THE FAMILY Or WILLIAM DUNCAN
OF CO. LEITREM, IRELAND
AND CANADA
A HISTORY COMPILED BY
ERIC H. WALDRAM •
THE FAMILY OF
• WILLIAM DUNCAN • OF CORIGEENCOR BRIDGE CO. LEITREM, IRELAND
AND CANADA
DATE MICROFILMED AUG 2 9 1996 .. ITEM # 7 PROJECT and Q. S. A HISTORY COMPILED BY X LlLt-102CALL# I 40 I 3 ^ J ERIC H. WALDRAM 2055137 PENTICTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA '^r] 1995 rY)c\\2>ju © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED By,, The easiest thing would be to thank all the many people that have been contacted during the researching of this history. There has been nothing but cooperation from everyone, for which I am really thankful. However there are a few people who must be given special thanks for their help, patience and forbearance. The first of these must be my wife Katheleen who racked her brains remembering all she could about her family, while digging out all her old photographs and letters. She also listened patiently to my endless theories, hopes, successes and failures, besides searching records in Alberta, Ontario and Ireland Archives and tramping through numerous cemetaries in these same areas. Without her the task would have been considerably harder. The same can be said, in varying degrees, to her family from whom I continually requested information and pictures. Mabel M "Wright" Duncan who wrote "The Duncans of Bethel" must be commended for the work she put into the book, while her niece Margaret Elizabeth Duncan, of Edmonton is thanked for introducing me to it. While on the subject of books Patricia Harts "Pioneering in North York", is a must to anyone who is researching that area. The personel in the North York Library, and in the archives of Peel township and Woodbridge gave valuable assistance. Eristine "Werezuk" Duncan of Vermillion, and Flora "Houser" Duncan of Red Deer, both in Alberta, as well as Cecil Duncan of Chelmsford, Ontario all contributed with information and encouragement. To the many others that I have not mentioned, THANKS. THE DUNCANS This story starts in Carrigeencor Bridge in County Leitrem. Ireland, with William Duncan who was a merchant and mill owner (oatmeal) living beside the River Bonet, where he had his mill. For the sake of convenience this William will be referred to as William I. The father of William was an Army Surgeon. Among the children of William and his wife was another William who will be referred to as William II. William II married Jane Elliot of County Fermanagh. They had six sons and two daughters that have been traced. These children were named William III, John, James, Jane, Adam, George and Mary and Henry. The eldest son, William III came to Canada selling linen from his, or his family's flax mills. He was apparently impressed by what he saw as he came over a second time and bought land in York County and settled down there. His father and his brothers and sisters, with the exception of Henry, also came over to Canada in 1929. The father, William II, died on the ship on the passage over and was buried at sea in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. There is no mention of the mother. William III bought land in York County for his four brothers, and they all settled down in this area, The two sisters both got married. They married brothers William and John Jackson. The five brothers all farmed, and four of them married and had quite a few children. The exception was Adam who apparently never married and died around the age of 44. William III built a large house which he named Dublin. The brothers were very successful in their farming, and other ventures. Their children spread out across Ontario while their grandchildren spread still further to Western Canada and the United States. The early Duncans were very active in their communities and churchs, as well in the promoting of educational facilities and business opportunities in their areas. This then is the story of the Duncan family in Canada with their achievements and influence in the development of the last one hundred and seventy years of Canada's history. For the sake of convenience the families of four of the five sons who emmigrated to Canada will be covered in separate sections. This separation is necessary due to the large number of children these four brothers had, along with the fact that they all seem to name them with the same chistian names, and all of them lived, originally, in the same small area of North York Township in the County of York. Ontario. REBELLION IN UPPER CANADA (ONTARIO) IN 1837 During the "rebellion" in 1837, a Thomas Matthews, who was one of the rebellion leaders, was arrested in the house of bachelors John and William Duncan. The house was situated on Lot 25, Concession 3, EAST of Yonge Street in L'AMAROUX. These two bachelors, John and William are not the John and William of the family we are tracing. The William of this family was by then 36 years old and was married with children. He was also living on his property at Lot 16, Concession 3, WEST of Yonge. His brother John was also married, with children, and living on his property at Lot 23, Cocession 6. WEST of Yonge. Records show that there were other Duncan families living in York County around this time. Unfortunately all these Duncan families seem to like the christian names of William, John, George and James. The above rebellion took place in Upper Canada (Ontario), which brings up the fact that this area has changed a lot over the years, in area and name. Until the American Revolution, (War of Independence), of 1775 - 1783, the parts of North America controlled by England were known as British North America. In 1791 large areas of what is now Quebec and Ontario were divided into Upper Canada, (Ontario), and Lower Canada, (Quebec). The next change came in 1841 when the Act of Union changed the names to Canada West (Ontario), and Canada East, (Quebec). These names were again changed in 1867 by the British North America Act which included Ontario and Quebec as Provinces, under those names. The areas that these various names alluded to have also changed over the years, but for our research the names cover the areas that the Duncan family lived in. WILLIAM DUNCAN Army Surgeon " Father: Mother: Born: Scotland. Married: Died: Spouse: h Born: Died This William Duncan apparently came over to Ireland and with his son built the mill at Corigeencor Bridge. Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1925, 1968, shows two army surgeons by the name of William Duncan in the 18th century:- The first, #105 on page 6, is surgeon to "Rich's (8th) Dragoons" from 15 Sept 1727 - Feb 1745. The second, #124 on page 7, is surgeon to "Carpenters Horse (3rd) Dragoons",from 30 may 1730 - Feb 1740. According to the National Army Museum in Chelsea, "Rich's (8th) Dragoons", later redesignated "8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars", was initially recruited in Ireland. The Grand Lodge of A.F.& A. Masons of Ireland say that there was a Lodge attached to the 8th Dragoon Guards but it was founded in 1757 and the name of William Duncan does not appear on the membership register. There was a William Duncan registered as a member of Lodge # 472, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrem, on the 16th November 1798. He is also shown as a founding member of Lodge # 866, Newtowngore, Co. Leitrem, founded on 2nd May 1799. Both of these places are within a few miles of Corigeencor Bridge where later Duncans are know to have lived. WILLIAM DUNCAN I f Father: William Duncan Army Surgeon Mother: Born: Married: " Died: Spouse: ~ Born: Died: I I William Daughter Born Married Died 1829 William Gales On board ship on the Remained in Ireland. way to Canada. n Buried in the Gulf of St, Lawrence. William Duncan 1 was a merchant and mill owner or opertator (oatmea 1) at Carrigeencor Bridge, County Leitrem, Ireland. He also ran general store. .• • .:. n " Corigeencor Bridge River Bonet The Duncan house can be see on the left with the ruins of the mill between the house and the river. i^#t& The Duncan's House The Duncan's House The mill was in the trees to the right of the house William Duncan II Father: William Duncan I Mother: - Born: Ireland h Married: Jane Elliot from below the town of Garrison in Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. Died: 1829 Aboard ship on his way to Canada. He was buried - at sea in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Spouse: Jane Elliot - Born: —^ Died: 1 James 7 Jonn Adam Mary George H 1 Willia1801 m 1803 180Jan7e 1808 1816 Henry Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Married Married William John Jackson - Jackson All of the above emigrated to Canada along with their mother Jane Elliot Duncan, except Henry. Little or nothing is heard of the mother after she arrived in Canada. Their other brother, named Henry, did not emigrate. He was a teacher and taught, at least at one time, in the town of Dromahair. Co Leitrem. This brother had ten children. These were:- sons,Robert, James, John and William. Daughters, Charlotte, Jane, Sarah, Isabella, Mary and Lizzie. According to the Asst. Registrar of Births, Deaths in that area, ( who was 70 years old in 1931,) that as far as he could remember three of the boys emigrated, probably to Canada, though nothing was ever heard from Robert and James. It was thought that they may have drowned or met foul play. The six girls also were thought to have emigrated. The last son, William, stayed in Ireland and was considered the last of the family when he died in 1930, at the age of 90. This William was a carpenter and builder and a man of great interlect. He had two children, Harry and Jane, both who died young. Henry Duncan, the teacher, was the son of the William Duncan of the Corigeencor Bridge mill owner. The Asst Registrar was taught by him in his youth. Adam Duncan Father: William Duncan II Co, Leitrem Ireland Mother: Jane Elliot Co, Fermanagh Ireland Born: Ireland Married Died: 1844 approximately Spouse: Born: Died: Adam never got married as far as can be found. Jane Duncan Father: William Duncan II - Mother: Jane Elliot Duncan Born: 1807 Ireland - Married William Jackson Her sister Mary later married William Jacksons brother, - John. Died: 1875 .- Spouse: Born: u Died: A son of William and Jane Jackson was killed when he was dragged into a threshing machine in the Downsview area of Ontario. - Mary Duncan Father: William Duncan II Mother: Jane Elliot Duncan — Born: Married: John Jackson 24 April 1834 Brother of William Jackson her brother in law, the husband of her sister Jane. both are shown as being from York County Died: Spouse: Born: Died: SECTION 2 William III and family YORK COUNTY, AND TOWNSHIPS, WITH SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS. 1- F» K& O rOTArtl o 1 "3 V- •z '2 3 Z c UJ V- J « 1 z \»- o «A 'Al V z •> o •o 1 'A) c o in V o U e -J S towt C.ONL toMt CON t CO N «- CON*- 1 1+W 3 vJ 1 W 1 £ 2. i? 3 l? • HuHA,Le nfwr» *)QR«H HZ 11 t*?i" AAolp A1 #H «y #t M FlMCrl UlU.0 *?ns n 1 13 ^T 17 ~ • U/4 MJH U*% c 3>«* 5H£fP*«P t»'." i 3 1 i£ J If 7°C 13- ^1 15- 4~\ it 1>©Wrt N>6W VtftK Ml«.t> YORK riiu-' ^ /• 10 2 **A 1n i SYofJ \ v— f^iwi.5 Lft\J(?i?Ntc 3 2. I \ f(Ut 6/WK JrCp MN 70flk TftWriSHtf ^PAPS AM? CftHMUiJfrigS WILLIAM DUNCAN Army Surgeon circa 1725 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Mill Owner, Corigeencor Bridge Leitrem Co. Ireland circa 1750 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Died on the boat emigrating to Canada circa 1775-1829 WILLIAM James Jane John /Ada m George Mary 1801 1803 1807 1808 1816 1818 Ireland Ireland 1875 Graham ARMSTRONG Henry Elizabeth 1873 1877 1880 1883 married married married married 1st Georje Daisy Kstherfr.e John Osborne Holland Shaw Murdock married 2nd Jerome Dever Stuart 1 1 1 1 John Alan Margaret Dorothy Mary Stephen Willam Acton Boise Shaw 1906 married -1926 Howard Bambrick Sarah William Elizabeth Louis Amelia Duncan Lillian Marda Horence Bartley Jeffrey Mary Perkins Jessie John Rebecca Ontario 1979 Ella Annie Harper Caroline Carpenter -1934 1882 1888 -1918 married Dr. Richard Parsons Mary Florence Marguerite Thomas Hoise Elizabeth Rebecca Graham Jesika Duncan Wendell married became a William Doctor Motherwell WILLIAM DUNCAN Army Surgeon circa 1725 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Mill Owner, Corigeencor Bridge Leitrem Co. Ireland circa 1750 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Died on the boat emigrating to Canada circa 1775 -1829 WILLIAM James Jane John Adam George Mary 1801 1803 1807 1808 1816 1818 Ireland Ireland 1875 Ireland 10 children 9 children Married 7 unmarried married married married William children Elizabeth Hamilton John Ann Moore Jackson 12 children Jackson 1831 Married Sarah Mulholland (a twin) 1831 William HENRY Jane DAVID JAMES JOHN George SARAH Thomas Adam ELIZABETH Arthur 1S31 1834 1835 1838 ARMSTRONG 1842 1844 1846 1845 1851 1852 Wellington married -1838 married 1840 married 1st married married 1855 Rachel Jane Annie Laird married Mary Jane Graham Bartholomew Dr. Thomas Maginn 1873 Elizabeth married 2nd Hill Bull — Graham Campbell Mary Jane Sanderson < Phillips I SARAH Elizabeth Carrie HERBERT Helena William ARTHUR MARGARET Jane Henrietta HENRY Mary Charles HAROLD 1863 1866 1869 1872 1874 1876/7 1879 married married married married William Henry James Charlotte — Ella Mabel Stewart White Harriet Miller Gray William James Herbert Shirley James Rachel Henry Harold Arthur Duncan Clarence Olga 1894 -jnnzznnn 1 Rachel Marion Henry Marion Wilbert Erma Donald Ellen Evelyn Frederick . Irene Henry Lillian Harold Annie ERNEST Hartley Nellie GORDON Ethel HUGH William Eliza DAVID 1875 1878 1881 1885 1890 married married married Frances Georgjna Kethleen Sarah Morgan Bums Bums Annie Mary David Morgan Helen Dona] da MARGARET William JEAN 1874 ELIZABETH 1871 -1897 1878 -1884 married married Herbert John Archibald McLean Henry Skdth James Duncan John Duncan Herbert Archibald r Mary WILLIAM Garnet Laura Graham ARMSTRONG Henry Elizabeth 1873 1877 1880 1883 married married married married 1st Geor2» Daisy Katherine John Osborne Holland Shaw Murdock married 2nd Jerome Dever Stuart John Alan Margaret Dorothy Mary Stephen Willam Acton Eloisc Shaw 1906 married -1926 Howard Bambrick 1 1 1 Elizabeth Louis Amelia Duncan T Sarah William Mar da Florence Bartley Jeffrey Perkins Jessie John Rebecca Ontario Lillian Ella Annie Harper Mary Carpenter 1979 Caroline 1882 1888 -1934 -1918 married Dr. Richard Parsons Mary Florence Marguerite Thomas Boise Elizabeth Rebecca Graham Jesika Duncan Wendell married became a William Doctor Motherwell WILLIAM DUNCAN III Father: William Duncan II Co. Leitrem, Ireland Mother: Jane Elliot Co. Fermanagh, Ireland Born: January 1, 1801 Ireland Married: Sarah Mulholland (twin of Henry Mulholland). 