Listed below are the descendants of George Elliot Duncan and Mina Church. George was the son of David and Emma Jane Whitney, Emma was the daughter of Joshua and Mabel (Head) Whitney.
From left to right, front row: Dick, Jimmy, Buddy, and Bob. Back row from left to right: George Elliot Duncan, Dorothy (Seybert) Duncan and Clive Elliot Duncan, photo taken in April 1948.
George Elliot Duncan, his wife Mina (Church)
Duncan and son Clive Elliot Duncan, photo taken in 1923.
George Elliot Duncan and Mina
Church had two children:
Clive E. Duncan and Dorothy Irene (Seybert) in 1949.
1.1.1 Clive Elliot Duncan, was born on 21 July 1911 in Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan and died on 25 October 1972 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He was the son of George Elliot Duncan and Mina Church. Clive was an avid fisherman and lived at Pine Lake and later Sunset Lake in Vicksburg. When I was a small boy he once made me a fishing pole from some parts in his workshop and took me bass fishing before the season had started. He caught and released at least five nice fish in an hour--I never had a bite. My grandfather let me reel in each of the fish he hooked. I still have a couple of the lures that he made by hand.
Clive married Dorothy Irene Seybert on 25 October 1931 in Kalamazoo, Michigan (click on her parent's name for Seybert/Bixler family data). Dorothy was the daughter of William K. Seybert and Cloa Bixler. Dorothy died in October 1958, her obituary appeared in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 17 October 1958. Clive and Dorothy had five sons and one daughter. Clive married (2nd) his sister-in-law Edith (Seybert) Terrell. His obituary was published in the Kalamazoo Gazette in October 1972:
Clive Duncan, on the right, with a nice catch in 1957.
“Duncan, Mr. Clive E.,
2525 W. Milham Ave.,
Portage—Passed away Oct. 25, 1972 at Franklin Community Hospital. Mr. Duncan was born July 21, 1911, in Alma, Mich., the son of George and Mina Elliot [sic, should read George Elliot and Mina Church] Duncan and had been a resident of Kalamazoo most of his life. He was a tool designer and was employed at Rapid Design Co., Grand Rapids. Mr. Duncan was a member of the Eastwood Church of God. He was married to Dorothy Irene Seybert on Oct. 31, 1931 [sic, should read 25 October], who passed away in Oct. of 1958. He was then married to Edith L. Terrell, who survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Miss Julie Ann, Kalamazoo; 4 sons, Robert E., Kalamazoo, Bud A., Vicksburg, Richard W., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. And James of Portage; 9 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Joldersma & Klein Funeral Home, where services will be held Friday at 2 o’clock, Rev. Harold Minkler officiating. Interment in the Riverside Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to the Eastwood Church of God or Franklin Community Hospital."
Clive and Dorothy are both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo.
Dorothy, her daughter Julie, husband Clive and her mother, Cloa (Bixler) Seybert in July 1956.
1.1.1 2. Bertha Duncan, was born prematurely on 17 September 1922. Bertha died after just six days. Her death was recorded in Gratiot County, Michigan, Book C, page 73, on October 17, 1922. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Alma, near her parents in an unmarked grave.1.4.1 Robert Elliot Duncan
Clockwise from bottom left: Jimmy, Bob, Buddy and Dick Duncan.
US Navy Veteran.
1.4.2 Buddy Alden Duncan
1.4.3 Richard Whitney Duncan
RICHARD DUNCAN
COCOA"Richard W. Duncan, 70 a retired engineer, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2005, at Cape Canaveral Hospital. Richard worked as an engineer at Kennedy Space Center, and was a member and past president of the Jaycees. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Joyce E. Duncan; sons, Randy E. and Jay W. Duncan; daughter Sandy I. Leighton; grandchildren, Christian and Evan Duncan; a sister, Julie Kley; and brothers, Robert E., Bud A.; and James L. Duncan. Calling hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 19th, at Florida Memorial Funeral Home. Private services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday January 20th, in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be at Florida Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association. Florida Memorial Funeral Home in Rockledge is entrusted with arrangements."
1.4.4 James Lee Duncan
1.4.5 Jack Kennedy Duncan, an infant, died shortly after birth on the 16th of February 1943. He is buried in Section ZZ, Lot 268, in Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo, his grave is not marked.
1.4.6 Julie Ann Duncan.
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