ROBERT E. DUNCAN FAMILY
HISTORY, THE DUNCANS
Lytle/Sarah Duncan, Children, and Grandchildren
As of 01.15.20
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORWARD ............................................................................................................................................... 1
Ireland ..........................................................................................................................................................2
Irish Records ................................................................................................................................................3
LYTLE DUNCAN, 1804- December 24, 1872 ....................................................................................... 3
Tracking Lytle ..............................................................................................................................................4
Birth and Death Dates ..................................................................................................................................4
Speculation On Lytle Duncan’s (1804-1872) Lineage ................................................................................8
SARAH JACKSON DUNCAN, September 20, 1807- January 7, 1874 ............................................. 18
Birth/Death Dates and Birth Location .......................................................................................................18
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN .............................................................................................. 21
1. Frances “Fannie” Duncan, 1/11/1829- 4/27/190 ...................................................................................21
Thomas Davis (11/27/1827- 10/13/1902) .............................................................................................21
Eliza Jane Davis ............................................................................................................................ 22
John Davis ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Sarah Davis ................................................................................................................................... 23
Mary Davis.................................................................................................................................... 23
Thomas James Davis..................................................................................................................... 24
George Lytle Davis ....................................................................................................................... 24
2. Mary Duncan, 03/03/1831-3/12/1844 ....................................................................................................25
3. James Duncan, 02/01/1832- 04/25/1868................................................................................................26
4. John Duncan 2/2/1832- 10/14/1906 .......................................................................................................27
Eliza Allingham (2/19/1841-1/6/1933) .................................................................................................27
Robert Lytle Duncan ..................................................................................................................... 27
John J. Duncan .............................................................................................................................. 27
Sarah G. Duncan ........................................................................................................................... 27
5. Elizabeth “Eliza” Duncan, 3/27/1834- 6/4/191 .....................................................................................28
Richard Duncan (7/13/1827- 5/16/1899) ..............................................................................................28
Margaret Duncan .......................................................................................................................... 29
Sarah Duncan ................................................................................................................................ 29
Mary Jane Duncan ........................................................................................................................ 30
John Duncan.................................................................................................................................. 30
Lytle Jackson Duncan ................................................................................................................... 30
6. Mary Duncan, 1/11/1837- 1914 .............................................................................................................31
John Jameson (1837-3/1895).................................................................................................................31
Sarah Jameson ............................................................................................................................... 32
Eliza Jane Jameson ....................................................................................................................... 32
Jane Jameson ................................................................................................................................. 32
7. William Duncan, 6/24/1838- 6/2/1905 ..................................................................................................32
Anna Meehan (11/24/1838- 4/28/1922) ................................................................................................32
Ellen L. Duncan ............................................................................................................................ 32
Robert E. Duncan Family History- Duncan Name Line
William H. Duncan ....................................................................................................................... 32
John B. Duncan ............................................................................................................................. 32
Robert Duncan .............................................................................................................................. 32
Charles Duncan ............................................................................................................................. 32
Anna B. Duncan ............................................................................................................................ 32
8. Jackson Duncan, 6/2/1839- 10/12/1918 .................................................................................................33
Eliza Dundas (9/15/1839- February 22, 1915) ......................................................................................33
John Duncan.................................................................................................................................. 35
Lytle J. Duncan ............................................................................................................................. 35
Fannie Duncan .............................................................................................................................. 35
Sarah Duncan ................................................................................................................................ 35
Francis “Frank” Duncan ............................................................................................................... 35
Jackson Duncan ............................................................................................................................ 36
Elizabeth Duncan .......................................................................................................................... 36
Mary Jane Duncan ........................................................................................................................ 36
Susan (Susanna) Duncan............................................................................................................... 36
9. Sarah Duncan, 9/25/1841- 4/15/1916 ....................................................................................................36
John Alexander (9/13/1830- 3/6/1897) .................................................................................................36
Sarah J. Alexander ........................................................................................................................ 37
Mary Ann Alexander .................................................................................................................... 37
Letitia Alexander .......................................................................................................................... 37
George Henry Alexander .............................................................................................................. 37
Mabel Louisa Alexander ............................................................................................................... 37
Ethel Frances Alexander ............................................................................................................... 37
Lillian Maud Alexander ................................................................................................................ 37
John Jackson Alexander ................................................................................................................ 37
10. George Duncan, 9/1/1843- 3/28/1912..................................................................................................38
Anne Skelly (1846- 4/30/1905) .............................................................................................................38
George J. Duncan .......................................................................................................................... 38
11. Susanna “Susan” Duncan, 1/1/1845- 4/4/189 .....................................................................................38
Lytle Dundas (Unknown- 3/26/1900) ...................................................................................................38
Lytle Dundas ................................................................................................................................. 38
James Dundas................................................................................................................................ 38
George Dundas.............................................................................................................................. 38
Elizabeth/ Lizzie Dundas .............................................................................................................. 38
12. Henry Duncan, ~1847- 12/1/1875 ......................................................................................................39
Hannah Allingham (7/2/1843- 12/23/1932) ..........................................................................................39
13. Lytle Duncan, 11/8/1848- 9/7/1914 ....................................................................................................39
Mary Ann (Minnie A.) McIntyre (7/19/1850-2/26/1921) .....................................................................39
Wilbert (Willis) Jackson Duncan .................................................................................................. 40
Sarah Jane “Jennie” Duncan ......................................................................................................... 40
Robert L. Duncan .......................................................................................................................... 40
Ethel Anne Duncan ....................................................................................................................... 40
George Duncan ............................................................................................................................. 40
Robert E. Duncan Family History- Duncan Name Line
LYTLE DUNCAN (1804 – 12/24/1872) to ROBERT E. DUNCAN (10/30/1950) .............................. 41
Robert E. Duncan Family History- Duncan Name Line
FORWARD
This document is the first part of a four part search through the Duncan, Goodwin, Ware, and
Ohmen relatives of Robert E. Duncan. The digital search is available on Ancestry.com under
“REDUNCAN91”. The Duncans, Goodwins, Wares and Ohmens form my four name traceable
ancestry threads.
The Duncans, covered herein, have been hard to trace in the early 1800s and impossible to trace
before then due to a lack of surviving documentation of births, marriages and immigration in
Ireland in the early 1800s due to the uprising in Ireland the 1920s which destroyed the primary
records library in Ireland. In records available, the tracing of ancesters is made difficult by the
facts that families were very large, many people could not read and write - therein resulting in
many differences in name spellings- and a propensity to use names many times amongst numerous
generations. Most Duncans were Methodists attending the Church of Ireland and hence not
Catholic, therein resulting in far fewer church records of their lives. Last, most of my Duncan
relations immigrated from Ireland to Canada and the United States.
The Ohmen search, part 2 of my search documents, is challenging as discovering and tracing
family members prior to their immigration from Prussia has proven difficult due to translation
challenges in documentation, and name differences between peoples’ names while in Prussia and
names adopted by them after they immigrated to the United States or Canada.
The Goodwins, part 3 of my search, and Wares , part 4 of my search were from England and hence
their records superior and challenges in discovering and tracing family members prior to their
immigration to the United States less difficult, but still challenging due to spelling differences, use
of the same names amongst different relatives and generations, and records available in colonial
times in the United States.
The Duncans dealt with in this document lived in Ireland, however, their ancestors almost certainly
came from Scotland where the name Duncan is very common. The Duncans likely went to Ireland
during the Ulster Plantation which occurred in the early 17th century; however, documentation of
when and who in the family first immigrated to Ireland has not been uncovered and very well may
no longer exist. The earliest Duncan to which I am related that I could find is Lytle Duncan (18041872) and his wife Sarah Jackson Duncan. This document covers them, their children, and their
grandchildren with some speculation and research results on Lyble’s lineage and possible siblings.
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Ireland
Ireland covers an area of 32,524 square
miles of which 26,599 square miles
comprising 32 counties are in the
republic with six counties in an area of
5,926 square miles in Northern Ireland,
which is a part of the United Kingdom.
The counties of Ireland are sub-national
divisions that have been, and in some
cases continue to be, used to
geographically demarcate areas of local
government. These land divisions were
formed following the Norman invasion
of
Ireland in
imitation
of
the counties then in use as units of local
government in the Kingdom of
England. The older term "shire" was
historically equivalent to "county".
