When Charles Taylor Duncan was born on 9 July 1838, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, John Paul Duncan Jr, was 28 and his mother, Ibbey B Carter, was 28. He married Mary Louise Martin on 20 September 1868, in Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Taylor District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 September 1915, in Gate City, Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jonesville Cemetery, Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesConfederate (CSV) Lieutenant Charles Taylor Duncan (1838 - 1915) Home State: Virginia Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 37th Virginia Infantry Before Sharpsburg He mustered as Private, Company D, …
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