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James Duncan
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Farmer, implement dealer.
Born in Fifeshire, Scotland on 28 October 1850, son of Andrew Duncan and Jean Morrison, he was educated at local parish schools then worked for several years as a gardener. He emigrated to Missouri in 1874, worked as a gardener there until 1879, then took up farming near the present site of Glenboro, and gave the town its name. He became an agent for the Massey-Harris Company in 1886 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1889. He was the first Postmaster and Reeve in the area.
On 28 October 1887, he married Catherine Pettipiece (1851-?) of Carleton County, Ontario and they had four children: Annie C. Duncan (1882-?), Rebecca Jane Duncan (1885-?), Minnie May Duncan (1885-?), and a son.
He died at Glenboro on 17 December 1924 and was buried in the Glenboro Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Annie C. Duncan, Rebecca Jane Duncan, Minnie May Duncan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Canadian Album: Men of Canada or Success by Example, Vol. III, Bradley, Garretson & Company, Brantford, Ontario, 1894.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“‘Father’ of Glenboro dead,” Western Municipal News, February 1925, page 50.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 December 2022
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