1831 York Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Died: 1886 Spouse: Sarah Mulholland Parents:- Henry Mulholland and Jane Armstrong of York Ontario, Canada. Born: 1811 Upper Canada Died: 1883 r— Jane Jameime s George Thomas Elizabeth William 1835 1844 1848 1852 1831 Armstrong died of 1840 died of smallpox Cholera Henry 1838 David John Sarah 1851 Ad'am Arthur 1834 1838 1842 1846 1851 1855 All born in Upper Canada. William came to Canada selling linen from his, or his families mill. He apparently liked the country as he came over a second time and bought 200 acres in 1827, at the corner of what is now the N.W. corner of Sheppard and Dufferin, west to Keele Street in present day Toronto. He paid $3.50 an acre for the land. It was Lot 16, 3rd concession west of Yonge Street.. Later he bought four more farms for his brothers who followed him over to Canada. Still later on he bought farms for his nine sons. His farm was named "Dublin" and later a small village grew up on the corners and was know as Dublin Corners. William was more than a farmer as he was involved as a contractor in the building of the Welland Canal where he made a lot of money. One report states that he was a Dynamiter. He built a log schoolhouse on his property when his children became of school age. He also hired a school teacher until the township built a public school. He was also a Justice of the Peace and a Trustee on the erection of the Wesleyan Methodist church in Downsview. Though he was Church of England while in Ireland he became a Wesleyan Methodist in Canada as that was the only church in the area. He was one of the founders of the Grouse Hill Loyal Orange Lodge #191 The 1861 Agricultural census shows William Duncan as having 190 acres which were divided into:- under crops 76 acres; Pasture 16; orchards and gardens 2; Woodland 96. His crops include 15 acres of spring wheat; 2 of barley; 6 of peas; 24 of oats; 2 of buck wheat; 1 of potatoes; as well as wool, cider, carrots, butter, and hay. He had 1 steer, 4 milk cows, 4 horses, 2 colts and 27 sheep. It would appear that he had a very self sufficient operation with product for sale as well as for his own family use. DUBLIN HOUSE Built by William Duncan on Lot. 16, 3rd Concession West of Younge Street, which is now the N.W. corner of Sheppard and Dufferin in Toronto. The house wa built between the years of 1830 and 1833. William Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1831 Upper Canada. (York Co. Ontario) Married: Died: 1866. 21 Sept Spouse: Born: Died: A bachelor, he left the farm to work in the Oil Industry. He was robbed and murdered in Pennsylvania for the Company payroll that he was carrying. His father went to Pennsylvania and offered a $1000 reward for the killer, but to no avail. He was a Freemason and Conservative. Henry Duncan Father: William Duncan Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1833. Sept 18 West York County. Ontario. Born on Lot 16, Concession West 3, West York Married: Rachel Jane Maginn Died 1917. Dec 28 Spouse: Rachel Jane Maginn Born: 1839 York County. Canada West. Welsh descent, Weslyan. Died: 1898 Sarah Elizabeth Carrie HerberT t Helena WilliaI m Arthu1 r Margaret Jane Henrietta Henry Mary Charles Harold 1863 1866 1869 1872 1874 1876/7 1879 Henry was born on his parents farm in West York and was educated, at first, in the school his father had built on his property, and later, at Victoria College in Cobourg. He settled on 200 acres of land that his father had bought at Lot 10, Concession 3 East, in York Township. He later obtained land on Lots 11 & 12 concession 3 West. He was very active in civic affairs and spent around twenty years as Reeve, and Council Member in the township council. He was a J.P. He was a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge. His house, on Don Mills Road, was built of bricks made on his property. He married Rachel Jane Maginn who's father farmed on Lot 5, Concession 4 East, on York Township. They had seven children. Henry donated right of way through his land to the township for the extenton of the Don Independent Road to the York Mills Road. In 1905 the Canadian Northern Railway was built passing through Henry's property. The station of "Duncan" was erected on his farm. HWHBE David Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 8 August 1837 Lot 16, Concession 3 West. West York Married: Annie Laird 1873 Died: 20 November 1914 Spouse: Annie Laird Born: 1846 Died: 1909 f Ernest Hartley illi( Gordon Annie Nellie Hugh William Eliza David Ethel 1878 1881 1890 1875 1885 David Duncan was born on his parents farm and educated, at first, in the school that his father had built, and later, at Richmond Hill Grammer School. He lived on 200 acres of land that his father gave him at Lot 11, Concession 3, East. He prospered as a farmer and a dairyman and built up a herd of cattle that was very highly rated. He helped to organize The Canadian Jersey Cattle Club and was one of the first directors, and later President. His wife, Annie Laird was the daughter of Hugh Laird who was born in Scotland, and Helen Milne who was born in Ontario. The Lairds farmed in East York. David built a large brick house on his land and called it Moatfield. The house was built around 1863. The farm and house were willed to his son Gordon David. James Armstrong Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1839 Aug 4. Upper Canada Married: Elizabeth Campbell Died: 1887 Spouse: Elizabeth Campbell Born: 1850 Died: 1906 While visiting with her daughter and son-in-law Archibald J. Maclean in Alberta. Donalda Margareirga t William Jean born 1874 Elizabeth Born 1871 Died 1897 Born 1878 Died 1884 James Armstrong Duncan was born on his parents farm in York Township. When he grew up he settled on land in Glanford, Wentworth County in Ontario. Besides farming he had a herd of beef cattle; a cheese factory; and a saw mill. He was a J.P. John Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 28 Sept 1842 Downsview, West York, Ontario Married: First:- Mary Jane Graham Second:- Mary Jane Sanderson Died: June 1931 Spouse: First:- Mary Jane Graham Second:- Mary Jane Sanderson Born: First:- 1841 Second:- 1856 Ontario Died: First:- 1873 in childbirth Second:- Children:- First Wife - Mary Jane Graham. Mary Graham Duncan 1873 Married Arthur George Holland of Vancouver, B.C, Children:- Second Wife - Mary Jane Sanderson. William Armstrong Garnet Henry Laura Elizabeth 1877 1880 1883 John Duncan was born on his parents farm. He had a farm on Yonge street south of Richmond Hill. This farm was originally that of his eldest brother William. He married Mary Jane Graham, and later, when widowed, Mary Jane Sanderson. He was active in public affairs and served on the Richmond Hill School Board, as well as the Markham Township Council. He was involved in the founding of the Mechanics Institute in Richmond Hill, and later the York Farmers Colonization Company of which he was President. This was the company which founded Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He was in the Masonic Lodge and the Wesleyan Church. George Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1844 5 Sept Upper Canada Married: Unmarried Died: 1900 20 March Spouse: Born: Died: In the Ontario 1891 Census for Peel County, George Duncan, age 47 is found to be living with his sister Sarah and her husband Bartholomew Bull and their 11 children. George Duncan is shown as being single. There is no mention of him being widowed. He was an invalid from birth and lived at home with his parents until they died. itm Sarah Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1846 Aug 12. Upper Canada Married: Bartholomew Hill Bull Died: 1923 March Spouse: Bartholomew Hill Bull Born: 1845 Died: 1904 Sarah Elizabeth Amelia Lillian Florence 1 Mary Jessie Rebecca Annie Jeffrey Caroline 1879 - Harper 1934 1888 William Louis Duncan Marcia Hartley Perkins John Ontario Ella Carpenter Sarah was educated at the school on her fathers farm and then at Wesleyan Female College in Hamilton. She took honours in English, Latin, Art and Penmanship. A pencil drawing done when she was 17 of a castle in a rural English scene was in the Perkins Bull Collection in Brampton High School. After marrying Bartholomew Hill Bull Sarah settled in Brampton in Hawthorn Lodge. Her husband was President of the Prohibition Association, and established a prize herd of Jersey cattle. There was some cooperation with his brother in law, David Duncan, who also raised prize Jerseys. Their son William Perkins Bull became a Lawyer in Toronto and later wrote many books on various aspects of the history of Peel County. Some of the information on the Duncan genealogy came from his research now in the Peel County Archives in Brampton. William Perkins Bull is also credited with introducing the Orange Order into Latin America. He also donated a hospital at Putney Heath in London, England, to the Allies during the 1914 - 1918 War. He maintained residences in Toronto and London, England. Thomas Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1848 Died 27 Sept 1851 Died of Cholera. Adam Duncan Father: William Duncan Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1851, 17 June Upper Canada Died: 1865 28 August. Died of injuries received when the horses he was driving ran away, frightened by one of the first trains on the newly constructed railway that crossed their farm. The original injury was a broken leg in two places below the knee. Due to a misunderstanding it was hours before a Doctor arrived and then two came at the same time. The leg was set but gangrene set in and the leg had to be amputated below the knee. There was no anaesthetic available so Adam was strapped down to the kitchen table, and with his brothers helping to hold him down, the leg was removed with a saw and knife. Adam was an active member of the Sons of Temperance and would not take any brandy to help counteract the pain. When the Doctor came on his next visit the leg was found to be still gangrenous and another amputation was carried out, this time above the knee. Some days later Adam died of lockjaw. UMUHHIIU& Elizabeth Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1852 July 2. Upper Canada. On the homestead in West York Married: Dr. Thomas Graham Phillips in 1887 21 June. Dr Phillips was practicing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he was an Alderman. He later became Medical Health Officer of that city. Died: 1920 Spouse: Dr. Thomas Graham Phillips Born: 1834 Died: 1823 Mary Florence Marguerite Thomas Eloise Elizabeth Rebecca Graham Jesika Duncan Wendell married Graduated William 1921 Motherwell Toronto in Calgary University Alberta as a doctor. Worked on staff of Ohio State John Phillips Elizabeth Hospital Motherwell Duncan for some Laudon time. Motherwell Elizabeth was educated at the school on the home farm at Dublin, and then at the Wesleyan Female College in Hamilton. Took Vocal lessons in Weston. Arthur Wellington Duncan Father: William Duncan III Mother: Sarah Mulholland Duncan Born: 1855 June 13, Upper Canada Married: Unmarried Died: 1914 April 18, Spouse: Born: Died: Arthur remained with his parents working on the farm. He later lived with his brother David until his death. Arthur was willed Lot 16, Concession 3 West and the east half of Lot 17, Concession 3 West. He willed the East half of Lot 16 to Annie E. Duncan and the West half to Nellie Duncan, and Lot 17 to be shared between the two. Annie and Nellie were his nieces, and the daughters of David Duncan. umLlllllLimJUJWIIHfflfHimiBHHlimiUIIWHHIIftllHHWlB^ Sarah Margaret Duncan Father: Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Born: 1863 Married: