Brief Life History of William
When William Duncan was born on 30 January 1809, in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Duncan, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Campbell, was 27. He died on 13 August 1812, at the age of 3.
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- William Duncan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1776–1841 Male
1781–1855 Female
Siblings (8)
1802– Male
1805–1856 Male
1807–1808 Male
1809–1812 Male
1811– Male
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World Events (1)
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 2
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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