Edith H Duncan

Female1894–1979

Brief Life History of Edith H

Edith H Duncan was born in 1894, in Kentucky, United States as the daughter of Lucy T Duncan. She had at least 1 son with Garrett Berry. She lived in Magisterial District 3 Kentontown, Robertson, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Kentontown, Robertson, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1979, in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States.

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Garrett Berry
1888–1956
Edith H Duncan
1894–1979
Alvan Keith Berry
1922–2011

Sources (5)

  • Edith Duncan in household of Jacob Duncan, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Edith Duncan Berry, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Edith Duncan in household of Joseph T Bessey, "United States Census, 1910"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1900 · Governor Shot

Age 6

On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

1917

Age 23

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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