William Henry Stewart of Kent County. Died: 1925 Spouse: William Henry Stewart Born: 1855 Died: 1925 Elizabeth Jane Duncan Father Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Duncan Born: 1866 Married: James White Died: Spouse: James White Born: Canada Died: I James Herbert Shirley James 1 William Harold Arthur Duncan Clarence Rachel Henry 1894 married Olga Mary Alice married Loveless Harold Frederic King Jean Jonn Gladney Roberta Herbert Olga Patricia ^mmmmmmm Herbert Henry Duncan Father: Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Duncan Born: 1872 Married: Charlotte Harriet Miller Died: Spouse: Charlotte Harriet Miller Born: Died: Rachel Marion Henry Ellen Evelyn Frederick 1904 1909 1911 Carrie Henrietta Duncan Father: Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Duncan Born: 1869 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Helena Mary Edith Duncan Father: Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Duncan Born: 1874 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: William Charles Duncan Father: Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Born: 1376 Died: 1877 t^^^B Arthur Harold Duncan Father: Henry Duncan Mother: Rachel Jane Maginn Duncan Born: 1878 Married: Ella Mabel Grey Died: Spouse: Ella Mabel Grey Born: Died: Marion 1 Emma Donald Irene Wilbert Lillian Harold 1912-1919 Henry 1921 1924 1916 Arthur stayed on the farm after his father's death. Ernest Hugh Duncan \ Father: David Duncan Mother: Annie Laird Born: 1878 Married: Frances Sarah Morgen Died: Spouse: Frances Sarah Morgen Born: 1887 Died: 1 Annie Mary 1915 David Morgen 1917 Was Rugby Captain at Oakwood Collegiate. The Ridley College Year (1936) refers to him as the best basketball player in a decade. Hartly William Duncan Father: David Duncan Mother: Annie Laird Born: 1881 Married: Mary Georgina Burns Died: Spouse: Mary Georgina Burns Born: 1888 Died: 1927 Mary's sister Kate married Gordon David Duncan, brother of Hartly William Duncan. FAMILY I "P.ARY 0176460 SAL! LAI CITY, UTAH 84150 NELLIE ELIZA DUNCAN Father: David Duncan Mother: Annie Laird Born: 1885 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: ANNIE ETHEL DUNCAN Father: David Duncan Mother: Annie Laird Born: 1875 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: IUKMUIU Gordon David Duncan Inhertited and farmed Moatfield farm, (and house), from his father David Duncan.. Father: David Duncan Mother: Annie Laird Born: 1890 Married: Kathleen (Kate) Burns Died: Spouse: Kathleen (Kate) Burns Father was J.T.Burns of Manitoulin Islands, Ontario Her sister Mary married Hartly William Duncan, the brother of her husband. Born: 1894 Died: 1972 Helen Duncan (chartered accountant) KATHLEEN (KATE). "BURNS" DUNCAN Kathleen's father, J.T.Burns of Manitoulin Islands, Ontario, eventually operated the Gray Grist Mills on what became the Donalda Club golf course. wmmm MOATFIELD Built by David Duncan in 1863 on Lot 11, 3rd Concession East of Yonge Street at what is presently the north side of York Mills Road west of Don Mills Road, in Toronto. Gordon David Duncan inheritd Moatfield from his father. His widow Kate Duncan was the last resident. She willed the house to North York in 1972 in the hope that would not be demolished. The house stood empty for many years while a great deal of debate went on as to what to do with it, until it was purchased by the three Tzioumis brothers. On Sunday Dec 7th 1986 it was moved to a new location on Moatfield Drive which is part of the original 200 acre farm. Over the next two years it was renovated, refurbished, and added to. The new section was built to match the original building with importd brick, limestone, and "gingerbread" trim. The result is a harmonious blend of a heritage home enhanced by subtle modern adornments. The building was opened as "The David Duncan House", Fine Dining. After a couple of visits in 1995, I can honestly say the results, as well as the food, are exceptionally good, and are well worth a visit. MARGARET ELIZABETH DUNCAN Father: James Armstrong Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Campbell Born: 1878 Married: Hon. Archibald J. McLean Minister of Agriculture in Alberta, Married in Hamilton, Ontario in 1904. Died: April 1906 Spouse: Hon. Archibald J. MaLean Born: 1860 Died: 1933 James Duncan McLean Born January 1906 Died in Fort McLeod, Alberta, 1933 tmm William Duncan Father: James Armstrong Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Campbell Born: 1871 Married: Died: 1884 Donalda Duncan Father: James Armstrong Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Campbell Born: 1874 Married: Died: 1897 Jean Duncan Father: James Armstrong Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Campbell Born: Married: Herbert John Henry Skeith 9 November 19 0 9 Married at the CY Ranch in southern Alberta, which Belonged to her brother-in-law Archibald J.McLean. Died: Spouse Herbert John Henry Skeith Born: 1884 Cornwell, Ontario Died: 1920 in a motor car accident, 1 John Duncan Skeith Herbert Archibald Skeith Mary Graham Duncan Father: John Duncan • Mother: Mary Jane Graham Born: 1873 Married Arthur George Holland Died: Spouse: Arthur George Holland Born: Died: William Armstrong Duncan Father: John Duncan n Mother: Mary Jane Sanderson Born: 1877 March 21 at Richmond Hill, York Co. Ontario Married: Daisy Shaw of Dresden? Ontario. The daughter of John E. Shaw and Catherine Acton Shaw. Mr. Shaws ancestors _ came from Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. Died: Spouse: Daisy Shaw Born: Died: 1 1 n John Allan Margaret Dorothy Mary Stephen William Acton Eloise Shaw 1906 married 1926 Howard Bambrick n Richard John William Howard Bambrick Bambrick r r p m mitfjuinmiEiin Garnet Henry Duncan Father: John Duncan Mother: Mary Jane Sanderson Born: 1880 Married: Katherine Murdock Died: Spouse: Katherine Murdock Born: Died: Laura Elizabeth Duncan Father: John Duncan Mother: Mary Jane Sanderson Born: 1883 Married First:- John Osborne Second:-Jerome Dever Stuart Died: Spouse: First:- John Osborne Second: Jerome Dever Stuart Born: Died: _ m SECTION 3 James and family jaa WILLIAM DUNCAN Army Surgeon circa 1725 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Mill Owner, Corigeencor Bridge Leitrem Co. Ireland circa 1750 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Died on the boat emigrating to Canada circa 1775-1829 "1 William JAMES 'ane John Adam George Mary 1801 1803 1807 1808 1816 1818 Ireland Ireland 1875 10 children 1 Married 7 unmarried 12 married William children children John 1344 ' Edmonton Edmonton Unmarried 1948 vorced Alberta Alberta Died 1970 1957 1953 Montreal JAMES PETER 1 Sh eila Patricia Bradley LYNN CORDON LeROY LAWRENCE DuncaLeRoyn Kathleen Marie Kenneth MARIE ARTHUR I960 1954 1958 1967 1958 1960 1954 1960 Samia Samia Ancaster Toronto Vegreville Vegreville Edmonton Fort McLeod Ontario Ontario Ontario Ontario Alberta Alberta Alberta Alberta Married 1st Married 1st Lida Plivova Peggy Jarvis i Canada Married 2nd Adam 1 Helen Annis Married Married Married Married Divorced No children George Shelly Larry Dorothy No children Miller Russ Stenseth Duffy Separated Divorced Married 2nd I Irene Carboneau Married 2nd Ottawa Shawn Leigh Gunderson 1 Arlington, Texas Karen I Lindsay Michael Angie Hillary Dawn Allan Amie 1992 1978 1980 1981 WILLIAM DUNCAN Army Surgeon circa 1725 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Mill Owner, Corigeencor Bridge Leitrem Co. Ireland circa 1750 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Died on the boat emigrating to Canada circa 1775-1829 William JAMES Jane John Adam George Mary 1801 1803 1807 1808 1816 1818 Ireland Ireland 1875 10 children Married 7 unmarried 12 married William children children John Jackson Jackson Married Ann Moore 1831 JAMES Martha George Elizabeth Mary John WILLIAM MOORE Charlotte Margaret 1836 1836 1838 1840 1842 1843 3May 1846- 3 July 1920 1849 1851 Married Margaret Elizabeth Devins 26 Nov 1855-19 Jan 1930 Married Annie Isabella James Henry Herber Edward Ewart William Wardlow Margaret Ethel Alan Stuart Elizabeth Jane Griffith 13 Jan 1880 6 May 1882 1883-1884 29 Dec 1886-9 Jun 1983 29 Apr 1890 1891 -1896 Emery, Ontario 14 May 1881 26 Sept 1919 Interred at m. Majorie Cecelia Baxter 1 Sept 1976 Interred at 1Clearwater , Man. 31 Aug 1899-2 Jan 1989 Clearwater, Manitoba • 1 1 WILUAM Harcourt Arthur Thomas Martha JOSEPH George Elizabeth Henry Bertha 1860 1864 1866 1868 HARRISON 1871 1877 1879 Eleanor Bom 1869 Emery I Married 1 Gordon Mary "May" Hunter HAROLD 1890 Died 1 Jan 1947 Married Ruth Marie Morgan Buried Lethbridge, Alberta ELINOR 1RA E 1920 Mary "May" Hunter Married Henry Gordon Pascoe Bom 6 March 1871 1 I Gordon Wayne Lome James 1945 1948 Toronto, Ontario Buried Lethbridge, Alberta M AR Y DA INTP n r Virinrja JAMES HUNTER Josephine Bertha Ruth Mai ton, Crystal Hunter Hunter Etzikom Ontario N. Dakota N. Dakota N. Dakota Alberta 1895 1898 1903 1905 1911 Married Married 1st Evelyn Myrl Died as • Itha Coons Clair?? Unmarried Williamson baby 1917 I Died 1932 Etzikom Clarence Victoria, B.C. Alberta I Married 2nd ' 1 ?? Skinner 1 JOSEPH 1 Joseph Marigold EDWARD DONALD 8 Dec 1933 Kay 1934 JAMES Los Angeles 6 April Berwyn Berwy1936 n California 1935 Alberta Alberta I ' 1 I 1 1 Married Married Richard A Daughter Thomas Melody Richard Emily May Ariene Bertha Warren Name legally Donald Mathews Catherine Hauff changed to 1SH5 8 1963 Chayse Michaels 1 Midlae l 1 1 Adopted BarbarEllen a AnCatherinn Dawen Married Carlo Jensen LeRoy JAMES Mary WESLEY KENNETH KATHLEEN Duncan ITHA Eileen HARRISON CORNELIUS MARIE 1918 1919 1921 1924 1926 1926 Killed Married Died Married 1st Married Married in action Marjory as a Margery Mary Eric France Washburn baby Olstead Pochynok Waldram VMr\ Toronto Edmonton Edmonton Unmarried 1948 Divorced Alberta Alberta Died 1970 1957 1953 Montreal • 1 JAMES PETER LeRoy Sh :ila Patricia Bradley LYNN GORDON LeROY LAWRENCE Duncan Kathleen Marie Kenneth MARIE ARTHUR 1950 1954 1958 1967 1958 1960 1954 1960 Samia Samia Ancaster Toronto Vegreville Vegreville Edmonton Fort McLeod Ontario Ontario Ontario On ario Alberta Alberta Alberta Alberta Married 1st Married 1st Lida Plivova Peggy Jarvis I Canada Married 2nd Adam I Helen Annis Married Married Married Married Divorced No children Ceorge Shelly Larry Dorothy No children Miller Russ Stertseth Duffy l Separated Divorced Married 2nd Irene Carboneau Married 2nd Ottawa Shawn Leigh Gunderson I Arlington, Texas Karen Lindsay Michael Angie Hillary Dawn Allan Amie 1992 1978 1980 1981 JAMES DUNCAN Father: William Duncan II Mother: Jane Elliot Duncan Born: 1805 Ireland Married: Ann Moore 1831 Died: 1877 Spouse: Ann Moore Daughte of York Co. Born: 1813 Died: 1851 Nov. 22 James Martha George ElizabetT h Mary JohX n William Charlotte Margaret 1836 1836 1838 1840 1842 1843 1846 1849 1851 m Died of m m Died of Jas. Consumption Dr. Dr. consumption McLeod about age 35 Edward Smith unmarried unmarried Aikens of Port of Weston Arthur 1873 Ontario. Later moved to B.C. James owned 200 acres of land, (Lot 19, Concession 5, West), and rented 200 more. He willed the farm to his sons William and James. He was a gentleman and was renowned for wearing a plug hat and white shirt while working in the fields. He was in the local council and was Chairman at Temperance meetings. This however did not stop him from joining his friend Dr. Bull, in "Little's" Tavern, in Weston, and having a few drinks. Ann Moore Duncan died at the age of 38. She was said to be mourned by her ten children. Here are shown only nine., The 1851 Ontario Census, (York Co. York Township), shows James Duncan as a widower. His wife's last child was born in 1851 so she must have died just before the Census. James was also shown as a farmer with a one story log house. In the 1861 census he is shown as having a two story brick house. Between the 1851 and 1861 census's his sons James and George as well as daughter Martha have all left home. The 1871 census shows that only John is left at home. JAMES DUNCAN Father: James Duncan Mother: Ann Moore Born: 1835 Ontario, Canada Married: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Emery, Ontario, 1858. Died: 1 June 1909. Run over by a train at Emery Station, Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Born: 1842 Ontario. Church of England Father ond Mother were both from Ireland Died: 9 March, 1931 I Arthur Martha George Bertha William Anne Alicia 1860s 1867 1871 1879 Harcourt Thomas Joseph Elizabeth Henry 1864 1866 Harrison Jane 1869 1877 Henry, Arthur and George all died young. The family lived on Lot 19, Concession 5, West of Yonge on North York, where his father had left him the north 100 acres. They originally had a log house, but later built a large brick house. The newspaper report of James death in 1909 in a train accident stated that he left a wife and six children. The 1891 census s hows James as a Farmer, Methodist, with both his wife and himself born in Ontario. The parents of both of them were born in Ireland. All thei r children were also born in Ontario. James was known as a great money maker. He was strong and a good worker. He had a blacksmiths shop of his own on the farm and while he was not in the smith business he could, and did help out his neighbours. He