When Minerva Chism Myers was born on 18 May 1818, in Cumberland, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jacob Christopher Myers, was 42 and her mother, Margaret Chrisholm, was 30. She married William Washington Duncan on 14 February 1835, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Brown Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 4 December 1907, in Isabel, Barber, Kansas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Isabel, Barber, Kansas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1830: Monroe, Indiana, United States
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Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPosted 1 Jun 2019 by Marjie Lewis Minerva C. Duncan Dead Minerva C. Duncan died at the residence of her daughter Mrs. A. Thrasher, Wednesday, December 4th, 1907, aged 90 years, 6 months and …
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