After the great famine of the late 1840s
there was a wave of Irish emigrants to
the United States, Canada and
Argentina.
There were 200,000
emigrants a year from 1847 to 1850 and 250,000 in 1851.
The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest church being
the Roman Catholic Church. In 2016, 78% of the population identified themselves as Roman
Catholic, 6 percentage points less than 5 years earlier. The second largest Christian denomination,
the Church of Ireland (Anglican), declined in membership for most of the twentieth century, but
has more recently experienced an increase, as have other small Christian denominations. Other
significant Protestant denominations are the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, followed by
the Methodist Church in Ireland.
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Irish Records:
As briefly covered earlier, Irish records were never as good as those of Scotland and England.
This is due in part to Ireland’s history of uprisings and struggles. The lack of records was made
worse by the 1922 uprising which led to the destruction of all records kept in the Central Record
Office in Dublin which included birth, marriage, death, and Irish wills kept there, however, there
are a few Census that remain for a few counties. 1 This results in any searches in the first half of
1800 or earlier, being difficult to impossible. Fortunately, births, marriages and deaths have been
recorded since 1864 and Protestant marriages since 1845. Adding to historical confusion, most
newspaper files also seem to have been destroyed. All bad news for the Duncan searches prior to
1830s.
LYTLE DUNCAN, 1804- December 24, 1872
The earliest ancestor I can trace with a high degree of
confidence is Lytle2 Duncan (1804- December 24,
1872)3. Lytle’s wife was Sarah Jackson (1806-January 7,
1874). Lytle and Sarah had a small farm in the Townland
of Bohey4, in the county of Leitrim. A townland is a small
area of land sometimes only several hundred acres in size.
The great number of Duncans in Leitrim county one
hundred years ago and the similarities of names and
different spelling of names makes genealogical work
there difficult.
Figure 1- Lytle and Sarah's home in Bohey,
Ireland
The 1841 census of Killeshandra Parish, County Cavan, is the only complete Irish civil parish that has survived from
1841.
2 Lytle is also spelled Lightle and Lyttle in documents.
3 Discussion on birth and death dates are contained later in this document.
4 The townland named Bohey also appears to have been spelled Boihy in many tax and other records.
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Tracking Lytle
Both Lytle and Sarah were Methodist in the early days of that religion in Ireland when Methodist
attended the Church of Ireland. The Church of Ireland’s records are not as complete as the Church
of England records and contain a number of errors. Still, one can find death records for Lytle and
Sarah, and both are buried in the graveyard of the
Church of Ireland at Dromahair (also spelled
Dromahaire) where the tombstones may still be seen. A
key source of information on the location of Lytle and
other Duncans in early Ireland is found in the Tithe
Applotment Books.
The Tithe Applotment Books are a vital source for Figure 2- Church of Ireland, Dromahaire, Drumlease
genealogical research for the pre-Famine period, given
Parish, Leitrim County, Ireland
the loss of the 1821-51 Census records. They were
compiled between 1823 and 1837 in order to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural
holdings over one acre should pay in tithes to the Church of Ireland (the main Protestant church
and the church established by the State until its dis-establishment in 1871).
There is a manuscript book for almost every civil (Church of Ireland) parish 5 in the country giving
the names of occupiers of each townland, the amount of land held and the sums to be paid in tithes.
Because the tithes were levied on agricultural land, urban areas are not included. Unfortunately,
the books provide only the names of heads of family, not other family members. The population
of Ireland was recorded in 1841 as 8.2 million. It would have been somewhat less than this during
the 1820s and 1830s, when the Tithe Applotment Books were compiled.
Note: there are many transcription errors in the Ireland National Archive records. Where possible
actual untranscribed records have been consulted.
Birth and Death Dates
There is- as yet- no discoverable records which directly address when Lytle was born, or when he
and Sarah were married, however, death records for both do exist.
1. The grave stone in the Church of Ireland, Dromahaire, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County,
Ireland6 records the death of Lytle as 12/24/1872 7 at 68 years old8, thus giving a birth date of
1804. This summarizes as 1804-12/24/1872.
Parishes were divided into Townlands which were then at times grouped into Baronies.
6 Dromahair townland/village is in Drumlease civil parish which corresponds with Dromahaire Catholic parish.
Records begin in 1859 for baptisms and marriages.
7 Dates in this document follow the US format of month/day/year.
8 Lytle’s age at death on his gravestone is hard to read and can be misinterpreted as 62 versus 68; however, if one
notes the “2” in his death year (i.e., 1872) you can distinctly see the difference between it, and the “8” in his age of
68.
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Figure 3- Graveyard stone commemorating Lytle and Sara Duncan
2.
The official death record- summarized below by the Leitrim Geneology Ceter- states Lytle died
on 12/28/1870 at 68 years old in Bohey township, Leitrim County, Ireland. Of note, original
church and civil records are notoriously hard to read and at times contain numerous errors as in
the one below wherein Lytle is identified as “female”. The record below, suggest a birth
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sometime around 1802. This birth/death information summarizes as 1802-12/28/1870 but
conflicts with his gravestone.
Figure 4- Lytle's Death Record
3. The County Leitrim Burials From 1799, Part 19 states Lytle died on 12/24/1872 at 68 years
old which suggests a birth year of 1804. This summarizes as 1804-12/24/1872 and agrees with
his gravestone.
As such, I have settled for my research purposes as the correct birth/death figures for Lytle as 1804
– 12/24/1872.
Most documentation on Lytle exists in the Griffiths Land Valuation of Ireland, Tithe Applotment
Books and church records on baptisms and marriages of his children. It bears repeating that there
are numerous errors in the Ireland National Archives transcriptions of the Tithe Applotment Books
and this causes considerable consternation when trying to track the Duncans in Leitrim and Cavan
counties. Within the Griffiths Land Valuation of Ireland and the Tithe Applotment Books the
following mentions of Lytle10 exist:
9
Compiled by Eileen Hewson FRGS, The Kabristan Archives
Note: within the Griffiths Land Valuation of Ireland the names Lytle, Lyttle, and Lightle are used.
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Year
183211
1833 12
(Tithe Applotment Book)
1834
(Tithe Applotment Book)
1842 & 1846
185715
Location
Lord Farnham Townland, Killashandra Parish, Cavan County
Boihy13 Townland, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County
Boihy Townland, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County14
Boihy Townland, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County
Boihy Townland, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County
Lisgorman, Cloonlogher Parish, Leitrim County
Carrigeencor, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County
Figure 5- Mentions of Lytle in Griffiths Land Valuation of Ireland and Ireland Tithe Applotment Books, 1805-1927
The below map shows most of the townships reflected above. All are relatively close. To assist
in understanding the proximity of the various locations, I have placed a horizontal yellow line at
the bottom of the map which is 5 miles (or 8.05km) long.
The location of Lytle in 1832 in Lord Farnham is an exception with respect to closeness to the
other locations, an exception which will be addressed later in the document.
Provided by Ireland Tithe Applotment Books, 1805-1927.
Actual Tithe Applotment Book states: Townland Bohey; Diocese of Kilmore; Parish of Drumlease; County of
Leitrim. The National Archives of Ireland transcription of same record states: Townland Boihy; Parish of Drumgoon;
County of Cavan. See original at Figure 15.
13 The townland named Boihy also appears to have been spelled Bohey in certain tax and other records although in
Google Earth they are distinct townlands; see Figure 6. Also, it is the 1833 Tithe Applotment Books records that show
Lytle and John Duncan share farming on rented land. See Footnote 12 for errors in Tithe Applotment Book
transcription by the Ireland National Archives affecting this information.
14 Records are somewhat garbled here. Actual Tithe Applotment Record for 1834 shows Lytle Duncan, on a page of
the record for Townland of Boihy, Parish of Drumlease, Leitrim County. The Irish National Archives transcription
of this record shows: Lytle Duncan in Townland Boihy, Parish of Drumhome, County of Donegal.
15 Lytle listed as “Lightle” in the 1857 Land Valuation records.
11
12
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Figure 6- Map of Lytle Farmlands and Home
Speculation On Lytle Duncan’s (1804- 1872) Lineage
Parents
Because of the aforementioned records debacle in Ireland, only somewhat educated speculation of
Lytle’s parentage and potential syblings is possible at this time.