wa s very clever with his hands and was said to be able to make anything out of wood or iron that he needed. He and his wife h ad ten children, seven of which survived. The 1871 census shows the family as having a hired man and a servant girl living with them as well as J. McCallum, schoolteacher. Whether they were just taking their turn at boarding the school teacher, or whether he stayed there permanantly is not know, but all the children were very well educated. Jn last week's issue we had occasion to mention thai J)r. J. Ii. j | Duncan wan called to bis home by-'j ! the Bad news of the accidental death I of lis father. On inquiry we iind that the father, whose home was al Emery, Ontario, wished to flag a train and being on the opposite side of (he track, had to cross the track to do it. Being of advanced age ami his eyesight not as good as! formerly, he misjudged the distance of the train which was running at tho rate of sixty miles an hour, He reached the edge of the platform, but before reaching a safe distance .the engine struck him, 'knocking him directly, under the enging, which dragged the body for Borne ; distance, mangling it terribly. The' accident occurred Tuesday, June! i 1st and the funeral was held Friday, ; June 4th. There are left to mourn hie departure the wife and 6ix chil-. (hen. HUNTER HERALD 17 JUNE 1909 HUNTER, NORTH DAKOTA H One of the Duncan Tombstones in St. Phillip's Cemetary,Weston, Ontario George Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Ann Moore Duncan Born: 1838 Ontario Married: Margaret M. Chant 1868 Died: Spouse: Margaret M. Chant Born: Died: John Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Ann Moore Duncan Born: 1843 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: John did not get along with his wife and was away for years. In the 1871 census he is shown as living with his parents. n r r n William Moore Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Ann Moore Duncan Born: 1846 3 May Married: Margaret Isabella Dev ins Died: 1920 3 July. Bur ied St. Phi Hips Cemetary, Weston, Ontario. Spouse: Margaret Isabella Devins Born: 1855 26 Nov. Died: 1930 19 Jan 1 . F James Edward William M 1 t Alan Annie Ewart Isabella Henry Wardlow Margaret Stuart Herber 1883 - 1886 - E. 1891 - 13 Jan 1884 1880 - 1892 - 1983 26 April 1896 14 May 1919 Interred 1890 - Interred 1881 In Clearwater 1 Sept Clearwater Manitoba 1976 Manitoba Unmarried William Wardlow Duncan Father: William Moore Duncan Mother: Margaret Isabella Devins Born: 29 May 1886 Married: Marjorie Cecelia Baxter Died: 9 June 1983 Age 97 ! Spouse: Marjorie Cecelia Baxter Born: 31 August 1899 Died: 2 Jan 1982 ' DUNCAN WILLIAM WARDL4W DUNCAN ?9-me -JUNE 91 HIS LOVfNG VI MARJORIE CECELIA BAXTER - f.AN . n n Margaret Ethel Duncan Father: William Moore Duncan Mother: Margaret Isabella Devins Duncan Born: 26 April 1890 Clearwater, Manitoba. Married: Unmarried Died: 1 Sept 1976 Buried St Phillip's Cemetary, Weston Ontario Spouse: Born: Died: Margaret Ethel was appointed by the Foreign Mission Board Presbyterian Church, on recommendation of the Women's Misionary Society, to go toSouth China in 1920. Between 1920 - 1924 she did Evangelistic work in Kongmoon. She resigned in 1924 due to health reasons. William Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Duncan Born: 1860 Ontario Married: Eleanor Died: Spouse: Eleanor Born: 1858 Ontario Died: ! 1 Harold Duncan Ontario 1890 As shown in the Ontario Census 1891 for York West County, Vaughan Township. \ Harcourt Ernest Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Duncan Born: 17 June 1863 Married: Eliza Died: 24 May 1900 of Thyroid Fever Spouse: Eliza Born: 1865 Died: The 1891 census of York County, East Markham Township shows Harcourt and Eliza living and farming in that area. There were no children shown at that time. The death record of Harcourt Duncan shows him as living an Concession Eight, which must have been east of Yonge Street, and would have put him in Markham. Hw was shown as Church of England and as being a "Gentleman". * . •?£#££V*5%r< .:•:. \'n DUNCAN " ^XZAH j t;^i^i^«:. 24^1860* gSS§3JbNE'17,iS63 $0^)if$i;if£^n^| MARTHA ANN.-•..;-, ^BERTH! DUNCAA AUCIA\N i '• v'-.j- ;-,^c>'-' • •: 1 ™—1 -. • . »R^ff ; One of the Duncan Tombstones in St. Phillip's Cemetary,Weston, Ontario HS^ Thomas Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Duncan Born: 1866 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: I Gordon This is an unconfirmed relationship. Thomas seems to have left the area where his family lived and appears in no local records. However the will of Martha A Duncan leaves a bequest to her nephew Gordon Duncan. This Gordon lived in California. The only brother or sister of Martha's that has not been recorded with their offspring is Thomas Duncan, her brother. This would seem to indicate that Thomas had moved to the United States and had a son Gordon. He may have been a only child as there is no mention of any of his brothers or sisters in the will. Martha's only two other nieces, Mary Coons and Victoria Duncan, are mentioned in the will. ^ Martha Ann Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Duncan Born: June 15, 1868 Married: Will 0. Duncan (A distant cousin) Died: 9 May 1956 Buried at St Phillips Cemetary, Weston, Ontario. Spouse: Will 0. Duncan Born: 24 Dec. 1866 Died: 14 Feb 1942 Ontario. Killed in a snow plough accident. No children Martha was born in North York Township, Lot 19, Concession 5. Her parents first home was a log cabin though they later built a large brick house. There were seven boys and three girls in the family. Martha was the eldest girl. She attended Whitby Ladies college where she learned music and painting. When she married she and her husband, William 0. Duncan, lived on his farm in Emery, Lot 23, Concession 6. Martha was very active nearly all her life in the Women's Institute Organisation in various parts of North York. She was president of the York West District for seven years as well as being the first President of the Woodbridge Institute in 1904. She also assisted in the organizing the Burick Branch. She was President and Life member of her home Institute of Thistletown, Her church activities included being a member of the Emery Methodist Church; organist for the Emery Sunday School for fifty years and Honorary President of the Vaughan Sunday School Association. She was also an active member of the Woodbridge Agricultural Society; The Library Board; The Horticultural Society; and Home Economics Judge at many Fall Fairs. She and her husband retired to Humber Summit a little, a little west of their farm, and built a home "Cedarh.ur.fLtjl,pn Islington Av. Weston. Joseph Harrison Duncan Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Born: 1867/8 Emery. York West Twp. York Co. Ontario Married: Mary "May" Hunter 30 August 1893 Ontario Died: 1 January 1947 Buried in Lethbridge, Alberta Spouse: Mary "May" Hunter Born: 6 March 1871 Toronto, Ontario Died: 18 August 1943 Lethbridge, Alberta Mary Yetta Victoria James Josephine Daintred 1898 Ruth Hunter 1911 Bertha Crystal 1903 1905 Etzikom 1895 North Dakota Hunter Hunter . Alberta Malton, Ontario North Dakota North Dakota Joseph was born in Emery Ontario and grew up on the family farm. He studied at Trinty in Toronto and got his Medical Degree. Upon graduating he married and set up practice in Malton, Peel Co. Ontario. He started his family in Malton, but later moved to Hunter North Dakota in the United States. His daughter Victoria, and his son James were both born in Hunter. It would appear that his wife Mary, apparently, was not over-joyed by the move from the Toronto area to what must have been a rather small prairie village. While in Hunter Joseph went back to Emery for the funeral of his father, James, who was killed by being run over by a train. In 1910 the family again moved this time to Altorado in Southern Alberta, Canada. Joseph had come to Altorado in 1909 and had obtained land there. According to his daughter Victoia they lived at 8-5-10 (the land designation) for the six summer months, and 24-5-10 for the six winter months. Altorado had a population of around 100 people. It had been founded by Mormons on the expectation that the railway would pass through it. When the railway did arrive it passed 6 miles north of the village. The village died. Dr Duncan and his family moved to Etzikom where his last child was born. While in Etzikom Dr. Duncan ran a pool hall as well as his medical practice. It was said that when he needed to operate he covered his pool table and then operated right there. The pool hall and medical practice was eventually destroyed by a tornado. The family moved again to Manyberries further east but still in southern Alberta. During the time there were there Dr. Duncan assisted the Canadian Pacific Railway doctor as well as running his own practice. The Manyberries property was finally sold to James Underahl during the depression and drought that decimated the area. The family moved north to Lethbridge. Joseph worked later in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he died in 1947. Mrs Mary Duncan died in Lethbridge in 1943. Both are buried in Lethbridge. Dr. Joseph Harrison Duncan 9Sgm MARY "MAY" HUNTER DUNCAN ^m Dr. JOSEPH HARRISON DUNCAN HUNTER, NORTH DAKOTA, CIRCA 1905/6 with son JAMES HUNTER DUNCAN and third daughter VICTORIA RUTH DUNCAN. rififl ELIZABETH JANE DUNCAN Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Duncan Born: 1877 May 24. Lot 19, Concession 5, North York Twp. Married: Never Married Died: June 15 1962 Ontario. Buried St Phillips. Weston, Attended Emery Public School and Whitby Ladies College. Studied painting in Canada and France, and continued painting all of her life. Served as Secretary of the West York Woman's Institute from 1907- 1908. In 1932 she was responsible for organising Missionary Groups in Howard Park United Church, and had one group named "The Elizabeth Duncan Evening Association". This group donated $100 a year for five years for a cot endowed in her name at Smeaton, Saskatchewan. She also worked for the Women's Christian Temperance Union and was a member of the Woodbridge Horticultural Society, and the Woodbridge United Church. In later years she lived with her sister Mrs, W.O. (Martha) Duncan at "Cederhurst" 2031 Islington Av. N. Died in Pinehurst Nursing Home. Buried in St Phillips Cemetary, Weston, Ontario. Martha Ann Duncan Mary Daintred Bertha "Duncan" Coons Elizabeth Jane Duncan Wesley Harrison Coons Circa 1951/2 "Cederhurst" near Weston, Ontario BERTHA ALICIA DUNCAN Father: James Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Jane Griffith Born: 1879 19 April Married: Never Married Died: 10 June 1952 Bertha had a degree in Home Economics and worked at this during her lifetime. She was Home Economist for the Timothy Eaton Company. She also lectured on Home Economics for the Womans Institute, Dept of Agricultural Branch. •^^••••i»y.^h^^!.i*u»;.^Mjijm..ij.ji)...^ UUWIUMUU** Harold Duncan Father: William Duncan Mother: Eleanor Born: 1890 Ontario Married: Ruth Marie Morgan Died: 24 May 1969 Edmonton, Alberta. Spouse: Ruth Marie Morgan Born: Died: 23 Nov. 1962 Edmonton, Alberta. Elinor Rae Born 24 August 1920 Veregin, Saskatchewan. Married Henry Gordon Pascoe July 17, 1945, Edmonton, Alberta. I Lome James Gordon Wayne 12 Feb. 1948 24 July 1945 Edmonton Edmonton Mary Daintred Bertha Duncan Father: Dr. Joseph Duncan Mother: Mary "May" Hunter Duncan Born: 1 June 1895 Malton, Ontario Married: Itha Cornelius Coons 8 September 1917 Etzikom. Alberta Died: 22 March 1964 Vegreville, Alberta Spouse: Itha Cornelius Coons Born: 8 Sept 1882 Marion County, Ohio, U.S.A. Died: 24 March 1971 Edmonton, Alberta I " James Mary 1 J 1 LeRoy Itha Eileen Wesley Kenneth Kathleen Harrison Cornelius Marie Duncan Died at 1919 9 months I Twins ' < 1924 1926 1918 of Meningitis Lamont Alberta Mary Duncan was born in Malton, Ontario, the eldest child of Dr. Joseph Duncan and Mary "May" Hunter. She moved with her parents to Hunter, North Dakota, U.S.A. where her father practiced medicine. In 1910 the family, which now included a brother, James, and two sisters, Yetta and Victoria, moved to Etzikom, in southern Alberta, Canada. Another girl, Josephine, was born to the family but died as an infant. Mary, now in her teens, taught school in Manyberries and Etzikom in Alberta, until she met and married Itha Coons in 1917. The story is told that he noticed her while pitching for the visiting Stavely Baseball Team because she was the most vocal of the local hecklers. Itha worked as a grain buyer, as well as ranching, in Stavely until he and Mary moved to Lamont, Alberta, in 1917. Here they had six children before moving to Vegreville, Alberta. During the war Itha, (an American by birth), worked on the Alaska Highway, which was then being built by the Americans. Mary gave piano lessons while in Lamont and Vegreville and also was hired to play the piano at the Hudson Bay Department Store in Edmonton. She was Superintendant of the United Church Sunday School in Lamont. She was a woman of strong character and many abilities who worked hard to get the best for her family. She was a good teacher and a very good piano player. Although she did