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- Wyatt and his younger brother, Bill had come to California in 1850 to look for gold. They settled in a big home shared be the two brothers and their families across the bridge from Capay, Yolo County.
1850 United States Federal Census (3 Oct)
Name: Wyat G Duncan
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male miner
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Mathenias Creek, El Dorado, California
Mathenias Creek Mathenas or Matheneys Creek is near the present-day towns of Diamond Springs and El Dorado on the old Carson Emigrant Trail about 15 miles south of Sutter's Mill.
A 2002 booklet by Doug Noble, Mines of El Dorado County , says the Mathenas Creek (Schneider) Mine was one mile south of Diamond Springs. An 1883 History of El Dorado County <http://www.westernlivingcenter.com/history/history-eldorado.htm> by Paolo Sioli states that in 1855, the town of El Dorado, which is two miles south of Diamond Springs, was incorporated and included what was then known as Empire Ravine, Dead Man's Hollow, Loafer's Hollow, Logtown creek, Matheney's creek, Slate and Dry creeks.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: W G Duncan
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Cache Creek
Household Members: Name Age
W G Duncan 30
W H Duncan 21
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Wyat G Duncan
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Age in 1870: 40
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Woodland
Household Members: Name Age
Wyat G Duncan 40
William H Duncan 35
Helen Duncan 23
Elizabeth Duncan 6
John Duncan 4
Mary Duncan 1
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Wyatt G. Duncan
Home in 1880: West Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Mary E.
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors: Brother Bill and family living in same home.
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Wyatt G. Duncan 51 both parents born in Virginia
Mary E. Duncan 20 born in California, father born in Tenn, mother born Kentucky
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Wyatt Duncan
Home in 1900: Capay, Yolo, California
Age: 71
Birth Date: Oct 1828
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Spouse's name: Mary E
Marriage Year: 1879
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 21
Residence : Capay and Guinda Townships, Yolo, California
Occupation:
Neighbors: Huey Chinn, Mary Parker, Henry Mefford,
Household Members: Name Age
Wyatt Duncan 71
Mary E Duncan 40
Elvira G Duncan 16
Wyatt G Duncan 7
Lick Sing 39 servant
Henry Avell 56 boarder
Albert Puderbaugh 29 boarder
George Coburn 30 boarder
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Wyatt G Duncan
Age in 1910: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Spouse's name: Mary E
Home in 1910: Capay, Yolo, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Wyatt G Duncan 81
Mary E Duncan 50 2 children, 2 living
Wyatt G Duncan Jr. 17
George G Coburn 40 hired man
Roy Woods 37 hired man
Wah Jan 50 servant
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