The 1841 Ireland Census for the Townland of Sallaghan/Sollaghen, Parish of Killeshandra,
Barony of Tullyhunco, County of Cavan provides that there was a Lytle Dunkin living in
Sallaghan, Cavan in 1841. This provides us with a potential father for Lytle Duncan (1804-1872)
who is mentioned for the first time in available records in the 1832 Tithe Applotment Book as
working (and most probably living) in Lord Farnham which is about 8.5 miles from Sallagham.
From the 1841 Census information we can glean Lytle Dunkin of Sallaghan was 64 in 1841 (thus
making his birth about 1777), he was head of a household, and a linen weaver.16 See Figure 7.
Note in the first image contained in Figure 7, Lytle’s (1777) name is handwritten quite clearly as “Lytle” although
the age is slightly ambiguous. Even given this, many transcriptions of the 1841 Census show incorrectly his name
was spelled “Lyttle”.
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Figure 7- Ireland Census, 1841; Blowup Of Top Left Of Page 1
The 1841 Ireland Census also had- on the same page- a section for “Member of Family Died Since
6th June 1831”. In this section Lytle (1777) documented the death of household member John
Hammon, 40, male, stepson, labourer, that died of a sore throat in 1841.17 (See:Figure 8)
Figure 8- Ireland Census 1841, Left Portion Of Page 1
The next page of the Census had a different location for family members and requested various
pieces of information for them, including columns for “Married” and “Year Married”.
This page is significant as it reflects Lytle’s (1777) wife as: Sarah Dunkin, 60, female, wife,
married, marriage years- 1804 and 1831, occupation: spinning wool, and a native of Cavan.
Based upon John Hammon’s stated age of 40 in the 1841 Census, and his death being “since 6/6/1831”, we can
assign his birth as ~1801 and his death as ~1841.
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It further shows as household members:
1. Francis Hammon, 17, male, a second stepson, not married, laborer, and a native of Cavan;
and,
2. Mary McManus, 40, female, visitor, not married, and a native of Leitrim.
From this portion of the Census we can glean that Sarah Dunkin, Lytle’s (1777) wife was married
twice. The first time in 1804 appears to be to an unknown Hammon, with whom she had a least
two children: John (who died in 1841 of a sore throat at age 40) and Francis who was 17 in 1841
(giving him a birth in 1824). These two children were living with her and Lytle (1777) in 1841 in
Sallaghan, house 7. The 1841 Census also shows that in the house next to Sarah and Lytle, there
was a James Hammon. This may be an additional child of Sarah by her first husband.
At this point, we need to examine some significant errors in some of Irish National Archives’
transcripted records of the 1841 Irish Census as it applies to Lytle 1777 and Sarah. The
transcripted records availabled online incorrectly show:
1. An error in the house number in which Lytle Dunkin (1777) and his family were living.
a. The actual Census record (Figure 9) clearly shows Lytle having documented he
and his family lived in house 7.
b. The transcripted records (Figure 10 and Figure 11) incorrectly show Lytle’s
family living in house 6 with James Hammon18 as head of house, and in fact do
not list Lytle (1777) at all.
2. Figure 12 shows the incorrect spelling of Lytle Dunkin’s (1777) first name as “Lyttle”.
Figure 9- Image of actual Ireland Census 1814, Left Portion Of Page 119
A possible/probable child of Sarah by her first husband.
Note on the left hand side of the photo, Lytle shows his family lives in house 7. This is improperly transposed in
the Ireland National Archives into his family- minus him- living in house 6 with James Hammon.
18
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Figure 10- Transcription Error Showing Wrong House Number For Lytle's Family
Figure 11- Transcription Error Showing Lytle's Family...But Not Lytle...Living In House 6
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Figure 12- Transcription Error With Incorrect Spelling Of Lytle's Name
In spite of all this, is it reasonable to speculate that Lytle Duncan (1804) is the son of Lytle Dunkin
(1777) even though we have not found a census, birth certificate, or any documentation directly
showing the linkage between Lytle (1777) and Lytle (1804).
This speculation is based on:
1. The birth and age of Lytle Dunkin (1777) fit a timeframe which could make him Lytle
Duncan’s (1804) father. Lytle Dunkin (1777) would have been 27 at the time of Lytle’s
birth in 1804.
2. Lytle is not a common first name during the 1700s and early 1800s in Ireland, and I have
found no viable reference to it associated with any male Duncans (regardless of spellings
of the name Duncan) in my research of Ireland prior to Lytle 1777. There are numerous
uses of “Lytle” after Lytle 1804 as his children used the name for a number of their children
in Ireland and Canada.
3. The Duncan/Dunkin name similarities, bearing in mind the lack of standardized spelling
of names during this era, and a tradition in Ireland to name first born males after their
fathers further suggests Lytle Dunkin (1777) may well be Lytle’s (1804) father.
4. In 1832 there is reference in the Ireland Tithe Applotment 1805-1927 to Lytle Duncan
(1804) in Lord Farnham Townland, Killashandra Parish, Cavan County wherein he was a
farmer. Lord Farnham is only approximately 9 miles (14.4km) directly northeast of
Sallaghan where Lytle Dunkin 1777 lived as a linen weaver according to the Census of
1841 provides a reasonable closeness for Lytle 1804, at age 28 in 1832, to have struck out
on his own. Thereafter, Lytle 1804 moved farther West and lived his life in Leitrim County
near/in Boihy townland, Leitrim County, Ireland.
5. Last it is understandable that Lytle Duncan (1804), and siblings would not have shown up
on the 1841 Census as members of Lytle Dunkin’s household given Lytle (1804) was 37
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in 1841 and documented in tax records as living by then in Leitrim, Ireland working as a
farmer there. In short, he had been out on his own for a substantive amount of time by
1841.
All this I believe translates into reasonable speculation that Lytle Dunkin (1777) was Lytle
Duncan’s (1804) father by an unknown woman20 to whom his father was married prior to his
second wife, Sarah.
A summary of the 1841 Census information presented above, follows:
Figure 13- A Summary Of The 1841 Census Information of Lytle and Sarah Dunkin
Siblings
The next question that naturally arises is whether Lytle Duncan (1804-1872) had siblings. Again,
only speculation is possible at this time.
A large number of Duncans are documented working land or living near Lytle Duncan (1804).
These Duncans listed in the Ireland Tithe Applotment (1823-1837) and Ireland Griffith Land
Valuation, include:
Given that the Roman Catholic records for Killeshandra marriages start in 1835, and Methodist records do not exist
in the timeframe needed to give us information on Lytle’s (1777) marriage, the name of his first wife is probably
undiscoverable.
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Where Listed
Name
Adam Duncan
George Duncan
(Source: Ireland Tithe Applotment Books unless noted otherwise)
Carrigeencor21, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim, 1833 22
Darkvally Townland, Killarga Parish, Leitrim, 1837
Carrickgeencur Mountain, Drumlease, Leitrim 183322
Carrigeencor, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim,183425,Error! Bookmark n
ot defined.
Leitrim Townland, Kiltubbrid Parish, Leitrim County, 1833
Boihy, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County, 183424,Error! Bookmark n
Henry Duncan
ot defined.
Drumahaire Town, Drumlease Parish, LeitrimError! Bookmark not d
efined.
James Duncan
John Duncan
Lightle/
Lytle Duncan (1804)
Mary Duncan
Thomas Duncan
Carrickgeencur Mountain, Drumlease, Leitrim, 1833 22
Carrigeencor, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim, 183425
Boihy, Drumgoon, Cavan, 1833
Boihy, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim, 183312,23,24,1842, 1846
Carrickgeencur Mountain, Drumlease, Leitrim, 183322,1846
Carrigeencor, Drumlease Parish, LeitrimError! Bookmark not d
efined.,183425, 1857
Drumahaire Town of Drumahaire, Drumlease, Leitrim,
1857Error! Bookmark not defined.
Darkvalley, Killarga, LeitrimError! Bookmark not defined.
Lord Farnham, Killashandra, Cavan 1832
Boihy, Drumlease, Leitrim, 183312,23, 1834Error! Bookmark not d
efined.,24 ,1842Error! Bookmark not defined.,1846Error! Bookmark not defined.
Lisgorman, Cloonlogher, Leitrim, 1857Error! Bookmark not defined.
