Howard Kane Duff was born in May 1862. He was the first legitimate child of Edgar Quartermaine. As a child, he had a hobby horse to ride on because of the utter boredom exuded by the mansion where he was born in.
He wasn't lucky with women, divorcing one (Tina Bunsen) before even having kids with her. He wasn't lucky with his girlfriends either, being called a titty tat by one of them all! That was life until a talent scout named Ginger (actually orangey blonde, despite the name!) Jenno Ferguson, daughter of Jovis Ferguson and Martha Carr, adoptive younger paternal cousin of Samuel Krabappel Ferguson, came along.
Although their relationship was ultimately estranged, they married in 1890, becoming a circus supercouple due to their fans' delight. Because of their mental similarities, they were not pro-animal abuse either, replacing animals instead with acrobats.
Their only son was Ginger (actually titian haired, despite the name) Juidin Duff, born in 1897. They died in separate years, Howard in 1941 and Jenno in 1949.