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James Duncan

Male 1854 - 1908  (54 years)


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  • Name James Duncan 
    • Name: James Duncan
      Record Type: Crew
      Age: 38
      Birth Year: abt 1854
      Birth Place: Horton, King's, Nova Scotia, Canada
      Vessel Name: Loanda
      Vessel Type: Ship
      Voyage Departure Date: 19 Dec 1892
      Voyage Departure Port: Dunkirk, France
      Voyage Arrival Date: 16 Aug 1893
      Voyage Arrival Port: Sharpness, England
      Vessel Registration Number: W881004
      Vessel Registration Place: Windsor, Nova Scotia
      Year Vessel Constructed: 1881
      Date Joined Present Ship: 6 Jun 1893
      Place Joined Present Ship: Hantsport, Hant's, Nova Scotia, Canada
      Crew Number: 47
      Literacy: Signed with an 'X'
      Completed What Signed On To Do?: No
      Discharge Date: 10 Jun 1893
      Discharge Place: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
      Discharge: Discharged with mutual consent
      Company From Last Ship: 1
      Capacity (Rank): Able-bodied Seaman
      Payment Type (Time): By the run
      Wage: 10
      Wage Currency: Canadian dollars
      Source Information

      Index of Surnames from the Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada. CD-ROM. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
    Birth 1 Jan 1854  Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Dec 1908  Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Stoney Hill Cemetery, Lockhartville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15813  Hantsport Families
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2021 

    Father Solomon Duncan,   b. Abt 1820, Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1871 (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Sarah,   b. 1822, Cheverie, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1871 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1853  Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Cassie Clarissa Mills,   b. 12 Sep 1862, Cheverie, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1911, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1879  Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Type: Baptist 
    Children 
     1. Lena Lavinia Duncan,   b. 1 Nov 1880, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Seymour William Duncan,   b. 4 May 1885, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Lewis Garfield Duncan,   b. 19 Feb 1886, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1981, Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     4. Carrie Florence Duncan,   b. 3 Oct 1895, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Gladys Evelyn Duncan,   b. 4 Aug 1898, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1992, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     6. Lloyd G. Duncan,   b. 4 Apr 1900, Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Jan 1854 - Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Type: Baptist - 8 Oct 1879 - Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Dec 1908 - Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Stoney Hill Cemetery, Lockhartville, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The Duncan Family

      For several generations, members of the Duncan family have lived near the top of Onion Street—or the eastern end of the Oak Island Road if you prefer official names. The family story begins with JAMES DUNCAN (b. 1854; d. December 1908) of Horton, son of Solomon and Sarah Duncan. James Duncan m. 8 October 1879 Cassie Mills (b. 1863; d. 28 August 1911), daughter of Robert and Lydia Mills of Cheverie. They had surviving issue: LENA LAVINIA DUNCAN (b. 1880), SEYMOUR DUNCAN (b. 1885), LEWIS GARFIELD DUNCAN (b. 1886), CARRIE DUNCAN (b. 1890), and GLADYS DUNCAN (b. 1898).

      It is not known where the family lived a century ago, but the first land purchase seems to have that of James Duncan’s son, Lewis G. Duncan (1886-1981), who m. 25 September 1918 Clara Miles (1895-1992), and purchased the Charles Harvey farm in 1919 (see Carey family). This house (on the spot where Ronald Duncan later built his house) was destroyed on 25 January 1924 in a dreadful early-morning fire. Lewis, returning from the barn, was badly burned trying to rescue three children who were trapped inside and died of smoke inhalation. For a season, the family lived in the house at Avonport Beach before returning to live in another house on their property, where Lewis and his wife lived the rest of their lives. Their tragedy, however was never forgotten, and when the new church was built at Avonport a stained glass window was installed in memory of the three children.

      "Horton Point, A History of Avonport" by Gordon M. Haliburton

  • Sources 
    1. [S2009] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, (website), Registration Year: 1908 - Book: 12 - Page: 5 - Number: 26.

    2. [S2009] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, (website), Registration Year: 1879 - Book: 1826 - Page: 126 - Number: 89.