not get out too much towards the end of her life she kept a keen interest in all things, but especially her family. She died in 1964 in Vegreville. Itha Cornelius Coons was born in Morral Town, Marion Co. Ohio, U.S.A. in 1882. He lived with his family in Ohio and Duluth, Minnesota, before the family moved to Stavely, Alberta, Canada. There was, by this time, two sisters, Beatrice and Mildred, as well as a brother, Frank. Here he worked in a hardware store while farming with his father and the rest of the family on their homestead. He married Mary Duncan in 1917 and moved to Lamont, Alberta, where he was a grain buyer. Later the family moved to Vegreville, Alberta, where he and Mary stayed till they died. Itha was a quiet gentleman who loved fishing and hunting. In 1967, during Canada's Centennial, he was honoured as an Alberta Pioneer. Itha Cornelius Coons • Mary Bertha Daintred Duncan Wedding photo in 1917 when she and Itha were married YETTA DUNCAN Father: Dr. Joseph Duncan Mother: Mary "May" Duncan Born: 6 May 1898 Crystal. North Dakota. U.S.A. Married: First: Second: Richard Skinner in the U.S.A. Died: 1984 Spouse: First: Second: Richard Skinner Born: Died: There was a son, named Clarence, from Yetta's first marriage to Clair ???. This son stayed with his father. From her second marriage there were two children:- Joseph Marigold 1933 1935 Yetta's second husband, Richard Skinner, had two sons and two daughters when they got married. The sons were named Earl and Richard. • YETTA "DUNCAN" SKINNER Victoria Ruth Duncan Father: Dr. Joseph Duncan Mother: Mary "May" Hunter Duncan Born: 23 Jan 1903 Married: Never married Died: Alive in a nursing home in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1994 Spouse: Born: Died: Victoria was known all her life as "Tory". Her mother Mary was in a "home' in Lethbridge when she died and was buried in the Public Cemetary there in 1943. Victoria had her sister, who had died at six days old and was buried in Etzikom. Alberta, moved to Lethbridge and buried with her mother., in 1946. When her father Dr. Joseph Duncan died in Saskatchewan, he was brought to Lethbridge and buried with his wife and infant daughter in 1947. VICTORIA RUTH DUNCAN ^ t u: •... — v.- tar**., .'....•• . I • ' *f r fef" ir. JAMES HUNTER DUNCAN FATHER: Dr. Joseph Duncan MOTHER: Mary "May" Hunter BORN: August 13, 1905 Hunter, N. Dakota, U.S.A. MARRIED: Evelyn Myrl Williamson Peace River, Alberta December 31, 1932 DIED: March 15, 1963 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada SPOUSE: Evelyn Myrl Willliamson BORN: August 12, 1909 Zealandia, Saskatchewan, Canada DIED: May 17, 1987 Calgary, Alberta Joseph Donald Edward James Jan 14, 1934 April 8, 1936 Evelyn Mryl Williamson's parents were: Edward Thomas Williamson March 8, 1870 - June 5, 1926 Lizzie Buchanan May 9, 1868 - March 18, 1930 jM %y .*«-- .^iiy y - : -<^*y & ,. Evelyn Myrl "Williamson" Duncan Joseph Edward Duncan Donald James Duncan James Hunter Duncan Approx. 1941 Leroy Duncan Coons Father Itha Coons Mother Mary Duncan Born: 25 June 1918 Lamont, Alberta, Canada Married: Unmarried Died: 14 August 1944 Normandy, France. Spouse: Born: Died: Killed in action in the Falaise Gap Tank Battle in Normandy, France. Buried at the Canadian Forces Cemetery at Bretville Sur Leys, Normandy, France. Leroy Coons was born and educated in Lamont, Alberta, and then attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He was studying to be a Doctor. He cut short his stay at University to join the forces when war was declared, meaning to return to his studies on his return. He enlisted in the Calgary Tanks. After training in Canada he became an instructor in Dundurn, Saskatchewan where he was promoted to Captain. He later was shipped over to England as a Lieutenant, where he joined The First Hussars, another Canadian Tank Regiment. He was later sent back to the United States for further traing and then back to England. While stationed and waiting in England he was asked to become a gunnery instructor at the Lulworth Gunnery School. When D Day, (the invasion of Europe) came his regiment was shipped over to France and was involved in heavy fighting, and had many casualties. LeRoy, (or Roy), managed to leave his training school and somehow got over to France to join his Regiment though officially he was absent without leave from his unit, The Lulworth Gunnery School. He was taken on the strength of his tank regiment and went into action with them. He was found Not Guilty of any charges against him. During the large and bloody tank battle at Falaise, which was to break out of the Canadian and British beach head around Caen, his Sherman tank was struck by a German Shell and he was killed. Lieutenant LeRoy Duncan Coons Killed in the Falais Gap Tank Battle in Normandy, France. 14 August 1944 James Itha Coons Father: Itha Coons Mother: Mary Duncan Coons Born: 11 June 1919 Lamont, Alberta Married: Marjory Washburn 1948 Toronto, Ontario Died: 2 March 1970 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Buried in Toronto, Ontario Spouse: Marjory Washburn Born: 14 July 1919 Died: James Leroy Peter Lawrence 1950 Sarnia, Ontario 1954 Sarnia, Ontario Jim Coons was born and took his education in Lamont, Alberta. After leaving High School he went to the University of Alberta, in Edmonton to study Engineering. Before graduating he left the University and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as ground crew. He took training at Dartmouth. Nova Scotia, Canada, but was taken ill and eventually was Honourably Discharged because of his health. He went to work in the DeHaviland Aircraft plant in Toronto. He worked there until the war was over when he went to the University of Toronto and got his Degree in Mechanical Engineering. While at university he married Majorie Washburn who worked to support them until he graduated. His career as an Engineer included working for Polymar Corporation in Sarnia, Ontario; Shell Oil Co; and Celanese. With the last company he worked in Two Hills, (about 30 miles north of Vegreville, Alberta,) and later was Chief Purchasing Agent for the company working in Montreal. Hw died at the age of 51 in Montreal. His wife and sons moved back to Toronto after his death. Among other honours, he had a fellowship in aeronautical Engineering. It is interesting to note that when Jim was working in the Dehaviland Plant in Toronto, he was working on the same land as his ancestors settled about one hundred and fifteen years previously. James Itha Coons James Itha Coons and his v.ifs Marjory "Washburn" Coons Wesley Harrison Coons Father: Itha Cornelius Coons Mother: Mary Daintred Bertha Duncan Coons Born: 29 June 1924 Lamont, Alberta Married: First:- Margery Olstead 2 October 1954 Divorced:- 1984 Second:- Helen Annis 8 November 1985 Died: Spouse: Margery Olstead Spouse Helen Annis Born 16 November 1942, Toronto, Ontario, Father Levi Annis Mother Gladys Cann Annis Died: With first wife. i Sheila Kathleen Coons Leroy Duncan Coons Born 17 December 1967 Born 27 July 1958 Toronto. Ontario Ancaster, Ontario Wesley was born in Lamont, Alberta and took his schooling there and in Vegreville, Alberta. He went to the University of Alberta in the fall of 1942 but left in a few months to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took training in Edmonton, Regina, High River and Vulcan in Alberta where he was commissioned and received his Pilots Wings. He then went on to the #1 Aircrew Graduates Training School, Calgary. He was then transferred to Summmerside, Prince Edward Island where he qualified as a navigator. His next posting was to Alliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands, as a pilot with the 7th Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, He stayed there until 1945, the year he was returned to civilian life. He went back to the University of Alberta, Edmonton from 1945 until 1948 when he graduated, with his B.A. (Philosophy and Psychology). The years 1948 to 1952 were then spent at Toronto University, and in 1955 he became a Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology). While at the University of Alberta he met Margery Olstead of Stettler, Alberta. They were married in Winona, Ontario, in 1954. Margery had become a Child Psychologist. They were divorced in 1984 after having two children Wesley worked in Hamilton. Halifax and Toronto. JW l'.HiL»«'LI He married a second time to Helen Marie Annis. Helen was born in Toronto and got her B.A. at the University of Toronto in 1964; M.A. University of York in 1966, and Ph.D. at the University of York in 1970. She is a Full Professor at the University of Toronto and the Senior Psychologist, Head of Psychology at the Addington Addiction Research Foundation in Toronto. Wesley taught at York University. Ontario, where he was Director of Clinical Training. He was also Senior adviser in Psychology to the Ministry of Correctional Services of Ontario. During his career Wesley was President of the Ontario Psychological Association; the Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia; the Canadian Psychological Association; as well as Editor, Canadian Psychologist; Chairman of the Academic Council of the Canada Council. In 1988 he was given the Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to Pyschology as a Profession. Helen was also on the Executive of the Canadian Psychological Association After Wesley's retirement in 1992 the couple ran a small farm in the Caledon area of Ontario, though Helen continued to work in Toronto. Dr. Helen Annis Coons Dr. Wesley Harrison Coons Kenneth Cornelius Coons Father: Itha Coons Mother: Mary Duncan Coons Born: 12 April 1926 (The eldest Twin) Lamont, Alberta Married: Mary Pochynok 23 November 1957 Edmonton Alberta Died: Spouse: Mary Pochynok (Father Michael Pochynok. 1893 - 1977) (Mother Katherine Pochynock. 1899 - 1972) Born: 19 February 1930 Inland, Alberta Died: J_ Patrica Marie Bradley'Kenneth 13 April 1958 24 February 1960 Vegreville, Alberta Vegreville, Alberta Kenneth Coons was born in Lamont, Alberta, and educated there and in Vegreville, Alberta. During the war he joined up and took training in Tanks at Camp Borden, in Ontario. The war ended before he was posted to a regiment and he was demobilized in 1946 and returned to Vegreville. He was in construction work in various capacities for most of his working life. This included owning and operating his own truck. He married Mary Pochynok who was born and brought up on her parents farm at Inland (no longer there) just a few miles south of Vegreville. Mary worked all of her working life as a sales lady in different stores in Vegreville. They remained in Vegreville on their retirement. "W^W^^HHBW Patricia Marie "Coons" Miller and George Miller 18 June 1977 Edmonton, Alberta Bradley Kenneth Coons Shelley "Russ" Coons March 1995 Vegreville, Alberta Kathleen Marie Coons Father: Itha Coons Mother: Mary Duncan Coons Born: 12 April (A Twin) 1926 Lamont, Alberta Married: Eric Holdsworth Waldram 16 May 1953 Edmonton, Alberta Died: Spouse: Eric Holdsworth Waldram Born: 27 June 1925, Poona, Bombay Presidency, India. Died: Lynn Marie 1 13 Dec 1954 Gordon Arthur Edmonton, Alberta 5 Oct 1960 (Adopted) Fort McLeod, Alberta Kathleen Coons was born in Lamont, Alberta, and educated there and in Vegreville, Alberta. She left school in 1944 to go to Ajax, Ontario, to work in the Defence Industries Limited munitions plant making shells. She returned in 1955 to complete her high school education. After training at McTavish Business College in Edmonton she worked for two years at "Trucker's Tires" and then with the Alberta Provincial Government until after her marriage in 1953. During the next few years, after having a daughter in Edmonton, she moved with her husband, Eric, to live in Medicine Hat, Calgary and Innisfail, all in Alberta. While in Innisfail son Gordon was adopted. Twenty three years later Kathleen and Eric retired to Penticton, British Columbia. During her youth she played softball and ice Hockey. In later years she became a very good five pin bowler and a average golfer. Besides her children and grandchildren, her interests included stamps, needlepoint, gardening and travelling. Her husband Eric Waldram was born in India while his father was serving there in the British, and later the Indian Army. He was educated in India and England. He returned to India as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army during the war. He later worked in the Oil Industry in England, Bahrain, and Canada. Kathleen "Coons" Waldram and Eric Holdsworth Waldram 1993 Lynn Marie "Waldram" Stenseth Gordon Arthur Waldram mm&m*m James Leroy Coons Father: James Itha Coons Mother: Majorie Washburn Coons Born: 21 August 1950 Sarnia Ontario Married: First; • Lida Plivova Ottawa Second; Irene Carboneau Ottawa Died: 1986 Ottawa, Ontario Spouse: First; Lida Plivova Second:: Irene Carboneau Born: First: Second: Died: First; Second; Lida Plivova Adam Born Ottawa Irene Carboneau Karen Born 1985 Ottawa James was born in Sarnia and lived in Two Hills, Alberta, as well as Montreal, Quebec. He attended Carlton University in Ottawa where he studied Journalism. He worked as Assistant Press Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Died