ALPENA CO. MI
Formed 1831 from Cheboygan
Alcona, Montmorency formed 1840 from Alpena, Cheboygan
Oscoda formed 1840 from Cheboygan, Alpena, Alcona
Otsego formed 1840 from Mackinac, Alpena, Cheboygan, Antrim
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840-1860 Alpena Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Alpena Co. MI Census
Alpena
Pg.451, #241-237, Boarding house, many saw mill workers, including
                  DUNCAN, Joseph 24 CANada works in saw mill, parents of foreign birth
Pg.462R, #376-369, FRENCH?, Henry 31 ME ("Main") works on farm $0-$0
                  ROGERS, Enoch 30 ME carpenter
                  DUNCAN, James 28 CANada works on farm, parents of foreign birth
                  (and long list of other men, work on farm)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"Cyclopedia of Michigan, historical and biographical : comprising a synopsis of general history of the state and biographical sketches of men who have, in their various spheres, contributed toward its development." (anonymous); pub. New York: Western Pub. and Engraving Co., 1890, 500 pgs. (LH4542; HeritageQuest 4/2007; FHL film 1,730,732)
      Pg.143: Hon. Edward K. Potter, of Alpena. ... was born in the Province of Quebec (formerly Canada East or Lower Canada), at Marlborough, near Ottawa, March 19, 1840. His father, Thomas Potter, a farmer, was born in Ireland, and his mother, Margaret Duncan, was a native of the same land. Edward was the third in a family of seven boys ... In 1849 the family came to Port Huron, and the father being advanced in years, the boys ... Edward ... after nine years in Port Huron, he, in 1858, accompanied his employers to Alpena. ...
 

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