Robert Ewing Duncan

Brief Life History of Robert Ewing

When Robert Ewing Duncan was born on 27 March 1903, in Hampshire, Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, Oscar Dayton Duncan, was 25 and his mother, Aquilla Ophelia Peery, was 26. He married Alice Josephine Morrow on 7 January 1926, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Civil District 1, Lewis, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 December 1953, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Brown Cemetery, Lewis, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Ewing Duncan
1903–1953
Alice Josephine Morrow
1907–1993
Marriage: 7 January 1926
Raymond D Duncan
1926–1998
Dorothy Mae Duncan
1930–1997
Bobbie Jean Duncan
1932–2022
Sarah Sue Duncan
1937–2017
Robert Ewing Duncan Jr
1940–2024
Joe Dayton Duncan
1942–2017
Betsy Ann Duncan
1945–2014
Jacqueline Lee Duncan
1947–1997
Ronald Duncan
1951–2021
Donald Duncan
1951–2025

Sources (22)

  • Robert E Duncan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • R E Duncan, Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • R E Duncan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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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Posted 10 jul 2013 by cheryn1957 Robert Ewing Duncan was my maternal grandfather, but I never knew him as he died before I was born. He was known to always be cheerful and friendly, so much so th …

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