Carrigeencor, Drumlease, Leitrim, 1857Error! Bookmark not defined.
Boihy, Drumlease, LeitrimError! Bookmark not defined.
Carrigeencor Mountain, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County,
183322
Carrigeencor, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County, 183425,Error! B
ookmark not defined.
Boihy, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County, 183424,Error! Bookmark n
ot defined.
William Duncan
Boihy, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim CountyError! Bookmark n
ot defined., 183312,23, 183424
Also spelled Carrickgeen and Carrickgeencur.
There are errors in the Ireland National Archives transcriptions of records. In this case, the actual document states:
Townland of Carrickgeencur Mountain; Diocese of Kilmore; Parish of Drumlease; County of Leitrim. The National
Archives of Ireland index/transcription states: Townland of Carrickgeencur Mountain; Parish of Drumgoon; County
of Cavan.
23 From Tithe Applotment Books
24 Actual record states: Townland of Boihy; Parish of Drumlease; County of Leitrim. The National Archives of Ireland
transcription/index states: Townland of Boihy; Parish of Drumhome; County of Donegal.
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22
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Where Listed
Name
(Source: Ireland Tithe Applotment Books unless noted otherwise)
Carrigeencor, Drumlease, Leitrim, 183425,Error!
Bookmark not d
efined.
Stephen Duncan
Boihy, Drumlease Parish, Leitrim County, 183424
To plot some of the above out, one can see the proximity of most of the farm areas being worked
by these Duncans in the first half of the 1800s. Reference Figure 14
Figure 14
Distances (direct line) from Boihy, where Lytle 1804 primarily seemed to reside:
Location
Carrrigeencor
Manor Hamilton
Drumlease
Miles
1.19
3.57
3.78
Kilometers
2.01
5.75
6.32
Actual record states: Towland of Carrigeencor; Parish of Drumlease; County of Leitrim. The National Archives of
Ireland transcription/index states: Townland of Carrigeencor; Parish of Drumgoon; County of Donegal.
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Location
Dromahair Irish Church
where Lytle (1804) is buried
Cloonlogher
Lisgorman
Miles
Kilometers
3.67
6.15
1.71
1.79
2.81
2.89
Few answers to (1804) Lytle’s siblings can be gleaned from the above, but some scant evidence is
enticing on one other Duncan.
In 1833 in the Ireland Tithe Applotment12, see Figure 15, Lytle is documented working and paying
taxes on a plot of land together with a John Duncan26. The two men had a 9 years age difference
with John, at the time, being only 20 years old and both men living in the same town…where other
Duncans also hailed from. Why would the two Duncans share land and taxes? A younger brother?
I would go so far as to postulate probably so. John was married to a Sarah (1813-4/6/1903) dying
on 7/8/1903 a widower at 90 years old at Darkvalley, his death being registered at Manor
Hamilton.27
This suggests to me, a familial relationship between Lytle and John.28
John Duncan was born in about 1813 (making him about 20 years old in 1833 when working with Lytle) and died
in 1903 at 90 years old. Death date and approximate birth according to the Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index,
1864-1958, Volume: 2, Page: 137, FHL Film Number: 101602.
27 John and Sarah had two children: Adam Duncan (1848-3/17/1935) and William Charles Duncan (1871-11/14/1937).
26
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Figure 15- 1833 Boily Tithe Applotment Wherein Lytle and John Duncan Share Working Land
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SARAH JACKSON DUNCAN, September 20, 1807- January 7, 1874
Birth/Death Dates and Birth Location
Sarah Jackson’s possible birth dates and locations, are available from several, at times conflicting,
sources as the name in Ireland and England during the early 1800s was common.
Possible birth locations for a Sarah Jackson include England and Ireland. Given that there is no
known reason to assume Sarah was born in England, and there are records with a birth of a Sarah
Jackson in Ireland in a timeframe supported by her gravestone and death records, I believe she was
born in Ireland where she lived and died.
With respect to Sarah’s birth date, it is believed Sarah was born between 1806 and 1807. These
dates are based on information contained on Sarah’s tombstone, research by Elward G. Burnside29
and interviews with Duncan family members in Canada and the United States now deceased.
Sarah’s death date is more readily determinable and gives support to an 1806/7 birth.
Sarah and Lytle’s tombstone states she died on January 7th, 1874 at 67 years old.
The County Leitrim Burials From 1799 also states Sarah was buried at the Drumlease Parish
Church of Ireland in Dromahaire Township, County Leitrim, Ireland and died on January 7th, 1874
at age 67.
Other records, which are in agreement as to death date, such as the Civil Death Record summarized
below also show that Sarah was a widow at her death, and was attended at death by her son Jackson.
All records of death suggest Sarah’s birth was around 1807 albeit her gravestone states a birth date
of 1806.
Information provided by Elward G. Burnside (2/21/1925-11/13/2003) who conducted preliminary research on items
covered in this document with the assistance of Mrs. John R. Duncan of New Milford, Connecticut and Miss M.J.
Duncan of Vancouver, B.C., all now deceased.
29
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For purposes of my research, given the above I can only assign a birth date for Sarah of 1807 and
have information of her parents.
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CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
The records at the Church of Ireland in Dromahaire are not the best, however, from them and other
sources such as the civil records at Manor Hamilton, it appears Lytle and Sarah Jackson had at
least the following children. First dates in the table below are in some cases baptism dates rather
than birth dates.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Frances
Mary
James
John
Elizabeth
Mary
William
Jackson
Sarah
George
Susannah (Susan)
Henry
Lytle
Birth/Baptism
1/11/1829
3/3/1831
2/1/1832
2/2/1832
3/27/1834
1/11/1837
6/24/1838
6/2/1839
9/25/1841
9/1/1843
1846
~1847
11/8/1848
Death
4/27/1906
3/12/1844
4/25/1868
10/14/1906
6/4/1913
1914
6/2/1905
10/12/1918
4/15/1916
3/28/1912
1895
12/1/1875
9/7/1914
At least nine of Lytle and Sarah’s children immigrated to Canada30 with a number then going to
the United States. All for Jackson and Susannah’s children also appear to have immigrated.
1. Frances “Fannie” Duncan, 1/11/1829- 4/27/1906
Frances is thought by the family to have been born as shown above.
She was unable to write and was reportedly a big woman. 31 On October
4th, 1854 she was married in Dromahair (probably in the Church of
Ireland) to Thomas Davis (11/27/1827- 10/13/1902), eldest son of John
Davis and Mary Williamson in the presence of Allan Davis and John
Duncan, her brother.
Figure 16- Frances
Duncan
Both Maries, Jackson and Susannah remained in Ireland throughout their lives.
Information provided by Elward G. Burnside (2/21/1925-11/13/2003) who conducted preliminary research on items
covered in this document with the assistance of Mrs. John R. Duncan of New Milford, Connecticut and Miss M.J.
Duncan of Vancouver, B.C., all now deceased.
30
31
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Frances and her husband lived on a farm with his brother James and his wife, whom he married
on March 5th, 1860. The farm was a few miles across the valley in the townland of Buggaun and
as late as the early 1970s was still in the Davis name.
The first four of Frances’ children were born in Ireland.
In 1861 Thomas Davis, her husband, went to Canada. Sometime after
4/24/1862 Frances and her four children, ages 6, 3, 2, and 1 boarded a ship
and went to Canada.
Frances and Thomas lived for a few years somewhere in the Gore of
Toronto Township, County of Peel, Ontario, probably near Malton. Later
they lived for some five years on Lot 12 on the Mono side of the Figure 17- Thomas Davis
Mono/Amaranth town line. They did not own land and were described in
a letter dated November 28th, 1868 as “…a poor man with a large family” who was accused of
squatting on land purchased by a George Palmer in October 1854. By 1874, the court found in
favor of Thomas and he was allowed to keep the land and house he had built. Frances spent the
rest of her life on this farm which was still owned by her grandson the early 1970s.
Child/
Grandchild
Born-Died
07/06/185506/16/1936
Sarah J. Burnside 9/5/1877- 11/24/1948
Thomas James
6/3/1882- 10/7/1960
Burnside
John Noble
6/7/1885- ?
