Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Duckering, John 1819 - 
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 JOHN DUCKERING. Among the older residents of the county, and reliable, trusted
citizens, may be found the subject of this sketch, who is a resident of section 22,
Ellsworth township, where he settled July 5, 1865, and where he is devoting a large
share of his attention to the rearing of Norman and English Shire horses, high-bred
Durham and Shorthorn cattle, and also sheep. He has some imported stock of the very
best strains, that represent a large outlay of cash capital. Of late years the
celebrated Cotswold sheep have been his favorite, although formerly doing much with
the fine-wool or Merinos. He sold, during the year 1886, of his surplus stock some
$1,500 worth. His English Shire horse is claimed to be as fine a one as there is in
the State, and, with one exception, the only one in the county. He has now some 348
acres of excellent land, a large share of which is under tillage.

   Mr. Duckering was born in Apley, Lincolnshire, England, September 11, 1819, hence
is nearly the same age as Queen Victoria. He is the son of John and Elizabeth
(Semper) Duckering, the former a native of Horsington and the latter of Bucknell,
England. The great-grandfather of our subject was born in Denmark and died in
England, and all of the ancestors on his father’s side died in the same house, and
lie in the same cemetery. John Duckering, the father of our subject, was a whig in
politics, and a Christian member of the Church of England. He was the parent of but
three children—Mary, Elizabeth and John. The two girls are still residents of “Old
Albion,” living in the city of Lincoln. John Duckering came to the United States
alone in 1842, and first located in Troy, Walvorth county, Wis., after a short stay
in Milwaukee. He remained there several years, and then removed to Dodge county, in
the same State, and there made his homo for the term of seven years. While there he
was united in marriage with Miss Maria Bean, October 22, 1846. She is the daughter
of John K. and Maria Bean, who had a family of eight children— Louisa, William,
Betsey, Charley, Elizabeth, Maria, John, and one that died in infancy. Mrs. D. is a
native of Clinton county, N. Y., and is the mother of twelve children, four of whom
are dead. Those living are— Mary E., Charles H., John, Adam, Duane H., Maria L.,
Flora B., William C. and Warren W. Those deceased are—Dora, born in 1861, died
September 13, 1886, the wife of James Lemon; Frederick V., born March 29, 1859, died
February 25, 1864; and William and Willis, twins, born in 1865, who died in
infancy.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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