Implements, insurance.
Born at Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 6 May 1857, son of James Duncan and Jane Dalgarno, he came to Canada in 1882 and settled at Brandon where he worked in railway construction. He then homesteaded in Wolseley District of Assiniboia, North West Territories (now Saskatchewan). At the outbreak of the 1885 North West Rebellion, he served as Veterinary and Blacksmith under Major Bell of Indian Head. In 1888, he came to Melita where he worked as a blacksmith before the town was incorporated, later opening an implements business. He was President of the Melita Lumber and Manufacturing Company.
In 1887, he married Nellie McGuire (?-?). He served on the Melita town council, was first Secretary and later President of the Melita Board of Trade, an Elder (27) and Sunday School Superintendent of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Justice of the Peace under the Greenway Government. He was a member of the IOOF (Noble Grand, Melita Lodge No. 20), Presbyterian Church, and Liberal party.
He died at Winnipeg on 23 January 1937 and was buried in the Melita Cemetery.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 December 2022
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