Duncans in Bradford Co. PA

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

Last revised August 25, 2007

BRADFORD CO. PA
Formed 1812 from Luzerne, Lycoming
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1820-1830 Bradford Co. PA Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1840 Bradford Co. PA Census
Monroe Twp.
Pg.312  Thomas Dunkin      0000,1  -  0
 

1850 Bradford Co. PA Census
Springhill
Pg.319, #89, Judson STEPHENS 40 NY farmer $1500
                  Melissa 35 PA
                  Frederick 10, Clarrisa 9 PA
                  Philandra (f) 3 PA
                  James DUNCAN 20 PA farmer
 

1860 Bradford Co. PA Census
Pike Twp.
Pg.748, #908-884, Jas. DUNCAN 29 PA farm hand $0-$160
                  Sarah 26 CT
                  Arey (m) 2, Fanny (f) 9/12 PA
 

1870 Bradford Co. PA Census
Barclay Twp.
Pg.96, #196-195, DUNCAN, James 27 SCT miner $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  Margarett 27 SCT keeps house, parents of foreign birth
                  Margarett 3 SCT at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Wm. 8/12 PA b.Sept., at home, parents of foreign birth
Pike Twp.
Pg.308, #63-62, DUNCAN, James (m) 40 PA farmer $0-$400
                  Sarah 37 CT "Conn" keeping house
                  Avery (m) 12 PA
                  Fannie (f) 10 PA attending school
                  Clarissa (f) 8 PA attending school
                  Dana (m) 6 PA attending school
                  Etna (f) 4 PA
                  Bersselais? (Beasselous?) (m) 2 PA
                  (MAD: indexed Jonnie; name almost looks like Joanie instead of James, but it was James Duncan in 1860; 1880 Tioga Co. NY, dau. Etnia L., son Selas)
Pg.319, #257-257, DUNCAN, John 38 PA farm laborer $0-$500
                  Ruth 37 CT keeping house
                  George 16 PA day laborer
                  Eliza 12, Almira 6, Fred 4 PA
                  Albert 4/12 PA b.Feb.
                  (MAD: 1860 Susquehanna Co. PA census)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania : with biographical selections" by H.C. Bradsby; pub. Chicago: S.B. Nelson & Co., 1891, 1317 pgs. (LH6863, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL film 924,758 and 1,000,544 item 5)
      Pg.912: The Adam Innes Family, Granville Centre, ... Adam Innes, the original Scotchman of this American race, was born in Musselburgh, Scotland, April 10, 1820, and died in Granville Centre, this county, March 10, 1886, aged sixty-five years and eleven months. He was the only son and child who grew to maturity in the family of Robert and Marian Kirkwood Innes. ... For some time he worked in the tannery in Linlithgow, Scotland, at which place he was married, October 4, 1844, to Helen McNeil, a native of that place, born April 17, 1821, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Duncan) McNeil, of the counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow, respectively, who had eight children - five daughters and three sons - of whom Helen was the second in order of birth. Four years after marriage they emigrated from their native land, coming direct to America to make their future permanent home, stopping first in Norwich, New London Co., Conn., ... then to Ulster county, N.Y. In 1865 removed to Granville Centre ...
 

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