Burnside
William George
8/13/1891- 8/19/1964
Burnside32
10/23/1858John Davis33
08/22/1910
Frederick John
10/28/1888- 3/1/1917
Davis34
Herbert James
9/7/1890- 4/19/1950
Davis
Gertrude Davis 4/3/1892- 2/27/1899
Edna Velma
1/28/1894- 1981
Davis
Eliza Jane Davis
Spouse
Born-Died
Thomas Burnside
9/17/1842- 8/29/1894
Henry Anthony Allen 8/11/1875- 11/12/1954
Fannie
Elizabeth
11/24/1879- 8/31/1946
Graham
Jane Carter
12/31/1887- 11/2/1953
Blanche
Aileen
10/4/1903- 7/16/1995
Spragg
Alice
“Allie”
9/15/1865-10/21/1927
Elizabeth Harris
N/A
Clara Aleta Lindsay
N/A
Robert
Ferguson
Edwin
3/30/1896- 6/8/1987
10/12/1893- 1963
Father of Elward G. Burnside (2/21/1925-11/13/2003) who conducted extensive preliminary research on items
covered in this document with assistance of Mrs. John R. Duncan of New Milford, Connecticut and Miss M.J. Duncan
of Vancouver, BC, now all deceased.
33 Married in Ontario, Canada 2/8/1888.
34 Died in WWI as a Sgt. Buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
32
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Child/
Grandchild
Born-Died
Spouse
Born-Died
Lillian B Raper35
Evak Grass36
5/28/1897- 11/23/1921
1904- ?
2/20/1899- 9/1/1993
Huldah M. Phenning
12/29/1907- 2/21/1980
3/13/1901- 1979
Ernest Wheatley
1908-1968
2/6/1909- 10/20/1944
Violet Evelyn
1/19/1912- 1982
12/08/185907/20/1921
Malcom Davie
2/2/1846- 1/9/1929
1/18/1880- 11/1/1931
Rachel
Thompson
4/10/1882- 2/27/1950
John Alfred Myers
5/18/1884- 5/14/1969
Vera
Josephine
10/13/1893- 4/25/1970
Henderson
10/6/1888- 8/20/1960
Velma Tressa King
9/20/1898- 7/7/1975
5/22/1891- 3/8/1976
Violet
Burnett
2/19/1890- ?
9/9/1894- 10/5/1947
Iva Jane Palmer
7/20/1902- 9/19/1963
3/12/1898- 5/14/1969
Manola Alice Witt
9/7/1907- 12/21/1999
5/10/1861- 02/27/1938
William Ewing
2/12/1854- 7/1/1940
11/22/1886- 5/4/1966
Albert William East
4/24/1890- 11/15/1945
4/19/1887- 1/2/1919
Clara Maude East
10/16/1884- 1/6/1976
10/20/1889- 4/5/1953
Ida May Elgie
2/25/1894- 12/21/1971
6/10/1899- 9/16/1961
Ellen Hanney
7/1890- ?
Raymond Davis 11/25/1896- ?
Francis Leslie
Davis
Gladys Marie
Davis
Hazel Loreen
Davis
Eva Winnifred
Davis
Oakley Lorna
Davis37
Sarah Davis
Thomas John
Davie
Frances Ellen
Davie
William Malcom
Davie
George Lytle
Davie
James Alexander
Davie
Robert Henry
Davie
Edward Lawrence
Davie
Mary Davis
Frances (Hannie)
Jane Ewing
Alfred (Albert)
Ernest Ewing
John Alexander
Ewing
William Cecil
Ewing
3/17/1903- 5/15/1968
1/26/1906- ?
Maud
Matilda
6141886- 4/18/1978
12/31/1874- 2/1/1943
Married to Raymond Davis on 11/4/1920.
Married to Raymond Davis on 9/16/1925.
37 Killed in action in Italy, WWII.
35
36
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Child/
Grandchild
Thomas James
Davis
Thomas James
Roy Davis
Annie Gertrude
Davis
Frances Myrtle
Davis
Hazel Beatrice
Davis
Mabel Edna
Davis
Bertha Irene
Davis
William Russel
Davis
Herbert Madill
Davis
Margaret Davis
Jean Bernice
Davis
George
Lytle
Davis
George Hazard
Davis
John Lorne Davis
Theresa Eugene
Davis
Annie Hellen
“Nellie” Davis
Vera Elizabeth
Davis
Grace Marion
Davis
Doreen Davis
XXX Davis
Born-Died
Spouse
Born-Died
03/01/186512/27/1918
Maggie Still
8/3/1870- 4/28/1963
4/9/1893- 10/2/1965
3/23/1895- 12/27/1963
3/23/1895- ?
2/1/1897- 11/2/1935
12/7/1898- 8/1989
4/14/1901- 5/21/1971
11/3/1903- 4/11/1978
7/25/1906- 2/25/1982
2/3/1908- 8/29/1990
9/18/1911- 1/14/2001
Frances
“Fanny”
11/12/1894-2/3/1986
Erwilda Rintoul
William
Benjamin
5/29/1886- 5/3/1953
Marshall
William
Thomas
2/16/1887- ?
Ferguson
Hugh Belcher
Lionel
Edwy
Reynolds
Arthur
David
McConnell
Sadie Alberta Bernice
Myers
Wilda
Mina
Hammond
Erdmund Brayford
Lorne
George
Leonard
1/18/1888- 6/23/1977
1/1/1899- 3/29/1931
4/7/1893- 6/7/1974
4/5/1910- 5/9/1992
2/28/1914- 1/23/2004
3/5/1906- 4/17/1989
5/18/1904- ?
09/08/186906/30/1941
Jemima Still
9/2/1872- 9/14/1955
3/5/1897- 5/14/1964
Agnes Jane Elgie
2/26/1899-1982
5/13/1899- 2/1/1969
Flossie May Petch
8/22/1903- 5/13/1992
6/30/1903- 1978
Mervin Speers
2/28/1893-3/13/1962
7/24/1905- 11/30/1910
NA
4/23/1908- 10/8/1908
NA
4/18/1910- 1998
9/19/1911-8/4/1995
8/11/1901-8/11/1901
Duncan Grant Nixon
3/24/1908- 2000
Bell
John Esmil Speers
711901- 1969
NA
Thomas died October 13, 1902 and Elizabeth on April 27, 1906. Both are buried in Shelburne
cemetery.
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2. Mary Duncan, 03/03/1831-3/12/1844
Two children by the name of Mary appear in the Dromahair Church records as daughters of Lytle
and Sarah. The first Mary, birth date shown above, died at a relatively early age. Summaries of
Mary’s birth and death information are contained below.38 No further information is known for
this Mary. It was common during this time period if a child was lost at a very early age to name a
later child with the same name. This appears to be the case with Mary.
Note the two death notices contained herein for Mary Duncan, show two Mary Duncans’ deaths recorded at the
Drumlease Church Of Ireland, Leitrim, Ireland in February and March of 1844. While the stated age at death of either
does not fit exactly with Mary’s birthdate, one or the other would appear to be the correct Mary with an error on the
death age. I have elected to proceed with the death date shown above.
38
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3. James Duncan, 02/01/1832- 04/25/1868
James was born in Bohey, Ireland and baptized on 2/1/1832 in
Dromahair.39 He left Ireland for the United States, arriving May 4, 1849
in Philadelphia on the ship Vermont and was naturalized on 11/3/1856.
James appears to have been drafted and served in the Civil War, and after
the war was a shoemaker until his death. He was buried in the New
Philadelphia Cemetery. Information documenting James’ life has been
difficult to uncover.
Figure 18- James Duncan
39
The family history states James was born on 1/11/1829.
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4. John Duncan 2/2/1832- 10/14/1906
John and his brothers Henry and William first immigrated to Canada from
Bohey, Leitrim, Ireland. 40 John was married in Canada in 1867 to Eliza
Allingham (2/19/1841-1/6/1933) who was also born in Bohey and was the
daughter of Robert Allingham and Grace Seabury. She was also the sister
of John’s brother Henry’s wife, Hannah Allingham.
John went to New Milford, Connecticut in 1871 and farmed there on the
Second Hill Road. John and Eliza had three children, none of whom
married or had children. Robert Lytle was born in Canada, the other
children were born in Connecticut.
