Duncan
Donald
McKercher
Born about in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Johnson) McKercher
— married
[date unknown] in Reach Township in Ontario
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 74
in Dominion City, Manitoba
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| Created 5 Oct 2016
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Duncan, Wife Mary, 3 children Dan, Johnny and Bella Section 20-2-3E June 12th, 1874, the McKercher family became the first white settlers to arrive in Roseau Crossing. They came from Reach Township in Ontario, where Duncan McKercher had been the postmaster, grain buyer and lumberman. Debarking the riverboat at Emerson, they camped out overnight near the town and left the next day to overlook the unclaimed homesteads choose the Roseau Crossing pps.19, 20, 36 Dominion City by JAMES McKERCHER WADDELL
October 1831 Duncan McKercher arrived in Reach and settled between Manchester and Utica. 1835 UTICA SETTLEMENT [History of the Township of Reach by Reverend R. Monteith]
Biography
Duncan was born about 1820. Duncan McKercher ... He passed away about 1890.[1]
http://manitobia.ca/resources/books/local_histories/095.pdf Page 18
Have no idea when he was born or died so took a WAG
- 1861 Canada Census (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1703696)
- 1881 Canada Census (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=939041)
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
http://manitobia.ca/resources/books/local_histories/095.pdf page 18
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396345_00634.pdf
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S Stevenson
McKercher-53 and McKercher-50 appear to represent the same person because: same name and dates, same spouse name, same children names
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