Brief Life History of John Chapman
When John Chapman Duncan was born on 9 September 1846, in Des Moines Township, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Homer Duncan, was 31 and his mother, Asenath Melvina Robinson Banker, was 23. He married Teresa Ann Farrell on 27 May 1872, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 25 November 1931, in Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ferron City Cemetery, Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- John Dunkin, "United States Census, 1930"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- John Chapman Duncan, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869
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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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THE SADDEST DAY IN OUR YOUNG LIVES
THE SADDEST DAY IN OUR YOUNG LIVES Ivan: Uncle George Duncan came to Vernal in late December 1906 or early January 1907. We had left two horses at Ferron and he told us he would bring them to us. And …
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