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John Victor Duncanson was born 25 August 1918 in Windsor, N.S., the son of Adelaide (Aylward) and John Maxner Duncanson. He received a BA from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario. In 1940, he enlisted in the army and served in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps in both Canada and Europe until July 1946. He then worked in the field of personnel and industrial relations with positions in New Brunswick, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario. His interest in geneaological research developed into the publication of three books: Falmouth - a New England Township in Nova Scotia (1962); Newport, Nova Scotia - a Rhode Island Township (1985); and Rawdon and Douglas: Two Loyalist Townships in Nova Scotia (1989). In 1993 Duncanson was named planter scholar by Acadia University for his research on the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia. He died at Windsor on 14 January 1999.