Duncans in Michigan Misc. Counties

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Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug

Last revised July 29, 2010

ALGER CO. MI
Formed 1885 from Schoolcraft

"Memorial record of the northern peninsula of Michigan" (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1895, 635 pgs. (LH4997; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL film 1,000,076 item 3)
      Pg.462: WILLIAM LOCKWOOD, residing at Munising, ... born in Western, New Brunswick, near the line of the State of Maine, February 18, 1838. His father, Benjamin Lockwood, also a native of New Brunswick ... married Jane Duncan, and their children were William, now of Munising; Robert, now residing in New Brunswick; James, and two others. Benjamin Lockwood died in 1883, aged eighty-three years, and his wife in 1886. His mother died in 1892. (MAD: Munising, Alger Co. MI)
 
 

ANTRIM CO. MI
Formed 1840 from Grand Traverse
Kalkaska, Missaukee formed 1840 from Grand Traverse, Antrim
Otsego formed 1840 from Mackinac, Alpena, Cheboygan, Antrim
Crawford formed 1869 from Cheboygan, Antrim, Kalkaska

1840-1870 Antrim Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

"Portrait and biographical record of northern Michigan : containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Record Pub. Co., 1895, 540 pgs. (LH4996; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL film 1,320,650 item 1)
      Pg.545: MILTON W. NEWKIRK, attorney-at-law, County Clerk and Register of Deeds of Antrim County, ... born in Calhoun County, Michigan, August 3, 1859, only child of Bevier and Emily (Buffington) Newkirk ... August 3, 1889, Mr. Newkirk was united in marriage with Miss Lottie Duncan, of Midland, Mich. Of this union, one child, Arthur, has been born. ...
 
 

BAY CO. MI
Formed 1857 from Saginaw, Midland
Arenac formed 1831 from Bay, Saginaw

1860 Bay Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Bay Co. MI Census
Town of Hampton
Pg.469R, #10-11, DUNCAN, Titus 35 OH physician $12,000-$500
                  Mary 30 NY keeping house
                  PHIPPEN, Alonzo 21 CANada cooper, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary 19 SCT domestic servant, parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: 1860 Wayne Co. MI census)
 
 

CLINTON CO. MI
Formed 1831 from Shiawasee, Kent
Gratiot formed 1831 from Saginaw, Clinton

1840-1860 Clinton Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Clinton Co. MI Census
Bengal Twp.
Pg.380, #33-33, DUNCOMBE, Wilbur F. 30 PA farmer $1500-$350
                  John 25 PA farmer $1500-$350
                  Eliza 20 MI keeping house
Ovid Twp.
Pg.592, #424-429, DUNCAN, Marshal S. 29 MI farmer $7000-$920
                  Eliza 29 NY keeping house
                  Willis E. (m) 5, Minnie (f) 1 MI
                  BENNETT, Loniel? (Loviel?) 18 PA farm laborer
                  (MAD: 1860 Oakland Co. MI census)
 
 

DELTA CO. MI
Formed 1843 from Mackinac

1850-1860 Delta Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Delta Co. MI Census
Escanaba
Pg.27R, #176-189, HAMILTON, Simon 50 IRE lumberman $0-$300, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary 25 MI keeping house
                  Rose 7, Ada 4 MI, father of foreign birth
                  Kate 3/12 b.March MI, father of foreign birth
                  Many men, including
                  DUNCAN, Cluras (m) 28 CANada carpenter, parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: also indexed Cheras Duncan)
 
 

GRAND TRAVERSE CO. MI
Formed 1840 from Mackinac
Antrim, Leelanau formed 1840 from Grand Traverse
Kalkaska, Missaukee formed 1840 from Grand Traverse, Antrim
Manistee formed 1855 from Mackinac, Ottawa, Oceana, Grand Traverse
Benzie formed 1863 from Grand Traverse, Leelanau

1850 Grand Traverse Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Grand Traverse Co. MI Census
Whitewater
Pg.83, #593-424, John DUNCAN 32 ENG tailor $0-$0
                  Mary 30 CANada
                  John 10, Elizabeth 8 CANada
                  William 6 CANada
                  Mary 4, James 2 CANada

