Frank Walter Duncan

Male28 July 1914–11 July 2002

Brief Life History of Frank Walter

When Frank Walter Duncan was born on 28 July 1914, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, George Walter Duncan, was 34 and his mother, Florence Mary Hardy, was 29. He married Rhea Fox on 19 November 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 11 July 2002, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Walter Duncan
1914–2002
Rhea Fox
1915–1994
Marriage: 19 November 1941

Sources (42)

  • Duncan, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Frank Duncan in household of Geo Walter Duncan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Frank Walter Duncan, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 November 1941Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch

    Age 2

    The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 23

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    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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