Child
Robert
Lytle
Duncan
John J. Duncan
Sarah G. Duncan
Born-Died
Spouse
(4/24/1868- 1/20/1952)
N/A
(6/12/1871- 6/11/1954)
(2/28/1874- 5/10/1964)
N/A
N/A
Figure 19- John Duncan
Born-Died
John died at 75 in 1906; Eliza died in 1933 at 92 years old. Both are buried in Center Cemetery
in New Milford, Connecticut.
Provided by Mrs. John R. Duncan (Joycie Ohmen) whose husband was the grandson of William Duncan
(6/24/1838-6/2/1905).
40
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5. Elizabeth “Eliza” Duncan, 3/27/1834- 6/4/1913
Known as Eliza, Elizabeth was born in Bohey, Leitrim, Ireland in 1834 to Lytle and Sarah Duncan.
Eliza was married on 12/31/1857 to Richard Duncan (7/13/1827- 5/16/1899) of Carrick,
Ireland…son of John Duncan, a farmer there. They were married in the Drumlease Church of
Ireland in Dromahair, Leitrim, Ireland.
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According to Eliza’s obituary, she and her husband came to Canada in 1867. They initially settled
in York Township where they were residents until 1872. All Eliza and Richard’s children, except
Lytle, were born in Ireland; Lytle was born in Canada. The 1871 Canadian census list Richard as
a laborer. While census are notoriously inaccurate on ages, it lists the following residents in their
household: Richard 46, Eliza 38, Margaret 12, Sarah 11, Mary Jane 9, John 7 and Lytle Jackson
2.
The Amaranth Assessment Rolls which go back to 1852 show that in 1847 Richard and Eliza had
5 acres cleared, one cow, and by 1876 had 15 acres cleared and 3 cows and 2 pigs. They are listed
as Methodists, although later in life Eliza went to the Presbyterian Church. Richard died 5/16/1899
at 75. Both Richard and Eliza were buried in Shelburne, Cemetery in Shelburne, Dufferin County,
Ontario, Canada
Child/
Grandchild
Margaret
Duncan41
Robert Thomas
Buchanan43
Sarah Duncan
Born-Died
Spouse
Born-Died
10/17/1858-7/31/1929
Robert Buchanan42
2/22/1852- 12/22/1930
4/21/1878-10/19/1930
Evangeline Whitehead
10/1875- 4/16/1966
2/14/1860-5/26/1932
John Hammond44
11/28/1852- 11/7/1938
Margaret came to Canada with her parents at about the age of 12. She married Robert Buchanan (who was born in
Canada) on 3/23/1881 in Dufferin, Ontario, Canada. If doing further research, beware of other Robert and Margaret
Buchanan couples associated with a family group in Ireland as they are not the correct couple.
42 Robert was married to a Miss Sarah Jane Shaw (1854-1878/1881) on 7/12/1877 in Canada prior to marrying
Margaret Duncan on 3/23/1881.
43 Robert T. Buchanan was the child of Robert Buchanan and his first wife Sarah Jane Shaw who appears to have died
in childbirth.
44 John married Ann Rintoul on 3/6/1878 and Sarah Duncan on 3/8/1882.
41
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Child/
Grandchild
Eliza Jane
Hammond45
John Russell
Hammond46
Mary
Jane
Duncan47
John Duncan48
John Richard
Duncan
Clifford Edward
Duncan
Elwin Armstrong
Duncan
Lytle
Jackson
Duncan49
Murial Viola
Duncan50
Elvira Victoria
Duncan51
Gertrude Laura
Duncan
Rubie/Ruby Irene
Duncan
William Douglas
Duncan
Kenneth Duncan
Born-Died
Spouse
1/1/1892- 1/27/1986
Born-Died
-
-
3/4/1895- 8/1/1983
Queenie Irene “Elsie”
6/13/1897- 3/8/1994
Sparling
12/21/1861- 4/27/1954
Robert Rintoul
1/17/1864 - 8/8/1926
Eliza Jane Armstrong 5/6/1873- 3/8/1936
“Evelyn” Sarah Ann
1903- 1970
Duke
10/13/1904- 1970
1/13/1852- ?
11/27/1906- 11/28/1977
Eva M.
1/3/1909-
Pearl
9/1870-8/6/1919
Lizzie Churchill
1/10/1876-
3/9/1901-6/17/1967
Charles
Churchill52
9/14/1898- 9/9/1963
6/30/1903- 8/31/1944
Thomas Bolt53
1/26/1906- 5/27/1991
Thomas
Vernon
5/15/1900- 11/13/1973
William Bolt54
11/5/1907-10/30/1918
N/A
1918- 3/7/1971
-
6/5/1898- ~ 1976
Wesley
1899- 9/1966
Immigrated to Niagra Falls, New York, USA in 9/15/1943.
Married on 7/21/1928 in York, Ontario, Canada. Both he and his wife were born in Canada, and died in
Massachusetts, USA.
47 Married 6/17/1886 in Black's Corners, Ontario, Canada.
48 Appears to have lived with his sister Mary Jane and husband Robert Rintoul in 1891 according to census.
49 Given Richard and Eliza immigrate to Canada in 1867, Lytle Jackson was the only one of the children born in
Canada, and was in 1893 a driver with the Toronto Street Railway living with his sisters in Toronto. He died of a
broken neck following a fall.
50 Appears to have travelled to England in 1921.
51 Married on 12/7/1926 in Manhattan, NY; some records reflect the first name “Elman”.
52 Immigrated to NY 9/21/1925.
53 Born in Yorkshire England; came to Canada on 7/26/1913 with his brother Thomas Vernon William Bolt, and
married Gertrude on 9/6/1922 in York, Ontario, Canada. Returned to England prior to his death and died there.
54 Born in Yorkshire England. Brother of Thomas Bolt. Immigrated to Canada on 7/26/1913.
45
46
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6. Mary Duncan, 1/11/1837- 1914
The second daughter of Lytle and Sarah named Mary was baptized and probably born in January
1837 (see record contained below).
Mary lived with her family in Bohey and at 21, was married John Jameson (1837-3/1895)55, son
of Francis Jamison a farmer, in the Church of Dromahair in the presence of Richard and Jackson
Duncan (her brothers) on 1/7/1861. This according to Irish Marriages 1845-1958 (see record
below). She and John remained in Ireland their entire lives as did her children.
55
Spelled Jamison and Jameson in differing documents.
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Children:
Child
Born-Died
Grandchild
Sarah Jameson
8/1/1867- 12/1905
Eliza Jane Jameson 11/18/1873- 1873
Jane Jameson
10/1/1875- 10/4/1945
Spouse
Born-Died
N/A
Isaac Mercer
1849- 10/2/1945
7. William Duncan, 6/24/1838- 6/2/1905
William and his brothers Henry and John first imigrated to Canada from Bohey, Leitrim, Ireland,
and then went to New Milford, Connecticut. 56 The immigration into the US occurred prior to the
birth of his first child in 1861. William farmed in New Milford on the River Road, and later died
in 1905 of a heart attack. He was married to Anna Meehan (11/24/1838- 4/28/1922) of
Dromahair, Leitrim, Ireland.
Their children and grandchildren were:
Child
Grandchild
Born-Died
Spouse
Born-Died
Ellen L. Duncan
1861- 1938
William H. Duncan
William H. Duncan
John B. Duncan
Kathleen Duncan
John Roland
Duncan57
Robert Duncan58
1862- 1887
1887- 5/12/1962
11/14/1865- 1923
1/18/1877- 4/30/1976
Minard
W.
Thomas
Agnes Shannon
Wilhelmina Nass
Eliza Powers
Clayton A Shores
5/4/1888- 1/1/1960
Joycie Ohmen
1/26/1871- 7/17/1951
Martha Peck
11/1872-1946
Rudolph
Joseph
Violette &
XXX Duffy
Hannah Kane
4/1875- 1960
Joseph J. Wallbank 1869-1931
Mary Gaylord
1905-?
Duncan59
Charles Duncan
Anna B. Duncan
Joseph A. Wallbank
Pauls D. Wallbank60
1/26/1871- 4/7/1943
3/16/1873- 8/11/1957
8/19/1898- 10/25/1968
1908- 2/12/1945
Edythe G. Wyman
1860-1915
1864-1922
Aug 1866-1929
12/25/1885-5/29/1943
2/1889-4/18/1970
12/10/1909-8/20/2006
Provided by Mrs. John R. Duncan (Joycie Ohmen) whose husband was the grandson of William Duncan
(6/24/1838-6/2/1905).
