Duckworth in New Grenada help

[harvester86]

Hello, I've come across quite a peculiar individual in my family who needs to be dealt with, and I am in need of some advice as to where to look to find out who his parents were. 

Ezekiel Samuel Duckworth
Born: May 1847 in New Grenada (the former United States of Colombia)
Immigrated to New York in 1852.
Died: 30 September 1917 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
I have ordered a death certificate from Kings County Vital Records Office, and I am still waiting on it.
His father is listed as being born in England, and his mother in Ireland.
Based on the nature of his name I am assuming he was the son of a missionary.

Any help on how to research this and where to look would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben

[jorose]

Which US censuses do you have on him?

I think he's in 1880 as "Samuel Duckworth".
Also in the Brooklyn area are a Henry Woods, his wife "Hallie" (b. NY) and a sister "Elvina Duckworth" (b. "PA")

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
in 1870 in Southold, Suffolk, NY, there's a John Neil, 42, painter b. Scotland (same occupation as Ezekiel?), with wife(?), Marian Neil, 52, b. Ireland, and the two Duckworth girls; "Hattie", 16, b. NY and "Edwina" (indexed as "Eduina"), 10, b. "New Grenada".

(John D. Neill and Marian Neill are in the 1880 census as well).

[ShaunJ]

Don't know if this helps but there is a death notice for E. Samuel Duckworth aged 70 in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for October 1st 1917. Residence 415 E 16th Street, Flatbush. Husband of Mary Sterling Duckworth. Died September 30.

http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

[jorose]

http://www.stevemorse.org/
 - also the marriage in 1875 (Ezekeil Duckworth).

Can't seem to find him in the 1870 census, though.

[harvester86]

Thanks for the posts, they all helped. What baffles me the most is Hattie was born in 1854 in New York, and Edwina was born in 1860 in New Granada. With all the traveling this family seems to have done, I cannot find any immigration records as of yet. I found a record of Edwina D. Duckworth stating she died 15 Aug 1899.

Edit: I have found an immigration record of a Hattie Duckworth born 1854 in USA arriving from Panama on 3 June 1861 with a male named L Duckworth born 1842 in USA, his occupation is listed as being a merchant.

[harvester86]

Soooo, after combing through the Fulton website I found a very helpful newspaper article dated October 2, 1917.

[ShaunJ]

Oh well done in  finding that! I obviously gave up too soon !