Minerva Duncan1844–
- Name
- Minerva Duncan
- Given names
- Minerva
- Surname
- Duncan
 Birth | about 1844 44 40 Note: Birth place/year based on 1850 Census |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas Duncan before November 3, 1845 (Age 22 months) |
| Death of a father | Philip Duncan about 1845 (Age 12 months) Note: Died before 1850 Census |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | October 28, 1850 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Elizabeth Duncan about 1865 (Age 21 years) Note: Sarah was listed in the 1860 Census; but, could not be found in the 1870 Census. Her youngest daughter, Lucinda, was shown in the 1870 Census living with Mary (sister) and John Black (Mary's husband). It is assumed that Sarah died sometime between the 1860 and 1870 Census. |
| Death of a brother | Thomas F Duncan about 1865 (Age 21 years) Note: Assumed he died in the Civil War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Crawford about 1884 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | John Arthur Bryan Duncan July 4, 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Jane Duncan September 29, 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 74 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Duncan June 12, 1922 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 85 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 97 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 106 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 102 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Philip Duncan Birth: about 1800 35 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1845 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Crawford Birth: about 1804 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1884 — Faulkner, Arkansas, United States |
|
Marriage: October 25, 1821 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
|
|
6 years elder sister |
Eliza Duncan Birth: about 1827 27 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
|
22 months elder brother |
John Arthur Bryan Duncan Birth: November 11, 1828 28 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 4, 1912 — Tennessee, United States |
|
4 years elder sister |
Sarah Elizabeth Duncan Birth: about 1832 32 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1865 — Crawford, Arkansas, United States |
|
2 years elder brother |
Thomas F Duncan Birth: about 1833 33 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1865 |
|
4 years elder brother |
Wiley Duncan Birth: about 1836 36 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
|
2 years elder sister |
Nancy Jane Duncan Birth: May 9, 1838 38 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 29, 1912 — Arkansas, United States |
|
8 months elder sister |
Cynthia Duncan Birth: about 1838 38 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
|
4 years elder sister |
Martha Elizabeth Duncan Birth: June 2, 1842 42 38 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 12, 1922 — Dallas, Texas, United States |
|
3 years herself |
Minerva Duncan Birth: about 1844 44 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
Minerva Duncan has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (14)
Parents Benjamin Duncan + Vita “Lucy” Fortner
Mother's family (0)
| Birth | Birth place/year based on 1850 Census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Crawford - Household
Butler, Missouri, United States
|