Ethel Louise Duncan

Brief Life History of Ethel Louise

Ethel Louise Duncan was born on 11 July 1884, in Dwight, Livingston, Illinois, United States as the daughter of David Duncan. She married Robert Lees on 28 September 1913. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Canada in 190 and lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Camrose County, Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. She died on 3 May 1948, in Division No. 7, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lees
1887–1954
Ethel Louise Duncan
1884–1948
Marriage: 28 September 1913
Duncan Howard Lees
1914–2003
Frances Agnes Lees
1914–1996
Fay Lees
Ethel Marian Lees
1916–2008
Bertha Lees
1920–2014
William Everett Lees
1922–
Robert Amasty Lees
1924–1997

Sources (4)

  • Ethel Louise Lees, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Ethel L Lees in household of Robert Lees, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
  • Ethel Lees in household of Robert Lees, "Canada Census, 1916"

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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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