James Duncan (1876 - 1918)

Born 16 Jul 1876 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Died 6 Nov 1918 at age 42 in Fort Steilacoom, Washington

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Biography

James Duncan II was born in 1876 in San Francisco. He lived there with his parents, brother and half sister. ^[1] His father passed away before he turned 5 years old.

He married Inez Rivas, someone he met while working at Levi-Strauss, the Jean company. He worked as a cook. In 1901 his family moved to Seattle. He worked as a cook at the Seattle Mercantile Club in 1903. He was a cook at the Wilbers Cafe in 1906 and Mancas Cafe in 1907. He also cooked boxed lunches. He was back in San francisco in 1912. He filled out a Seaman’s Protection Cerificate in 1916 and he worked as a cook on the ship S.Schn Sea foam. The ship departed March 18th 1918. He passed away November 6th 1918 after contracting syphilis. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 75; Page: 523A; Enumeration District: 106
2. ↑ "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3G9-JRQ : 10 March 2018), James Duncan, 06 Nov 1918; citing Fort Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington, reference 831, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,510.