Margaret Diana Mitchell

Born: 7 Aug 1952

Died:

Children

Stuart Sydney Duncan, 2 sep 1987 Huntingdon Cambridgeshire England