young in Ottawa, of Cancer. Peter Lawrence Coons Father: James Itha Coons Mother: Majorie Washburn Born: 23 February 1954 Sarnia Ontario Married: First; Peggy Jarvis Canada Second; Shawn Leigh Gunderson, 5 March 1988. Arlington. Texas. U.S.A. Died: Spouse: First; Peggy Jarvis Second; Shawn Leigh Gunderson Born: First; Second; 15 March 1963 Died: Hillary Born 10 Sept 1992 Arlington. Texas, Peter was born in Sarnia. Ontario and lived in Two Hills, Alberta; Montreal. Quebec; and Toronto. Ontario. He graduated from York University, Ontario, with an Houours Degree in Fine Arts. He married and divorced Peggy Jarvis in Canada. There were no children from this marriage. He later moved down to the United States where he worked as a photographer for the Annuity Board of the Southern Babtist Convention in Arlington, Texas. He met and married Shawn Leigh Gunderson in Arlington. They have one child, daughter Hillary, as of 1995. LeRoy Duncan Coons Father: Wesley Harrison Coons Mother: Margery Olstead Coons Born: 27 July 1958 Ancaster, Ontario, Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: LeRoy received an Honours B.A. in History from Glendon College, York University, Ontario, and a M.A. in English from the University of Toronto, His thesis was on Langland's Piers Plowman. His Ph.D thesis was on Medieval Personification Allegory. He is a part time Lecturer/Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto where he is currently completing his Ph.D. Sheila Kathleen Coons LeRoy Duncan Coons August 1995 Toronto Sheila Kathleen Coons Father: Wesley Harrison Coons Mother: Margery Olstead Coons Born: 17 December 1967 Toronto, Ontario Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Sheila graduated from Grenville Christian College in Brockville Ontarioo with a grade 13 diploma, and then went to the University of Windsor and studied Drama. She did some professional acting with a Detroit based theatre company and later for The Windsor Feminist Theatre, as well as others. She decided to changs to Anthropolgy as she explained, "I'm the sort of person who who is unable to happily survive on the salary of an actress". She graduated with a first class Honours BA in 1992 and in 1993 was a masters student in Anthropolgy at Carleton University in Ottowa, Ontario, taking graduate courses and working on her thesis on West Coast Aboriginal Art. She is also a teaching assistant for a course in Primatology and conducts a weekly lab on hominids. She does some creative writing which has been published, and has appeared on Television. In 1992 she also spent some time at Oxford on a scholarship studying "Lucy", a fossil of a hominid discovered in Hadar,Ethiopia, believed to be over three million years old. . JOSEPH SKINNER Father: Richard Skinner Mother: Yetta "Duncan" Skinner Born: 8 December 1933 Los Angeles, California Married: First: Barbara Divorced Second: Betty Divorced Third: Juanita Died: 1991 Spouse: Barbara Betty Juanita Born: Died: There were two children from the first marriage, a son named Richard and a daughter named . Both are married and have children. The second wife, Betty, had four sons. They were divorced after Joseph was in a very bad car accident that put him in hospital for two years, he was crippled after this. While in hospital recovering from the car accident he was found to have a brain tumor, He had radiation treatment which shrank the tumor so it did not give any trouble, but it never went away completely. The third wife , Juanita, stayed with Joseph until he died, She was highly thought of by other members of the family. MARIGOLD KAY SKINNER Father: Richard Skinner Mother: Yetta "Duncan" Skinner Born: 6 April 1935 Married: Warren H. Runyan. A navy recruiter at the time of their marriage. Divorced Died: Spouse: Warren H. Runyan Born: Died: Thomas Warren Melody Richard Donald 28 October 1957 8 October 1959 December 1961 Glendale Because of a great Pacoima, California California dislike for her name, Married Lisa Married she had it legally Pat changed to:- Chayce Michaels Born Glendale California. Jacob Janet Cheryl Nicole Jason 1982 1983 1986 1991 1990 Marigold works as a data entry operator for a Computor firm. Thomas is a police officer, while his wife works in a hardware store. Chayce works for the State Print Shop in Sacramento, California. Richard runs an apartment maintenance company while Lisa as a supervisor in a company that manufacture sleeping bags. MARIGOLD KAY "SKINNER" RUNYAN Thomas Warren H!2/- Chayce (Melody) ikt M \ •** Js Richard Donald JOSEPH EDWARD DUNCAN Father: James Hunter Duncan Mother: Evelyn Myrl "Williamson" Duncan Born: 14 January 1934 Berwyn, Alberta Married: Emily May "Gauthier" Mathews June 28, 1968 Died: Spouse Emily May "Gauthier" Mathews Born: Trochu 21 Sept 1926 Died: Karen Barbara Pat Michael Mathews Mathews Mathews Duncan Married Married Married (adopted) Gautreau Fuller Roland Born 18 Dec 1968 Calgary Print Shop Operator Joseph Edward spent most of his life in Trochu. He was a Truck Driver by Trade. Emily was married previously to Joseph to Mathews and had three daughters. Emily May "Gauthier" Mathews Duncan Michael Duncan Approx 1969 Joseph Edward Duncan Northern Alberta DONALD JAMES DUNCAN Father: James Hunter Duncan Mother: Evelyn Myrl Williamson Duncan Born: 8 April 1936 Married: Arlene Bertha Catherine Hauff 13 July 1963 Trochu, Alberta Died: Spouse: Arlene Bertha Catherine Hauff Born: 10 Sept 1936 Died: Barbara Ellen Catherine Ann Dawn 29 June 1964 18 January 1966 Married Married Carlo Jensen Micheal Baker July 1985 1991 Donald was active in Baseball and Hockey during the 1950's. He worked in automotive sales for 30 years. Arlene worked in the banking business for 25 years. Has stamp collecting as a hobby. Donald James Duncan Barbara Ellen Jensen Arlene Bertha Catherine Duncan Catherine Ann Dawn Baker 1991 SECTION 4 John and family WILLI. . DUNCAN Army Surgeon circa 1725 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Mill Owner, Corigeencor Bridge Leitrem Co. Ireland circa 1750 I WILLIAM DUNCAN Died on the boat emigrating to Canada circa 1775-1829 William James Jane JOHN 1801 Adam George 1803 1807 1808 Mary Ireland 1816 Ireland 1875 Ireland 1818 12 children Ireland 9 children Married Married Ireland unmarried Married Elizabeth Hamilton Married Ann Moore William Matilda Cunningham married 12 children 1831 Jackson 1831 John York Co. Canada Jackson Jane FANNY MARY Rebecca WILLIAM 1832 1834 JOSEPH JOHN 1836 1838 1839 1841 All bom in Upper Canada, (Ontario) 1841 Married Married Married Married Married Frances Watson Married William Davis Richard Johnson William Johnson Elizabeth Devins Married 1st No family Sarah Reaman Mary Ann Wilson Married 2nd Margaret Ann Acheson Mary Ann Sarah William John Albert 1857- 1865- 1873- 1878- 1880- 1925 1940 1949 1943 1922 Married Married Married Married Never David Cruikshank Donald McNeil Grace Featherstone Mary Belle Married Jane Angeline Melvina Albert William William Emerson Jennie L. William O. 1872-1951 1874 -1947 Married Unmarried Unmarried Martha Duncan No family First Wife WILSON EDGAR Jane Alvira Albert Vernon Horence Louise 1867-1940 1868 1871 1875 Married Married Christena Ellen William George Acheson Acheson William Edgar Christena JOHN ELGIN 1895 -1982 Mildred 1899 -1974 Married 1897-1898 Marked Luella Bell Pe?;l Badjeros No family Christena LESLIE Irene Edgar Married Married. Unmarried Married Charles Jackson Marion Baker Elizabeth Bishop Carolyn James Sharon Marilyn Second Wife William CHRISTINA Rober Caroline Pearl Florence Mary JOHN FLOSSIE GEORGE CATHERINE RACHEL ROBERT LULU Herbert MABEL 1880- Maud 1884 Louise Emma JAMES LOUISE EMERSON ELSIE IRENE GORDON MARGUERITE 1877 1879 1881 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1893 1896 1899 1901 1905 Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Margaret Hunter Herbert Joseph Anne Alonzo Janet Hazel Nobel Charles Mabel Robert Wilson Foster Taylor 1912 Wraggit Copeland Alexander Gooding Ferguson Wright Nofjmily 1904 1910 1921 1922 Margarey James Delbert Margarite Carmen James Dorothy Irene Vera Ruth Olivine Evelyn Nobel Ross 1921 1921 1927 1935 JOHN Margaret LENA WILLIAM Married Married Married Married STUART Elizabeth JEAN HERBERT George Robert Gordon Sally 1922 Unmarried Married Married McKee Swope Aitchison Berry Married P.James Eristine Flora House Afganis Werezuk Kara Marie Torry Tammy James Elsie Margaret Marion Charles Duncan Joan Edythe Lulu Paul 1927 1929 1933 1935 1942 David LINDA Patricia JANET NANCY Brenda Married Married Married Married Married Alexandu CHRISTINE Margaret LESLIE JEAN Joyce Helen Ross Claude James Lynne 1950 1951 Twins 1955 1958 1959 Elizabeth Agnew William Wallace Mineau Married Kirkpatrick Dolson Malcolm Taylor Kris ty Lee MARGARET JAMES CECIL RUTH Stuart Mathew Joshua Arie Benjamin ALICE HERBERT GEORGE OLIVE Malcolm Alexander Anthony John Theodore 1937 1938 1940 1945 Married Married Married Married Ronald Johanna Josephine Thomas Gray D'Entremont Ann Welsh Lyon Bdon Evelyn Dorothy Mabel Vernon Ruth Gordon Ruby Fair Margaret Irene Dorine Duncan Elsie Mervin Eileen 1913 1915 1918 1921 1923 1925 1928 1932 Gregory Tara Tyson James Nadine Cade 1966 1970 1973 Debra Ann DianneLynn Dawna Ruth Vicki Jane Margaret Geoffrey 1960 1961 1962 1963 Erika Sean I 1964 1969 MURIEL IRENE Married William Gillies Robert Shirley Judith Helen Milton B. Irene Joyce 1954 1S66 1960 1967 HELEN JOHN ARCHIBALD WILUAM ALEXANDER DONALD George MARGARET Kenneth RUSSELL HAZEL Howard CHRISTENA JAMES DOUGLAS HERBERT FERGUSON GRANT Emerson ISABELLA Gordon ACHESON GEORGINA Edgar 1923 1924 1926 1927 1931 1931 1931 1934 1935-1937 1937 1939 1940 Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Hany Ruth Leona Audrey Shirley Patricia David Melba Ray Sylvia Lyon Potter Galbraith Dinsmore Churchill Ambrose Fanning Renwick McKelvie Warner John Kenneth Janet Hazel Karen Lee Kevin Douglas Gus Glen Scott Douglas Susan Elizabeth 1953 1957 1957 1962 1961 1961 John Jayne Jeffrey LARRY CYNTHIA Tamela Paul Catherine Wendy Heather David Rosalee James GEORGE ANN Jane Herbert Louise Jane Elizabeth 1954 died 1959 1964 1950 1953 1959- 1962 1965 1962 1964 Married Married 1960 Cheryl Garry Taylor Ramsey John David Andrea Duncan Trent Jane 1964 1967 1970 Aaron Timothy Nathan Joel Luke James Jack Chloe 1977 1977 1980 1983 1979 1980 1983 Mary Kenneth Robert Gordon Ellen Alexander Wayne Russell 1964 1965 1967 1974 John Duncan Farmer Father: William Duncan II Mother: Jane Elliot Duncan Born: 1803/4 Ireland Married: Matilda Cunningham 1831 Died: 1857 Spouse: Matilda Cunningham Born: 1813 Ireland Died: Jane Fanny Ma'ry Rebecca William A Joseph A John J 1832 1834 1836 1838 1839 1841 1834 All born in Upper Canada, (Ontario). John Duncan came to Canada around 1830 and bought a farm in the community of Emery in York Township, York County. He had 200 acres on Lot 23 concession 6 West of Younge Street. His house was built on a tributary of the Humber river called Burns, or Duncan Creek, He also built a saw mill on the creek to process the white pine there was on his lot. He supplied lumber for the Pine Ridge Church that was built in that area. In the 1851 census he had 200 acres of which 70 were under cultivation. There was also 80 acres of wood, and three acres of garden. His produce seemed to include peas, wool, potatoes and oats. In this census it shows that his eldest daughter Jane had already left home. At the time of his death his assets included horses, colts, cows steers, sheep, lambs, pigs, cords of wood, farm eguipment, household furniture, fall wheat, spring crop and meadow. mmmmmmmmmmmm JANE DUNCAN Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Born: 1832 Married: Frances Watson Died: 1868 Buried in Fisherville Cemetary, Ontario. Spouse: Frances Watson Born: 1817 Died: 1885 No family. REBECCA DUNCAN Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Duncan Born: 1838 Married: Wm. Johnson 1861 Peel County Register Died: Spouse: Wm. Johnson Born: Died: ^ FANNY DUNCAN Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Duncan Born: 1834 Married: William Davis Died: 1913 Sombra Township, Lambton County, Ontario. Spouse: William Davis Born: 1828 Died: 1890 1 c K Will iam Jonn Albert Mar185y7 Ann Sara1865 h 1873 1878 1880 ±925 1940 1949 1943 1922 married married married married unmarried David Donald Grace Mary died of Cruikshank McNeil Featherstone Belle Pneumonia 1853 1879 1880 1907 1936 1959 1964 Fanny was an active member of the Methodist Church and the Ladies Aid, PSWWW Mary Duncan Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Duncan Born: 1836 Married: Richard Johnson. General Storekeeper in Thistletown, Died: 1895 May 11. Buried in Humber Summit Cemetary Spouse: Richard Johnson Born: 1822 Died: 1893 14 Oct Jane Angeline Melvina Albert William William Adam Duncan Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Duncan Born: 1839 14 August. in Upper Canada. Married: 7 April 1869 Elizabeth Devins of York Township Died: 1918 27 June, Emery, Ontario. Buried Riverside Cemetary Weston. Ontario Spouse: Elizabeth Devins Born: 1839 8 April Father John Devins Mother June Rogers Died: 10 Nov 1916 . I Jennie L. William Emerson 10 June 1874 14 Sept 1871 - 30 July 1974 - 30 Nov 1951 unmarried unmarried He