Young Duncan

Brief Life History of Young

Young Duncan was born in 1824, in Alabama, United States. He married Martha Ann Bryan about 1841, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died about 1862, at the age of 39.

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Family Time Line

Young Duncan
1824–1862
Martha Ann Bryan
1826–1878
Marriage: about 1841
Nancy Guinn
1807–
Julia Ann Guinn
1815–1860
Edward Young Duncan
1847–1885
Mary Duncan
1852–1879
Edmond Young Duncan
1854–1895
Avie Ann Duncan
1858–1905
Alexander Hamilton Duncan
1862–1925
William Duncan
1862–1879

Sources (2)

  • Edward Y Dunkin, United States Census, 1850
  • E Y Duncan, United States Census, 1860

World Events (4)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Scottish: from the Older Scots personal name Dunecan, itself from the traditional Irish royal name Donnchad(h), derived from donn ‘brown-haired’ + cath ‘battle’. Judging by the Scots form, the Scottish Gaelic intermediary seems to have been understood as containing ceann ‘head’, as if the whole name meant ‘brown head’; compare sense 2. In Ireland the name was Anglicized as Donagh or Donaghue. Compare Donahue .

Irish: used as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn ‘descendant of Donncheann’, a byname composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + ceann ‘head’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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