Duncans in Misc. MN Counties

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

Last revised October 27, 2007

BLUE EARTH CO. MN
Formed 1853 from Unorganized territory
Brown formed 1855 from Nicollett, Blue Earth
Faribault formed 1855 from Blue Earth

1860 Blue Earth Co. MN Census
Mankato Twp.
Pg.115, #133-123, Charles DUNSCOMB 36 CT merchant $0-$300
                  Amanda 29 CT
                  George 5 IL
                  Jane DYKOMAN 44 CT
                  Jane REYNOLDS 20 WI servant

1870-1880 Blue Earth Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

CHISAGO CO. MN
Formed 1851 from Washington

1860 Chisago Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Chisago Co. MN Census
Town of Rushseba
Pg.611, #117-100, DUNKEN, John 55 IRE farmer $500-$250
                  Mary 40 IRE keeping house
                  (no others in household)
 
 

DODGE CO. MN
Formed 1855 from Olmsted
Steele formed 1855 from Unorganized territory, Dodge

1860 Dodge Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Dodge Co. MN Census
(Agricultural schedules listed "agent, owner or manager")
Ripley
Pg.791, #13-14, DUNCAN, David 29 SCT farmer $1000-$450
                  Janet 30 SCT keeping house
                  Catharine 7, Susan 5, Agnes 3 MN
                  John 1, James 1/12 b.May MN
                  (Agricultural schedule pg.929, 80 acres improved land $1200)
Mascajove Twp.
Pg.832, #81-81, DUNCAN, Charles 37 NY farmer $0-$0
                  Mary C. 35 NY
                  Albert 14, Charlott L. (f) 13 NY at school
                  COOK, Elnathan (m) 24 NY farm laborer
                  LAMPHERE, Frank 18 NY farm laborer
                  REED, Allide (f) 11? IL domestic servant
                  (Agricultural schedule pg.941, 300 acres improved land, 140 acres woodland, 280 acres other unimproved, value $25000)
 
 

DOUGLAS CO. MN
Formed 1858 from Todd

1860 Douglas Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Douglas Co. MN Census
The 2nd Township of Evansville
Pg.991-2, #34-34, SHENAR, Jacob 37 VA farmer $0-$0
                  Lousia (f) 30 NY keeping house
                  Clara (f) 11/12 MN (no month of birth)
                  DUNCAN, Abbe (f) 13 NY
                  (and two domestic servants)
 
 

GOODHUE CO. MN
Formed 1853 from Wabasha

1860 Goodhue Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Goodhue Co. MN Census
City of Red Wing, P.O. Red Wing
Pg.429, #587-572, KAHN?, John 40 WIRtemburg baker $1000-$300, parents of foreign birth
                  Christine 37 WIRtemburg keeps house, parents of foreign birth
                  William 13 IL at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Ferdinand 11 MN at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Jane 6 MN at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Rose 1 MN at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Michael 38 WIRtemburg works in bakery, parents of foreign birth
                  DANCKIN (DANEKIN?), Louisa 22 WIRtemburg domestic servant, parents of foreign birth (or DANEKIN?)
                  (MAD: Louisa indexed age 27, age plainly 22)

1880 Goodhue Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

ISANTI CO. MN
Formed 1857 from Anoka

1860 Isanti Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Isanti Co. MN Census
Town of Stanford, P.O. St.Francis
Pg.55, #2-2, DUNCAN, Cameron (m) 58 SCT farmer $150-$0, parents of foreign birth (alone)

1880 Isanti Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

MARTIN CO. MN
Formed 1857 from Faribault, Brown

1860-1880 Martin Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

"Child's history of Waseca County, Minnesota : from its first settlement in 1854 to the close of the year 1904 ; a record of fifty years : the story of the pioneers" by James E. Child; pub. Owatonna, Minn.: Press of the Owatonna Chronicle, c1905, 882 pgs. (LH12454, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL film 1,000,268 item 2 and book 977.6195 H2c 1988)
      Pg.722-723: MR. B.J. CHAPMAN. This gentleman was born in Madison county, New York, in 1835; came to Wisconsin in 1856, to Rice county, Minnesota, April 16, 1857. ... "October 15, 1865, I was united in marriage with Miss Samantha Reynolds who was born in Grant county, Indiana, Sept. 17, 1846." ... He is the father of two sons and four daughters. His daughters are ... Mrs. Wm. Duncan, of Fairmont, Minn.; ... (MAD: Fairmont, Martin Co. MN)
 
 

McLEOD CO. MN
Formed 1856 from Carver

1860 McLeod Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 McLeod Co. MN Census
Town of Glencoe, P.O. Rocky Run (also indexed as pg.154)
Twp.pg.10, #69-70, DUNCAN, Sylvanus (m) 41 ME carpenter $1000-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary E. 29 ME keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Thadeus W. 6 MN attending school
                  Ida (f) 4, Leslie (m) 2 MN
                  RICHARDSON, S. (f) 70 Nova Scotia "no occupation", parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: 1850 Washington Co. ME census; ?? 1860 Hennepin Co. MN census as Silburns Duncan, but see 1870 Tuolumne Co. CA census)
 
 

MOWER CO. MN
Formed 1855 from Fillmore, Freeborn

1860 Mower Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Mower Co. MN Census
Red Rock, P.O. Hamilton, Filmore Co. MN (also indexed as pg.48)
Twp.pg.1, #6-6, DUNCAN, Robert 42 PA farm laborer $0-$0
                  Sally 41 PA keeping house
                  Warren (m) 21 PA works on farm
                  Louisa (f) 17, Oliver (m) 15 PA
                  Hubert (m) 11, Coleman (m) 9 PA
                  (MAD: ? Herbert in 1880 Genesee Co. MI census)
 
 

