Cause of Death: A.L.S.; (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Dad was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, during WW2.
The Duncan Family
The name DUNCAN is Scottish. It is a version of the Celtic personal name. One source gave the Gælic version as Donnchad (but see below), which is commonly taken to come from the Gælic donn cath = brown warrior (doubtful, since the adjective normally follows the noun in Gælic; it is possible that it really meansor kingource suggested that it derives from dún = a castle or fortified position and creann = a chieftain (thus, The Chieftaine or Fort). The authoritative Gælic Personal Names, however, derives the name from dúnchad (from dún = a fortress and cath = a battle. It is a very common name in the early pedigrees and was widely distributed all throughout Ireland. Later it became hopelessly confused with Donnchad and was replaced by it. DUNCAN became a popular surname all over the Lowlands of Scotland and as far south as Berwick (DUNCANSON is also found).The Clann Donnchaidh can claim descent from. Colomba.ALL GULBAN MAC NIALL, King of Tirconnel (Tirconaill) in Donegal, Northern Ireland, in the 5th Century AD (the territory took its name from Conall Gulban, who took possession of it after it was conquered by his father, (221) NIALL MOR MAC EOCHAIDH, commonly called NIALL NAOIGHIALLACH or NIALL "of the Nine Hostages,e 126th Monarch of Ireland and an ancestor of the BUCHANANs who descend from (224) EOGHAN MAC NIALL) (see THE IRISH CONNECTION). At the time of the Norse invasions, some of the relics of St. Colomba were take from Iona for safety to Dunkeld and the hereditary abbot of Dunkeld came from the same royal line as St. Colomba himself. There was an Abbot Duncan of Dukeld in the 10th century who was killed in battle in 965 (Celtic clergy were less retiring in battle than the stricter Romans). He was probably the great-grandfather of King Duncan I (who reigned from 1034-1040duced the great landholders of Athollhaidh.
The DUNCANs are thus descended from the ancient Earls of Atholl. In pre-surname days, one of them, callednchadh Reamhar) led the clan at the Battle of Bannockburn on behalf of Robert the Bruce. He had a grandson,r Robert Riabhach, who was the progenitor of the Clan ROBERTSON. That clan, however, was properly known as Clann Donnchaidh (the
The surnames DUNCAN, DONNACHIE and MACCONACHIE are still commonly found in Perthshire, Scotland (note, the BUCHANANs of Leny come from Perthshire and Duncan was a given name commonly used by them in the 18th and 19th centuries; (1647) Duncan BUCHANAN, born in 1750 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, a BUCHANAN of Leny, was the thrice-great grandfather of the author as well as of (1924) Dorothy June BUCHANAN DUNCAN (see below)).
The DUNCAN tartan is green with red and white stripes. The DUNCAN crest shows a ship under sail. The clan motto is: Disce pati (Learn to suffer).
Cause of Death: Lung CA
Cause of Death: A.L.S.; (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Cause of Death: asphyxiationJay died at 3:00 a.m., on Sunday, May 4, 1994. He was camping iat Land Between the Lakes in western KY. Apparently, the propane heater in his camper, depleted his air supply. Single; no children.