1870 Grand Traverse Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

HILLSDALE CO. MI
Formed 1829 from Lenawee

1830-1850 Hillsdale Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Hillsdale Co. MI Census
Hillsdale Twp.
Pg.684, #488-489, Hugh COOK 34 PA farmer $4000-$200/250
                  Hanah 31 NY
                  Frances A. (f) 4 MI
                  Jane LYON 12 NY
                  Catherine 56 PA
                  Chauncy BURNETT (m) 19 MI
                  Charles T. DUNCAN 21 CANada student

1870 Hillsdale Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

IONIA CO. MI
Formed 1831 from Kent
Montcalm formed 1831 from Ionia

1840-1850 Ionia Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Ionia Co. MI Census
Lyons
Pg.626, #811-778, Dorus M. FOX (m) 42 NY produce dealer & family
                  & others
                  Helena DUNCAN (f) 30 PA

1870 Ionia Co. MI Census
Ionia Twp.
Pg.464, #12-12, DUNKINS, Alexander 36 SCT laborer $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  Hanah M. 25 NY keeping house
                  George M. 5 MI, father of foreign birth
Village of Lyons
Pg.529R, #38-42, DUNKIN, Wm. 32 CANada BLACK barber $0-$100, parents of foreign birth
                  Lizzie 28 FRAnce (White) house keeping, parents of foreign birth
 
 

IOWA CO. MI
Became Iowa Co. WI 1836

1830 Iowa Co. MI Census
Pg.237  Asa Duncan      0000,21  -  0
            (MAD: see A. Duncan and Asa Duncan in 1836 & 1850 Dubuque Co. IA Census)
 
 

LEELANAU CO. MI
Formed 1840 from Grand Traverse
Benzie formed 1863 from Grand Traverse, Leelanau

1840-1870 Leelanau Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1903 "Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, Michigan : embracing a concise review of their early settlement, industrial development and present conditions, together with interesting reminicences.." ed. by Elvin L. Sprague; pub. by B.F. Bowen (FHL film 844,895; SLC 9/2007)
      Pg.551-553: PROF. JOHN O. DUNCAN. Since the autumn of 1896 John O. Duncan has been actively and prominently connected with the educational interests of Leelanaw county, and his deep interest in the schools ... Mr. Duncan is now serving for the third term in the office of county commissioner of schools in Leelanaw county, having once been appointed and twice elected to the office.
      A native of Michigan, Mr. Duncan was born on the 15th of March, 1868, in Marion township, Sanilac county, his parents being John and Fanny (Garrow) Duncan, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Canada. Coming to America, Mr. Duncan was for many years identified with the agricultural interests of Sanilac county, Michigan, and in his farm work he prospered. ... In 1868 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died in the month of March of that year, at their home in Marion township, Sanilac county, leaving two children, of whom John O. is the younger. The husband and father long survived and continued his farming operations until he, too, was called to his final rest, in September, 1896.
      Upon the old homestead farm in the county of his nativity, John O. Duncan spent the days of his boyhood and youth, and in the public schools near by he was educated. After studying for some time in Downington, Sanilac county, he entered the Ferris Institute, at Big Rapids, Michigan, and there, on the completion of the regular course, he was graduated in 1896. Well qualified for the profession of teaching, he then came to Leelanaw county in the fall of 1896, locating at Sutton's Bay, where he took charge of the public schools, acting as superintendent for four years ... (MAD: more not copied) election, in 1891, he was chosen by popular ballot for the office. In the spring of 1903 he was re-elected to the position ...
      Mr. Duncan was married in Argyle, Sanilac county, Michigan, to Miss Maggie Herdell, a native of that county ... but was not long spared to him, her death occurring in Argyle on the 28th of February, 1893. He was again married on the 23d of December, 1896, at Clarkston, Oakland county, Michigan, the lady of his choice being Miss Estella Seeley, a native of California, who, however, was reared in this state. They have one child, J. Alden. Fraternally Mr. Duncan (MAD: Mason, Odd Fellows, etc., not copied). (Church attendance not given)
 
 

MANITOU CO. MI
Formed bef. 1860 from Mackinac
Abolished 1895; ? added to Charlevoix

1860 Manitou Co. MI Census
North Manitou Island
Pg.876, #1035-1033?, Stephen BOWEN 50? Badaey? farmer $0-$0
                  John FRANK 33 Badaey? farm laborer
                  Simon DONKIN 20 NY farm laborer
                  & more farm laborers
                  (MAD: 1870 Niagara Co. NY census)