was known as Will E. to separate hin from his cousin Will 0. who farmed next to him. William Adam was a J.P. and License Commissioner. He farmed eighty acres he got from his father on Lot 23, Concession 6, West. He spent all his life, except two years on this farm. The 1861 census shows William living with his sister Rebecca, as well as his two brothers Joseph and John. His father had died by this time and maybe his mother also. """HWPBWH The Tombstone of William A. Duncan, his wife Elizabeth Devins, and their children Jennie Luella and William Emerson in the Riverside Cemetary in Weston, Ontario. Joseph Andrew Duncan Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Duncan Born: 1841 Upper Canada Married: 1861 Sarah Reaman of Peel County Died: 1871 6 March. Buried Riverside Cemetary, Weston, Ontario Spouse: Sarah Reaman Born: Died: William 0. Later married a distant cousin Martha Duncan No children See James Duncan family tree. John James Duncan Father: John Duncan Mother: Matilda Cunningham Duncan Born: 1841 York Co. Lived in his childhood near Weston. Married: First: Mary Ann Wilson Died 11 April 1875 Buried Humber Summit Cemetary, Weston Second:Margaret Ann Acheson 23 August 1876 Dufferin, Orangeville Ontario Died: August 1928 Spouse: First; Mary Ann Wilson Second; Margaret Ann Acheson Born: First: 1842 Second;February 6, 1861 Died: First: 1875 Second:February 8, 1938 They lived on a farm (Backline Proton Township) that John had purchased in 1875. They lived in a log building till 1917 when a new house was built. First Wife: Mary Ann Wilson Wilson Edgar Jane 'Alvira Albert'Vernon Florence'Louise 1867 1868 1871 - 1875 April 5 1876 Died at 12 Days of age. Second Wife: Margaret Ann Acheson r—— Robert Rearl Mary Flossie Catheri ne Robert William 24 Jan 1884 Emma Louise Elsie Gordon Herbert 1880 - 1887 1891 1896 1901 1877 7 Jan 1881 Christina Caroline Florence Jo'hn George Rachel Lulu Mabel Maud Louise James Emerson Irene Marguerite 1879 1882 1885 1889 1893 1899 1905 Wilson Edgar Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Mary Ann Wilson Born: 1866 Married: Christena Ellen Acheson 1893. The younger sister of his step mother Margaret Ann Acheson. Died: 1940 Spouse Christena Ellen Acheson Born: 1863 Died: 1923 William Edgar Christena Mildred John Elgin 1895 - 1982 1897 - 1898 1899 - 1974 Married Married Luella Bell Pearl Badjeros No Family •P—^————1 Jane Alvira Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Mary Ann Wilson Duncan Born: 1868 Married: William George Acheson * Grey Township Died: Spouse: William George Acheson Born: 1851 Died: 1929 William George Acheson was Jane's step mother's younger brother. ALBERT VERNON DUNCAN Father: John James Dancan Mother: Mary Ann Wilson Duncan Born: 1870/71 Died: Nov 22, 1876 5 years 9 months FLORENCE LOUISE DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother: Mary Ann Wilson Duncan Born: 11 April 1875 Died: 15 April 1875 5 days old SB William Herbert (Bert) Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Born: July 12, 1877 Married: Margaret Hunter 17 January 1912 Died: November 14, 19 65 Spouse: Margaret Hunter Born: 1877 Died: 1963 No Family. Bert farmed Range 3 South of #2 School in Grey County, and kept a grocery store in Dundalk. Ontario. In 1906 he moved west to Alberta and homesteaded for a few years in the Claysmore district, about 5 miles West of Vermillion. He later owned and operated the John Deere Implement Agency in Vermillion until he retired. Christena Mabel Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Born: March 3, 1879 Married: Herbert Wraggit February 24, 1904 Died: May 30, 1965 Spouse: Herbert Wraggit Born: 1877 Died: 1936 Delbert Margarite Carmen James Dorothy The couple farmed in the Bethel Community, Grey Co. Ontario. After her husband died Christena and her son Delbert continued with the farm until 1959 when Delbert died. Christena was a charter member of the Bethel Women's Association in 1910. She was the treasurer of the Association from 1910 - 1961 without interruption. ^Wfl^raw? ROBERT DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born; 24 Nov 1380 Died: 7 Jan 1831 CAROLINE MAUD DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 12 Dec 1882 Died: 5 July 1884 FLORENCE LILLIAN DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 13 Jan 1885 Died: 13 Jan 1887 PEARL DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mothec: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 1884 Died: 1884 ? Christena Mabel Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Born: March 3, 1879 Married: Herbert Wraggit February 24, 1904 Died: May 30, 1965 Spouse: Herbert Wraggit Born: 1877 Died: 1936 Delbert Margarite Carmen James Doroth3t y The couple farmed in the Bethel Community, Grey Co. Ontario. After her husband died Christena and her son Delbert continued with the farm until 1959 when Delbert died. Christena was a charter member of the Bethel Women's Association in 1910. She was the treasurer of the Association from 1910 - 1961 without interruption. • •>»ii-lLMnim»Hll.»JlW!^lHJI.HMIUJ.IHItJlltPMIIUmMWIII——I ROBERT DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born; 24 Nov 1380 Died: 7 Jan 1881 CAROLINE MAUD DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother; Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 12 Dec 1882 Died: 5 July 1884 FLORENCE LILLIAN DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 13 Jan 1885 Died: 13 Jan 1887 PEARL DUNCAN Father: John James Duncan Mothec: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 1884 Died: 1884 ? Mary Emma Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: 1887 Married: Joseph Copeland 1910 Died: 1957 Spouse: Joseph Copeland Born: 1884 Died: 1854 Farmed for 28 years on the Copeland Homestead, Proton Co. and then moved to Inistioge. issosaHnaa John James (Jim) Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: March 24, 1889 in Ontario. Married: Anne Alexander September 29, 1921 Died: September 28, 1967. Buried in Vermillion Cemetary Alberta Spouse: Anne Alexander Born: 1894 Scotland Died: 1989 Buried in Vermillion Cemetary Alberta I Margaret Elizabeth Lena Jean 1 John Stuart William Herbert (Bert) John James registered his homestead on Nov 23, 1908 on Section 6, Township 49, Range 7, about 16 miles S.W. of the towm of Vermillion. Alberta. In 1914 he enlisted in the Army and went overseas. He became a Sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal. He was also wounded. When he got out of hospital he returned to Vermillion in 1919 and farmed until he retired in 1961. He served on the Stillsville School Board and was Councillor and Reeve of the Municipality of Buffalo Coulee. Flossie Louise Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: May 21, 1891 Married; Reverend Alonzo Gooding Died: August 22, 1951 Heise Hill Cemetery, Gormley Spouse: Reverend Alonzo Gooding Born: 1884 Died: 1951 ~1 I 1 1 Mabel Vernon Ruth Gordon Ruby Eldon Evelyn Dorothy Dorine Duncan Elsie Mervin Eileen Fair Margaret Irene 1921 1923 1925 1928 1932 1913 1915 1918 w.iu.-.imnai.jiiiijiuimmiiiniiniup SUES George Emerson Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Duncan Born: July 16, 1893 Married: Janet Hazel Ferguson 16 December 1922 Died: November 25, 1976 Spouse: Janet Hazel Ferguson Born: 1898 Died I Archibald Alexander Hazel Helen George Kenneth Douglas Ferguson Georgina Christena Emerson Gordon 1926 1931 1939 1923 1931 - 1935 - 1931 1937 John William Doneil d Margaret Russell Howard James Herbert Grant Isabella Acheson Edgar 1924 1927 1931 1934 1937 - 1940 1971 Alexander Ferguson, Donald Grant, and George Emerson were triplets, though George Emerson died as a baby, George Emerson farmed on the West Backline, 2 miles from Dundalk for 24 years of his married life. Of the twelve children ten lived to be adults. Besides farming he became an autioneer, a occupation he followed for 51 years. Catherine Elsie Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Born: 1896 . . . Married: Noble Wilson Died: 1983 Spouse: Noble Wilson Born: 1880 Died: 1957 Irene Ruth Vera Olivine Margarey Evelyn James Noble Ross 1921 1927 1927 1935 Married Married Married Married George McKee Robert Swope Gordon Aitchison Sally A. Berry The Board of Directors of the Bank Of Canada announced the appointment of James Noble Ross Wilson as Deputy Governor of the Bank in 1984. iKHiKwunimuimiiiH Rachel Irene Duncan Father: John James Duncari Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Born: 1899 Married: Charles Foster Died: 1970 • Spouse: Charles Foster Born: 1900 Died: 1979 James Elsie Marc aret Marion Charles Duncan Joan Edythe Lulu Paul 1927 1929 1933 1935 1942 Married Married Married Married Married Helen Ross Claude James A. Lynne E Elizabeth Agnew William Wallace Minneau Kirkpatrick Dolson Robert Gordon Duncan Father: John James Dun Mother: Margaret Ann A Born: 1901 Married: Mabel M Wright Died: 1974 Spouse: Mabel M Wright Born: 1909 Died: 16 Sept 1994 Mabel M Duncan was the lady who collected the information, and wrote the book "The Duncans of Bethel", which is such a good source of knowledge concerning all the Duncans of this family, but especially of the descendents of John Duncan, one of the five brothers who originally came over from Ireland. Margaret Alice James Herbert Cecil George Ruth Olive 1937 1938 1940 1945 married married Ronald Gray (For information on the son's Thomas Lyon families, see further pages.) 1 J : • Dawna Vicki Margaret Geoffrey Debra Dianne Ruth Jane Erika Sean Ann Lynn 1962 1963 1964 1969 1960 1961 married married married 1993 Oct 1995 1983 Dr. Mark Malias Rebecca Frederic Douros Stillwagon in Calgary Kelsy All the four children of Robert and Mabel were born at the farmhouse on R.R. #1. Dundalk, Ont. Margaret Alice was married to Robert Gray till he was killed in a car accident in 1969 near Truro, Nova Scotia. She was married for a short time to R. Anthony LaTourette, and later married Alton Watson in 1976. They are both real estate brokers in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Ruth Olive is a radiologist in a Southern Ontario Hospital. Her husband, Tom, is the vice principal of an elementary school. •.!4».y*m*H^.L.llJLJLl|iTln..u.ul,lulUllllJ,l BSHB Lulu Marguerite Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Margaret Ann Acheson Born: 1905 Married: Robert Taylor Died: 1990 Spouse: Robert Taylor Born: Died: 15 Sept 1994 Muriel Irene married William Gillies Robert Milton Shirley E. Judith Irene Helen Joyce 1954 1956 1960 1967 married Marsha Cook William Edgar Duncan Father: Wilson Edgar Duncan Mother: Christina Ellen Acheson Duncan Born: 1895 Married: Luella Bell Died: 1982 Spouse: Luella Bell Born: 1982 Died: 1983 No Family •~.u.i-u.ju.miHiwn.mmaAmj«m.wtnmi''»HBflH John Elgin Duncan Father: Wilson Edgar Duncan Mother: Christena Ellen Acheson Born: 1899 Married: Pearl Badjeros Died: 1974 Spouse: Pearl Badjeros Born: 1906 Died: Christena Lesli£Le Irene Edgar Married Married Unmarried Married Charles Marion Elizabeth Jackson Baker Bishop John Stuart Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Anne Alexander Born: 2 Aug 1922 Vermilion Alberta Married: Flora Catherine Houser 9 June 1949 Toronto Ontario Died: 1992 Spouse: Flora Catherine Houser Born: 11 Feb 1922 Lincoln Co. Ontario Living in Red Deer Alberta in 1995 Died: Davir~d Lind~Ta PatriciT a Janei t Nancr y Brenda Alexander Christine Margaret Leslie Jean Joyce 1950 1951 Twins 1958 1959 1955 John Stuart was an Aircraftman in W.W.II and served in Calgary and overseas . .»ji^.gl^L».imaiiiiijLiuu-milNllllnlllumil' "fll Margaret Elizabeth Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Anne Alexander Born: Married: Unmarried Died: 14 June 1990 Spouse: Born: Died: Margaret served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (Woman's Division) during the war. She took a special secretarial course in Toronto but later moved to Alberta. She lived in Edmonton. I must thank her for giving me much of the information on her branch of the family. She worked in Edmonton for the Government. She was a Chartered Accountant. John Stuart Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Anne Alexander Born: 2 Aug 1922 Vermilion Alberta Married: Flora Catherine Houser 9 June 1949 Toronto Ontario Died: 1992 Spouse: Flora Catherine Houser Born: 11 Feb 1922 Lincoln Co. Ontario Living in Red Deer Alberta in 1995 Died: r- 1 T"^ 1 Nancy Brenda David Linda Patricia Janet Jean Joyce Alexander Christine Margaret Leslie 1958 1959 1950 1951 Twins 1955 John Stuart was an Aircraftman in W.W.II and served in Calgary and overseas. TT^^.-TJT^.