RAMSEY CO. MN
Formed 1849, original county
Anoka formed 1857 from Ramsey

1860 Ramsey Co. MN Census
St. Paul Ward 4
Pg.311, #2328-2096, Wm. A. DUNCAN 38 SCT baker $0-$200
                  Ann 28 SCT
                  (no children, not mar/in/year)

1870 Ramsey Co. MN Census
Rose Town, P.O. St.Paul
Pg.891-892, #18-19, DUNCAN, William 28 SCT farmer $5000-$1400, parents of foreign birth
                  Lizzie? H. 28 IL keeping house
                  DUNCAN, Edward 4 MN
                  Herman? (Hemnan?) (m) 30 PRUSsia farm laborer, parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: Lizzie? H. indexed as Lizzibeth?)
Pg.902, #93-93, BOWERS, John 61 VA farmer $6000-$500, parents of foreign birth
                  Sara 48 ENG keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Laura 19 VA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Ella 13 MN at home parents of foreign birth
                  John 4 MN at home parents of foreign birth
                  DUNCAN, Delamore (m) 15 WI farm laborer, parents of foreign birth (MAD: sic)
                  (MAD: 1860 Iowa Co. WI census; 1880 Hennepin Co. MN census)

"A history of the city of Saint Paul, and of the county of Ramsey, Minnesota" by J. Fletcher Williams; pub. Saint Paul: The Society, 1876, 482 pgs. (LH9852; HeritageQuest 5/2007)
      Pg.464, Appendix. Board of Education: Duncan, T.B., 1876-9
 
 

REDWOOD CO. MN
Formed 1862 from Brown
Yellow Medicine formed 1871 from Redwood

1870 Redwood Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

"History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota" by Edward D. Neill, Charles S. Bryant; pub. Minneapolis: North Star Pub. Co., 1882, 1021 pgs. (LH9118, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL film 1,000,253 item 2)
      Pg.778: Redwood County. New Avon. James C. Duncan, native of Tennessee, was born in 1832 in Blount county. Removed to Illinois in 1850 and worked at farming there twenty years. Since June, 1870 his home has been in New Avon, and he has held various town offices here. In 1853 he married and his wife died March 2, 1878. Mary S., Martha J., Sarah L., Robert A., Eva A., John H., Dorcas I., and Charles E. are their children. April 22, 1879 he married Mrs. Julia Blanchard, whose maiden name was Barber. Her children were William B., Emilie E., Orpha A., Joseph H., Rachel I., and George G. (MAD: 1860 Richland Co. IL)
 
 

STEVENS CO. MN
Formed 1862 from Pierce, Big Stone

1870 Stevens Co. MN Census
Townships 125, 126, 127 R41, P.O. Scandia (also indexed pg.311, 483)
Twp.pg.2, #18-21, DUNCAN, Charles 22 VT farm laborer $0-$0 (alone)

1880 Stevens Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

TODD CO. MN
Formed 1855 from Stearns
Douglas formed 1858 from Todd
Wadena formed 1858 from Cass, Todd

1860 Todd Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Todd Co. MN Census
West Union Twp., Sauk Center P.O., Twp.pg.2, (pg.2 was stamped pg.408; also indexed as pg.520)
Pg.408, #12-12, DUNCAN, Stuart 53 NY farming $2000-$500, parents of foreign birth
                  Catherine 54 PA keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Daniel S. 17 NY at home
                  (MAD: 1860 Sullivan Co. NY census)
 
 

WASECA CO. MN
Formed 1857 from Steele

1860-1880 Waseca Co. MN Census
      No Duncan indexed

"Child's history of Waseca County, Minnesota : from its first settlement in 1854 to the close of the year 1904 ; a record of fifty years : the story of the pioneers" by James E. Child; pub. Owatonna, Minn.: Press of the Owatonna Chronicle, c1905, 882 pgs. (LH12454, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL film 1,000,268 item 2 and book 977.6195 H2c 1988)
      Pg.722-723: MR. B.J. CHAPMAN. This gentleman was born in Madison county, New York, in 1835; came to Wisconsin in 1856, to Rice county, Minnesota, April 16, 1857. ... "October 15, 1865, I was united in marriage with Miss Samantha Reynolds who was born in Grant county, Indiana, Sept. 17, 1846." ... He is the father of two sons and four daughters. His daughters are ... Mrs. Wm. Duncan, of Fairmont, Minn.; ... (MAD: Fairmont, Martin Co. MN)
 
 

WASHINGTON CO. MN
Formed 1849, original county
Chisago formed 1851 from Washington

1860 Washington Co. MN Census
Newport P.O.
Pg.556/151, #1401-1186, Saml. FULLERTON 45 ME ("Maine") farmer $10,000-$600
                  Matty 35 ME
                  William 17 ME farm laborer
                  Catherine R. 15 ME
                  John DUNCAN 40 IRE farm laborer

1870 Washington Co. MN Census
Stillwater Township, P.O. Stillwater (also indexed pg.126, pg.471)
Twp.pg.84, #76-566, Boarding house, boarders include
                  DUNCAN, Arthur 26 Nova Scotia works on Soy? (Loy? Logs?), parents of foreign birth
 
 

WATONWAN CO. MN
Formed 1860 from Brown

1870 Watonwan Co. MN Census
Riverdale, Town 107, Range 31, P.O. Madelia (also indexed pg.179, pg.570)
Twp.pg.3, #25-26, DUNCAN, Willis 55 TN (white) farmer $4000-$2000
                  Mary A.R. 50 TN keeping house
                  Willis B. 16, Columbus 15 AR at home
                  Henry C. 18 (sic), Ellen M. 11 AR at home
                  (MAD: 1860 Monroe Co. AR census; Ellen M. indexed as Ellen N.)
 
 

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