1870 Manitou Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

MASON CO. MI
Formed 1840 from Ottawa, Oceana
Lake (Aishcum) formed 1840 from Oceana, Mason, Newaygo
Osceola formed 1840 from Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta

1840-1870 Mason Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

Newspaper Obituary from the Scottville Enterprise, Mason Co., Michigan (from Alan Adrianson 4/2000)
      Scottville Enterprise, dated January 14, 1909.
            Josiah G. Duncan Killed
      While at work on a job of grading and ditching near Bachellor Josiah G. Duncan, who lived about a mile east of town, was killed by the caving in of an embankment. It seems that with others they were hauling sand from a cut on the road side and filling a low place in the road across a swamp. The bank had been dug under about six feet, a crust formed by freezing. Mr. Duncan went under the crust to roll out a chunk of frozen dirt, the earth gave way without warning and with a cry of "Oh boys" he was caught between the frozen lumps breaking his neck and one leg. Death was instantaneous.
            Obituary
      We were startled and our hearts were saddened beyond any degree of expression, when the news was carried from home to home on Saturday last that Josiah G. Duncan had instantly met death. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement. Mr. Duncan was a man of keen intellect, noble principles, a good provider and a kind husband and father. In Custer grange he was a faithful member and will be greatly missed, as his place was seldom vacant. The community has lost a good neighbor for the motto he lived ut was "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Mr. Duncan was born in Fulton county, Ohio, November 7, 1851 and died January 9, 1909, aged 57 years, 2 months, 2 days. He was married in Berrien county, Michigan, May 7, 1878, to Miss Kate Stenn. To this union were born five children, four of whom died in the infancy. The wife and son, Merton, and family are left to mourn the untimely death of husband and father, besides two brothers, William M., of Thompsonville, and Robert P., of Otsego, two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Brundage, of Otsego, and Mrs. Anna Jessup, of Orangeville, Barry county, all but the latter being present at the funeral, which took place at the home of the deceased at twelve o'clock Tuesday, Rev. J.M. Moffet officiating. The body was tenderly borne to its last resting place by the members of the grange and interment was made in the Rickey cemetery in Amber.
      (AA: Josiah G. was listed as Jesse G. Duncan on the 1860 census in Allegan Co. MI; family was in 1850 Fulton Co. OH; Josiah Gates Duncan, grandson of John Duncan and Elizabeth McLean)
 
 

MIDLAND CO. MI
Formed 1831 from Saginaw
Gladwin, Isabella formed 1831 from Saginaw, Midland
Ogemaw formed 1840 from Cheboygan, Midland, Iosco
Roscommon formed 1840 from Cheboygan, Midland
Clare formed 1840 from Isabella, Midland, Mecosta
Bay formed 1857 from Saginaw, Midland

1840-1870 Midland Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

"Portrait and biographical record of northern Michigan : containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Record Pub. Co., 1895, 540 pgs. (LH4996; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL film 1,320,650 item 1)
      Pg.545: MILTON W. NEWKIRK, attorney-at-law, County Clerk and Register of Deeds of Antrim County, ... born in Calhoun County, Michigan, August 3, 1859, only child of Bevier and Emily (Buffington) Newkirk ... August 3, 1889, Mr. Newkirk was united in marriage with Miss Lottie Duncan, of Midland, Mich. Of this union, one child, Arthur, has been born. ...
 
 

MENOMINEE CO. MI
Formed 1861 from Marquette
Iron formed 1885 from Marquette, Menominee
Dickinson formed 1891 from Marquette, Menominee

1870 Menominee Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

"History of northern Wisconsin : containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views of county seats, etc." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881, 1205 pgs. (LH10816, HeritageQuest images 2/2007 & 5/24/2007; FHL film 1,000,804 item 4)
      Pg.602: Marinette County [Wisconsin] ... Menominee, Michigan, ... Menominee became a county in the winter of 1863 ... Settlement ... 1826 ... Next, in the same year, came Joseph Duncan, a packer of the company [American Fur Company].
 