-uia.....u^.m.unii-|||||||U||||Him—^WWl^ Margaret Elizabeth Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Anne Alexander Born: Married: Unmarried Died: 14 June 1990 Spouse: Born: Died: Margaret served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (Woman's Division) during the war. She took a special secretarial course in Toronto but later moved to Alberta. She lived in Edmonton. I must thank her for giving me much of the information on her branch of the family. She worked in Edmonton for the Government. She was a Chartered Accountant. Lena Jean Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Anne Alexander Born: Married: P.James Afganis Died: Spouse: P.James Afganis Born: Died: Kara Marie Graduated with a degreee in Commerce, Works in Edmonton, Alberta. !;,^;n.riiui,ini)mjuxniH William Herbert (Bert) Duncan Father: John James Duncan Mother: Anne Alexander Born: 1933 Married: Eristine E. Werezuk Died: Spouse: Eristine E. Werezuk Born: 1929 Vegreville, Alberta Died: —1 Terry Tammy Ross Rose 7 Feb 1958 24 April 1960 Petroleum Engineer Interior Designer Five years with Husky Oil Calgary, Alberta, Changed to Mountain Guide and Avalanche Control. William (Bert) Duncan operated a farm from 1959 in the Vermillion area of Alberta. He raised Cattle as well as being a livestock buyer. He also had a business of selling livestock trailers. Eristine taught school in Buffalo Coulee and Vermillion. She later owned and opersted a Shoe Store in Vermillion. Helen Christena Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1923 Married: Harry Lyon Died: Spouse: Harry Lyon Born: Died John Kenneth Janet Hazel 1953 1957 Married Brent Pendleton Emerson Alexander .nmn.t.llMll.llilllllJIMllUlllUU.llllPUIUIUHlltm HJ1IUI John James Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1924 Married: Ruth Potter Died: Spouse: Ruth Potter Born: Died: John David Jayne Rosalee Jeffrey James 1954 Died 1959 1964 John James ( Jack) served during the war in the R.C.A.F. in Aylmer and overseas. Archibald Douglas Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1926 Married: Leona Galbraith Died: Spouse: Leona Galbaith Born: Died: Karen Lee Kevin Douglas 1957 1962 Married 1983 John Clark Johnathon •tyrarmtBH.aw/innwumaa William Herbert Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: •Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1927 Married: Audrey Dinsmore Died: Spouse: Audrey Dinsmore Born: Died: "I Larry —n Cynthia Tamela Paul Catherine George Ann Jane Herbert Louise 1950 1953 1959 - 1962 1965 Married Married 1960 Cheryl Taylor Garry Ramsey 1 I I I Timbthnot y Nathan Joel Jack Aaron 1977 1980 1983 Luke 1980 Chloe 1977 James 1982 1979 I Alexander Ferguson Duncan I George Emerson Duncan Father: : Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1931 : Married: Shirley Churchill : Died: Spouse: Shirley Churchill ; Born: Died: Alexander was one of triplets. One of the triplets, George Emerson, died in the year that they were born. :. Mary fElle n Kenneth"AlexandeT r Robert Wayne Gordo n Russell 1964 • 1965 1967 1974 j 1 .^w^n^mnmnTKrmmnftUIUimiJJ T i a •wuimjiniuiiummiLiBBBi Donald Grant Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1931 Married: Patricia Ambrose Died: Spouse: Patricia Ambrose Born: Died: Gus Glen Danald Grant was one of triplets. One of the triplets, George Emerson, died in the year that he was born. Margaret Isabelle Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1934 Married: David Fanning Died: Spouse: David Fanning Born: Died: John Duncan David Trent Andrea Jane 1964 1967 1970 Russell Acheson Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1937 Married: Melba Renwick Died: 1971 * Spouse: Melba Renwick Born: Died: Wendy Jane Heather Elizabeth 1962 1964 Hazel Georgina Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1939 Married: Ray McKelvie Died: Spouse: Ray McKelvie Born: Died: Scott Douglas Susan Elizabeth 1961 111 1961 111 '!'•»'"• ..ii.Kinii.jiiiiJwiJu.niiiiiiiiitiuiuimiLiiiuuiimiiiii Howard Edgar Duncan Father: George Emerson Duncan Mother: Janet Hazel Ferguson Duncan Born: 1940 Married: Sylvia Warner Died: Spouse: Sylvia Warner Born: Died: James Herbert Duncan Father: Robert Gordon Duncan Mother: Mabel M Wright Born: 1938 Married: Johanna D'Entremont 1964 Toronto Died: Spouse: Johanna D'Entremont Born: 1943 Centre East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co. Nova Scotia Died: Gregory James James worked for a short time with Canada Post in Elliot Lake, Ont. and later with Trans Canada Credit Bureau in Sudbury, Ont. However most of his working years were spent in the car business. In 1995 he was Manager of Ottawa Honda, in Ottawa, a position he has held for many years. Johanna works at the branch of the Royal Bank in Ottawa, nsmirasmamMmaBgB^M—^P«B»^MB^11^^M BBBHim Cecil George Duncan Father: Robert Gordon Duncan Mother: Mabel M Wright Born: 1940 Married: Josephine Ann Welsh Sudbury, Ont. May 1969 Died: Spouse Josephine Ann Welsh Born: Dartmouth, Kent, England, 21 March 1942 Died: Tara Nadine Tyson Cade 1970 1973 Cecil is a retired Elementary School Teacher and School Principal. Many years of his time spent in education were in some form of "Special Education", such as Learning disabilities; mentally challenged; gifted; etc. Josephine was born in England and came to Canada, with her parents, when she was around two and a half years old. Her parents were Frederick Milton Welsh and Mildred "Molly" Maud "Horn" Welsh. Tara in 1995 was a student at Laurentian University taking a degree in English. She already has degrees in Psychology and Socialogy. Leslie Duncan Father: John Elgin Duncan Mother: Marion Baker Born: Married: Died: Spouse: Marion Baker Born: Died: Carolyn James Sharo£ n Marilyn TTrpnu. .i.'m^n^LUUJij|Ll>LllM,lllHIHIUHmi,J Edgar Duncan Father: William Edgar Duncan Mother: Pearl Badjeros Born: Married: Elizabeth (Melvin) Bishop Died: Spouse: Elizabeth (Melvin) Bishop Born: Died: David Alexander Duncan Father: John Stuart Duncan Mother: Flora Houser Duncan Born: 25 March 1950 Edmonton Alberta Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Wireline Engineer, working for "Atlas" of Houston, Texas Living in Edmonton Alberta in 1995 •r^u.-.ivf.AcmjiiiufmuHHriniifntiniiimiiii KM Linda Christine Duncan Father: John Stuart Duncan Mother: Flora Houser Duncan Born: 10 Oct 1951 Edmonton Alberta Married: Malcolm Taylor 15 April 1978 Died: Spouse: Malcolm Maxwell Taylor (Mike) Born: 17 May 1949 Stettler Alberta Died: Stuart Malcolr m Taylor Matthew Alexander Taylor 30 June 1981 25 Oct 1982 Calgary Alberta Calgary Alberta Linda was an Accountant with Chevron Oil Company. In 1995 was retired. Malcolm was in the Land Department with Chevron. Thay were living in Calgary in 1995 Patricia Margaret Duncan Father: John Stuart Duncan Mother: Flora Houser Duncan Born: 1 June 1955 Wainwright Alberta Twin of Janet Leslie Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died Patricia is an Accountant with Chevron Oil Company in Calgary Alberta ji>f,toiti)iAx.trK:tina!B Janet Leslie Duncan Father: John Stuart Duncan Mother: Flora Houser Duncan Born: 1 June 1955 Wainwright Alberta Twin of Patricia Margaret. Married: Allan Kent Gordon 12 April 1975 in Edmonton Alberta Died: Spouse: Allan Kent Gordon Born: 27 June 1949 New Glasgow Nova Scotia Died: Kristy Lee Gordon 1 August 1980 Edmonton Alberta Janet is the Office Manager of "Medigas" Allan is Sales Manager of a Welding Company. They were living in Sherwood Park, Alberta, in 1995 Nancy Jean Duncan Father: John Stuart Duncan Mother: Flora Houser Duncan Born: 23 February 1958 Wainwright Alberta Married: Johannes (Hans) A.M. te Stroete 7 Sept. 1990 Rutten Netherlands Died: Spouse: Johannes (Hans) A.M. te Stroete Born: 8 Sept. 1954 Rutten. Netherlands. Died: I I Joshua Anthony Arie John Benjamin Theodore Duncan teStroete Stuart teStroete Anthony teStroete 25 July 1991 14 Nov. 1992 2 Feb. 1995 Lacombe, Alberta Red Deer, Alberta Red Deer, Alberta Nancy was a Draftsman, now retired. Johannes was in sales of Butler buildings, i..ii..i.-iuiLimiiiiiiiinnB wmm Brenda Joyce Duncan Father: John Stuart Duncan Mother: Flora Houser Born: 5 November 1959 Wainwright Alberta Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Brenda is a Police Crisis unit Counsellor in Calgary, Alberta, Gregory James Duncan Father: James Herbert Duncan Mother: Johanna "D'Entremont" Duncan Born: 16 Nov 1966 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Gregory has a Degree in Business Administration and in 1995 was working for a financial administration in Georgia, U.S.A. nm.imnniumniuinnmi'mnmAimllllll m Tyson Cade Duncan Father: Cecil George Duncan Mother: Josephine Ann "Welsh" Duncan Born: 1973 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Tyson, in 1995, was working as an Electroics Technician in London, Ontario. Gregory James Duncan Father: James Herbert Duncan Mother: Johanna "D'Entremont" Duncan Born: 16 Nov 1966 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Gregory has a Degree in Business Administration and in 1995 was working for a financial administration in Georgia, U.S.A. .•..<,nmummmit,aiUlll.l.Jl,llllU,mBH mm Tyson Cade Duncan Father: Cecil George Duncan Mother: Josephine Ann "Welsh" Duncan Born: 1973 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Tyson, in 1995, was working as an Electroics Technician in London, Ontario. TiwrormimimL*t)tft;iHltHWHUM»L' SECTION 5 George and family WILLIAM DUNCAN Army Surgeon circa 1725 WILLIAM DUNCAN Mill Owner, Corigeencor Bridge Leitrem Co. Ireland circa 1750 WILLIAM DUNCAN Died on the boat emigrating to Canada circa 1775 -1829 WILLIAM James Jane John Adam George Mary 1801 1803 1807 1808 1816 1818 Ireland Ireland 1875 Ireland 10 children 9 children Married 7 unmarried married married married married William children Elizabeth Hamilton John Sarah Mulholland Ann Moore Jackson Jackson (a twin) 1831 1831 WILLIAM MARY ANN George John Sarah Adam Thomas Elizabeth Harriet John James Henry 1845 1847 1842 1850 Jane 1852 1853 1857 1856 1857 1859 1860 married married Died 1852 Twin Eller, or J.?? 7? Griffith youn Twin L Milfrcd Mabel Thorns George Duncan Father: William Duncan II Mother: Jane Elliot Born: 1815 Ireland Married: Elizabeth Hamilton Died: March 16, 1866 Spouse: Elizabeth Hamilton Born: Died: Sept 18, 1909 Ontario, Buried Riverside Cemetary Weston |. Willia1 m GeorgI e " SaraJ h ThomaI s Harriet JameI s 1845 1848 Jane 1853 1856 1859 1852 Twin Mary Anne Jo hn Ad am Eliz abeth John Henry 1847 1850 1852 1854 1857 1860 Tw in The first John is shown only in the 1851 census. The fact that there was a second John in the family makes it certain that the first John died as a child. In the 1891 census all the sons and daughters have left home except for James and Henry who are 30 and 27 years old respectively, and are living with their mother. The 1851 census shows the family as living an a one story brick house in West York Township. One of the Duncan Tombstones in Riverside Cemetary, Weston, Ontario. William Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1845 Ontario Married: Ellenor J. 6 June 1877 Died: Spouse: Ellenor J. Born: 1851 Ontario Died: I ' 1 Milford Mabel (Possibly Wilbur) Caroline 1878 1880 nT»»iwnjiHii.mi.muiiiJiJiuimj,imuilllllllPWWWWIII Mary Anne Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1847 Married: Griffith Circa 1872/3 Died: Spouse: .' Griffith Born: Died: Before 1881 Thomas 1874 The Ontario Census Of 1881 for Peel County shows a widow Mary Griffith and her seven year old son Thomas, living with Adam Duncan, who is probably her younger brother. Adam Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1852 Ontario A Twin of Sarah Jane Married: Married one of three sisters, name unknown, Died: Spouse: Born: Died: In the 1881 Ontario Census for Peel County, Adam Duncan. Age 28, is shown living with a Mary Griffith, Widow, and Thomas Griffith, her son, aged 7. This would seem to be Adams older sister who apparently was widowed early in her marriage. Adam Duncan was on the Gore of Toronto Council in 1880 and 1882. Though he married there were no children. John Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1850 Ontario Married: Died: Not in the Ontario 1961 Census Spouse: Born: Died: George Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1851 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: Sarah Jane Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1852 Ontario A twin of Adam Married: Died: 1872 Riverside Cemetary, Weston, Cnt. Spouse: Born: Died: Thomas Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizbeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1853 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: ,..-,.• „»„*.i_uui.,i»LiiiiiiiiljiiimiiiiuuiJii^»^^^^^^^W Elizabeth Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1854 Married: Died: 1879 Buried Riverside cemetary, Weston, Ont. Harriet Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1856 Married: Died: John Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1857 Married: Died: Spouse: Born: Died: James Alex Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1859 Married: Died: 20 Oct 1896 Buried Riverside Cemetary, Weston, Ont. Spouse: Born: Died: Henry Edward Duncan Father: George Duncan Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton Duncan Born: 1862 Married: Died: 13 May 1905 Buried Riverside Cemetary, Weston, Ont Spouse: Born: Died: xunnnnnf.iH.i.i.)mni.jmiJ.UJl..nilllJ Well! Did you find a lot missing from this history? Are there many mistakes that you know of? Believe me, nobody knows better then I how much is missing and I am sorry for that. Mistakes? Well if I knew of them I would have corrected them, but there is bound to be some. Hopefully this will be added to in the future as life goes on and Duncans keep on getting born. Perhaps some one else will take it on themselves to keep it up to date. Remember this is just a start. There is no end.