57 John and Joycie had three children. Kenneth Duncan (1914-1914); David Duncan (1916-1992); and Edwin Duncan
(1922-1944). David Duncan married Dorothy May Ware (1920-2003) and their son is Robert E. Duncan (1950-?)
author of this paper and great great grandson of William Duncan.
58 Robert and his brother Charles were twins.
59 Mary and Rudolph, her first husband, had a daughter Elaine Mary Voilette who married Joseph Nere Roy.
60 Paul died in WWII and is buried in Manila, Phillipines.
56
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Child
Born-Died
Grandchild
William H.
10/2/1910-4/11/1947
Wallbank
Spouse
Born-Died
Florence Evelyn ?
1917-
8. Jackson Duncan, 6/2/1839- 10/12/1918
Jackson was named after his mother, and the name was used frequently in the Duncan family over
the years.
Jackson spent his life on the farm on which he was born in Boihy, Cloonlougher, Leitrim County,
Ireland dying at 80 years old. Jackson married, Eliza Dundas (9/15/1839- February 22, 1915) in
Bohey, Fermaugh, Ireland on 8/2/1865. Eliza died in 1915 at 70 years of age.
Jackson and Eliza are buried in the Dromahair Churchyard in Leitrim county, Ireland. A
tombstone (see Figure 20), which listed also Lytle and Sarah, was erected by Jackson, and lists
Jackson, Eliza and three of their childrens’ death dates and ages when they died. 61
The County Leitrim Burials, From 1799, Part 1, compiled by Eleen Hewson FRGS, The Kabristan Archives Wem
also reflects Eliza’s death date as February 22, 1915.
61
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Figure 20- Tombstone Erected By Jackson For Lytle and
Sarah with His Family Information As Well
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Children:
Child/Grandchild62
John Duncan
Lytle J. Duncan63
Edward Duncan
Aurthur Jackson
Duncan64
Born-Died
6/18/1866- 6/17/1867
5/20/1868- 11/15/1949
Died in infancy
Spouse
N/A
Jane Craig
N/A
Born-Died
4/3/1893-
Agnes Meharg65
2/23/1895-
Edna Lyle Duncan 7/11/1896- 1936
Frank H. Duncan 7/29/1892-Died at birth
Stanley Duncan 4/24/1904- 3/19/1943
Fannie Duncan
3/1/1871- 3/18/1946
Grenville Jackson
8/12/1909Rowland
Sarah Duncan66
1874- 6/20/1893
Francis
“Frank”
7/18/1877- 1940
Duncan67
Mason
Gilmore
N/A
1869 - 5/19/1944
Palmer
11/16/1894- 1970
Rev. David John 9/14/1873Rowland
1/2/1947
Kenna
Cecilia
8/18/1909MacDonald
N/A
Lizzie XXX
1879- 3/25/1963
The late Miss M.J. Duncan who lived at 2909 Alder St., Vancouver, B.C. provided much of the information on
Jackson’s family.
63 Lytle came to Canada at the age of 16, worked as a salesman for John McDonald and Co. In 1901 he became a
partner in Denton, Mitchell & Duncan, Wholesale Dry Goods , 81 Wellington St. w., Toronto, Ontario. When the
business was sold in 1928, he went into insurance and for 20 years was with Continental Life Insurance. He was an
original member of Timothy Eaton United Church. His wife was Jane Craig who died May 19, 1944. They had five
children. Lytle died at home after suffering a stroke.
64 Graduate of the University of Toronto and was studying law at Osgoode Hall when he was sent overseas in WW I
and never returned.
65 Real name was Agnes Muriel Isabel Powell Meharg.
66 Sarah and her five year old sister, Susan, died of diphtheria in 1893. Sarah died in Bohey at 19 years old.
67 “Frank” lived on the old Duncan farm in Ireland until August 1922 and then came to Canada with his wife, “Lizzie”,
whom he married in 1916. They farmed near Churchill, Ontario. A brother Jackson, unmarried, lived with them.
62
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Child/Grandchild62
Jackson Duncan68
Elizabeth Duncan69
Mary Jane Duncan70
Susan
(Susanna)
Duncan71
Born-Died
5/13/1879 – 9/23/1938
4/27/1883- 10/13/1929
5/22/1885- 3/24/1963
Spouse
N/A
N/A
William Smith
8/9/1888-5/3/1893
N/A
Born-Died
~1881-
9. Sarah Duncan, 9/25/1841- 4/15/1916
Sarah Duncan was married to John Alexander
(9/13/1830- 3/6/1897). John Alexander joined
the Toronto police force and retired as an
Inspector of Police in 1887. On March 6th,
1897 he died of a heart attack.
City directories show the Alexanders living at Figure 22- John Alexander
Figure 21- Sarah Duncan
148 Ontario St., Toronto. Before Sarah’s death
on April 15, 1916 she had moved to 429 Ontario St., and her son was listed as still there in 1929.
The probate of her will in 1916 lists Sarah J. Breen, Lillian M. Shaw, and Ethel Alexander and son
John J.
Frank had no children, and his wife lived in the Georgian Manor, Penetang, Ontario after suffering a stroke in 1957
until her death o 3/25/1963.
68 Jackson lived as a batchelor with Francis “Frank” Duncan and his wife on the old Duncan farm until August 1922
whenhe, Frank, and Lizzie moved to Canada on the ship Montrose. Jackson remained single throughout life.
69 Elizabeth was born in Ireland, went to Canada and subsequently became a nurse in the United States where she
developed Tuberculosis. She then returned to British Columbia in 1929 where she died. Death is as shown or possibly
10/30/1930. It does not appear she ever married.
70 Mary Jane lived in Vancouver after coming to Canada in 1908 with her sister, Fannie, who had been home in Ireland
on a visit. After training at Toronto General Hospital, she graduated in 1912. In May, 1914 she returned to Ireland
to see her parents and was to return in August of 1914, however the outbreak of war and her mother’s health caused
her to stay there until 1919. During her stay, she married William Smith on 4/17/1917 in Ancoats, Lancashire,
England.
71
Died of diphtheria.
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The full family of children are listed below.
Child/Grandchild
Born-Died
Sarah J. Alexander
6/18/1867- 4/28/1933
Sadie Maude Breen 9/15/1901- 7/6/1907
George Alexander
6/8/1906- ?
Breen
Mabel Isabel Breen 6/7/1906- 2/23/1955
Mary
Ann
Alexander
Letitia Alexander
George
Henry
Alexander
Mabel
Louisa
Alexander
Ethel
Frances
Alexander
Lillian
Maud
Alexander
Edith Lillian Shaw
John
Jackson
Alexander
1869-1870
Infant death
1/13/1871- 9/9/1912
1872-1872
Infant death
4/20/1875- 10/16/1875
Infant death
Spouse
George
Breen
N/A
Melville
Coleman
Born-Died
Hurst
Herbert
1854-3/16/1941
1/8/1906-2001
N/A
N/A
N/A
8/13/1877- 3/30/1944
10/10/1907- 1998
Edwin
Shaw
-
9/6/1881-112/21/1943
-
7/21/1879- 6/22/1954
Ruthvine
8/23/1881- 1/1/1953
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10. George Duncan, 9/1/1843- 3/28/1912
George Duncan was born in Carraigeencore, Ireland, but migrated to New York in 1864/1865. He
married Anne Skelly (1846- 4/30/1905)72 on 6/26/1872 in Kings, New York. It is unknown if
George participated in the US Civil War, but base upon his arrival date in the US, probably did
not. In 1870 George was listed as a porter but apparently moved on to being a booker in real estate.
One child was born as shown below. George is listed as a widower living in New York with his
son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in 1901.
Child/Grandchild
Born-Died
George J. Duncan
1882-2/9/1935
Jennie Duncan 1905- Before 1920
Spouse
Louise M. Segelcke
N/A
Born-Died
4/1881-?
11. Susanna “Susan” Duncan, 1/1/1845- 4/4/1895
Susanna (later Susan) was born in Carrigeencor, Leitrim, Ireland. Her death was recorded as
having occurred in Dark Valley, Leitrim, Ireland. She was married to Lytle Dundas (Unknown3/26/1900) (sometimes spelled Lyttle) on 7/31/1865 in Drumlease, Ireland. They are believed to
have stayed in Ireland.
