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Duncan Family History
Duncan Genealogy & Family TreeDuncan is a Scottish surname from Forfarshire, Scotland, where the family descended from Dunchad the Abbott of Iona in the 8th Century. It comes from the Gaelic donnchad which means “brown warrior.” In recent years, it is often used as a given name. The family motto is Disce pati which means “learn to suffer.”
Other spellings include “Duncans,” “Dunecan,” “Dunckans,” “Dunkan,” “Dunekan,” “Dunckane,” “Dunkane,” “Duncin,” “Duncen,” and “Duncine.” Notable people with the surname include British actress Lindsay Duncan (About Time, Alice in Wonderland, Under the Tuscan Sun), American baseball player Dave Duncan (Arizona Diamondbacks), American dancer Isadora Duncan, and American actor Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile, Sin City, Armageddon). The first Duncan to come to America was Nathaniel Duncan in Massachusetts in 1630.
Duncan Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Lenora Mattie Duncan -- --, 1865 September 1, 1929 Illinois
- Robert S Duncan -- --, 1793 December 0, 1861
- Blanchie Duncan -- --, 1894 February 11, 1967 Arkansas
- Emily Duncan -- --, 1794 December 0, 1820 Georgia
- Patricia M Duncan -- --, 1945 March 0, 2001 Nevada
Duncan Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Verda Emma Duncan -- --, 1917 December 19, 1995 Missouri
- Mary Polly Duncan -- --, 1812 May 24, 1852 Kentucky
- Thomas Duncan -- --, 1635 January 2, 1689
- James Eddy Duncan -- --, 1868 December 0, 1958 New York
- James Eddy Duncan -- --, 1911 July 28, 1993 Missouri
