Minerva Chism Myers

Brief Life History of Minerva Chism

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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Family Time Line

William Washington Duncan
1812–1893
Minerva Chism Myers
1818–1907
Marriage: 14 February 1835
John Henry Duncan
1836–1913
George Duncan
1840–
William Riley Duncan
1841–1924
Henry Leslie Duncan
1843–1862
Lewis Marion Duncan
1845–1931
Margaret Elizabeth Duncan
1846–1928
Grandville B. Duncan
1848–1873
Joseph Allen Duncan
1850–1929
Jacob Benjamin Duncan
1856–1938
Lemuel Allen Duncan
1858–1936
Thomas J. Duncan
1859–1863

Sources (9)

  • Minerva Duncan in household of Wm Duncan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Minerva Myres - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 18 May 1818; Cumberland, Kentucky, United States
  • Minerva Duncan, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1830

Historical Boundaries 1830: Monroe, Indiana, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

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.

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Minerva C. Duncan

Posted 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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