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- [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 14 Dec 2018, William H. Duncan (Reliability: 3).
William H. Duncan
BIRTH?tab?4 Mar 1858
Ontario, Canada
DEATH?tab?1947 (aged 88? 89)
BURIAL?tab?
Regina Cemetery
Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
PLOT?tab?134 - Row 2-10 - South-East of Soldiers Plot- Just East of 3rd St. & 4th Ave., 14th. Row
MEMORIAL ID?tab?116649642
- [S185] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for William Henry Duncan, person ID G3DH-SLM. (Reliability: 3).
- [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, 22 Jun 2017, "Death Removes Regina Pioneer," 24 Jul 1947, p. 1,5. (Reliability: 4).
(Regina Leader-Post)
One of Regina's earliest and most colorful pioneers, a man who came to the city when it was only a handful of tents pitched beside Pile o' Bones creek, came to the end of the trail Tuesday afternoon, when William H. Duncan, 80, 2074-Cornwall Street, died in the General Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Duncan is survived by his wife, at home and one daughter, Mrs. R. J. Williams of Montreal. The funeral was held Friday, July 11th to First Presbyterian Church at which Rev. Norman D. Kennedy, minister, officiated. Burial was in Regina cemetery. Associated with many businesses in Regina and long active in civic and community affairs, Mr.Duncan was president and director of Willoughby and Duncan, ' president and director of the New Regina Trading Co., vice-president of the Beaver Lumber Co., a director of Houston Willoughby and Co., Balfour Apartments Ltd., and the Fidelity L ife Assurance Co. Mr. Duncan was at one time president of the Old Timers' Association, a director of the Saskatchewan historical society, and a prominent members of First Presbyterian Church. He served as a member of city council in the early years and was chairman of the Board of Works in 1891 and 1892. Born near Almonte, Ont., on March 4, 1858, of Scottish parents, Mr. Duncan received his schooling in that district.
Manitoba 1878
After graduating from High School he moved to Manitoba in 1878 and joined a brother who was farming near Pilot Mound. He taught school in the Stonewall district north of Winnipeg for a number of years. When the railway pushed farther west, Mr. Duncan decided to follow it. For a while he worked in the railway offices at Brandon. He then heard that Pile o' Bones might become the capital of the Northwest Territories ^o late June 1881 found him at Broadview, Sask. There he met a party from Goderich, Ont., who planned on settling Goderich people on land west of Last Mountain Lake. With Mr. Duncan acting as guide, the party travelled to the west shores of the lake. There they came to the conclusion the land was unsuitable and made their way back to Regina, some continuing eastward to Ontario. The route from the lake to Regina was via the Qu'Appellc valley and Moose Jaw creek. Mr. Duncan's arrival in Regina was probably the only entry from the west of pioneers to this part of the country. Before Railway Arriving here, before the railway had pushed through, he farmed some land southeast of the city. Today the place is still operated as a model farm. Mr. Duncan took part in one of the earliest religious services held in Regina. Ponies, carts, harness and saddle horses were removed from a tent then used as a livery stable. Boxes were obtained fSi seats and a packing case was used as a pulpit. Rev. J. W. Mitchell, a Presbyterian from Ontario, was the minister. The day was Sept. 4, 1882. During the 1885 rebellion Mr. Duncan worked with General Middleton's transport, his brother, J. M. Duncan, going north with the transport. In 1890 he went to the new settlement known as Saskatoon and in partnership with Neil" MacKay opened a general store. One of the I main commodities handled was I buffalo bones. At one time as many as 20 carloads lay on the ground beside the railway tracks. After nine months in Saskatoon Mr. Duncan returned to Regina where with Charles Willoughby he formed the Willoughby and Duncan Lumber Company which in 1902 became the Regina Lumber and Supply Company. R. H. Williams, later of the Glasgow House, was a member of this firm and in 1906 Willoughby and Duncan bought out Mr. Williams. Other lumber companies were bought throughout the country and the Beaver Lumber Company was the outcome. Both Mr. Duncan and Mr. Willoughby built buildings in downtown Regina. In one of them, the Saskatchewan General Trusts Building,* now known as the Fidelity .Life. Building, Mr. Duncan had his office for many years. Mr. Willoughby died in 1932 but the firm continued as Willoughby and Duncan with C. M. Willoughby taking his father's place. Mr. Duncan married Miss Mary Grassick of Yellow Grass in 1890. He had two daughters, Thelma, deceased, who was the wife of V E. Duclos of the Federal Trade Commission Department, San Francisco, and Margaret, whose husband, R. J. Williams, assistant general manager of the Bank of Montreal, died in June this year.
