AMADOR CO. CA
Formed 1854 from Calaveras
Alpine formed 1864 from El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Amador Co. CA census
Pg.307, #547, Albert DUNCAN 28 SCT miner in hotel
Pg.318, #675-621, Albert DUNCAN 27 SCT miner w/other miners
 

VITAL RECORDS

CA Death Indexes, 1905-1929 and 1930-1939 (1905-1929 from CA State Library, Sacramento, and FHL microfilm 1,686,044, A to Emerson, Geo.; 1930-1939 from FHL microfilm 1,686,048, A to Hetterman)
      MAD Note: An index to California Birth Records, 1905-1995, and California Death Records, 1940-1997, has been posted at Rootsweb:
      https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ca/data.html
      Decedent name (8 characters maximum in first name); Spouse initials; Age, Place, Date of death; Year registered - State file number (MAD: added birth year)
      Duncan, Robert; spouse S.; 57 years, Amador Co., died 3/18/16; 16-7859
      Duncan, Walter C.; spouse P.; 38 years, Amador Co., died 11/18/28; 28-54751
      Duncan, Z. Z.; 7 days, Amador Co., died 2/17/24; 24-6174

Name Index in California Room, CA State Library, Sacramento
      DUNCAN, R(ichard) H(enry) - (from index card only): Sept. 3, 1888, "Call" (MAD: newspaper), pg.8, col.2. Jackson, Sept. 2. Dr. R.H. Duncan died in Plymouth yesterday. ... He was one of the oldest settlers of the northern portion of Amador County. (separate index card) 1876 Register of Voters, Amador Co.: DUNCAN, Richard Henry, age 42, b. VA, live Plymouth, registered 8/23/1875.
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Probate Records, El Dorado Co. CA Superior Court Clerk's office from index
      #218: George Duncan, died intestate 14 Feb. 1885; homestead east of town of Nashville; heirs: R.H. Duncan, father, aged about 60, of Plymouth, Amador Co. CA. Petition for probate signed 29 Oct. 1887 by his brother, Albert Duncan.
      #274: Albert Duncan, died intestate 21 March 1889 at Plymouth, Amador Co. CA. Petitioner Charles Duncan is his brother, age 20, of Battle Mountain, NV; heirs were Charles Duncan and also a sister, Ella Duncan, age 28, of Plymouth, CA.
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1881 "History of Amador County, California : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers" by Jesse D. Mason, pub. by Thompson & West (Placerville Library; FHL film 468,731 item 1)
      No Duncan biography indexed
 

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