When Curney West Duncan was born in March 1844, in Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, Ervin R Duncan, was 26 and his mother, Salena N Arnold, was 26. He married Mary Elizabeth McConnell on 8 December 1864, in Marshall, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Marshall, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Omen, Smith, Texas, United States in 1870. He died in March 1903, in Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, United States, at the age of 59.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Upshur, Texas, United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
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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