John Duncan

Male14 February 1924–30 January 2008

Brief Life History of John

John Duncan was born on 14 February 1924, in Cleadon, Durham, England, United Kingdom. He died on 30 January 2008, in Telford, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.

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    World Events (3)

    1928 · Women Granted Right to Vote

    Age 4

    Women in England over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote on May 7, 1928.

    1940

    Age 16

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

    1945

    Age 21

    The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

    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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