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

Name:
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.

James married Annie Cassie Clarissa Mills on 8 Oct 1879 (Baptist) in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia. Annie (daughter of Robert Mills and Lydia) was born on 12 Sep 1862 in Cheverie, Hants, Nova Scotia; died on 27 Aug 1911 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Stoney Hill Cemetery, Lockhartville, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lena Lavinia Duncan was born on 1 Nov 1880 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia.
2. Seymour William Duncan was born on 4 May 1885 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia.
3. Lewis Garfield Duncan was born on 19 Feb 1886 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Feb 1981 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
4. Carrie Florence Duncan was born on 3 Oct 1895 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia.
5. Gladys Evelyn Duncan was born on 4 Aug 1898 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in 1992 in Saint John, New Brunswick.
6. Lloyd G. Duncan was born on 4 Apr 1900 in Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia.

Notes:

Name:
Occupation given as blacksmith on 1879 marriage registration of son James

Solomon married Sarah about 1853 in Nova Scotia. Sarah was born in 1822 in Cheverie, Hants, Nova Scotia; died after 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]