Raymond Duncan (1874 - bef. 1966)

Born 1 Nov 1874 in San Francisco, California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Penelope (Sikelianos) Duncan — married after 1898 in Athens, Greece

Died before 14 Aug 1966 before age 91 in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France

Biography

This profile is part of the Duncan Name Study.

Raymond Duncan was born on 1 November 1874 in San Francisco, California, United States, son of Joseph Charles Duncan (~1819–1898) and Mary Isadora Gray (1849–1922).^[1]

In 1880, Raymond (5) was living in Oakland, Alameda with and his siblings, Dora (30), Gussie (7), and Dora (3). ^[1]

Raymond (23) married Penelope Sikelianos (22) (born in 1875 in Ελλάδα) after 1898 in Athens, Greece. Their known son was Menalkas Duncan (~1908– ).

Raymond died before 14 August 1966 in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France, aged about 91.^{[2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: 61; Page: 204A; Enumeration District: 010
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   Ancestry uk Record 6742 #14120912 (requires subscription)

   Name	Raymond Duncan
   Age	5
   Birth Date	Abt 1875 [November 7, 1874]
   Birthplace	California [San Francisco, California]
   Home in 1880	Oakland, Alameda, California, USA
   Street	Hoursh Street
   House Number	764
   Dwelling Number	217
   Race	White
   Gender	Male
   Relation to Head of House	Son
   Marital Status	Single
   Father's Birthplace	USA [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
   Mother's Name	Dora Duncan
   Mother's Birthplace	United States of America [Saint Louis, Missouri]
   Household Members (Name) Age Relationship	Dora Duncan 30 Self (Head) Gussie Duncan 7 Son Raymond Duncan 5 Son Dora Duncan 3 Daughter

2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #153594208
   Memorial page for Raymond Duncan (1 Nov 1874-14 Aug 1966); Maintained by supermama5 (contributor 47547058).
3. ↑ Death: "U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974"
   National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.; NAI Number: 613857; Record Group Title: General Records of the Department of State; Record Group Number: Record Group 59; Series Number: Publication A1 5166; Box Number: 32; Box Description: 1966 DA - GK
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   Ancestry uk Record 1616 #41442 (requires subscription)
   Name: Raymond Duncan; Age: 91; Birth Date: abt 1875; Death Date: 14 Aug 1966; Death Place: France.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Duncan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Duncan

• Passenger List: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
  The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715, 1897-1957
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  Ancestry uk Record 7488 #3021834167 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Gender: Male; Marital status: Widowed; Age: 72; Birth Date: 1 Nov 1874; Other Birth Place: San Francisco; Departure Port: Cherbourg,France; Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1946; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Ship Name: Ile de France.

• "U.S., Consular Registration Certificates, 1907-1918"
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  Ancestry uk Record 2995 #79094 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Birth Date: 1 Nov 1874; Birth Place: San Francisco, California; Spouse: Penelope Silkilisnos; Residence: Davos Platz, Switzerland; Civil Date: 12 Dec 1916.

• 1907 Passport Application: "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925"
  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Emergency Passport Applications (Issued Abroad), 1877-1907; Roll #: 18; Volume #: Volume 030: Apia, Soma to Bombay, India
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  Ancestry uk Record 1174 #1447536 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Gender: Male; Age: 32; Birth Date: 1 Nov 1874; Birth Place: San Francisco, California; Residence Place: San Francisco, California; Passport Issue Date: 6 Jan 1907; Spouse: Penelope Duncan; Has Photo: No.

• Obituary: "UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
  The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post; Publication Date: 17 Aug 1966; Publication Place: London, Greater London, England; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/822058352/?article=1b186044-06e0-46a6-a410-711b27f31249&focus=0.7256482,0.09939322,0.8399554,0.32923365&xid=3355
  Ancestry uk Record 62221 #865170686 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Gender: Male; Death Age: 92; Birth Date: abt 1874; Birth Place: San Francisco; Death Date: Abt 1966; Obituary Date: 17 Aug 1966; Obituary Place: London, Greater London, England; Newspaper Title: The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post; Parents: Joseph Duncan; Child: Isadora Elizabeth Augustin Raymond Isadora; Siblings: Isadora Duncan.

• 1920 Passport Application: "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925"
  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Volume #: Volume 171: Paris, France; Certificate Number: 186728
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  Ancestry uk Record 1174 #2171577 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Gender: Male; Age: 45; Birth Date: 1 Nov 1874; Birth Place: San Francisco, California; Residence Place: Paris, France; Passport Issue Date: 13 Feb 1920; Father: Joseph Charles Duncan; Has Photo: Yes.
• "Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)"
  Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1267568
  Ancestry uk Record 4394 #6176266 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Birth Year: 1874; Death Year: 1966; Has Photo: No; Source: Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 4: September, 1955-August, 1958. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1960. (BioIn 4) Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 5: September, 1958-August, 1961. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1962. (BioIn 5) Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 7: September, 1964-August, 1967. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1968. (BioIn 7) A Companion to California. By James D. Hart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. (CmCal).