The late Mr. Duncan was born on the homestead, 11th. line of Ramsay, a son of the late James Duncan and his wife, Elizabeth Lockhart. Out of a family of eleven he is survived by three brothers: Edward, Carleton Place; John and Albert, Regina; Mrs. T. R. Paterson, (Elizabeth), Almonte and Mrs. B. Holden (Agnes), of Calgary.
- [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, 22 Jun 2017, "Death Removes Regina Pioneer," 24 Jul 1947, p. 1,5. (Reliability: 4).
(Regina Leader-Post)
One of Regina's earliest and most colorful pioneers, a man who came to the city when it was only a handful of tents pitched beside Pile o' Bones creek, came to the end of the trail Tuesday afternoon, when William H. Duncan, 80, 2074-Cornwall Street, died in the General Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Duncan is survived by his wife, at home and one daughter, Mrs. R. J. Williams of Montreal. The funeral was held Friday, July 11th to First Presbyterian Church at which Rev. Norman D. Kennedy, minister, officiated. Burial was in Regina cemetery. Associated with many businesses in Regina and long active in civic and community affairs, Mr.Duncan was president and director of Willoughby and Duncan, ' president and director of the New Regina Trading Co., vice-president of the Beaver Lumber Co., a director of Houston Willoughby and Co., Balfour Apartments Ltd., and the Fidelity L ife Assurance Co. Mr. Duncan was at one time president of the Old Timers' Association, a director of the Saskatchewan historical society, and a prominent member of First Presbyterian Church. He served as a member of city council in the early years and was chairman of the Board of Works in 1891 and 1892. Born near Almonte, Ont., on March 4, 1858, of Scottish parents, Mr. Duncan received his schooling in that district.
Manitoba 1878
After graduating from High School he moved to Manitoba in 1878 and joined a brother who was farming near Pilot Mound. He taught school in the Stonewall district north of Winnipeg for a number of years. When the railway pushed farther west, Mr. Duncan decided to follow it. For a while he worked in the railway offices at Brandon. He then heard that Pile o' Bones might become the capital of the Northwest Territories ^o late June 1881 found him at Broadview, Sask. There he met a party from Goderich, Ont., who planned on settling Goderich people on land west of Last Mountain Lake. With Mr. Duncan acting as guide, the party travelled to the west shores of the lake. There they came to the conclusion the land was unsuitable and made their way back to Regina, some continuing eastward to Ontario. The route from the lake to Regina was via the Qu'Appellc valley and Moose Jaw creek. Mr. Duncan's arrival in Regina was probably the only entry from the west of pioneers to this part of the country. Before Railway Arriving here, before the railway had pushed through, he farmed some land southeast of the city. Today the place is still operated as a model farm. Mr. Duncan took part in one of the earliest religious services held in Regina. Ponies, carts, harness and saddle horses were removed from a tent then used as a livery stable. Boxes were obtained fSi seats and a packing case was used as a pulpit. Rev. J. W. Mitchell, a Presbyterian from Ontario, was the minister. The day was Sept. 4, 1882. During the 1885 rebellion Mr. Duncan worked with General Middleton's transport, his brother, J. M. Duncan, going north with the transport. In 1890 he went to the new settlement known as Saskatoon and in partnership with Neil" MacKay opened a general store. One of the I main commodities handled was I buffalo bones. At one time as many as 20 carloads lay on the ground beside the railway tracks. After nine months in Saskatoon Mr. Duncan returned to Regina where with Charles Willoughby he formed the Willoughby and Duncan Lumber Company which in 1902 became the Regina Lumber and Supply Company. R. H. Williams, later of the Glasgow House, was a member of this firm and in 1906 Willoughby and Duncan bought out Mr. Williams. Other lumber companies were bought throughout the country and the Beaver Lumber Company was the outcome. Both Mr. Duncan and Mr. Willoughby built buildings in downtown Regina. In one of them, the Saskatchewan General Trusts Building,* now known as the Fidelity .Life. Building, Mr. Duncan had his office for many years. Mr. Willoughby died in 1932 but the firm continued as Willoughby and Duncan with C. M. Willoughby taking his father's place. Mr. Duncan married Miss Mary Grassick of Yellow Grass in 1890. He had two daughters, Thelma, deceased, who was the wife of V E. Duclos of the Federal Trade Commission Department, San Francisco, and Margaret, whose husband, R. J. Williams, assistant general manager of the Bank of Montreal, died in June this year.
The late Mr. Duncan was born on the homestead, 11th. line of Ramsay, a son of the late James Duncan and his wife, Elizabeth Lockhart. Out of a family of eleven he is survived by three brothers: Edward, Carleton Place; John and Albert, Regina; Mrs. T. R. Paterson, (Elizabeth), Almonte and Mrs. B. Holden (Agnes), of Calgary.
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