Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
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1850-1860 Marquette Co. MI Census
No Duncan indexed
1870 Marquette Co. MI Census
Marquette Twp.
Pg.358, #79-81, Roundaway? House, including
DUNCAN, William 30 SCT laborer, parents of foreign birth
1900 Census, 4th Ward, Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan (from Kathy Cawley 3/2007)
S.D.# 12, E.D.# 112, Page# 132A, Image# 41 of 41
Jasper Street
357-379
DUNCON,
Murray, Head, May 1858, age 42, m'd 18 yrs., MD./MD./MD., agt of mine
H.C., Wife, May 1861, age 39, 4 chi. born, 3 living, MD./MD./MD.
William C., Son, Jun 1885, age 14, PA./MD./MD., at school
Pauline C., Daughter, Jun 1887, age 12, TN./MD./MD., at school
Hellen C., Daughter, Nov 1890, age 9, TN./MD./MD.
ENGMAN, Ellin, servant, May 1881, age 19, single, MI./SWE./SWE.
(KDC: 1880 Northampton Co. PA census)
1910 Census, 4th Ward, Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan (from Kathy Cawley 3/2007)
S.D.# 12, E.D.# 180, Page# 58B, Image# 34 of 41
Jasper Street
238-311
DUNCAN,
Murray M., Head, age 51, M1X, 28 yrs., D.C./PA./PA., Dept.of mines/mine Co.
Harriett C., Wife, age 49, 4 chi. born, 3 living, PA./PA./PA.
Helen, Daughter, age 19, single, MI./D.C./PA.
DESWECK, Sophia, servant, age 39, single, NOR./NOR./NOR.
HOLOM, Bessie, servant, age 23, single, MI./NOR./NOR.
1920 Census, 4th Ward, Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan (from Kathy Cawley 3/2007)
S.D.# 11, E.D.# 222, Page# 223B, Image# 16 of 35
Bluff Sreet
125-151
DUNCAN,
Murray M., Head, age 60, D.C./PA./D.C., gen'l supt./iron mine
Harriet C., Wife, age 56, PA./N.Y./GA.
Helen C., Daughter, age 26, single, TN./D.C./PA.
RYAN, Bessie, servant, age 32, m'd., MI./NOR./NOR., cook
LARSON, Charlotte, servant, age 24, single, MI./SWE./SWE., maid
(KDC: widow Harriet in 1930 San Mateo Co. CA census)
1900 "Men of progress : embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men, with an outline history of the state." pub. by Evening News Association., Detroit, MI (HeritageQuest image 2/2007, Local History Reel/Fiche Number 4543; FHL film 1,015,819 item 3)
Pg.251 (includes photo): DUNCAN, MURRAY MORRIS. Murray Morris Duncan was born May 10, 1858, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. His father was Rev. Thomas Duncan, D.D., of Pennsylvania, and his great-grandfather was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania from 1842 to 1848. His mother was Maria L. Morris, daughter of Commodore Morris, U.S. Navy.
Murray M. Duncan attended private schools until he was 16 years of age, and then entered the Leheigh University at Bethlehem, Pa., from which he graduated as a mining engineer, in 1880. He was engaged as chemist, having taken a course in eclectic chemistry at the University, by the Cambria Iron Co., at Johnstown, Pa., and remained with this company for one year. The following year he engaged with the Roane Iron Co. at Chattanooga, Tenn., and stayed in that position for ten years. The first year he served as chemist and the next he was promoted to superintendent of the Open Hearth Steel Co.'s plant. For nine years he acted as manager for all the company's mines and furnaces. He came to Michigan in 1892 to take charge of the Antrim Iron Co.'s plant at Mancelona, as manager. On Jan. 1, 1897, Mr. Duncan went to Ishpeming [Marquette Co.], Mich., as agent for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., which is one of the largest iron ore producers on the Upper Peninsula, and operates the Cliffs Shaft, Cleveland Lake, Moro, Salisbury, Tilden, Volunteer and Imperial Mines. Over 1,500 men are on the pay roll of the company. Mr. Duncan has held the position of manager for this big company ever since, making his home at Marquette, Mich. He is a member of the Board of Public Works of Ishpeming and is a director in the Ishpeming National Bank of that place.
Mr. Duncan married in 1881 Miss Harriet DeWitt Coppee, the daughter of Dr. Henry Coppee, LL.D., formerly the president of the Leheigh University, from which Mr. Duncan graduated. He has three children, all of whom are now attending school. They are William Coppee, aged 14; Pauline Coppee, aged 12, and Helen Coppee, aged 10.
His long experience in the finer branches of mining, as an assayist, and his practical knowledge of the work necessary in developing and securing the best results from mining property have placed Mr. Duncan in the front rank of his profession. This knowledge is coupled with a knowledge of men and he shows good executive ability in the handling of those in the employ of the company he represents. Mr. Duncan is a member of Marquette Commandery and a Shriner of Ahmed Temple, Marquette. He has a wide circle of friends, and when at college he became a member of the Greek letter fraternity by joining the Phi Kappa Sigma Society of the Leheigh University.
(MAD: Rev. Thomas Duncan was the son of Stephen & Louisa Pollard from Cumberland Co. PA; Thomas Ducan mar. 5/26/1857 in Washington DC to Maria L. Morris; 1860 Fauquier Co. VA census; 1870 Montgomery Co. MD census; Murray M. Duncan in 1900 Marquette Co. MI census)
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