• "U.S., Consular Registration Certificates, 1907-1918"
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  Ancestry uk Record 2995 #79091 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Birth Date: 1 Nov 1874; Birth Place: San Francisco California; Spouse: Penelope Sikchanos; Residence: Alhens, Greece; Civil Date: 29 Jul 1916.

• Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
  Daily News; Publication Date: 17 Aug 1966; Publication Place: New York, New York, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/461616057/?article=889a8550-6bfa-42fb-b9ae-69d7623d06d8&focus=0.44607022,0.038657196,0.6191272,0.31414187&xid=3355
  Ancestry uk Record 61843 #534040995 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Gender: Male; Death Age: 92; Birth Date: 1874; Birth Place: San Francisco; Residence Place: Paris; Death Date: 16 Aug 1966; Death Place: French Riviera; Obituary Date: 17 Aug 1966; Obituary Place: New York, New York, USA; Newspaper Title: Daily News; Siblings: Isadora Dun.
• Passenger List: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
  The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715, 1897-1957
  Ancestry uk Record 7488 #2011523695 (requires subscription)
  Name: Raymond Duncan; Gender: Male; Marital status: Single; Age: 55; Birth Date: 7 Nov 1874; Birth Place: California; Other Birth Place: San Francisco; Departure Port: Cherbourg,France; Arrival Date: 12 Nov 1929; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Ship Name: Bremen.

• Biography: Raymond Duncan (1874 – 1966) was an American dancer, artist, poet, craftsman, and philosopher, and brother of dancer Isadora Duncan.
  Biography
  Born in San Francisco on November 1, 1874, Raymond Duncan was the third of the four children of Joseph Charles Duncan, a banker, and Mary Dora Gray, the youngest daughter of Thomas Gray, a California state senator. Their other children were Elisabeth, Augustin, and Isadora, a noted dancer, In 1891, at the age of 17, he developed a theory of movement which he called kinematics, "a remarkable synthesis of the movements of labor and of daily life." He believed that the importance of labor was the development of the worker, not production or earnings.
  In 1898 he and his family left America and lived for a time in London, Berlin, Athens, and Paris. In 1900 he met the German poet Gusto Graeser in Paris and was deeply impressed by his ideas of natural and simple life. Duncan's theory of movement led him to work particularly closely with his sister Isadora, a noted dancer. Duncan became particularly fond of Greece; he and his Greek wife, Penelope Sikelianos, lived in a villa outside Athens which was furnished in a historically accurate manner, with many of the furnishings handmade by Raymond, whose craftwork included ceramics, weaving, and carpentry. No one was permitted to enter the villa in modern dress, and they themselves dressed in classical Greek attire both at home and abroad (which caused some consternation in 1907 Berlin).
  In 1909 Raymond and Penelope returned to the United States for a series of performances of classical Greek plays, touring Philadelphia, Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland, and other cities. The couple also gave lectures and classes on folk music, weaving, dancing, and Greek music. They then spent several months in the Pacific Northwest with the Klamath Indians. While visiting they were visiting New York in early 1910,their son Menalkas Duncan was taken to the Children's Society by the New York City police when he was found on the street wearing classical attire.
  In 1911 Duncan and Penelope returned to Paris and founded a school, the Akademia, at 31 Rue de Seine, which offered free courses in their specialty areas of dance, arts, and crafts; they later opened a similar school in London. Both schools were based on the idea of the Platonic Academy and both were "an open house for every new effort in theatre, literature, music and art."[4] Duncan's ultimate goal was a "complete technique of living" which, by synthesizing work, the arts, and physical movement, would result in the further development of man.
  Duncan also wrote poetry and plays, newspapers, and editorials expounding his philosophy of "actionalism."
  He printed his books on his own printing press using a typeface that he designed himself, including La Parole est dans le désert (1920), Poemes de parole torrentielle (1927), L'Amour à Paris (1932), and Etincelles de mon enclume (1957). Duncan's work on his printing press was featured in an interview at the academy for a 1955 documentary by Orson Welles, Around the World with Orson Welles: St.-Germain-des-Prés.Nouec Vihan.
  At the age of 73, he proposed creating the city of "New Paris York" at latitude 45N, longitude 36W (in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean) as a symbol of cooperation and inter-cultural communication.
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