Children:
Child/Grandchild
Lytle Dundas73
James Dundas75
Frank W Dundas
John Lyle Dundas76
George Dundas77
Elizabeth/
Lizzie
Dundas78
Born-Died
1/8/1872- 12/14/189874
2/8/18741913-1992
5/31/1918- 5/5/1998
6/2/1876-1/21/1946
2/2/1877- 3/5/1962
Spouse
Della
Louise Jamieson
Cecilia Shaw
Marguerite
Eva Rowan
James
Morris
Rowland79
Born-Died
18731916- 1/28/1978
18201876- ?
9/20/187412/17/1960
There is also an Anne Skelly born in 1842 and who died on 3/28/1906 in Kings, NY. As the 1905 census does not
show Anne Skelly as part of George’s household, I believe this Anne Skelly is not the wife of George.
73 In 1894 Lytle was living at 523 Greenwich St., New York, NY.. Lytle died of typhoid fever according to a family
letter from his wife.
74 Death date established by letter from Lytle’s wife Della (maiden surname unknown) stating Lytle had died on the
above cited date from Typhoid fever. This according to interviews by Elward G Burnside in the late 1960s.
75 Immigrated to Canada in ~1896. Married 5/10/1909.
76 Born in Toronto, Canada; took a trip with his family to Northern Ireland and returned to Canada in 8/20/1927;
immigrated to Detroit, Michigan, USA on 10/8/1947 with his wife Marguerite; died in Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida,
USA. In some records listed as “Tyle”.
77 George Dundas immigrated to Canada in 1898 and was well known to the Davises in Toronto. He died at his home
at 21 Riddelle Ave., Toronto, Canada.
78 Elizabeth/Lizzie Dundas was born in Count Monaghan, Ireland married James Rowland (both of Ireland) on
10/28/1904 in York, Ontario, Canada.
79 Depending upon where you look (e.g., the 1911 and 1921 Canadian Census) John’s last name is spelled both
“Rowland” and “Roland”.
72
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Child/Grandchild
George Victor
Rowland
Evelyn E Rowland80
Margaretta Georgina
Rowland
James Ernest
Rowland
Born-Died
8/6/1905- 5/26/1981
Spouse
Eleanor
Hinves
Born-Died
Maude
6/16/1909-
12/24/1907- 11/22/1949
2/4/1911- 4/8/1971
6/14/1915- 3/14/1992
Frederick
Dixon
Able Sheard
Thelma
Beatrice
Elizabeth Burns
2/6/19071/17/1953
6/13/191710/20/1984
12. Henry Duncan, ~1847- 12/1/1875
Henry was born in Ireland. Henry is thought to have gone first to Canada with his two brothers
John and William and then moved with them to Connecticut. 81 He died in New York City at 28
years of age, and it is believed he was on the police force. His wife, Hannah Allingham
(7/2/1843- 12/23/1932), was born in Bohey, Leitrim, Ireland and was a sister of Eliza (Allingham)
Duncan (his brother John’s wife). Like her sister Eliza, she too lived to an old age of 89 and died
in New Milford, Connecticut at the home of her sister. There were no children.
13. Lytle Duncan, 11/8/1848- 9/7/1914
Although some nieces and nephews never heard of many of their Duncan aunts and uncles,
everyone appears to have known Lytle. Lytle married Mary Ann (Minnie A.) McIntyre
(7/19/1850-2/26/1921) of Oxford County, Ontario on 13 October, 1874. 82
Lytle is mentioned in the book, The Methodist Churches of Toronto, where he is referred to as a
conspicuous figure at Queen St., Methodist Church in Toronto. Here he was a class leader, local
preacher and a member of the official Board of the church. His obituary said he was also interested
in temperance and reform work.
Lytle came to Toronto in 1867 at the age of 19 and was for some time connected with the railways,
later embarking in the dry goods trade at 550 Queen St. W., Toronto, Ontario.
Evelyn is shown in the 1921 Canadian Census as a 12 year old daughter of James and Lizzie; however, in the 1911
Census she was not mentioned and should have been born by then. Of note is that a “Vivian” – with the same birth
year and Evelyn- was listed in the 1911 Census but was not mentioned in the 1921 Census or in any other records I
can find. This suggests there was a name change for Vivian, for some reason, between 1911 and 1921 and they are
the same person.
81 Provided by Mrs. John R. Duncan (Joycie Ohmen) whose husband was the grandson of William Duncan
(6/24/1838-6/2/1905).
82 Lytle and Minnie’s marriage was contracted on 10/13/1873 but had a 1 year delay built in and thus completed
exactly one year later on 10/13/1874.
80
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Their children are shown below.
Child/Grandchild
Born-Died
Wilbert
(Willis)
4/15/1876- 02/23/1952
Jackson Duncan
Mary Jane Duncan 1912-1/31/1993
Dorothy F. Duncan
Sarah Jane “Jennie”
Duncan84
Ethelwyn M. Powell
Borden Brone
Duncan Powell
Marion (Margo) E
Powell
7/17/187485- 10/18/1942
4/30/1897- ?
6/10/1903- 1/21/1948
Harold C. Madsen
5/18893/15/190111/24/1959
Rev. Gideon Little 7/30/1866Powell
8/14/1945
Charles Gloo Murray 189811/18/1904Elsie Mae Conger
10/27/1991
10/3/1905- 2002
Shirley L Powell 1916-?
Robert L. Duncan
9/17/1878- 6/20/1879
3/22/1880- 2/3/1948
Duncan Thomas
7/14/1903-1957 or ‘58
Sharpe
Theodore Lytle
8/8/1906- 3/2/1986
Sharpe, MO88
Mary Jeanette Sharpe 11/15/1909- 4/1973
Edith Ann Sharpe 11/3/1912- 8/17/2002
George Duncan
Born-Died
Fay
10/24/1912- ?
“John” Lytle Powell 2/11/1910- 5/5/1950
Ethel Anne Duncan
Spouse
Georgia
Risdon83
Born and died 8/14/1881
Dorothy
Louise
Musgrave86
W. James Crater
N/A
Rev.
Theodore
Thomas Sharpe87
5/15/19191/21/1976
1918-
Marion S. Rolfe
2/19/1899- 1/1985
1/4/18766/26/1954
Neva
Gael 2/15/1911McCampbell.
6/27/1979
Ross S. Carson
6/13/1909Carl Galbreath
5/11/1977
N/A
Lytle, his wife and three children are buried in the northwest corner (Plot C, Sec. 5, Lot 12) of
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.
Wilbert and Georgia were married in 12/27/1910 but later divorced.
Married Rev. Gideon Little Powell on 6/26/1895. Migrated to United States in 1905, traveling in the West and
settling in Pennsylvania.
85 Death certificate states her birth was 7/21/1874.
86 Married David Charles Couch on 5/23/1941; married John Lytle Powell on 8/10/1957.
87 Married Ethel on 10/15/1902 and lived in many states in the US. Listed as a minister and also, at times, a
psychologist. Thanks to Neva Gael Brandon for information on the Sharpes.
88 Born in Wisconsin, USA.
83
84
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LYTLE DUNCAN (1804 – 12/24/1872) to ROBERT E. DUNCAN (10/30/1950)
Name
Lytle Duncan
William Duncan
John B Duncan
John Roland Duncan
David Duncan
Robert Edwin Duncan
Birth/Death
1804- 12/24/1872
6/24/1838- 6/2/1905
11/14/1865- 1/17/1923
5/4/1888- 1/23/1960
9/14/1916- 5/1/1992
10/30/1950- Living
Robert E. Duncan was born in Atlanta, Georgia, attended the Westminster High School in Atlanta.
He later graduated from college at the Virginia Military Institute in 1972. From there he served
23 years in the United States Air Force as a fighter pilot and war planner while also obtaining a
Masters of Science degree from the University of Southern California. Following his retirement
from the Air Force, Robert worked 20 years in corporate America as a crisis manager and disaster
recovery planner for various corporations as a consultant and in-house executive. He now is retired
and resides in Canton, Georgia. He is married to Kathy Entrekin and has two children: David
Duncan and Michelle Duncan.
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