 

MONROE CO. MI
Formed 1817 from Wayne

1830 Monroe Co. MI Census
Pg.52  Winslow Duncan      1100,001  -  1010,1

1840 Monroe Co. MI Census
Pg.327  Etienne DUVAN?       0120,0100,01 - 1002,01     Erie
        Joseph Blair
        Gabriel DUVAN?       3001,001     - 1310,01
           (MAD: indexed Ducan; name was Duvan or Dusean)

1840-1860 Monroe Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Monroe Co. MI Census
London Twp.
Pg.360, #213-215, DUNCAN, James 50 SCT farmer $1000-$300, parents of foreign birth
                  Margaret 45 SCT keeping house
                  Elizabeth 21, Harriet 19 NY at home
                  John 12, William 10 MI at home
                  Mary 7, James 4 MI
                  (MAD: rest of household not marked parents of foreign birth)
Monroe City, Ward 1
Pg.416, #305-305, DUNCAN, Fanny 59 NY (white?) housekeeper $500-$200
                  Eliza 19 MI
                  Barony (m) 7 MI at home
                  Nathan 50 NY day laborer
                  John 6, Mary 3 MI
 
 

MONTCALM CO. MI
Formed 1831 from Ionia

1840-1860 Montcalm Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Montcalm Co. MI Census
Pine Township
Pg.162, #27-27, DUNCAN, McKellop (m) 22 CANada farm laborer $0-$200, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary 23 NY keeping house
                  Nettie 2 NY, father of foreign birth
Pg.163R, #50-50, McCONNEL, J. (m) 23 OH farmer
                  DUNCAN, J.W. (m) 33 OH farmer $600-$300
                  Mary 28 OH keeping house
                  Irene 9, John 7, Hattie 5 MI

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, Isaac, widow Duncan, Emma; F & A 67 Ohio Inf.; 1879 Dec. 24, Invalid Appl. #331908, Cert. #811276; 1894 Nov. 10, Widow Appl. #604114, Cert. #418062, Mich. (MAD: 1870 Gratiot Co. MI; 1880 Montcalm Co. MI)
 
 

MUSKEGON CO. MI
Formed 1859 from Ottawa
Newaygo formed 1840 from Kent, Muskegon, Oceana

1860 Muskegon Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Muskegon Co. MI Census
Laketon
Pg.229, #34-33, WILLIAMS, George 24 CAN works pier $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  NEWCOMB, Marshal (m) 19 NY works pier
                  J/ZUNCAN, John 26 CANada laborer, parents of foreign birth
                  FORD, George N. 40 NY laborer
                  CROWLEY, D.W. (m) 22 MA laborer
                  (MAD: indexed John Duncan, but name not Duncan)
White Lake River
Pg.369R, #9-9, GILBERT, Luize? (f) 33 CANada keeps boarding house, parents of foreign birth
                  many men
                  DUNCAN, Wm. 22 PA works in mill
                  J.A. (m) 25 PA works in mill
 
 

NEWAYGO CO. MI
Formed 1840 from Kent, Muskegon, Oceana
Mecosta formed 1840 from Kent, Newaygo
Lake (Aishcum) formed 1840 from Oceana, Mason, Newaygo
Osceola formed 1840 from Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta

1840-1880 Newaygo Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

"Portrait and biographical album of Newayco [sic] County, Mich. : containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents of the United States : also containing a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time." (MAD: Newaygo Co.) (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1884, 569 pgs. (LH4992; HeritageQuest 5/2007)
      Pg.515: Election of April 5, 1869. Judge of Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: Robert W. Duncan.
 
 

SHIAWASSEE CO. MI
Formed 1822 from Oakland, Genesee
Clinton formed 1831 from Shiawassee, Kent
Livingston formed 1833 from Shiawassee, Washtenaw

1830-1860 Shiawassee Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Shiawassee Co. MI Census
Burns Twp. (faint)
Pg.257, #219-219, DUNCAN, Mathew 13 SCT, --?school, parents of foreign birth
                  with another family
City of Corunna
Pg.270, #3-3, DUNCAN, Clara 15 CANada domestic servant, parents of foreign birth
                  with HEWITT family
Fairfield
Pg.295, #141-127, ARNOLD, William 27 MI farmer, and family
                  and stave makers, including
                  DUNCAN, John 24 CANada stave maker, parents of foreign birth
 

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