Duncans in Contra Costa Co. CA

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

Last revised April 21, 2008

CONTRA COSTA CO. CA
Original county formed 1850
Alameda formed 1853 from Contra Costa, Santa Clara
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Contra Costa Co. CA Census
Twp.1, P.O. Martinez & San Pablo
Pg.523, #317-317, Lewis E. MORGAN 42 PA farmer $10000-$8000
                  Ann M. 36 PA
                  Lidia M. 12 PA
                  Romelia (f) 4 CA
                  Harriett 36 PA
                  Mary 13 PA
                  Emma 11, Margaret 8 OH
                  James DUNCAN 36 NY laborer
                  Jacob ADAMS 30 PA carpenter
                  Hayman BURGER? (m) 22 GERM laborer
                  Walter? HEFFIIN? (m) 25 OH laborer
                  James SMITH 30 PA laborer
                  Patrick HUNT 45 IL laborer
                  John COOK 22 NY cook
Twp.2, P.O. Lafayette & Alamo
Pg.581, #747-746, Lawrence DUNCAN 63 SCT engraver $0-$0
                  Ann 64 ENG
                  William 23 NJ farmer
                  Lawrence 20 MA farmer
                  Alace (f) 18 MA
                  Sebastian 16, Robert 16 "twins" RI laborers
                  Livingston 12 NJ
                  Hannah KEEF 25 IL house servant
                  Patrick SPARKS 50 IL laborer
                  Joseph KUSARD 28 FRANCE laborer
                  (MAD: 1850 Essex Co. NJ census)
Twp.3, P.O. Antioch & Pacheco
Pg.607, #963-961, Robert DUNCAN 37 SCT stock raiser $500-$840
                  Jane 25 SCT
                  Mary 9 Sandw.Island
                  John A. 6, George 4, Thomas 1 CA
                  Nicholas LACY 28 IL laborer
                  Catharine 27 IL
                  Nicholas 4, Edward 3, Thomas 6/12 CA

1870 Contra Costa Co. CA Census
Township 2, P.O. Martinez
Pg.377, #98-95, DUNCAN, Robert 21 NJ farmer $5000-$1500
                  Lawrence (m) 27 NJ farmer
                  (MAD: Robert plainly age 21, not age 26)
Township 3, P.O. Martinez
Pg.425, #955-931, DUNCAN, Hilarion? (m) 39 Chili, clerk Coal Co. $0-$0, parents of foreign birth (alone)
                        (MAD: indexed Hilamon?)
Pg.442, #1244-1209, DUNCAN, Margerite (f) 50 SCT keeping house $0-$1000, parents of foreign birth (alone)
Pg.446, #1307-1269, DUNCAN, Jane 31 SCT keeping house $4000-$1200, parents of foreign birth
                  John 16, George 14 CA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Thomas 11, William 8 CA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Robert 6 CA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Maggie (f) 2, James 1 CA at home, parents of foreign birth
 

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, Adrian S.; 11 years, Contra Costa Co., died 8/2/31; 31-42038
      Duncan, Carl D.; 5 months, Contra Costa Co., died 9/28/31; 31-47239
      Duncan, Charles B.; spouse J.P.; 71 years, Contra Costa Co., died 11/19/37; 37-69546
      Duncan, Emily J.; spouse W.M.; 58 years, Contra Costa Co., died 10/11/20; 20-38066
      Duncan, Ernest E.; 11 months, Contra Costa Co., died 6/16/17; 17-19758
      Duncan, George O.; spouse L.A.; 64 years, Contra Costa Co., died 2/19/33; 33-13780
      Duncan, George W.; 78 years, Contra Costa Co., died 6/5/11; 11-15780 (b.1833)
      Duncan, Gladys L.; spouse O.; 22 years, Contra Costa Co., died 10/11/18; 18-34143
      Duncan, Jessie L.; spouse G.E.; 24 years, Contra Costa Co., died 2/26/20; 20-5581
      Duncan, John H.; 60 years, Contra Costa Co., died 12/30/14; 15-4053
      Duncan, John; 52 years, Contra Costa Co., died 12/12/32; 32-63380
      Duncan, Malcolm C.; 11 years, Contra Costa Co., died 10/16/27; 27-48430
      Duncan, Martha; 87 years, Contra Costa Co., died 4/15/20; 20-15962
      Duncan, Mary E.; 55 years, Contra Costa Co., died 1/29/21; 21-492
      Duncan, Richard W.; spouse M.; 75 years, Contra Costa Co., died 4/4/35; 35-26408
      Duncan, Robert A.; spouse E.F.; 71 years, Contra Costa Co., died 10/14/35; 35-61656
      Duncan, Robert; spouse S.; 87 years, Contra Costa Co., died 4/29/38; 38-27849
      Duncan, Sallie; spouse M.; 64 years, Contra Costa Co., died 3/21/36; 36-14809
      Duncan, Sarah J.; 82 years, Contra Costa Co., died 7/12/16; 16-21418
 

MILITARY RECORDS

"Report of the Selective Service Administration of California" 1922, pages 372-373 (Placerville FHC book)
      Name, City and County (MAD: have added county in parenthesis if different from city)
      Duncan, Henry C., Contra Costa Co.
      Duncan, William, Contra Costa Co.
      Duncan, William W., Byron (Contra Costa Co.)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"The History of Contra Costa County, California" by Wm L Todd, Jos W Revere, William B Ide, Jose Castro, et al; edited by F.J. Hulaniski; pub. Berkeley, Calif.: Elms Pub. Co., 1917, 706 pgs. (LH11192, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 1,035,913 item 1)
      Pg.559-560: PAUL F. BUCHOLTZ. ... native of Contra Costa Co., born in Byron, September 30, 1886, son of Rudolph F., who was born in Berlin, Germany, and died in 1895. Father to this country when Mr. Bucholtz was a mere lad ... mother was Martha (Shafer) Bucholtz, ... three sons and one daughter. William who is connected with Paul F. in the meat market at Brentwood, married Elva Pamberton, of Brentwood. Paul F., the second son and subject of this sketch, ... Rudolph F., a partner in the meat business, was born February 7, 1882, and married Miss Maud Elizabeth Duncan, of Manteca, in 1909. They have two children, Violet and Frank R., Jr. The sister, Annie, is now the wife of Robert Duncan, and was married in 1910. Their daughter is Annie. Paul F. and Rudolph F. are members of the I.O.O.F. ... The mother passed away April 1, 1916, at the age of 61 years. .... (MAD: Manteca, San Joaquin Co. CA)
 

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