Elizabeth Florence (Meriwether) Duncan (1860 - 1961)

Born 2 Jul 1860 in Morgan, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Rosecrans Duncan — married 3 Oct 1883 in Morgan, Indiana, United States

Died 10 Mar 1961 at age 100 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States

Biography

Elizabeth, aka Lida, was born in 1860. She was the daughter of Robert Meriwether and Mary Wilson.

She was living with her parents in Ray, Morgan, Indiana in 1860.^[1]

She was living with her widowed mother in the household of aunt Eliza (Wilson) Robinson in Washington, Morgan, Indiana in 1870.^[2]

She married Thomas R. Duncan on 03 Oct 1883 in Morgan county, Indiana.^[3] They had children.

They were in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana in 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

She passed away in 1961.^[9]

Research notes

There is a findagrave memorial for her in Van Buskirk cemetery in Monroe county, Indiana. However the death certificate and obit information indicate Rose Hill cemetery. It is possible there is a different Elizabeth Duncan buried in Van Buskirk cemetery.

Sources

The obit of Elizabeth Florence Duncan. "Lydia" or Lida as she was named in the Bloomington, In Herald newspaper on March 10, 1961 stated the following: Lydia F. Duncan, 100 of 2010 S. Rogers St. Funeral will be 2 pm Saturday at the Allen Funeral Home . Brother Raymond Muncy and Brother Bob Duncan will officiate. Music will be furnished by members of the Lincoln St. Church of Christ choir. Pall bearers will be grandsons, Clovis Duncan and Leon Duncan, Charles and Russel Brown. Flower bearers will be great granddaughters Rita, Janet and Karen Duncan, Sandra and Leah Galyan, Patty Todd and Marylin E*ner, and Linda Brown. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N9-H82 : 13 December 2017), Eliza F Meriwether in entry for Robt H Meriwether, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6W-NM8 : 8 June 2019), Lida Merriwethers in entry for Thomas Robinson, 1870.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-7TVD : 10 December 2017), Thos R Duncan and Eliza Merryweather, 03 Oct 1883; citing Morgan, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,419,998.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9M6-QZ4 : accessed 29 October 2019), Lida Duncan in household of Thomas Duncan, Bloomington Township Bloomington city Ward 1-2, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet 1B, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,392.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5Q-CPX : accessed 29 October 2019), Lyda Duncan in household of Thomas Duncan, Bloomington Ward 2, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet 7A, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 371; FHL microfilm 1,374,384.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF43-9ZC : accessed 29 October 2019), Leda S Duncan in household of Thomas R Duncan, Bloomington Ward 2, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing ED 180, sheet 3A, line 17, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 457; FHL microfilm 1,820,457.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4YY-7R9 : accessed 29 October 2019), Lida Duncan in household of Tom R Duncan, Perry, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 4B, line 61, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 618; FHL microfilm 2,340,353.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1Y6-TS3 : 20 August 2019), Lydia Duncan in household of Thomas R Duncan, Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-15, sheet 6B, line 50, family 122, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1079.
9. ↑ Death Certificate, Lydia F. Duncan, filed in Monroe county, Indiana, Indiana State Board of Health file # 61-009755, Informant: Mabel Brown, burial in Rose Hill cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana.

"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-7TVD : 10 December 2017), Thos R Duncan and Eliza Merryweather, 03 Oct 1883; citing Morgan, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,419,998.

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