Duncans in Shasta Co. CA

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

Last revised April 21, 2008

SHASTA CO. CA
Original county formed 1850
Siskiyou formed 1852 from Shasta, Klamath
Tehama formed 1856 from Colusa, Butte, Shasta
Lassen formed 1864 from Plumas, Shasta
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Shasta Co. CA Census
Pg.334, indexed John Duncan, only similar name was John Hancock (plain)

1860 Shasta Co. CA Census
Horsetown
Pg.698, #524-513, James DUNCAN 38 SCT miner $0-$0 (alone)
Pg.698, #535-524, H.A. WILLSON 34 ME miner
                  Henry DUNCAN 34 NY miner
                  Thos. McDONALD 45 British Oreanias? miner
Millville
Pg.745, #1147-1136, J.B. DUNCAN (m) 34 GA B.smith $0-$300
                  Maria 30 AR
                  Berlin (m) 12, Sarah 10 AR
                  E. ASBERRY (m) 28 KY

1870 Shasta Co. CA Census
Township 2, P.O. French Gulch
Pg.466, #56-56, DUNCAN, James 54 ENG stage hostler $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  NEWBARTH, Julius (m) 41 PRUssia tavern landlord $0-$200, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary 35 IRE landlady, parents of foreign birth
                  Louisa 7, Timothy 5 CA, parents of foreign birth
                  John 3 CA, James 2/12 CA b.Mar., 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, David L.; 3 years, Shasta Co., died 4/2/36; 36-27025
      Duncan, Herbert T.; 22 days, Shasta Co., died 11/22/21; 21-44876
      Duncan, James C.; spouse M.D.; 84 years, Shasta Co., died 12/27/35; 35-73994
      Duncan, Mary A.; 59 years, Shasta Co., died 2/23/25; 25-10194
      Duncan, Mary F.; spouse J.C.; 73 years, Shasta Co., died 12/7/30; 30-68264

Anderson Cemetery, Shasta Co. CA
 
(from Vivian Biddle, personal visit)
      Duncan, Arthur, 1876-1961
      Duncan, David LeRoy, June 8, 1932 - April 2, 1936 born in Calif.
      Duncan, Cressey, Shirley Elaine, Dec. 13, 1937 - Nov. 7, 1970, born in Calif. daughter of Howard Duncan
      Duncan, Eugene, Jan. 19, 1905 - Feb. 29, 1968 born in Ark. (MAD: b. Sebastian Co. AR per query of Cher 2/2000)
      Duncan, Joseph Andy, Feb. 29, 1908 - Dec. 23, 1975
      Duncan, Paul Dean, July 10, 1948 - July 15, 1948
      Duncan, Ruth Ethelyn, Sept. 3, 1904 - Oct. 18, 1970, born in Kansas.
 

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, Paul Angush, Redding (Shasta Co.)
 

FAMILY RECORDS

"Family Record" from papers of Melba Duncan, niece of James Cyrus Duncan (in possession of Mary Ann Dobson 5/1988) (MAD: see Shasta Co. CA)
      James Cyrus Duncan, July 8th 1851
      Mary Fredericka ", Feb. 21st 1857
      Arthur Warren ", Apr. 30th 1876
      Orin Augustus ", Feb. 12th 1878
      Lora Benedict, Dec. 2nd. 1880
      Lela ", July 30 1884 - 1910
      Mervin Floyd ", Oct. 25th 1886
      Emma Holm, Oct. 21st 1890
      Mabel (blank), Sept. 29 1893
      Alfred LeRoy Duncan, August 11th 1895
 

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